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Post by shypsychologyguy on Aug 4, 2005 9:50:40 GMT -5
Russ the reason girls are less responsive online is that its not always safe to meet someone from online. Enless you know them from somwhere in real life they have no idea who the real you is and how you act in real life. You could be a 50 year old pervert and they wouldnt know.
Russ im with you on this there are a few girls Ive talked to that id love to meet in person but am afraid to ask and the internet safety isuue is one reason
also when getting attracted to someone online you have to keep in mind that since you dont know the real person and how they are in real life you may set yourself up for failure. Often we think of what we want in a person and we attribute that to online people because we dont really know enough about them to know what they are like so we construct in our minds the perfect scenario to fill the gaps.
about metting people on here what exactly are you proposing poopie that we all join the SU dating service.
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Post by pnoopiepnats on Aug 4, 2005 11:58:11 GMT -5
Russ the reason girls are less responsive online is that its not always safe to meet someone from online. Enless you know them from somwhere in real life they have no idea who the real you is and how you act in real life. You could be a 50 year old pervert and they wouldnt know. yeah im really a man! ;D yeah seems some people have trouble with that type of thing both online and irl. A person had to be strong enough to not get caught up in a fantasy. Is there a dating sevice here? I don't know what I would propose. It just seems like people might find someone on here. I dunno?
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Post by gSteve on Aug 4, 2005 13:16:56 GMT -5
I'd just like to make friends with people here but I think there should be more relationships between people on here, its possible as long as people are open minded enough. Another similar website I go to must have had over 20 relationships formed between people on it. People on here have already got something in common.
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Post by Samantha on Aug 5, 2005 16:47:28 GMT -5
I don't know what I would propose. It just seems like people might find someone on here. I dunno? What about a dating thread like there are ones for making email friends etc. You could just stick up a little profile and say you are interested in meeting people with the idea of dating or what not. People could reply by pms or email/messenger. Although I don't think I would do it lol. Hey at least its free and you can see what sort of people they are if they post here alot.
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Post by shypsychologyguy on Aug 5, 2005 18:02:06 GMT -5
sounds like a great idea. however Shyunited already has a dating service and they wouldnt like it because it would take away from the dating sight profits. not that anyone on here uses it anyways.
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Post by Bodhi on Aug 5, 2005 21:09:36 GMT -5
sounds like a great idea. however Shyunited already has a dating service and they wouldnt like it because it would take away from the dating sight profits. not that anyone on here uses it anyways. F@#% Shyunited's profit margin, I think its a great idea too.
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Post by Tal on Aug 6, 2005 4:53:59 GMT -5
It's a good idea. I don't think it would have any impact on SU. I don't know how that singlescrowd dating thing works with SU...perhaps SU gets commission for people who go ther and sign up (just my guess)...well if none of us plan on going there, then nothing lost for SU.
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Post by shypsychologyguy on Aug 6, 2005 14:24:32 GMT -5
true and im not sure SU has anything to do with this forum. I consider SU to be a homepage with a bunch of links that are shy related but are controled and owned by diferent people.
with that in mind someone get this thing rolling
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Post by gSteve on Aug 7, 2005 6:46:05 GMT -5
I'm not sure if its a good idea or not, i think its better to get to know people on the forum first. The email friends forum would be pretty similar and i'm sure any guy posting a message in a dating thread would get zero response and any female would get load of replies.
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Post by Tal on Aug 7, 2005 7:20:58 GMT -5
What the email forum needs is a template that people can fill in, rather than just posting an email address. The chance of me (or many other people) contacting someone they know nothing about is very low. I like to think there's some common interests or personality attributes before I make contact and I don't necessarily want a relationship with them, so I think we should look wider than a dating thread.
What would a profile include?
Important Ones
Age/Date of Birth Location Gender Email/IM Addresses (or use board PM function) Interests - music - movies/tv - books - sports - Hobbies Personality Type Religion Ethnicity Hair/Eye Colour
Others
Education Level Job/University/School Live with...? (parents/friends/self) Favourite... (list of favourite things - food, colour, drink...etc) Height/Weight Looking for (pen pal, friend, love, slave etc ... in ... own town/own country/world/galaxy ... age preference)
I think that's probably enough...unless other people have more. It's more helpful than the pinned thread in there at the moment IMO.
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Post by pnoopiepnats on Aug 7, 2005 7:47:16 GMT -5
What the email forum needs is a template that people can fill in, rather than just posting an email address. The chance of me (or many other people) contacting someone they know nothing about is very low. I like to think there's some common interests or personality attributes before I make contact and I don't necessarily want a relationship with them, so I think we should look wider than a dating thread. What would a profile include? Important OnesAge/Date of Birth Location Gender Email/IM Addresses (or use board PM function) Interests - music - movies/tv - books - sports - Hobbies Personality Type Religion Ethnicity Hair/Eye Colour OthersEducation Level Job/University/School Live with...? (parents/friends/self) Favourite... (list of favourite things - food, colour, drink...etc) Height/Weight Looking for (pen pal, friend, love, slave etc ... in ... own town/own country/world/galaxy ... age preference) I think that's probably enough...unless other people have more. It's more helpful than the pinned thread in there at the moment IMO. love slave... they hand feed you tim tams ;D ;D
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Post by gSteve on Aug 7, 2005 7:59:27 GMT -5
What the email forum needs is a template that people can fill in, rather than just posting an email address. The chance of me (or many other people) contacting someone they know nothing about is very low. I like to think there's some common interests or personality attributes before I make contact and I don't necessarily want a relationship with them, so I think we should look wider than a dating thread. What would a profile include? Important OnesAge/Date of Birth Location Gender Email/IM Addresses (or use board PM function) Interests - music - movies/tv - books - sports - Hobbies Personality Type Religion Ethnicity Hair/Eye Colour OthersEducation Level Job/University/School Live with...? (parents/friends/self) Favourite... (list of favourite things - food, colour, drink...etc) Height/Weight Looking for (pen pal, friend, love, slave etc ... in ... own town/own country/world/galaxy ... age preference) I think that's probably enough...unless other people have more. It's more helpful than the pinned thread in there at the moment IMO. That would be better if everyone could follow that template so you can know more about people before contacting them, It would be useful to have something like that as a pinned thread. i've basically answered all of those in my myspace profile anyway.
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Post by Tal on Aug 7, 2005 9:38:29 GMT -5
love slave... they hand feed you tim tams ;D ;D lmao @ love slave ;D I want one!
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Post by lily on Aug 7, 2005 17:53:20 GMT -5
love slave... they hand feed you tim tams ;D ;D lmao @ love slave ;D I want one! Don't we all?
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Post by Medici on Aug 7, 2005 22:16:23 GMT -5
Girls have approached me recently. Once in the grocery store and then once in Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Incidently, they have some very nice bath towels in there and I bought several. They are really soft and fluffy. I think I'm going back to get some 600 thread count sheets. Maybe they even have 1000 thread count somewhere in there.
Anyway, the grocery store one happened in the elevator to the parking garage. I had a frozen pizza and so did she. She said something about us having the same eating habits. Somewhat attractive. Never saw her again.
In the other case some girl just came up and asked me my opinion about two candle holders which looked mostly the same. Both were clear glass and spherical except one was more of a half sphere and the other more of a whole sphere. Maybe she thought I was a gay interior decorator- doubtful because while I have good taste in general there is no mistaking my all-American heterosexuality. Anyway she wasn't really attractive to me.
Oh yeah and today the lady hairdresser said I had nice hair.
So basically I'm a chick magnet and I can do no wrong. Either that or I'm the male equivalent of the harmless looking plain girl that guys try out their lines on without ever intending to follow up. I won't question it.
I guess the point is, there are places that women congregate in. Many guys probably aren't secure enough to shop in Bed, Bath, and Beyond like I will because I just don't care what anyone thinks. But then you have other places like bookstores or grocery stores and hey if women are going to come to me it saves me some work that I'd rarely do anyway.
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