Dating Sites: How Should Men Message Women?

[Graf_Severin]

[Some thoughts about how men should message women on dating sites. What do you think? [EDITED: The original intent of this post was/is to hear from women, since my perspective is that of a heterosexual male. And because my female friends have expressed to me what they've put up with. Thus, I've written the below paragraph as an off-the-cuff "advice" paragraph. Hopefully you'll see I added a kind of persona to it for fun.] Agree, disagree, think this is kinda "duh," have an addendum? Women, what are your pet peeves? Even better, write your own advice paragraph!]

When you find someone you think you dig, pause and consider the message. Don't click a "like" and move on. Never say a simple line or just a hi--you're not at a party walking by. Reference the profile, the words themselves. If you can't find the words to say what you want, struggle with that a bit; that's where the good stuff is. Refrain from commenting on physical attributes too early; there will be time for that in person, and surely if you become intimate. Be slower and more thoughtful. Together we can save a lot of time and energy, and make the battle/play/dance between the genders a little less game-y. This is called Separating Oneself from the Chaff of General Dating Site Douchebaggery Even When One Isn't a So-Called Douche.

- Tao of Sev

 

[RoryN]

That sounded a lot like sales training.

 

[pensivepoet]

That sounded a lot like sales training.

Is it like a timeshare?
I'll stick around til pg 3 for the jet ski.

 

[RoryN]

Is it like a timeshare?
I'll stick around til pg 3 for the jet ski.

No more jet skis after timeshare presos, from what I'm told. They make you suffer far more than they used to during the 90-min pitch.

A popular give-away now is travel vouchers.

 

[SomeoneFamiliar]

No dick pics. Be genuinely interested. If you're just passing time, don't message. Come here and fuck off. Have something to say. Be interesting.Opinions are awesome, don't shove yours down her throat. Don't imagine her naked until you both decide you can have a conversation, that's what lit and tinder are for. When you finally go on a date, don't go to the movies, or anywhere you can't talk. The operative part of dating is getting to know each other.

 

[RoryN]

No dick pics. Be genuinely interested. If you're just passing time, don't message. Come here and fuck off. Have something to say. Be interesting.Opinions are awesome, don't shove yours down her throat. Don't imagine her naked until you both decide you can have a conversation, that's what lit and tinder are for. When you finally go on a date, don't go to the movies, or anywhere you can't talk. The operative part of dating is getting to know each other.

You're a woman. What would you know about what a woman would like?

This thread was started by a man, giving advice about what women want. Obviously, he knows better.

 

[SomeoneFamiliar]

You're a woman. What would you know about what a woman would like?

This thread was started by a man, giving advice about what women want. Obviously, he knows better.

Oh damn, my bad. I should put my vagina away

 

[RoryN]

Oh damn, my bad. I should put my vagina away

Sorry - sarcasm doesn't always carry over in posts. That's what mine was.

 

[pensivepoet]

As a woman, if they give me a six pack and a pack of Marlboros, they don't have to talk at all.

 

[BabblingBrooke]

You're a woman. What would you know about what a woman would like?

This thread was started by a man, giving advice about what women want. Obviously, he knows better.

You should run for office!

 

[RoryN]

You should run for office!

LOL

That was funny...and then I realized it's happening for real. And now I'm sad.

 

[thør]

Can't you just say, "Wanna Fuck?"

And see where it goes from there?

It certainly lays it out on the table.

 

[Wife of Bath]

Can't you just say, "Wanna Fuck?"

And see where it goes from there?

It certainly lays it out on the table.

Works every time on me.

 

[thør]

Works every time on me.

It's as good as the slap on the ass when walking by IRL.

 

[pensivepoet]

Aren't the answers in Cosmo every month?

 

[thør]

Aren't the answers in Cosmo every month?

Cosmo died 44 years ago, yesterday, when they centerfolded Burt Reynolds.

 

[pensivepoet]

Cosmo died 44 years ago, yesterday, when they centerfolded Burt Reynolds.

I don't know why, but that made me wonder what Burt would look like in Trump's hair.
Now I have an image of it as he smiles at Sally Fields.
I hope it goes away soon.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

It all depends on her appetite at the moment. They are all slaves to their hormones and needs, and they hate to be alone. All the blabber the spew is bull shit.

 

[SomeoneFamiliar]

Sorry - sarcasm doesn't always carry over in posts. That's what mine was.

Perhaps my sarcasm was lost as well...

Read that previous post with more sarcasm

 

[Debbie]

I dont want someone who beats around my bush. I'd like a fella who says oi woman. Hear me roar. Get in behind and you'll do. And ride off into the sunset on his mighty metallic steed.

 

[lovetoread]

Thank the gods that this dude has finally told us how to act like a PUA/MRA in real life!

 

[Lancecastor]

Agreed.


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[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Don't take your date to the movies? Damned I fucked up. Every young red blooded boy took his dates to the drive-in movies.
Remember those? I fucked in the back row and we lived happily ever after.

What I'd do today is drive up in my shiny red Vette, honk the horn, show her my 12" cock, and say climb in bitch we're going to ride to the Shady Rest motel.

 

[SomeoneFamiliar]

Don't take your date to the movies? Damned I fucked up. Every young red blooded boy took his dates to the drive-in movies.
Remember those? I fucked in the back row and we lived happily ever after.

What I'd do today is drive up in my shiny red Vette, honk the horn, show her my 12" cock, and say climb in bitch we're going to ride to the Shady Rest motel.

Honey, I don't think you want a date. You want to fuck. Dating implies something else. Fucking is all about the 12"dick and the hotel.

 

[Graf_Severin]

Thank the gods that this dude has finally told us how to act like a PUA/MRA in real life!

Which dude? Me? If so: I intended the post to gauge peeves, particularly from women, and to test my phrasing. So I've added a bold note to my original post to clarify that.