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EltonFrog

Legendary Member
...A grumpy old 6'2", slim, wealthy, charming cynic with all his own hair, a Maserati and an apartment in the 1ere Arrondissement.


Ok...get your coat, you've pulled.
 

BigonaBianchi

Yes I can, Yes I am, Yes I did...Repeat.
[but it seems to me that for every computer-match success there will be a gazillion non-successes.

yep...but so what...for every free kick david beckham scores he must miss 5 right? For every correct note I hit on a guitar I had to fluff thousands to learn right?
Its just another way of meeting people in a modern world. The problem comes with peoples expectations of those meetings. There seems to be a kind of assumption that the 'perfect one ' is out there....I suspect there is no such thing...but time, hard work, tough times, good times gradually cement a relationship...my view is that a close friendship is worth its weight in gold over any 'intimate' encounters...and that is what people should aim for/work at once the initial intros are over...the web thing is just an way to say hi...it isn't or shouldn't be putting your faith in some computers questionnaire etc...
 

EltonFrog

Legendary Member
Yup, it just speeds up the process of meeting folk, you meet people who want to be met. The rest of it is down to Darwin.
 

compo

Veteran
Location
Harlow
I don't want to sound like a 'smug married', (which of course I may not be at any moment according to statistics) but it seems to me that for every computer-match success there will be a gazillion non-successes.

Is that so very different to the "real" world? Very few people marry their first girlfriend/boyfriend. I treated online dating purely as online introductions, no different to a mate in a pub introducing a girl or chatting to a girl at a bus stop.
 

s7ephanie

middle of nowhere in France
I went on several interweb dates...mostly they were like a job interview...
you get to suss people out very quickly...mostly they are playing a game, looking to improve their home/bank balance, or just get laid and run...all of which I find insulting. They have this ideal guy in their minds and you can see them mentally ticking off each item on their list..zzzzzzzzzzz I make a decision within 2 minutes mostly ...the rest is just being polite before I leave. There are exceptions, but mostly people arnt who they claim to be. id rather they cut the crap and were themselves, that wins more browny points than all the war paint, heels, flash bmw's and sob stories about how bad their ex treated them and how he deserved to loose every penny he had..blah blah blah..how they don't really drink because its only a bottle of wine a night...how they don't smoke (since last week)...yada yada yada...

...now if she rolled upon a bicycle that would get my attention....if she could ride it i'd defo be interested....if she could fix it id marry her:rolleyes::laugh:
where shall i send my CV :hyper:
 
...now if she rolled upon a bicycle that would get my attention....if she could ride it i'd defo be interested....if she could fix it id marry her:rolleyes::laugh:


My daughter (our eldest) can do punctures and general tyre/tube/tape stuff, replace and adjust head bearings, do simple trueing with spoke-tightening, adjust and replace caliper/canti/V-brakes, get gears just about right, measure chains for wear and replace them and do general fettling.

If she tells her current geezer (an occasional leisure cyclist) is he suddenly going to propose?
 

BigonaBianchi

Yes I can, Yes I am, Yes I did...Repeat.
My daughter (our eldest) can do punctures and general tyre/tube/tape stuff, replace and adjust head bearings, do simple trueing with spoke-tightening, adjust and replace caliper/canti/V-brakes, get gears just about right, measure chains for wear and replace them and do general fettling.

If she tells her current geezer (an occasional leisure cyclist) is he suddenly going to propose?

sounds like he's a Mug for not having already done so^_^
 

London Female

Über Member
I went on several interweb dates...mostly they were like a job interview...
you get to suss people out very quickly...mostly they are playing a game, looking to improve their home/bank balance, or just get laid and run...all of which I find insulting. They have this ideal guy in their minds and you can see them mentally ticking off each item on their list..zzzzzzzzzzz I make a decision within 2 minutes mostly ...the rest is just being polite before I leave. There are exceptions, but mostly people arnt who they claim to be. id rather they cut the crap and were themselves, that wins more browny points than all the war paint, heels, flash bmw's and sob stories about how bad their ex treated them and how he deserved to loose every penny he had..blah blah blah..how they don't really drink because its only a bottle of wine a night...how they don't smoke (since last week)...yada yada yada...

...now if she rolled upon a bicycle that would get my attention....if she could ride it i'd defo be interested....if she could fix it id marry her:rolleyes::laugh:


I went on a blind date arranged by someone I worked with and turned up on my bicycle.
 
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