what if he says he loves you but his profile is st

another dilemma for me with online dating. he tells you he loves you and yet his profile is still up?

what are the rules? in a normal dating scenario, if one says he loves you then we assume said person will not be looking for another and will just focus on you (correct me if i am wrong). - how does this translate to online dating? when someone you havent met but have been in touch with every day for months and finally says he loves you yet, his profile is still out there. is this acceptable? should we then assume that he is still looking despite the fact? what is acceptable? i took off mine but decided to reinstate when i realised his is still up there.

online dating seems like the new frontier for some. myself included. when real time dating is already a challenge - online dating seems like the heart of the amazon jungle to the uninitiated. there doesnt seem to be any rules (or none that i could find) and things get easily confused or misconstrued. you could just as easily plunge into a ravine for not knowing where to look. what signs to look for? is it really worth it?

should we ask him why his prof is still active? or is it even worth a mention?

dazed and confused.


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well - as i said it is a lesson learned. introduction into online dating 101. mumbling mumbling
@ Swissblueeyes

Don't disagree on that part..the rest. wouldn't i even think about before i met the person..
wave hi waaana..ya before you mentioned about them meeting i assumed they met and were dating..i agree, if they were only chatting online it is only chatting, not a relationship..but he also should not mess with her head and tell her he loves her if he hasnt even met her yet.
@ g33kgurl

Well..we all been there...its easy to be carried away. I would advice not to take anything for given before you are face to face.
@wanna She's just asking our opinion on whether this guy is playing her or not. She hasn't said she's fallen head over heels for him. She is just questioning his behavior even though he has said the words 'I love you'.

Although rare, some people really do fall in love online. lol! I think you're taking this too seriously! lol! What are you doing on a dating site if you don't believe in pixels and words lol! dunno grin
People say "I love you" for different reasons and with different meanings. Ask him for more words... what does it mean to him?

I'm sure he feels affection... perhaps strong affection... but I'm not sure those are the words he should use...

I also believe that "I love you" should wait to be said in person. Not online and not on the phone... in person.

Ask him about this (his 'I love you')... ask him what you mean to him and what he wants to mean to you...

You should be able to have this conversation... (worry about the profile later)
hey swiss! more like skyped daily for a few months, met up when i did my travelling, came back - same thing. skyping daily and then he says the L word. not sure if that's considered dating (albeit online) or just chatting.blues
hey music - couldnt have put it any better than you did. exactly what my intentions and feeling were.. well said, thanks. handshake
hey inthe! thanks for the insight... maybe i should have that conversation with him. instead of just disappearing from him. maybe it is the more mature way (not saying that i am - hah!). i'm just mindful it would sound like an interrogation if i phrase it myself. LOL - but will definitely have a god at it. thanks mate!

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g33kgurl..did you meet him face to face in person?
You didnt answer this yet..
hey swiss! pretty sure i did! yeah. met up with him whilst i was travelling all over. nothing r18 happened (nyehehe) but we spent alot of time castle trolling, being tourists etc. but no he doesnt live just around the corner, unfortunately.sigh sigh
@wanna...OK........I think we're just going around in circles!
@G maybe this is even worse since you did meet him in person...regardless if you've slept with him or not. I'd find it kind of hard to accept the 'I love you' words over the internet. Better to save them in person as ITM said. Would be different if you met online and then spent a lot of time together in the real world. Sounds like a charmer maybe? lol!
Test him. Let swiss send him a flower.
@music - yes, a charmer i think. put a charmer and a gullible one together and you get trouble. blues blues
Yes. Bad combo G! doh doh laugh
@morg - very tempted. but trying to be mature here! grin grin

@music - crying crying crying crying
laugh Morg..
k g33kgurl..If you met him in person, youve known him for 3 months and hes been telling you he loves you, but he is still keeping his profile up then it sounds like hes trying to maybe play you..
Maybe you should keep your options open and date other guys? Keep talking to him but dont committ untill you see very good proof he is in love and can be faithful.
@g u are saying that he said u 'I love u'it means that it is possible that he loves u and u can ask him that in which aspect he loves u(as a good friend,as a lover,or just as an internet friend ). May be he is having his profile still here for u ,as u said that u cancelled ur profile.another point,u are saying that he is focusing on other,but i can say that a friend can focus on friend for careand right response(what's wrong if he is not having any wrong intentions towards anyother).may be he don't believe u,due to ur suspicious nature(like u look him as suspect).So no one can help anyone in this personal case ,people can give their views according to their experiences and knowledge,I think u must communicate him in right way(here ur case is looking like it is suffering from the problem of communication and beliefs problems).better u try to find out urself by using right method which ur brain suggest,and if u not succeed than give more time to know him. Jmhothumbs up
due to my suspicious nature? err....???....confused confused
Check it right out G, you could be throwing a fish back that you should of kept...
hey ru - what dya mean?
Many men use the words "I love you" as a "bait and switch" technique. In other words they are suggesting emotional security in order to get the "physical benefits" once they get what they want you will find they are will all of the sudden make excesses as to why they don't feel it anymore or they are "confused" do not ever by into the whole "I love you theory until or unless you have known him at least one year...in persongrin wine
There G, what lana said...

...and if I was in aus, I would have been on your doorstep like yesterday...you see.

The man could be for real...only you know the answer to that...just saying your've chatted and seen one another...could be the distance making it harder...better to find out the turth that he was fake, than throw him away and never know.
@ru and lana - thanks guys. taking everything written on board.
when someone said he love you then the answer is in our heart, we are the one who really know whether he really said the truth or he just sugar coat us. I'm sure as women we can feel it.

So if his profile is still up, then just simply confront to him

even though I think deep inside we also already know what he gonna say :)

good luck
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@myu - thanks mate!wave wave
reckons that everytime he deletes his prof for a girl - something goes wrong straight away. please please please, can i kick him in the gut now? please?very mad very mad very mad very mad very mad
Well if you haven't met him just yet, then it's unofficial.If you guys have and he said he wants you as his one and only that's when you need to keep your guard up. I've met someone and he says he would like to start something together once we meet and I'm wanting to do that too. If it's unofficial then don't sweat it too much,but if you guys meet and it is official you just need to be alert. Not to the point where it will drive him away,but you just need to build some trust there. Best luck to you girly.hug
@navygirl - like your new pic! thanks - he's still groveling on email but pressing ignore for now. grin grin grin
Navy has the bearing heregiggle
Listen to what she says about her own 'buildup'. Thats how it should be. Mutually focused on removing the distance.
Is that the situ with you guys, or not.. Thats the q u have to ask urself.

Apart from that i dident like he's response. Is this a "get u before u get me" cenario like Lana once mentioned?.. talk to hand
Profile can be put inactive, without closed. U did it why dident he?

I think what he has in mind is: for now im not decided, i want to still check out my options. Profile stays up.
In a way that is fair...
-just as u can't expect him to not have a onenighter this weekend if he decides to.

Work on finding out if one can move or not. If u meet the wall on that ( frustrated ) and u are frustrated about it:
then shot the door on him. 4good. Cos if he dont jump it soon,
its not as strong in him as it is in u.

Advice: Look more at actions than words.
well you want too reply too people who say hello too you,,,,
because,,, some people who spend time too write too you,,,,
are wasting there time,,,,,, always remember it,s nice too be nice,,,,,,,

so that,s why he has giving up on you,,,, because you have not replyed back too him,,, for so long,,,,,,
wake up lady,,,,,, people say hello for a reason,,,,,,,
if you dont reply back as much as he does,,,,,,,,
then he is going too find,,,, someone else,,,,,,,

not waiting for you,,, who ignores him,,,,, wake up,,, ya fool,,,,,,,,,
@morg - hey, well, we've had the chat. so the ball's in his court now. we'll see what he comes up with. so far, the emails i am getting are not supported by action. we'll see. thanks mate!wave
@alo1 - eh?confused confused confused confused
ahh i dont care what you say,,, forget about what i said,,,,,

were is this guy,,,, has he replyed back too this blog,,,,,,
oookay.....dunno dunno
hi there! thanks - comments duly noted.
Keep the profile up, but put in the heading that you found someone, or your taken.... I mostly come here for friends in the forums and chat anymore
hey bane! i've decided to leave my prof on for now. until things are resolved or until he takes his off. wont be putting any disclaimer for now either until he puts one on his. things happen for a reason i guess.wave
@CaptainTom That's pretty much what I said.
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