Men on internet dating sites are socially disfunctional. (42)
Green_Sleeves: Heard this twit on Mooneys show yesterday, I'm embarrassed to say she's from Carlow
Anyway, she was talking about internet dating and hadnt got anything positive to say about it at all! She believes that intenet sites like these are full of socially disfuntional men and put us into three categories...
1. 'Mammys boys' - Those who may live at home, or are still close to their mother and cant cut the apron strings.
2. 'Texters' - Those who never say what they mean, string people out with vauge texts over a long period.
3. 'Players' - For this she describes a guy in a nightclub that picks up women (what this had to do with internet dating I dont know! )Anyway, she just annoyed me!!! Never took into account what women can equally be like on these sites or any of the positive aspects. My guess is she joined POF for a few days and based her assumptions on that, even though she has supposed to have wrote articles for the Independent on Internet Dating?!! Listen if you so choose....
Anyway, she was talking about internet dating and hadnt got anything positive to say about it at all! She believes that intenet sites like these are full of socially disfuntional men and put us into three categories...
1. 'Mammys boys' - Those who may live at home, or are still close to their mother and cant cut the apron strings.
2. 'Texters' - Those who never say what they mean, string people out with vauge texts over a long period.
3. 'Players' - For this she describes a guy in a nightclub that picks up women (what this had to do with internet dating I dont know! )Anyway, she just annoyed me!!! Never took into account what women can equally be like on these sites or any of the positive aspects. My guess is she joined POF for a few days and based her assumptions on that, even though she has supposed to have wrote articles for the Independent on Internet Dating?!! Listen if you so choose....
Actually, was she here too?! There was a lady here a few months back who had on her profile she was researching dating sites?!
Green_Sleeves: Actually, was she here too?! There was a lady here a few months back who had on her profile she was researching dating sites?!
Oh yeah, her, perhaps I should have been nicer to her.
People will always find the results they're looking for when they're doing a study, it doesn't have to have anything to do with reality.
Iraq is a good case in point.
my name wasn't mentioned on the show by any chance
chancer_mcgancer: my name wasn't mentioned on the show by any chance
which category do you fit into 
Green_Sleeves: Heard this twit on Mooneys show yesterday, I'm embarrassed to say she's from Carlow
Anyway, she was talking about internet dating and hadnt got anything positive to say about it at all! She believes that intenet sites like these are full of socially disfuntional men and put us into three categories...
1. 'Mammys boys' - Those who may live at home, or are still close to their mother and cant cut the apron strings.
2. 'Texters' - Those who never say what they mean, string people out with vauge texts over a long period.
3. 'Players' - For this she describes a guy in a nightclub that picks up women (what this had to do with internet dating I dont know! )Anyway, she just annoyed me!!! Never took into account what women can equally be like on these sites or any of the positive aspects. My guess is she joined POF for a few days and based her assumptions on that, even though she has supposed to have wrote articles for the Independent on Internet Dating?!! Listen if you so choose....
Anyway, she was talking about internet dating and hadnt got anything positive to say about it at all! She believes that intenet sites like these are full of socially disfuntional men and put us into three categories...
1. 'Mammys boys' - Those who may live at home, or are still close to their mother and cant cut the apron strings.
2. 'Texters' - Those who never say what they mean, string people out with vauge texts over a long period.
3. 'Players' - For this she describes a guy in a nightclub that picks up women (what this had to do with internet dating I dont know! )Anyway, she just annoyed me!!! Never took into account what women can equally be like on these sites or any of the positive aspects. My guess is she joined POF for a few days and based her assumptions on that, even though she has supposed to have wrote articles for the Independent on Internet Dating?!! Listen if you so choose....
Well if you asked the psychologists, they would tell you that people who don't use social media,etc are psychopaths and could be the next Ted Bundy!
Green_Sleeves: Heard this twit on Mooneys show yesterday, I'm embarrassed to say she's from Carlow
Anyway, she was talking about internet dating and hadnt got anything positive to say about it at all! She believes that intenet sites like these are full of socially disfuntional men and put us into three categories...
1. 'Mammys boys' - Those who may live at home, or are still close to their mother and cant cut the apron strings.
2. 'Texters' - Those who never say what they mean, string people out with vauge texts over a long period.
3. 'Players' - For this she describes a guy in a nightclub that picks up women (what this had to do with internet dating I dont know! )Anyway, she just annoyed me!!! Never took into account what women can equally be like on these sites or any of the positive aspects. My guess is she joined POF for a few days and based her assumptions on that, even though she has supposed to have wrote articles for the Independent on Internet Dating?!! Listen if you so choose....
Anyway, she was talking about internet dating and hadnt got anything positive to say about it at all! She believes that intenet sites like these are full of socially disfuntional men and put us into three categories...
1. 'Mammys boys' - Those who may live at home, or are still close to their mother and cant cut the apron strings.
2. 'Texters' - Those who never say what they mean, string people out with vauge texts over a long period.
3. 'Players' - For this she describes a guy in a nightclub that picks up women (what this had to do with internet dating I dont know! )Anyway, she just annoyed me!!! Never took into account what women can equally be like on these sites or any of the positive aspects. My guess is she joined POF for a few days and based her assumptions on that, even though she has supposed to have wrote articles for the Independent on Internet Dating?!! Listen if you so choose....
I read the article in the Independent yesterday... and unfortunately, she is pretty accurate... There are, of course, EXCEPTIONS, and it goes both ways men/female - she was just giving a female perspective...... I suppose if your a decent enough guy you would be very annoyed... but she is probably right about the 67 up for it emails... I logged back on here tonight and honestly reading some of the male posters comments on some of the threads here tonight are they really surprised they are single....?
Iseult_1: I read the article in the Independent yesterday... and unfortunately, she is pretty accurate... There are, of course, EXCEPTIONS, and it goes both ways men/female - she was just giving a female perspective...... I suppose if your a decent enough guy you would be very annoyed... but she is probably right about the 67 up for it emails... I logged back on here tonight and honestly reading some of the male posters comments on some of the threads here tonight are they really surprised they are single....?
I'm not that bad, am I?
Iseult_1: I read the article in the Independent yesterday... and unfortunately, she is pretty accurate... There are, of course, EXCEPTIONS, and it goes both ways men/female - she was just giving a female perspective...... I suppose if your a decent enough guy you would be very annoyed... but she is probably right about the 67 up for it emails... I logged back on here tonight and honestly reading some of the male posters comments on some of the threads here tonight are they really surprised they are single....?
But by 'exception' it sounds like its a rare thing to find a normal decent guy on these sites?!! Thats sad
It annoyed me that she made me appear as 'just another guy on a dating site'. I know it was just her perspective, but, I dont think it was fair, or balanced. 
Bloody so called "experts." 
If you find an expert to state one point of view, you will find another expert somewhere else one to state the complete opposite.
In the end you just have to make up your own mind.
If you find an expert to state one point of view, you will find another expert somewhere else one to state the complete opposite.
In the end you just have to make up your own mind.
Green_Sleeves: But by 'exception' it sounds like its a rare thing to find a normal decent guy on these sites?!! Thats sad It annoyed me that she made me appear as 'just another guy on a dating site'. I know it was just her perspective, but, I dont think it was fair, or balanced.
you're probably annoyed because your are a decent guy, but sadly, she is accurate... and I know guys do have equal experience of really nutty women too....Green_Sleeves: But by 'exception' it sounds like its a rare thing to find a normal decent guy on these sites?!! Thats sad It annoyed me that she made me appear as 'just another guy on a dating site'. I know it was just her perspective, but, I dont think it was fair, or balanced.
from my experience on here its not hard to find the normal decent guys its just hard to find the normal decent ones that are actually interested in you Green_Sleeves: But by 'exception' it sounds like its a rare thing to find a normal decent guy on these sites?!! Thats sad It annoyed me that she made me appear as 'just another guy on a dating site'. I know it was just her perspective, but, I dont think it was fair, or balanced.
from my experience on here its not hard to find the normal decent guys its just hard to find the normal decent ones that are actually interested in you 
Green_Sleeves: But by 'exception' it sounds like its a rare thing to find a normal decent guy on these sites?!! Thats sad It annoyed me that she made me appear as 'just another guy on a dating site'. I know it was just her perspective, but, I dont think it was fair, or balanced.
Sad but true GS
Ok, there are thousands of profiles on here but chances are you will only be contacted by/contact double figures? In my experience (when I was actively seeking a date), the ones that started out fine, quickly disintegrated into either men that were looking for dirty chat or men that wanted to moan and complain about how sad their life is!!!
Keep the faith, you're one of the good ones
salanky: sounds about right
some woman is gonna get a serious
chancer_mcgancer: some woman is gonna get a serious
nothing wrong with that Glengirl: Sad but true GS
Ok, there are thousands of profiles on here but chances are you will only be contacted by/contact double figures? In my experience (when I was actively seeking a date), the ones that started out fine, quickly disintegrated into either men that were looking for dirty chat or men that wanted to moan and complain about how sad their life is!!!
Keep the faith, you're one of the good ones
Ok, there are thousands of profiles on here but chances are you will only be contacted by/contact double figures? In my experience (when I was actively seeking a date), the ones that started out fine, quickly disintegrated into either men that were looking for dirty chat or men that wanted to moan and complain about how sad their life is!!!
Keep the faith, you're one of the good ones
So what is it then I wonder?! Are these guys like that in general, thats there personality, or, its simply the fact that theyre on the net, safe behind their computer and can assume a different persona and be more open then they would be in real life. So maybe they are socially disfunctional?
Or, are women on dating sites seen somehow as easy pickings 'if theyre on the net they must be up for it/desperate' mentality?
Iseult_1: I read the article in the Independent yesterday... and unfortunately, she is pretty accurate... There are, of course, EXCEPTIONS, and it goes both ways men/female - she was just giving a female perspective...... I suppose if your a decent enough guy you would be very annoyed... but she is probably right about the 67 up for it emails... I logged back on here tonight and honestly reading some of the male posters comments on some of the threads here tonight are they really surprised they are single....?
Having listened to half the interview, because it was so boring I was left with two thoughts; (1) She hadn't a clue what to put into a profile, and didn't even bother reading profiles to get an idea. (2) She has a lot of 'growing up' to do. While she complains about 67 weird responses, it became quite clear that she hasn't got a minimum command of the English language, which isn't surprising for a reporter of that rag The Independent. For a young person who should understand the 'lingo' of the youth, it seems she has a lot to learn.
Just for the record the correct spelling for the word word 'disfunctional' is dysfunctional. It might help one's chances if one had a basic level of literacy.
Green_Sleeves: So what is it then I wonder?! Are these guys like that in general, thats there personality, or, its simply the fact that theyre on the net, safe behind their computer and can assume a different persona and be more open then they would be in real life. So maybe they are socially disfunctional?
Or, are women on dating sites seen somehow as easy pickings 'if theyre on the net they must be up for it/desperate' mentality?
Or, are women on dating sites seen somehow as easy pickings 'if theyre on the net they must be up for it/desperate' mentality?
Second point first......I never thought of that, but you could be onto something. Until recently, internet dating was a total taboo (still is to some people), so maybe some men do think that way.
First point second......if you meet someone on a night out, spend a couple of hours talking to them, it's going to be general stuff, and them trying to make a good impression.
You talk to someone on here for a couple of hours, and that could be over a number of days/weeks, and it just seems "different". I do believe that a lot of people have an "online" persona that is different to their "real life" persona.
Please note that I said "a lot", not all.....
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Anyway, she was talking about internet dating and hadnt got anything positive to say about it at all! She believes that intenet sites like these are full of socially disfuntional men and put us into three categories...
1. 'Mammys boys' - Those who may live at home, or are still close to their mother and cant cut the apron strings.
2. 'Texters' - Those who never say what they mean, string people out with vauge texts over a long period.
3. 'Players' - For this she describes a guy in a nightclub that picks up women (what this had to do with internet dating I dont know!
Anyway, she just annoyed me!!! Never took into account what women can equally be like on these sites or any of the positive aspects. My guess is she joined POF for a few days and based her assumptions on that, even though she has supposed to have wrote articles for the Independent on Internet Dating?!!
Listen if you so choose....