roseofsharonOPmanchester, Hampshire, England UK8,699 posts
I was contacted by what seemed a very nice chap, not far from me. Seems he has been recently split and feeling rather down, of course. From the outset he wanted to IM and I explained that my IM on here is switched off and that mails for the time being is fine. We communicate back and forth for a bit and then he tells me that its not working for him due to the delay rather than the IM method.
We talk about conversations on the 'phone and even a possible meet. He then tells me he has to have the right people around him and be able to look someone in the eye. I respond that he wouldn't get that with either IM or the 'phone and yet he didn't allude to meeting up.
WTF??!!
Why did he suggest IM in the first place if its not good enough and why has he been bothering if the 'phone or meeting up isn't good enough either...?? I did ask what he expected from being on a dating site if none of those methods were to his liking. He told me he was expecting to be in contact with someone more tolerant..... that'd be someone he CAN'T or WON'T communicate with then?? I had been friendly and listened to his woes (and I don't mind for a moment) but.....
So..... no mails, no IM, no 'phone, no texting and no meeting up but he seeks contact.... have I entered a parallel universe or something...??!!
Don't even bother....if he has these sorts of issues now, and u haven't even MET the guy, can you imagine how friggin' complicated he must be??....Dump the dude, and don't look back...you don't need the hassle....
roseofsharon: I
WTF??!!
So..... no mails, no IM, no 'phone, no texting and no meeting up but he seeks contact.... have I entered a parallel universe or something...??!!
roseofsharonOPmanchester, Hampshire, England UK8,699 posts
Lagoona22: Don't even bother....if he has these sorts of issues now, and u haven't even MET the guy, can you imagine how friggin' complicated he must be??....Dump the dude, and don't look back...you don't need the hassle....
Indeed!! But how can someone even expect to be in contact with someone if NO method whatsoever is appropriate?? And... more to the point, putting all that forward as a reason/excuse..?? One can't hope to appear lucid/coherent, surely??
Rose, all those excuses are just a front....the guy has issues....don't even spend 2 seconds thinking about it...I've dated people like this.....their problems become your poblems...not worth it....
roseofsharon: Indeed!! But how can someone even expect to be in contact with someone if NO method whatsoever is appropriate?? And... more to the point, putting all that forward as a reason/excuse..?? One can't hope to appear lucid/coherent, surely??
Sounds to me like that's what he IS like for everything ...
All the time you're saying blue ... he says "no! ... red"
By the time you agree to red he goes "what? red? Nah!! I need yellow! Whatever made you think I wanted red? What I need is a woman who agrees with yellow!!! " NOW he is making it YOUR fault that you don't know/understand/agree with yellow!!!
It's called mind games ... and so far he has been casting his bait!!! If you bite you will be for ever confused, because he will be continuously "playing the game". A confused woman is a lot easier to controle.
roseofsharon: Indeed!! But how can someone even expect to be in contact with someone if NO method whatsoever is appropriate?? And... more to the point, putting all that forward as a reason/excuse..?? One can't hope to appear lucid/coherent, surely??
Maybe he is just trying to rush you Alison - get outa there fast is my reaction from what Ive read so far............
Sounds to me like that's what he IS like for everything ...
All the time you're saying blue ... he says "no! ... red"
By the time you agree to red he goes "what? red? Nah!! I need yellow! Whatever made you think I wanted red? What I need is a woman who agrees with yellow!!! " NOW he is making it YOUR fault that you don't know/understand/agree with yellow!!!
It's called mind games ... and so far he has been casting his bait!!! If you bite you will be for ever confused, because he will be continuously "playing the game". A confused woman is a lot easier to controle.
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We talk about conversations on the 'phone and even a possible meet. He then tells me he has to have the right people around him and be able to look someone in the eye. I respond that he wouldn't get that with either IM or the 'phone and yet he didn't allude to meeting up.
WTF??!!
Why did he suggest IM in the first place if its not good enough and why has he been bothering if the 'phone or meeting up isn't good enough either...?? I did ask what he expected from being on a dating site if none of those methods were to his liking. He told me he was expecting to be in contact with someone more tolerant..... that'd be someone he CAN'T or WON'T communicate with then?? I had been friendly and listened to his woes (and I don't mind for a moment) but.....
So..... no mails, no IM, no 'phone, no texting and no meeting up but he seeks contact.... have I entered a parallel universe or something...??!!