Is there a problem with the male choices for women
2
5%
Is there a problem with the female choices for men
1
2%
Do you still expect to continue messaging
0
0%
Are you thinking of giving up on internet sites
4
10%
Have you already given up ?
2
5%
What hope is there ....god help us !!!
4
10%
Total Votes
40
Following my poll on ' do you want / expect / hope for a reply to your messages ' ?...... Let's see if we can identify if there is a problem and maybe what it is ?
Forget the Forums.....just the dating / chatting site......70% of you expect an answer !!.....to a message, okay ?......but 300% more men than women would hope / want / expect one.......SO.... OPINIONS PLEASE ?????
iamamm: Forget the Forums.....just the dating / chatting site......70% of you expect an answer !!.....to a message, okay ?......but 300% more men than women would hope / want / expect one.......SO.... OPINIONS PLEASE ?????
iamamm: Following my poll on ' do you want / expect / hope for a reply to your messages ' ?...... Let's see if we can identify if there is a problem and maybe what it is ?
I agree that it's rude not to respond to a polite message. Actually, I would tend to respond, anyway, but that's me. Interesting that 3 times as many men expect a response. I wouldv'e thought it would be the other way around.
I think people need to wake up and get some bloody manners !!
I lost my "manners" after being here for a while...
Unless the person has made an effort to write an interesting message, I rarely reply unless their profile content is interesting. I rarely reply to "Hello how are you" or such ... why the heck would I be telling a complete stranger how I am? Also, very often, so as not to be rude, it used to take me a bout 5 messages to repeat, thank you blah blah blah but I'm not interested. A lot of guys take a reply as an interest EVEN when the contents of the message say thanks but no.
After reading a few threads from people complaining about not getting replies to their messages, I had another go at replying to all messages. Same thing again!! Many just do not take no for an answer!! It's like being in a bar and someone offering to buy you a drink and you saying no thanks but they insist and insist till you have to tell them to eff off!! It is tiresome!! So I've now gone back to not replying to everyone...
ninamil: The replies that I send always disappear with the profile of the senders
I am not the kind of person who becomes cynical and/or jaded easily--I really do try to see and absorb only the very top of everything. However, I totally understand what everyone is saying. Recently I have sent a few nice cards/flowers, etc... and it is difficult to know how and in what spirit they are received because the other person seems to disappear or just not write back. While it is certainly prudent to be a good steward of one's own integrity, by the same token it is equally important to not be so judgmental--(it seems like there are at least some members who take every attempt to reach out in friendship as a negative. Now, has anybody really ever gotten very far with that outlook?) (Incidentally, not to rattle my own cage or sound egotistical, I'm one heck of a nice guy and I always mean well, so if someone gets their back up because I'm trying to be a friend, that is THEIR problem, not mine.)
Im indifferent..just cause something in a persons profile catches my eye doesnt mean that they will see the same..I simply send thanx reply to those who have viewed profile and if it goes from there fine if not then so be it..
some i chat with as friends only dur to geographical locations..
If I "corresponded" regularly with everyone who contacts me, I'd need a couple of secretaries just to keep up!!
So I don't!!
But you Ro can write me love letters any time you want!!
Howdy Sweetheart! Yes, I know. So, what can good people like me an' you do to solve this--because you're right, it would take way too much time to write everybody. Soooooooo....we've got to develop some kind of "radar" that can sniff out the ne'er-do'wells and undesirables so we can continue on our path of well, at least talking to SOME of the other folks out there! (I have already got a handful of faves, and yes, you're at the top of the list). I was talking about not wanting to be too cynical, that's all. Ideas girlfriend?
pops666: Im indifferent..just cause something in a persons profile catches my eye doesnt mean that they will see the same..I simply send thanx reply to those who have viewed profile and if it goes from there fine if not then so be it..
some i chat with as friends only dur to geographical locations..
Can I ask why? To me if a person looks at my profile and decides not to contact me then they are not interested, therefore it doesnt make sense to contact them.
I reply to all messages other than those from obvious scammers, I receive very few anyway.
HuggerMan4U: I agree that it's rude not to respond to a polite message. Actually, I would tend to respond, anyway, but that's me. Interesting that 3 times as many men expect a response. I wouldv'e thought it would be the other way around.
Hi Hugger interesting indeed.....and it's getting worse ! most women are indifferent / think the males are rubbish whilst most men are still positive and wanting replies ? At this rate....might as well shut the site down ?
Glatlol: Can I ask why? To me if a person looks at my profile and decides not to contact me then they are not interested, therefore it doesnt make sense to contact them.I reply to all messages other than those from obvious scammers, I receive very few anyway.
They might be shy
Sometimes, if someone looks at my profile and I like the energy they carry, I have a look at theirs. And if I like what I read, I tell them!! Just because ... and why not??!!
Sometimes, if someone looks at my profile and I like the energy they carry, I have a look at theirs. And if I like what I read, I tell them!! Just because ... and why not??!!
No reason not to if thats what you want to do, just isnt what I would do thats all.
rohaan: L is for the way you look at me O is for the only one I see V is very, very, Extra-ordinary E is even more than anyone that you adore......(how was that, my little chickadee?)
Awwwww!! Sweet!!!!
Ps. Yes!! There's something about that blank look in your face that is very attractive!!
rohaan: Howdy Sweetheart! Yes, I know. So, what can good people like me an' you do to solve this--because you're right, it would take way too much time to write everybody. Soooooooo....we've got to develop some kind of "radar" that can sniff out the ne'er-do'wells and undesirables so we can continue on our path of well, at least talking to SOME of the other folks out there! (I have already got a handful of faves, and yes, you're at the top of the list). I was talking about not wanting to be too cynical, that's all. Ideas girlfriend?
I think we're probably doing just fine!!!
Let everyone else put their pull their big boy/girl pants on and deal with it!!
EagleWoman: I lost my "manners" after being here for a while...
Unless the person has made an effort to write an interesting message, I rarely reply unless their profile content is interesting. I rarely reply to "Hello how are you" or such ... why the heck would I be telling a complete stranger how I am? Also, very often, so as not to be rude, it used to take me a bout 5 messages to repeat, thank you blah blah blah but I'm not interested. A lot of guys take a reply as an interest EVEN when the contents of the message say thanks but no.
After reading a few threads from people complaining about not getting replies to their messages, I had another go at replying to all messages. Same thing again!! Many just do not take no for an answer!! It's like being in a bar and someone offering to buy you a drink and you saying no thanks but they insist and insist till you have to tell them to eff off!! It is tiresome!! So I've now gone back to not replying to everyone...
I know ... some people spoil it for the others!!
Hello Eagle... Agree with the anaolgy of bar-jerks but is this diatribe your apology for not writing back to me 24 hours ago...or an explanation of how you ( and many other women ) see the site now ? So what does someone have to do to interest you ? Write you a Pullitzer prize piece of prose ? There is only so much a normal guy is reasonably going to ask / write in a first message .... and does your last line mean 'everyone' ( bar a remarkable exception ) or 'anyone' ( regardless ) - and yes to the lost manners and spoiling things for others... because contrary to widely held belief..some men are different..... and find it equally tiresome to be ignored....as the poll shows. Time for women to make a decision maybe ? Only forums or stay online and return to talking ... otherwise what is the point of being here ? ( General observations , of course )
chris27292729: According to you am in the wrong,not to reply to scammers.-
Hi Chris Not on this quote...but replied to anyway.... NO !....everyone exercises their own choices, obviously I don't pass judgement ..only on the fact that females tend not to reply..and men tend to expect one. It's purely my choice to chat to everyone Sometimes it's just out of mischief Scammers can be so much fun !!
Glatlol: Can I ask why? To me if a person looks at my profile and decides not to contact me then they are not interested, therefore it doesnt make sense to contact them.I reply to all messages other than those from obvious scammers, I receive very few anyway.
Contrary to what some people think about my opinion in this forum..the fact that I send a thank you anyways is it is common courtesy...they took the time to view who you are...its the way I was brought up.
iamamm: Hello Eagle... Agree with the anaolgy of bar-jerks but is this diatribe your apology for not writing back to me 24 hours ago...or an explanation of how you ( and many other women ) see the site now ? So what does someone have to do to interest you ? Write you a Pullitzer prize piece of prose ? There is only so much a normal guy is reasonably going to ask / write in a first message .... and does your last line mean 'everyone' ( bar a remarkable exception ) or 'anyone' ( regardless ) - and yes to the lost manners and spoiling things for others... because contrary to widely held belief..some men are different..... and find it equally tiresome to be ignored....as the poll shows. Time for women to make a decision maybe ? Only forums or stay online and return to talking ... otherwise what is the point of being here ? ( General observations , of course )
Andy x
I thought yor profile looked familiar ... and I can't remember the content of your message which I didn't reply to because I erased it when I didn't reply to it!
The content of your post to me and the arrogant way in which you have worded it shows I'm an excellent judge of character "at first glance" when I chose not to reply to it.
And yes Andy!! Unless the huy is able to write me a pullitzer prize piece of prose, I'm not interested because we won't be on the same wavelength!!
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