I read their profile carefully and if they sound interesting, and don't have any unacceptable (to me) things listed in their personal stats (job/marital status/etc), I'll email. I'd never go solely by their picture if the narrative is absent or doesn't make any sense to me. Sometimes I'll just send a flower to compliment a person on something I thought was really cool, even though it is obvious that it would not go any further (they are not single anymore/looking for a different age or geographical range/etc).
And I would not necessarily expect that to happen the very first time you meet the person, but maybe I'm just weird. To me, the VERY main thing is finding out whether we interest each other, whether the emails that seemed promising would be supported by any connection when meeting in person for the first time. I would only meet someone in person who I thought could potentially be at least a good friend. At least for me it is very possible that the person is interesting to talk with, to discover the way they think (and be pleasantly surprised) etc, and the proper attraction can grow gradually as you learn about each other.
I don't mind tattoos on someone else's body, they can be really creative/beautiful and can tell something about the person... However, I must admit that the washed out, blue ones (depicting dubious text or images) that look like the person had them done by a buddy at the beginning of his 25 years in prison, those would scare me away....
Hmmmm.... Well, I'm sure pretty much any short word like that would mean SOMETHING in SOME language... I wouldn't worry about it. All I can say is that if I was to have a child, I'd choose a meaningful name for him/her, i.e. something of importance to me, related to my culture, family etc... I named my dog after a female character in a movie that I really liked.
I'd probably have to say right here in Latvia. "Could never leave" - did you mean not even travel anywhere? That's a depressing thought... as it only takes a few hours to cross our whole country from border to border... But still I'd have to say Latvia, I have lived here all my life and know I could happily continue this way. (And I agree with Baltica about our climate, but this is nothing new to us, we have it this way every year and the spring at last is so much more appreciated, isnt it?) I guess if I could not travel anywhere, I'd go and sit at the seaside and try to wave to the Swedes across from us... Or drive to the border and talk to the Russians through the barbed wire... LOL What a scary thought, considering we just joined the Schengen zone...
It's the first time I'm replying to one of your topic Gilly, and I see that hypothetical though they are, they're not that easy to answer!
It immediately makes me wonder if its parents had any temperament testing, working ability assessment and health screening for genetic diseases (common for the breed) before mating, and if they both were old enough to be bred from.
I think so! It would be naive to expect that a life-time hobby could suddenly be dropped because we fall in love... For a while, indeed, it may be put on the back burner, but after some time, when things get back to normal .... So yeah, get to know each other...
Also I'm amazed how some people seem to want to know exactly which place they would occupy in my heart - before or after "the dog".... Well, if you MUST compare yourself with my fur kid....
I feel kind of sorry for flowers that have been cut, it's kind of sad to see them die gradually in that vase on the table. I much prefer to look at them growing in the wild or in their flowerbeds rather than cutting them off and bringing them inside.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd assume that it's the thought that counts? Being a non-drinker myself, I have a hard time sending them that bottle of wine (just can't get over it!), so I just choose a flower of some sort - I'm not sending it for the sake of sending a flower, it's the message that I want to reach the person, that's all. Maybe there could be a "thumbs up" choice there instead of one of the flowers, or "hats off".
I agree with Mike's observations, however sometimes the older guys get excited about meeting a mature but younger lady, only to find out at some point that she is NOT quite as fully mature as she seemed to be.
Nope, never knew that... (then again I'm not really interested in any kind of political matters, animal rights or otherwise...) I spent many years with our local animal protection society, but we never did anything truly extreme. Letting all the pet parrots out of their cages would, undoubtedly, cause them to die, especially in our climate here?
Thank you for your input... So it would seem to be too drastic to use for people who are not obsessed quite SO much with their looks? Thanks a lot for the input (and more comments are welcome), it's pretty new here and I just wanted to know of ladies (or maybe men too) in other countries used it and would know to tell about it. Thanks, I'll pass these answers on to my friend.
A friend of mine (in her late 40's) is considering this, have you had it done or know of someone who has? What are your/their experiences? Is it worth it, does it really help? If you don't want to comment on it in public, at least a vote would be appreciated!
I think there is a certain US-based "animal protection" organization (read: animal rights extremists) whose long term plan is to ban dog ownership altogether, cos it's "cruel".... "Pet ownership is an absolutely abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation", they say....
Well, I feel this is definitely a quicker way of meeting people. In real life, I'd have to get dressed up, drive to town, sit at some cafe and talk, just to find out we have nothing in common? (and the initial attraction to their looks/eyes/smile was very misleading?) And I couldn't leave immediately after I realized it was a waste of time either, could I? I'm not really sure how real life "dating" is done with complete strangers, I've mostly ever met new people through my hobby, work or studies, and mostly either I was not looking for a relationship, or they were "taken".
Whereas this here is a quick way of digging through hundreds of profiles, just to find some that sound interesting and catch your attention, and then after one chat one can pretty much tell whether it can be continued or not. I firmly believe that if you have nothing to talk about online, you'll have nothing to talk about in person, and this just happens to be one of the main points of even looking for someone (for me).
I do realize that somebody I might be chatting with, might just be passing time on a dating site waiting for his wife to cook dinner, but sooner or later that will come in the open, no doubt about it.
OK, I'm off to resume digging! donning working gloves and picking up the shovel
Now you've made me wonder, I'd need to go study some books on making somebody happy.... Good question indeed!
Seriously though, I may be mistaken but I think that's the whole magic of love - that you may not even THINK you would be "able to make someone happy", but just by being in love and caring about the person, you just do it somehow. You may not seem like anything special to a lot of other people, but you fascinate that special person, they are truly interested in you and you absolutely make their day without even doing anything extraordinary.
Gosh, this forum has so many interesting threads, a lot to think and learn...
RE: How you make choice with which person you will start conversation?
Yup, which is why I always try to behave myself on here...