I know precisely 1 person who's actually had success on an online 'dating' site. She got a free trial invite from Match, clamped herself to the computer over a long weekend, cointacted every guy within X number of miles she found in any way appealing, gave them a way to contact her after her trial period and unsubscribed before she was charged a dime. She's what you might call a 'nerd', which makes cyberspace her natural habitat, but fit and not hideous, which makes her quite the catch among online women who actually exist. She's not even a Single Mom!!!! The guy she hooked up with was - surprise, surprise - a fellow nerd.
The sponsor's. If she emigrates to his country, the local authorities will anally examine his financial situation. If he emigrates to her country, she'll be the one under scrutiny.
They say communication is at least 85% non-verbal, and when it comes to relationships, I believe them. I speak several languages myself, but even when there is a language barrier of some sort or another, I've never known this to be a problem. If she's pretty enough, and he's tall/hot/young/rich enough, nothing else really matters. This may sound a little harsh, but it's reality.
The US women's soccer team is so successful because women in other countries don't play soccer. I do agree that soccer shouldn't be in the Olympics, simply because the Olympic Games shopuld be the very pinnacle of the sports featured in them. Which isn't the case in soccer, tennis, basketball, road cycling and a varietry of other relative newcomers to trhe Olympic scene.
In theory, nothing wrong with it. Under the cold, harsh light of reality, however, a man's chances to be asked out by a woman who is actually his type and/or not at least 10 years older than he is are slim to none and Slim just got tarred, feathered and run outta town on a rail. Unless he's a 22-year old, 6'5 soap opera actor with a millionaire's trust fund.
Strange that a European would ask this question. What is going on over there? Anyway, based on my life's observations on 3 continents, this is very much cultural. In the 'Old World', living with your parents- or having your parents live with you - is pretty common and no big deal. In the US, a man over 18 living with his parents - or a man who took his parents into his home - is a worthless loser. Circumstances irrelevant. Unless the parents are Mr. & Mrs. Trump and the home is a Beverly Hills mansion with at least 3 helipads.
A woman, on the other hand, can live in a cardboard box with a clan of rats and still get dates - provided she's hot.
Don't know how it works in Indonesia, but in the US, most, if not all, women consider men shorter than 6'2 to be useless, unworthy Hobbits. In light of that I have decided to henceforth refuse to date women shorter than 6'3.
I grew up in Europe, so I don't automatically assume someone to be the Antichrist if they didn't slather themselves in chemicals before stepping out the door. How hot is my date? Megan Fox can smell of whatever she wants.
Not sure about the ladies, but according to my observations in bars and night clubs, only about 1/3 of men under 50 wash their hands. Over 50, almost none.
Well, I on't know how it works in Vietnam, but in the US, honesty gets you ridiculed, rejected and left out in the cold. None of which are good, so it must be wrong.
'Dating' sites need to be paid for, just like every other business. On pay sites, it's your subscription money and the ads, on free sites, it's just the ads. More subscribers = more advertisers = more $'s. There are easily 10 times more men than women on every 'dating' site ever made (except perhaps lesbian), so having a bunch of female profiles with VERY pretty pictures is good for business. How real these profiles are is another matter altogether. Which ties nicely into the OT. Men go online to look for a new Ferrari - there are many of them advertised - only to find there's nothing but broken Hyundais and dump trucks.
When men hear the word 'curvy', they think of Playboy bunnies ad swimsuit models. Who have body fat percentages in the low teens. In the weird, warped world of personal ads, 'curvy' is usually just one of hundreds of euphemisms for 'fat'.
Similarly, when men hear the word 'skinny', what usually comes to mind are those emaciated teenage crack addicts you saw in 1990's Calvin Klein ads. In personal ads, 'skinny' is usually a derogatory term used by overweight women to rag on those who aren't overweight. See also: 'anorexic'
What guys like is irrelevant. The overwhelming majority of women want nothing to do with men who aren't AT LEAST 3-4 inches taller than they are in heels + hair + headdress/hat/tiara, with 6'2 being the desired minimum. Height of woman irrelevant, even the ones who're barely 5'nothing on tippy-toes want 6'2 guys. Every once in a while, you come across a very tall girl (say, 5'10 or better) who has -albeit very, very grudgingly and with MANY misgivings - come to the extremely painful and frustrating realization that her quest for a very much taller mate may forever go unrequited. There simply aren't that many men who are 7' or taller. A few of these girls throw in the towel and start dating men a little closer to their own height or maybe - GASP! The Shock! The Horror! The Abomination! - even shorter.
Personally, I have no problem approaching tall girls, but I do know that my chances are pretty close to nil and that I'm basically trying to pet a shark. Here, fishy fishy......
Here's how it currently works in the US: What men want is irrelevant. Women have kids at 14-19, preferably with the tallest druggies with the most tats they can find, by the time they're 22, they are DONE DONE. That's when they do things like go online to look for some lonely, desperate suckah with a steady job (codename: 'Mr. Right') to pay for the upbringing of those kids. See the 234 billion threads on this ansd all other online so-called 'dating' sites about 'Why can't I find a Nice Guy?'(TM). Women in their mid-30's to mid-50's (with or without kids) who either still have it going on or who at least think they do, chase after guys in their late teens and early 20's (tall, tattoos, see above) and will react rather vitriolically when approached by anyone over 28. Unless he drives a Ferrari and owns several tropical islands.
On paid sites, you WILL get responses, at least at first. How many of them come from real profiles is another matter entirely....... Most likely answer:0
In real life, everything depends on the individuals involved. There are regional differences, too. In the Europe I remember, ageism wasn't quite as rabidly ferocious as it is in America, especially when it comes to the older guy/younger girl combo.
Mountain bike, preferably rigid. Zero fuel costs, zero insurance costs, very low maintenace costs, can go almost anywhere, can reasonably carry loads of about 650 pounds or so.
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RE: Human kids grow up with Dogs. What will happen to our next generation ?
I feel sorry for the dogs. Poor things have to live with human scum.