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Offline SilverSolder

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #75 on: January 28, 2020, 12:54:22 pm »
If I have to say anything to internet dating these days: It simply does not work.

I know people that have "picked up" good people from internet dating. 

Like regular dating, or buying stuff on eBay, or whatever - you have to keep your wits about you!
 

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #76 on: January 28, 2020, 01:00:36 pm »
If I have to say anything to internet dating these days: It simply does not work.

I know people that have "picked up" good people from internet dating. 

Like regular dating, or buying stuff on eBay, or whatever - you have to keep your wits about you!

Something something bad products from china something something

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #77 on: January 28, 2020, 01:40:33 pm »
If I have to say anything to internet dating these days: It simply does not work.

I know people that have "picked up" good people from internet dating. 

Like regular dating, or buying stuff on eBay, or whatever - you have to keep your wits about you!


Why the personal attacks friend? Don't you have any better arguments, than insults?
 

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #78 on: January 28, 2020, 01:58:57 pm »
If I have to say anything to internet dating these days: It simply does not work.

I know people that have "picked up" good people from internet dating. 

Like regular dating, or buying stuff on eBay, or whatever - you have to keep your wits about you!


Why the personal attacks friend? Don't you have any better arguments, than insults?

I genuinely don't understand why you see my comment as an insult.  It was certainly not intended to be one!
 
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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #79 on: January 28, 2020, 11:24:51 pm »
I'll tell you what's a insult. A survey asking women why they are childless. The top answer was that they wanted 'life experience'.

So they are saying that ppl with kids have no life experience.  :-DD

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #80 on: January 29, 2020, 12:59:58 am »
Some people including myself have no interest in having kids. I have absolutely no problem with someone who wants kids having them, but I will never understand why some people try so hard to pressure those who don't. There are already more than enough people out there who didn't want kids in the first place and are lousy parents, there's absolutely no reason for anyone to intentionally bring a child into the world unless they are 100% sure that's something they want to do.
 

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #81 on: January 29, 2020, 01:05:23 am »
Some people including myself have no interest in having kids. I have absolutely no problem with someone who wants kids having them, but I will never understand why some people try so hard to pressure those who don't. There are already more than enough people out there who didn't want kids in the first place and are lousy parents, there's absolutely no reason for anyone to intentionally bring a child into the world unless they are 100% sure that's something they want to do.

A number of years ago I did England, Scotland, Wales on one of those fancy, swanky bus tours. At some point during the trip a select few of us got on the turps with the tour guide. He told us that he and his wife were educators by trade and didn't have children - "our choice". It was strange to me that he had to quickly qualify that.

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #82 on: January 29, 2020, 01:11:17 am »
A number of years ago I did England, Scotland, Wales on one of those fancy, swanky bus tours. At some point during the trip a select few of us got on the turps with the tour guide. He told us that he and his wife were educators by trade and didn't have children - "our choice". It was strange to me that he had to quickly qualify that.

I agree that it's strange, but I can understand why. On more than one occasion my partner has received sympathy and/or questions about just why we're unable to have children, it simply does not occur to some people that both of us are (as far as I know) perfectly capable of reproducing but choose not to.
 

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #83 on: January 29, 2020, 01:14:53 am »

I agree that it's strange, but I can understand why. On more than one occasion my partner has received sympathy and/or questions about just why we're unable to have children, it simply does not occur to some people that both of us are (as far as I know) perfectly capable of reproducing but choose not to.

Practicing is more fun anyway.
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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #84 on: January 29, 2020, 02:40:41 am »
A number of years ago I did England, Scotland, Wales on one of those fancy, swanky bus tours. At some point during the trip a select few of us got on the turps with the tour guide. He told us that he and his wife were educators by trade and didn't have children - "our choice". It was strange to me that he had to quickly qualify that.

I agree that it's strange, but I can understand why. On more than one occasion my partner has received sympathy and/or questions about just why we're unable to have children, it simply does not occur to some people that both of us are (as far as I know) perfectly capable of reproducing but choose not to.

So, you are one of the people intent on removing white folks from the planet? :)
(ref:  empty egg carton video linked by Ed earlier)
 
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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #85 on: January 29, 2020, 03:15:59 am »
A number of years ago I did England, Scotland, Wales on one of those fancy, swanky bus tours. At some point during the trip a select few of us got on the turps with the tour guide. He told us that he and his wife were educators by trade and didn't have children - "our choice". It was strange to me that he had to quickly qualify that.

I agree that it's strange, but I can understand why. On more than one occasion my partner has received sympathy and/or questions about just why we're unable to have children, it simply does not occur to some people that both of us are (as far as I know) perfectly capable of reproducing but choose not to.

So, you are one of the people intent on removing white folks from the planet? :)
(ref:  empty egg carton video linked by Ed earlier)

Nar, he's OK. I'd rather him going out and finding thieves in his street instead of making still more dumb kids.

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #86 on: January 29, 2020, 03:31:48 am »
A number of years ago I did England, Scotland, Wales on one of those fancy, swanky bus tours. At some point during the trip a select few of us got on the turps with the tour guide. He told us that he and his wife were educators by trade and didn't have children - "our choice". It was strange to me that he had to quickly qualify that.

I agree that it's strange, but I can understand why. On more than one occasion my partner has received sympathy and/or questions about just why we're unable to have children, it simply does not occur to some people that both of us are (as far as I know) perfectly capable of reproducing but choose not to.

So, you are one of the people intent on removing white folks from the planet? :)
(ref:  empty egg carton video linked by Ed earlier)

Nar, he's OK. I'd rather him going out and finding thieves in his street instead of making still more dumb kids.

I know he's OK!

I also know of one Jamaican man that has fathered more than 50 children, all with different mothers.  People with more puritan views seem to be slow learners, in comparison!

 

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #87 on: January 29, 2020, 09:18:29 am »
You sure about this? I don't think so. I know far too many girls that fell in love with strange strangers of different country origin, that could barely say "hello" in our native language.
That's the oldest erotic fantasy of women, kinda like meeting and banging a forest nymph for a man. Problem is, it just doesn't really happen all that often in practice or doesn't turn into anything good :P

I actually had one such case in family, and I should probably feel sorry for her, but really... you wouldn't believe the story it I told you :-DD
 

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #88 on: January 29, 2020, 10:21:28 am »
I think every family has one of them. My grandmother was the finest example. Swiss woman. During WWII she was knocking just about anyone so we've got a mix of part American, German, Swiss and British relatives :-DD
 

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #89 on: January 29, 2020, 10:23:33 am »
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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #90 on: January 29, 2020, 10:36:00 am »
Like I wrote before.
Men want their wife to stay the same. Women want their men to change.
Neither is going to happen.
 
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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #91 on: January 29, 2020, 11:28:18 am »
During WWII she was knocking just about anyone so we've got a mix of part American, German, Swiss and British relatives :-DD
Germans and British, true Swiss neutrality :-+
 
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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #92 on: January 29, 2020, 02:46:10 pm »
It made some interesting family conflicts over the years  :-DD
 

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #93 on: January 29, 2020, 05:45:19 pm »
Tim Pool, whacking the bees nest..

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #94 on: January 29, 2020, 06:18:35 pm »
That's the oldest erotic fantasy of women, kinda like meeting and banging a forest nymph for a man. Problem is, it just doesn't really happen all that often in practice or doesn't turn into anything good :P

I actually had one such case in family, and I should probably feel sorry for her, but really... you wouldn't believe the story it I told you :-DD


I don't know about falling in love, but I do remember back in my 20s I invited a Russian guy I worked with to a house party I was going to and several of the girls there were swooning over his accent getting him to say stuff in his native language. Had I know he'd be so popular with the girls there I might not have invited him.  :D
 
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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #95 on: January 29, 2020, 07:26:14 pm »
Like I wrote before.
Men want their wife to stay the same. Women want their men to change.
Neither is going to happen.

I think in many cases women think they want their men to change, but if they manage to do it they realize that
they didn't, because now they are boring or not what they initially fell for etc.
 
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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #96 on: January 29, 2020, 07:30:43 pm »
Like I wrote before.
Men want their wife to stay the same. Women want their men to change.
Neither is going to happen.

I think in many cases women think they want their men to change, but if they manage to do it they realize that
they didn't, because now they are boring or not what they initially fell for etc.

Or also just that once the guys have actually changed, they feel like their "job" is done. So they lose interest.
 

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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #97 on: January 29, 2020, 07:39:01 pm »
I don't know about falling in love, but I do remember back in my 20s I invited a Russian guy I worked with to a house party I was going to and several of the girls there were swooning over his accent getting him to say stuff in his native language. Had I know he'd be so popular with the girls there I might not have invited him.  :D
And how many lasting relationships came from it? No need to answer ;)
It's all fun and giggles, maybe more than that, but when it comes to devoting the rest of your life to somebody who has no standing in local society and doesn't even speak your language, dealing with your family and neighbors not sharing the same enthusiasm, suddenly things aren't so pretty. And of course any such man can have a new local chick each night, for all the same reasons every time ;)
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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #98 on: January 29, 2020, 07:42:55 pm »
I don't know about falling in love, but I do remember back in my 20s I invited a Russian guy I worked with to a house party I was going to and several of the girls there were swooning over his accent getting him to say stuff in his native language. Had I know he'd be so popular with the girls there I might not have invited him.  :D
And how many lasting relationships came from it? No need to answer ;)
It's all fun and giggles, maybe more than that, but when it comes to devoting the rest of your life to somebody who has no standing in local society and doesn't even speak your language, dealing with your family and neighbors not sharing the same enthusiasm, suddenly things aren't so pretty. And of course any such man can have a new local chick each night, for all the same reasons every time ;)

There's a danger of overthinking these things.  After all, if we get to the point where everyone pulls out a laptop with an Excel model to do a what-if analysis every time we meet someone new, the species would soon stop procreating!
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Re: The art of (internet) dating - year 2020
« Reply #99 on: January 29, 2020, 08:02:39 pm »
I suspect it's different in more homogenous societies. Here we have always had immigrants from all over the world, people are used to being around people who came from other places. I don't think being an immigrant is a significant obstacle to dating in the USA, I mean unless you are an American "Indian" we're all descendants of foreigners here.
 


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