# Dating Service, 5¢ (FREE for Registered Dopers!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768 "2000-11-11T04:57:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/101 "2000-11-14T04:32:19Z")
Medea, ``` The pink in your cheeks complements the gold in your hair most prettily. ``` ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/102 "2000-11-14T04:41:17Z")
**lurkernomore** , may I say, as one guy who can dish it out to another, that was good. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/103 "2000-11-14T04:54:08Z")
I wonder why I bother? I feel a pity party coming on. This _is_ the right place for that, isn’t it? About me: single white straight male, 29 yr old, 5’10", 170 lb, brown hair, blue eyes. Pictures are available off the Pictures Pages main page under doper gatherings. Look at the Houston pics - I’m the scrunchy guy you can barely see with the mustache. I’m also in the Irishman Does Dallas pics - you can almost make me out in the corners. And of course, [http://www.cwcm.net/vegas/casino.html](http://www.cwcm.net/vegas/casino.html) . I am terribly shy with women, but you wouldn’t know it, because I’m generally outgoing and funny (or try to be). Thus I come off as either uninterested or a complete loser. (I think it’s the last one, and nobody has the heart to tell me.) Or gay. I’ve been told I smile too much. I sometimes cry at movies, and I don’t know why. I’m a little goofy. I used to be intelligent, but I don’t know what happened. I thought I was rather laid back, but it turns out I can be opinionated. I’m an atheist, secular humanist, skeptic, and all-around nice guy. I’m tolerant and don’t mind religious women, but I’m not looking to be saved. Respect my beliefs, I’ll respect yours. I don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t do drugs - I guess I’m boring. I like to dance, but don’t go often because I don’t care to dance alone. I’m not into the bar/club scene. I’d like to be sexually liberated, but I get too emotionally attached too easily - one night stands aren’t my thing. I much prefer to get to know someone and see if we are compatible, but that doesn’t seem to work. I live in the Houston, Texas area. I’m a mechanical engineer working for NASA. I like to read, don’t have nearly enough time for it. Used to read a lot of science fiction, interests have turned somewhat towards science fact. What I’m looking for in a woman: Someone who is interested in me. I’m tired of doing all the effort. For once I’d like someone to notice me and make me feel important. I do want someone attractive, but I have my own standards of what qualifies. Personality goes a long way. Someone who doesn’t expect me to make all the decisions. Someone who can be touchy-feely. Not necessarily immediately, but doesn’t expect me to take all the steps. I’m clumsy and easily confused. I need feedback to let me know things are progressing okay, know when to move forward, when I’m rushing things. I would be happy with a steady relationship building toward a future. Marriage is an eventual goal, but I’m not about to rush into anything. I would enjoy dating casually just to have someone to do things with. I just want to be loved. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/104 "2000-11-14T05:02:46Z")
LURKER! Please! Tease me, toy with me, be crude, teach me about football, but whatever you do, please, please, please do not compliment me. I’m horrible about compliments. I’ll just have to ignore any more past this. I’m warning you! [sub]_quick embarassed peck on the cheek_ such a darling [/sub] _flee!_ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/105 "2000-11-14T05:11:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > **I’m horrible about compliments. I’ll just have to ignore any more past this. I’m warning you!** _daddy hat_ Honey, this is why you are posting here. Come out of your room and accept what the nice man says graciously. You don’t have to believe it, although it’s true. You don’t have to believe he means it, although he does. It’s just part of the ritual. Blush prettily, say, “Oh, you!” and offer your hand for him to kiss. No threats. No hiding. _/daddy hat_ _grumpy dropzone hat_ Do I have to teach you people EVERYTHING? _/grumpy dropzone hat_ ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/106 "2000-11-14T05:22:18Z")
TopazAntares, am I too short and too old? Check with me next week. 😉 Cyndar (Michi), beautiful. No cheesy come-ons, no over the top lines. Just a suggestion we have to meet sometime. handy, you’ve got some funny lines in this thread. (No, that’s not a come on!) 🙂 Scotticher, if you pass on Tiggeril to one of us dopers, she gets to stay in the family. How’s that for a deal? Nymysys, what is “snarky”? Do I want some? Kat, hi! You’re right, I’ll have to pass on the country music. 😉 Mishell, send the pics. I’ll take both - a scary and an old one. I’ll email. Whammo, you live in Vegas and couldn’t make the Dopefest. You don’t deserve to meet anyone here. 😉 Diane, I have a hard time believing you’re ever scary looking - except when you want to be. Medea’s Child, I won’t try to smooth-talk you - lurkernomore has me beat. I’d offer you cookies, but I screwed up - burned the bottoms and aren’t done all the way through. Next time. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/107 "2000-11-14T05:31:33Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by pricciar \* > \*\* > I like green beans._\* Sorry. I’m married. > [@](#): > > \*\* > Some of the kind of People I like. > People who are smarter than me. People who are cooler than me. (Those aren’t hard) People who like to talk about senseless nonsense. People who can have fun. People who like movies. People who are pretty. People who like walking around. People who llke driving around aimlessly. People who know where my watch is. People that don’t live in my toilet bowl. People who know where my clock is. People who don’t mind me going on and on and on. People who have read this far into the post. People who wear silver rings that have neat symbols on them. People who have black hair. People who think I am way funny. People who will buy me circus peanuts. People who can introduce me to monkeys. People who don’t mind looking at the other side of the issue. People who like silent movies. People who make fun of things as a sport. People who can do nothing all day, and feel like it was a great day. People who wear footy pajamas as an adult. People who don’t throw dog biscuits at me. > pat \*\* Too bad, really. Sounds like I’m your dream girl. Except that I don’t have black hair and I don’t know any monkeys. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/108 "2000-11-14T09:18:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cyndar \* > \*\*I’m no good at talking about myself. This is enough for now. Want to know more? Write to me! 🙂 \*\* I’ve written to her. I know her (at least via correspondence). Even though she doesn’t flirt with me [sub]_grumble_[/sub]…this woman is CLASSY. Smart and kind, too. (As for the picture, look for yourself!) Michi can do a lot better than me (it’s also true that I want children). And someday, she’ll make someone very, very happy. (She may find that hard to believe. _I_ do not.) I’m very proud of the fact that she’s friendly to me. “‘Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire.’ Why, that’s the lady; all the world desires her; From the four corners of the earth they come, To kiss this shrine, this mortal-breathing saint” –Merchant of Venice, Act 2, Scene vii ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/109 "2000-11-14T12:59:55Z")
_peeks out of her room_ _pounces on DRY for a quick hug_ _hides_ ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/110 "2000-11-14T16:14:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\*LURKER! > > Please! Tease me, \*\* I can do that a little… > [@](#): > > toy with me, I’m not too good at that, and don’t want to be. My idea of playing games runs to Civ II, Monopoly, or the like. Honesty is one of my best points, and one of my greatest flaws. > [@](#): > > be crude, Don’t tempt me on this one…:eek: > [@](#): > > teach me about football, This I might be able to manage…Lesson 1 - bet on the guys playing San Diego. > [@](#): > > but whatever you do, please, please, please do not compliment me. I’m horrible about compliments. I’ll just have to ignore any more past this. I’m warning you! ``` I thought giving public compliments when deserved was a good thing? Curse those management manuals! ``` Think of it this way - you’re building up a tolerance (never build up an immunity - keep a perspective) > [@](#): > > _flee_ Oh, and if continue with these kiss-and-runs or hug-and-runs, I’m taking up jogging! ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/111 "2000-11-14T17:25:04Z")
I’m game, sign me up. But of course, no matter what system you use for setting up these dates, I should have at least one date with Nymysys. I mean, we’re about the same age, she’s already mentioned how starving artists turn her on, she’s signed my message board (twice! Is that flirting or what!? :)), and um, well, isn’t that enough? Never mind the whole L.A./Chicago thing. A mere road bump. - Dave ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/112 "2000-11-14T17:31:12Z")
Okay, if you feel you must improve my tolerance you may. _blush_ Just be prepared that I’m horrible with them, truly awful. [sub]though I do apreciate them, they make me smile…later, after I’m done being embarassed[/sub] Oh, and with me, “tease” and “toy” are perfectly delightful euphamisms for doing the “crude” activities. _grin_ ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/113 "2000-11-14T18:38:32Z")
But isn’t the smile worth the blush? and they go so well together… ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/114 "2000-11-14T20:15:02Z")
You are very, very good at this lurker. _smile_ ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/115 "2000-11-14T20:32:42Z")
But, this is great! **Green Bean** , you know where my watch is! Coool. Can you tell me where it got to? If you can’t tell me exactly, perhaps just give me a series of rhyming hints? Oh joy. I get to find my favorite watch. My wrist will be so happy. (Now that sentence is just begging to be mocked) pat ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/116 "2000-11-14T21:14:06Z")
Did you ever read “The Little Prince”? If you did do you remember the part where the prince, or perhaps it was the narrator, puzzles over the questions people ask when trying to get to know someone? I can tell you all about the games I like and what I look like, but without a face and voice to match the facts to it means very little. I’m a SWF, never married (engaged once, but it was a long time ago). I like gardening, cooking and walks on the beach. I enjoy reading mystery novels. I don’t watch much television, but I like movies. My goals in life are a house and dog (preferably a German Shepard, but I like most dogs). I don’t think I have a desire for children. I’m a lapsed christian or possibly a non-practicing agnostic. I’m 33 years old, a “Leo”, a light drinker and an adventurous eater. My pet peeves are people who are late, bad traffic and the sales guy at my office. Are any of these really the things you wanted to know? I like east coast swing and have done some lindy. Dance probably takes more of my non-working time than any of my other hobbies right now (Renaissance, Argentine tango, ballroom, occasional contra). Not that I have much non-working time \ I work for a start-up about 30 miles south of San Francisco. It’s fun and I like what I do (I’m a tech writer) but before I started a few months ago the manuals had not been updated since heaven only knows when. Nobody had keep careful track of the changes in the software either, so like Alice, I’m running very fast and not moving. Bad programmers, no biscuit. While I get sufficient male (and occasional female) attention if I put any effort into my appearance, I’m lazy enough that I dress casually, almost to (and occasionally past) the point of slovenliness most of the time. I used to wear pretty clothes, but have gotten out of the habit as no job requires me to dress up anymore and the men I’ve dated in the recent past haven’t noticed any effort. I’m 5’5, curvy, waist-length brown hair. I’m looking for a smart, slightly silly man who can dance. Someone who can be the adult in the relationship at least occasionally. You can reach me at [deleted email address] ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/117 "2000-11-14T22:48:15Z")
I’ve been lurking for a while and figured what better way to break the ice than to announce that I can’t find a woman. 🙂 Here’s my new teeming millions profile, including some stupid pics, [Greathouse](http://fathom.org/cgi-bin/pm.cgi?login=Greathouse&action=display). I am pretty shy around new people. Once I get to know people though, I am really open with them. I like to tell jokes, and listen to other people’s jokes or stories. For fun, I usually go to one of the local dance clubs here or play with my son or just play my guitar. I am 26, and live in Garland TX. I have kind of a professional job, but you couldn’t tell it to look at me. I consider myself to be an honest person, and once I get to know someone I am pretty direct and to the point. Anyway, that’s it…pretty boring, but like the subject says, What The Hell. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/118 "2000-11-14T23:19:58Z")
If dropzone can even make one single couple from all these messages I won’t post any messages for 12 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/119 "2000-11-15T03:42:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pricciar \* > **Green Bean** , you know where my watch is! Coool. Can you tell me where it got to? If you can’t tell me exactly, perhaps just give me a series of rhyming hints? > Oh joy. I get to find my favorite watch. My wrist will be so happy. (Now that sentence is just begging to be mocked) It’s in the fridge, behind the carton of leftover rice from the take-out Chinese place. It fell off your wrist when you were rooting around in there looking for the Grey Poupon. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768/120 "2000-11-15T03:51:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*If dropzone can even make one single couple from all these messages I won’t post any messages for 12 hours. \*\* I see your twelve and raise you twelve. By couple, does one date qualify? Marriage? Define. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-service-5-free-for-registered-dopers/40768.md?page=7)