# Is there a problem with being an online dating addict? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-being-an-online-dating-addict/801267 "2017-11-11T00:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 89
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-being-an-online-dating-addict/801267/89 "2017-11-12T00:43:04Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > Perhaps like me, she’s declined your generous offer b/c she doesn’t want to run the risk of being sexually assaulted by a man [who’s bragged about doing exactly that.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9645727&postcount=13) Already mentioned in this thread, but let’s not forget that he also brags about how he’s hurt everyone he perceives as having wronged him, and that this explicitly includes women who don’t keep a date: > [@Men in their 40's or above, how do you stay attracted to women your own age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-their-40s-or-above-how-do-you-stay-attracted-to-women-your-own-age/791623/533): > > I was supposed to have a date with someone in Newport, Rhode Island today. She just dropped communication for no reason and never called me back. I don’t do that to anyone because I think it is disrespectful. Like I said, that isn’t just women. Male friends have done it to me as well. What they don’t realize is that I consider anything like that a blatant lie and I will hurt you for it. It may take months or even years but I will strike when the opportunity arises. I have done it to bunch of people with no regrets and I will happily do it again. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-being-an-online-dating-addict/801267)._