Is there a problem with being an online dating addict?

Could be but I don’t think he is bragging like others have speculated. I think he’s looking for answers.

If so, then I retract my NPD diagnosis, but still think you have high levels of narcissism, which is creating a void in your life. Self awareness is key in resolving the problems that creates.

I think maybe a mix of both.

And I’m okay with that.

You are doing it wrong.

My guess is that it’s exactly this. :dubious:

It’s like gambling addiction, the more you play the more you win (and lose), you never really break even. It’s all smoke & mirrors.

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.
Or it could be your breath. No telling, really.

Just admit it was wrong, Shag. Please.

If someone doesn’t accept your ‘date request’, please please don’t ask a second time.

This probably isn’t the right environment to ask people out either, any more than the worl place is.

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:

That’s extremely disturbing – it’s almost sociopathic.

This paragraph here could not be more succinct in summing up your views on dating and and most especially how you view women. I suspect you find a successful career women to be a poor partner because she is not content to be the pretty young thing hanging on your arm, good for nothing more than being a trophy for you to parade around and a porn star in the sack. You make a point to describe someone you’ve gone on a date with as a “Russian heiress” and sure to point out that she’s hot so everyone can see that you’re capable of scoring with 10s, and if that doesn’t work out you always have the backup of a high priced stripper or escort.

It’s all very telling and not complimentary to you at all. I can’t imagine why a woman would ghost a man who sees her as nothing more than a pretty face and a vagina. Yeah, I’m sure you don’t tell the women that to their faces, but we’re a pretty intuitive bunch and can usually tell when we’re dealing with a douchebag. The emptiness you feel is likely due to the fact that you are not capable of seeing a woman as a real, living, breathing, flesh and blood flawed human who can bring more to a partnership than sex and a pretty face. You think that’s all there is? I almost pity you. Relationships are built over the simple things, preparing a meal together, snuggling in front of the tv, where touching their hand or their hair feels like home. It’s laughter, inside jokes, taking care of one another when you’re sick, surprising them with their favorite treat when you run to the store, putting your partner’s needs ahead of your own.

You seem to have no concept of any of these things, and so you’ll continue on, having some sex here and there but never fully satisfied with what you’re getting, because in the end you’re getting all that you’re capable of. You have a horrifying view of women, and in fact are so proud of the time you participated in committing sexual assault against a friend’s girlfriend that you’ve posted
the story
at least
four times.. The first link there also tells on you quite a bit. The story itself is bad enough, but you note that “lucky for you”, the girl in question was on her period and therefore no actual penetration happened. Lucky for you. Not lucky for the girl that she narrowly missed being raped, but lucky for you that you opted not to rape her because consequences are hard. The restlessness you feel now is entirely self-imposed and it will likely continue for the rest of your life. I opt not to shed any crocodile tears over that fact.

That ‘Joke’ is so disturbing, on many levels. One being, he tells it over and over! It is like he is bragging about it. Oh, yeah he is bragging! Sick!

He’s also described some extremely strange goings-on in his high school locker room, things that nobody else here could recall taking place in theirs. :dubious:

Online dating brings out the worst in people - projecting a facade of appeal while retaining the ability to bail at any moment.

If I had money, I’d probably just hire escorts. In many ways, alleviating sexual needs elsewhere can help you focus on developing a real relationship. Just don’t tell her you’re paying other women for sex.

Ohmygodohmygodohmygod. Ewwww. Dude, get some help. You are seriously a menace to society. And don’t give me that bullshit about your rough life; my father walked out when I was 8 after breaking my mother’s nose, I was picked on in school, I went through a divorce, my sister died in a car accident, my cousin’s 10-year-old son accidentally hanged himself in his closet, my other cousin’s 13-year-old son dropped dead on the couch of an undiagnosed heart condition… and you know what I did? I learned that everyone is fighting some kind of battle and maybe you should go easy on the waitress who just screwed up your order. I developed a sense of humor about life. I learned that we’re all human and we make mistakes. I didn’t go out and semi-rape someone and then hide behind “Oh sorry, it’s my parents’ fault”. You’re old enough to know better.

Lucky for you, indeed.

Yes, develop a real relationship partially based on lies. There’s a recipe for success!

Again, consistent with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. He loves his daughters because they are an extension of himself. He loves other people until they fuck with his ego somehow, then he becomes cruel and vindictive. Attractive women are more or less advanced models of realdolls. It’s emptiness all the way down.

The only viable solution is treatment. He’s going to be miserable until he gets it. Or at least making others miserable.

How many threads do you think it will take?

Every single one of your threads ends up with the same advice, which can be best summed up as: get professional help.

No, you should tell them. Lying in a relationship is always a bad idea. (except about trivial things like 'how much do you weigh).

I’m pro-sex work, for what it’s worth, but I’m also against lying to people you’re dating, especially about if you’re having sex with other people.

…as well as sexual dysfunction.