Gosh, that’s not insulting at all, is it?
The middle should read “Forever Alone”.
Maybe, but fair enough. A saying regarding trying to meet women online I bandied about for a couple years goes, “Sane, attractive, single: pick two.”
Both that and the Venn diagram are half joke, half stereotype, and half true.
Is that the current euphemism? It used to be “confirmed bachelor”.
Well, I’m not dating guys (I’m not really dating women either, unfortunately), so I can’t really say if there’s any truth to it. I’m just not quite sure if it’s a healthy idea to perpetuate. Jokes don’t usually work if they don’t have a kernel of truth. Don’t we (men and women) have it tough enough already without having to live down the stereotypes before establishing who we are?
I’m sorry, I thought it was amusing (much like the joke about women below).
The way I’ve heard it is “hot, sane, smart: pick two”.
ETA: I would definitely say there’s a kernel of truth to both.
Well, I can see the humor in it and I’m not personally offended. I just think there are some things that give a brief laugh, but leave a lingering aftertaste. And dating is tough enough already; I need all the help I can get.
I wonder where I am on the diagram. I’ve narrowed it down to “not gay”.
No, Forever Alone is not a euphemism for gay.
I swore off dating, online or not, until I got my shit together, or at least until I got another job. I mentioned I’m unemployed and not looking to date in my profile. Yet my online dating has still gone better than my job search.
Yep, I’m a nerd, spot on. Probably not gay…
Tracking off of online dating for a minute, because I need a kick in the pants.
I have not, in the past, been someone who has had any luck just meeting women by chance in the course of a day. And now within a week, I have missed two opportunities because it’s taken me 30 seconds too long to figure out how to approach the situation.
Need to remind myself that I have nothing to lose, and it doesn’t have to be perfect…especially if the signs of interest are already there.
Quick, decisive action, Sicks. Quick, decisive action.
Please kick me in the pants, now.
Just wondering how you knew these were opportunities for real? In my experience, what I have sometimes taken for subtle signs of interest (although always a bit skeptical), turned out not to be real in the first place. (Insert sad guy smilie here –> 
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Well, I guess I couldn’t know for certain without acting on it. But they were unusual enough that I had the a rare, distinct ‘is this actually going on’ thought.
And after running it by a few female friends (and a male friend), they concur that there was probably a good chance they were both interested.
So I actually just got off the phone with one of my advisors, and made a pact that I will no let opportunities pass me by…even though I might end up insterting little sad guy smilies in future posts about such encounters.
Of course the odds are that my luck for this year has run out :smack:
Could you post a brief description, please? I need to live vicariously through someone.
I’m taking a slow weekend. My third date guy hasn’t made any weekend plans with me, and if he can’t be bothered then neither can I. A bit of a bummer, but I was really wondering where that was going to end up going. He’s a big personality, and I can be as well. I was on the fence as to if there was much to it or not.
yawn If I don’t hear back from him, I’ll try to find some people to meet next weekend. If I do hear back from him, well his chance at the weekend is shot, but maybe something midweek.
Why is every woman on OkC now into roller derby? When did that happen?
I’ve run across a couple as well…
And good for them, I say! Skating’s good for the lower body and is a lower impact exercise than running. Of course, there are the other impacts to worry about.
Just don’t go up a ski lift with a roller-derby competitor in case she demonstrates a hip check. Trust me on that one – I learned the hard way (thank goodness there was a bar to hang onto).
When is it ‘appropriate’ to become Facebook friends? It’s been hinted at before, but it seems to me like that is something that you save until you’re practically a couple.
Isn’t it weird to do that right away?
Some people are profligate with their FB friendships. I only have 115 FB friends. Totally depends on the person. If you’re not comfortable with it, don’t do it.
Only 115? I don’t even know if I’m in the twenties.
I haven’t profligated with any of my FB friends. Wait…