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Originally Posted by Macd123
would it be asking too much for a thank you after complimenting somebody's photo.
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Honestly? yes. especially on a dating site, full of guys looking for a hook up. Saying someone is cute or attractive is not a conversation starter and really is not something that is hard to do. I could go through a dating site and say many women re cute and be one to hope that one out of those many would respond and I'd get a connection or something. many guys are very lazy and that's ALL THEY DO. They don't think about thoughtful comments about profiles and most of the time that is what women.. no, people both m/f are looking for. someone that has more interest in them than their looks.
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I have had several individuals who have sent me a response and then disappeared after I replied?
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Part of the draw for dating sites online is this. You don't need to make a lifetime or even a short term commitment until you're ready to. You can check someone out, hear what they have to say and there is no cost to just dropping the conversation when you know it's not going anywhere or you're just plain not interested. The thing that makes people want to use this method is that, it's easy to do this without any kind of obligation. It's the nature of the beast. I know that doesn't seem like I'm trying to make you feel better but once you accept it and approach it more casually it will keep frustrating you.
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On the bright side, I do have one individual that I have an ongoing discussion with but the only problem is she only gives me one sentence responses (I usually reply with a whole paragraph). She's attractive but I don't know how to read the situation.
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Her one sentence responses may merely be that this is typical of her behavior. Some people are not as wordy as other people in text and online.
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It's depressing because I've actually tried to open up alternative avenues to my solitary lifestyle - oh well. Anyway time marches on and pretty soon I just won't care or won't know what's going on
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