If your relationships and dating are so tied up in a single online dating site that another company acquiring it is big bad news, I think you need to get out more.
I stopped using it largely because it didn't help my situation (I'm hopeless), but I would have definitely stopped using it back in February if I had heard.
Already acknowledged, but I left for other reasons.
I have a personality defect of falling for someone hard without any ability to perceive reality (combination of abandonment issues with the need to be loved from low self worth), then realizing the relationship isn't so great much, much later. Going out and having women fuck me over in the real world won't help that. Did I mention trust issues? I had been convinced at a young age that there are crazy women who would flip condoms inside out to impregnate themselves or scream rape even though nothing (at all) happened. No thanks.
In the end, dating a stranger just isn't the solution. My female friends are pretty much never single, and most of them (if single) would probably not lead to a really strong relationship in the long term. So I've pretty much come to grips with the single life and will hold onto it until I befriend someone that I can trust and we both realize maybe something better can come of it; chances of that are near nil.
That would be a complete failure business wise. They want eyeballs looking at ads. Or they want monthly subscription fees. Either way it is purely business.
Actually OKCupid is one of the few dating sites that do have a lot of features for people already in relationships or not interested in romantic relationships; I don't mean "hookups" here (which I consider to be a "romantic relationship"), I mean people who aren't necessarily interested in meeting other people IRL. I originally became aware of OKC because I liked to tinker with Quizilla, and many of the more interesting quizzes came from OKC.
I was probably on OKC for a year before using it in the ways you suggest it is only useful for. The psychologist game was a pretty fun waste of time they put out more recently, but you don't need to be on OKC to play that.
EDIT: My point was that they get eyeballs looking at ads whether or not they are successfully putting people together. I wholly agree with your point on most other dating sites, which provide exactly one function.
Well, my dad did promise at one point to make a custom set of kitchen cabinets for me as a wedding present when I get a house. Does that count? Custom wood cabinets are fucking expensive. A goat would be cheaper.
Sorta made-out with an old friend of mine while we were just hanging out. It's been building to this for a week or so now. Maybe longer. I dunno. We're just gonna experiment sorta until college starts, we're not sure if either of us wants to be in a long-term relationship. Plus, we like being friends and don't wanna fuck that up.
Hehe, not really. So long as we can still be non-awkward friends afterwards. And I think we will. I was prepared for this to happen, so it should be fine.
Theoretically, but she and I have been sexually comfortable with each other for a while. I know enough details of her sex life that making out with her hasn't told me anything new.
I recommend buying a pack of condoms anyways, no, seriously. It's a must for any sexually active person, both male and female. Although females can get by with the pill, if that's what they're into.
Sorta made-out with an old friend of mine while we were just hanging out. It's been building to this for a week or so now. Maybe longer. I dunno. We're just gonna experiment sorta until college starts, we're not sure if either of us wants to be in a long-term relationship. Plus, we like being friends and don't wanna fuck that up.
This is true. I just would be worried about my mom finding them, she would probably bug me.
Sock/underwear drawer.
I probably shouldn't leave them in my room, nothing would theoretically ever be happening there. My mom would kill me if I had sex in her house, so I'd never risk doing it there. Theoretically, of course.
This is true. I just would be worried about my mom finding them, she would probably bug me.
Sock/underwear drawer.
I probably shouldn't leave them in my room, nothing would theoretically ever be happening there. My mom would kill me if I had sex in her house, so I'd never risk doing it there. Theoretically, of course.
That's a bit extreme. You are over 18, after all.
And I will third the notion of having a pack somewhere, just in case of emergency.
Why don't you just put it in your wallet like most guys do anyways?
Don't keep them in your wallet. The constant rubbing and body heat can make them more likely to break. Also, it makes you look a bit desperate, or at the least, like a bit of a douche.
This is true. I just would be worried about my mom finding them, she would probably bug me.
"Mom, I know having sex before marriage would be a mistake, but in the unlikely event I do make such a mistake, I want it to at least be a safer mistake than without."
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I have a personality defect of falling for someone hard without any ability to perceive reality (combination of abandonment issues with the need to be loved from low self worth), then realizing the relationship isn't so great much, much later. Going out and having women fuck me over in the real world won't help that. Did I mention trust issues? I had been convinced at a young age that there are crazy women who would flip condoms inside out to impregnate themselves or scream rape even though nothing (at all) happened. No thanks.
In the end, dating a stranger just isn't the solution. My female friends are pretty much never single, and most of them (if single) would probably not lead to a really strong relationship in the long term. So I've pretty much come to grips with the single life and will hold onto it until I befriend someone that I can trust and we both realize maybe something better can come of it; chances of that are near nil.
I was probably on OKC for a year before using it in the ways you suggest it is only useful for. The psychologist game was a pretty fun waste of time they put out more recently, but you don't need to be on OKC to play that.
EDIT: My point was that they get eyeballs looking at ads whether or not they are successfully putting people together. I wholly agree with your point on most other dating sites, which provide exactly one function.
Are dowries retrohip yet?
I use a club and drag ladies back to my love cave.
And I will third the notion of having a pack somewhere, just in case of emergency.