In this article, a 30 something woman tries out online dating for the first time. Lots of and to be found.
Diary
Here's her experience after she filled out her profile.
Don't worry about game techniques becoming less effective because the masses know about them. Thirsty simps still take women at their word, even ones who've been around the block.
I understand her frustration though. It's the same feeling I get when I see a bunch of chubby girls entering a fast food joint.
Where have all the good men gone? Only betas (vegetarians) are interested in her.
That's accurate. Surprising.
She's self aware enough to know that she's in it for the attention more than anything. But life's sad for her. A man who's probably not a vegetarian didn't respond to a wink. She clicked an icon and the lack of a response to it upset her.
She has no idea about what it takes to be a man. I bet she didn't reply to a lot of those dudes who obediently sent her youtube clips.
Here's the writer:
She's the one without the mustache. She's never getting married.
Diary
Here's her experience after she filled out her profile.
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I joined OK Cupid at the age of 30, in late November 2011, with the pseudonym ‘viewfromspace’. When the time came to write the ‘About’ section of my profile, I quoted Didion’s passage, then added: ‘But now we have internet dating. New faces!’ The Didion bit sounded unpleasant, so I replaced it with a more optimistic statement, about internet dating restoring the city’s possibilities to a life that had become stagnant between work, subway and apartment. Then that sounded depressing, so I finally wrote: ‘I like watching nature documentaries and eating pastries.’ From then on I was flooded with suggestions of YouTube videos of endangered species and recommendations for pain au chocolat.
Don't worry about game techniques becoming less effective because the masses know about them. Thirsty simps still take women at their word, even ones who've been around the block.
I understand her frustration though. It's the same feeling I get when I see a bunch of chubby girls entering a fast food joint.
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One occurrence in both online and real-life dating was an inexplicable talent on my part for attracting vegetarians. I am not a vegetarian.
Where have all the good men gone? Only betas (vegetarians) are interested in her.
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It’s not that women are averse to the possibility of a casual encounter (I would have been very happy had the right guy appeared), but they need some sort of alibi before they go looking.
That's accurate. Surprising.
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I also signed up to Match, but OK Cupid was the one I favoured, mostly because I got such constant and overwhelming attention from men there. The square-jawed bankers who reigned over Match, with their pictures of scuba diving in Bali and skiing in Aspen, paid me so little attention it made me feel sorry for myself. The low point came when I sent a digital wink to a man whose profile read, ‘I have a dimple on my chin,’ and included photos of him playing rugby and standing bare-chested on a deep-sea fishing vessel holding a mahi-mahi the size of a tricycle. He didn’t respond to my wink.
She's self aware enough to know that she's in it for the attention more than anything. But life's sad for her. A man who's probably not a vegetarian didn't respond to a wink. She clicked an icon and the lack of a response to it upset her.
She has no idea about what it takes to be a man. I bet she didn't reply to a lot of those dudes who obediently sent her youtube clips.
Here's the writer:
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Emily Witt lives in New York. She is working on a book about female sexuality.
She's the one without the mustache. She's never getting married.