Comments on: Men’s 8 Most Irritating Online Behaviors

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:42:10 +0000

I think that the email stalking might have covered part of it; but, one time I had someone do it to me over the phone. He seemed really nice. Chat was great… I thought he was very funny… so we decided to talk on the phone after a couple of days… he seemed to like me… then when I finally spoke to him on the phone I realized that he lived with his mom, she was talking to him, and opened his bedroom door to call him downstairs for dinner… he was 37!! He had never been married… and then he told me his mom did not really like his previous girlfriend and forbade him to marry her because the girl did not want her living with them… so, all these things that had not been mentioned before… I told him I did not think we were compatible… and he almost cried… then got upset… then screamed at me as I hung up… and left me some nasty voicemails! I was thankful that he was honest… I would have ended up finding out anyway… you should include something about people mentioned who if anyone lives with them… and such stuff… including children that live with them… people who mention being single when they are really divorced… etc…

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:34:54 +0000

Ooooops… what happened there? I got a message that my first post didn’t go, so sent a second one. sorry everyone. blah, blah, blah…

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:31:54 +0000

David, so very true. Please respect the person and read their profile, get their name right. Give the meet a chance. Be honest about your picture and description. Everything is pretty obvious on the first meet, so why set yourself up for rejection/disappointment? And for people who like to cut/paste, read your message before sending. Technology can bring people together, but it can also make you look like an idiot with one press of the button.

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:26:09 +0000

David, so very true. Please read my profile. I’ve done the internet dating things on/off for the past 3 years. I’ve met some very nice men. I’ve also met some men that had me completely confused with another woman. Also, when you cut & paste, proofread before you hit send. Once a guy was using his cut/paste function and I got the wierdest e-mails. I would not expect someone that doesn’t take the time to check what he sends is going to pay much attention to me as time goes on. Before I go on a date with someone from the interenet, I always re-read their profile, and especially know their name. I know that personally I have a very hard time remembering a person’s name until I know them a little bit better. I think dating is a lot like meeting people in business. If you don’t have some background on them, they don’t think you take them seriously, and if you get their name wrong you appear to not really care very much.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:17:28 +0000

I always wondered why some guys think the lines that don’t work at the bar when we’re drinking will work online when we’re sober.

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:28:02 +0000

btw Merry X-mas everyone!

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:27:18 +0000

Yakub: haha thats good too know. I’m all about new learning experiences. Gotta keep growing, so here’s my first attempt at online dating.

If there’s any beautiful girls/women around the Okanagan area (Canada) that wants to teach me a lesson or two just send me an email at Vincerheault@gmail.com

I could teach you some ”french”

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:27:51 +0000

By following most of Davids guidlines i’ve actually gotten responses from around 50% of the girls i e-mail. The most important thing to remember is READ THEIR PROFILE! Being funny is a big plus too. Its an e-mail so you have all day to think of something clever to say.

By: Yakub

Yakub — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:56:49 +0000

I am not a big online dater, but following Davids advice I met some wonderful people online. At first I had trouble with it a bit, but later I figured that you need to have some nice pics, profile that women find attractive, and always be honest.

Vince: you can find quality women online, and who knows you might meet someone older than 28, and she will teach you all the naughty things you need to know;)

By: Bertie

Bertie — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:17:38 +0000

Taryn, I usually ask those who contact me that are much older if they’d be interested in dating my mother.
David, I think that men really don’t think too much about their own bodies in terms of fitness when they are filling out that profile. Maybe I’m being too pollyanna about it, but I don’t think they’re outright lying, but merely more focused on getting a date and aren’t really thinking about how they can be attractive to women.
It’d be great if the lists were on dating sites, but I think that there would still be a lot of people committing the errors…its just human nature.