I count a wink as first contact, personally...

Interesting...I will be honest, I am late 30's, and list an age preference of about 28-40, and tend to pursue those in the age range of 30-35, but the younger range is wider than the older, and I have gotten some grief from a female friend (and former romantic partner) over it. Frankly, 80% of that is due to the fact…

If you are too well-kept in your picture, I avoid you. Tousled hair, no make-up, in sweats is more appealing.

Interesting, I hadn't realized men did that, too. Back when I was frustrated in dating and about my weight I scoured the internet for blog posts about men's weight and dating and there were a lot of female commenters on these posts saying they of course they had no problem with a guy being overweight aesthetically,…

Its hard for some men to break out of the numbers game mindset but it is useful. I have about a 50% response rate from women, and its mostly because i am very selective with who I message, and I sound interested in your profile because I am legitimately interested in your profile; if I wasn't I wouldn't have messaged…

Good points, I think my annoyance comes from the fact that the generic "love to travel" comes across as just an attempt to create an image. Agreed that something specific ("I love to travel to Africa, go there every year to the same village") could be very attractive. "I love my friends and family and love to…

Out of curiosity, at what point does age preference become inappropriate? I mean, a guy in his 50's only looking for women 20-25 is sleazy, but is wanting (as a man or a woman) to date someone younger than you inherently bad? You can't always control what you're attracted to, and I don't think it's hypocritical for…

By zero luck do you mean no responses at all, or just in general not attracting the kind of men/women you want to?

I think nothing in the dating world confuses me more than men who say they are not attracted to black women. I just dont understand how an honestly heterosexual man can say that. Oh well, less competition then.

My longest relationship was a bit over a few weeks but not much, and honestly I don't think any judgments you would make about that would be accurate.

Are you in a Bad Dating Location? They do exist, particularly in the South. I am in Miami and it is terrible, terrible, terrible for dating, online or off, unless you're an airheaded 23 year old (of either sex).

Point 1: I would totally date a woman who said her dog would always be #1 because I am dog crazy myself.

Agreed. I will admit that when I first tried it I put oxygen, water, etc. kind of stuff, but you are right to revile and mock me for it, because it was really stupid and I have changed it since then after realizing that women were completely justified in preemptively rejecting me based on it.

As an online dater (well, mostly a browser these days), and as a guy who has been overweight 95% of his life and noticed the dramatically different ways I have been treated by women depending on where my weight is, I assure you the anti-fat crowd is just as open about their preferences on the online hetero women side…

Don't indulge his parents in their choice of name. It's not George, it's Joffrey.

Yep, I had a black ex-gf who resented the hell out of white hipster girls who wanted a Sassy Black Friend for their collection.

Really? My mom met him and conversed with him and said he was nice and friendly.

There is actually a lot of social psychology research supporting this very point.

She gets $25,000 a month in alimony and he is raising the kids.

Being rude does not justify people throwing things at you. And what concert has ever not started late?