4021

But… how would you know?

4022

I think it comes down to sex. If you’re boinking, then there’s an implied exclusivity unless otherwise noted, and it’s certainly fair game to discuss as much.

If you haven’t taken that plunge, it seems reasonable to see other people.

4023

The safe approach is always Assume Nothing.

4024

Yes, different people have different expectations, as this thread shows. I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who don’t even find “boinking” to be any mark of exclusivity.

4025

Well, I wouldn’t have, and that was my point. My fiance is completely different from what I thought I was looking for. This kind of puzzled me at first but I’m glad I didn’t break up with her based on the way she eats her peas or the size of her third toe or her fluency in email. The only thing I could figure out was that she made me really happy and, in the end, that turned out to be the really important bit.

So I guess what I’m saying is that if someone looks interesting and attractive to you but is a terrible speller or says something odd in their profile, don’t dismiss them out of hand on that basis. When you meet someone that you click with in real life, you have no way of knowing how well they write or if they have something that might puzzle you if you saw it in their online dating profile.

4026

Holy shit, Rightbug’s post was number 4000 for this thread.

I just came here to leave this:

(I would sign up for a dating site that asked that question. If I were looking, that is.)

4027

So far, I’ve run into three people that I know here in Baltimore on OkCupid. I hang out with two of them on a regular basis! We share all of our OkCupid horror stories and make fun of idiots together. Also, C likes to troll people a lot. Especially people who talk about how amazing Twilight is!

4028

Princess Madeliene of Sweden just called off her engagement. Quick, QT3 Swedes, where is a gentlemen most likely to run into her? Inquiring minds want to know.

4029

I’m gonna guess Sweden would be a start. Get there first, then worry about the details, ElG!

4030

You know, a good sign that it’s time to take a hiatus from internet dating forums is when viewing profiles starts creating a growing swell of utter misanthropy instead of any form of interest.

The disturbingly large number of people who answer questions like “Do you support interracial marriage” with “No” just… what the what? It’s like “Okay, you’re attractive, seemingly self-supportive, no kids… and you’re a complete atavistic mistake that should have been smothered in her crib before you could turn into a waste of perfectly good breathing oxygen.” GAH.

Kind of hard to look for any kind of companionship when the overwhelming majority just stir up feelings of utter contempt.

4031

So I looked up Princess Madeleine of Sweden, and she definitely fits the image of the “beautiful princess”. I’d rank her higher than Princess Stephanie of Monaco in her prime (~20 years ago?), and she was pretty famous for her beauty, IIRC.


4032

While I’m not reaching epic levels of disillusionment in my fellow man like Mightynute, I am finding it nice to be taking a break from the whole thing for awhile.

One site that I hadn’t logged into for a few weeks sent me a copy of a message that was not read before the mail system there automatically purged it. I guess it’s so you can go track down the sender on your own if so inclined.

I think I’ve seen this one before.

4033

I like the cut of this Morris fellows jib. You should reply, Ned.

4034

Is this a sign that our legal gay marriages are resulting in mail-order husbands?

4035

I like how the only punctuation is a single comma. This could be a good humorous reading.

4036

So what does Morris hope to accomplish? I assume he’s in the business of trying to part suckers from their money, but how exactly?

4037

Reportedly she has escaped the media furor by going to the states. So you should have pretty decent chance of bumping in to her and inviting her and her hulking bodyguards into your hottub…

4038

Had a nice conversation with a young woman who’s a sysadmin by profession and practically oozes geekery in conversation. I like that. We’ll see if it, or the other conversations I’ve struck up, goes anywhere.

I’m rather liking this online dating thing. :D

4039

What? Where? Swedish embassy, here I come!

Edit: Found a party where she’s supposed to be at, supposedly. Got tickets. I’m not saying it’s my reason for going, but . . . it sounds like a fun party. Some circus called Cirkus Cirkör is going to be there and there will be Swedish massages all night, plus free drinks. So if I don’t meet her majesty, no great loss.

4040

I take the opposite position; whenever I see a uniracial couple, I can’t help but feel that both parties are boring and unimaginative.