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It sounds like you could get lucky. Just go with it.
Maybe she didn’t like the noisy environment, even though it was her idea, or maybe she was nervous . . . no point over-analyzing things.

My dating experience is way dated (ha ha) as we just had our 30th anniversary, but what I recall is that when I was happy and not looking for anyone, women were abundant, and when I was lonely and looking, the reverse.

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Old 11-02-2023, 07:48 PM
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Just one thing to keep in mind... This should be obvious but there are a lots of scam artists out there & they haunt the dating sites. Be careful and don't divulge too much before confirming they're real people. They could be someone collecting person info so they can steal your identity at some point.

Imagine opening up a letter from a credit car company you've never heard of & they're based in another state demanding payment!
- and the outstanding balance of "your" account is $5,000!
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Old 11-02-2023, 08:27 PM
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Just one thing to keep in mind... This should be obvious but there are a lots of scam artists out there & they haunt the dating sites. Be careful and don't divulge too much before confirming they're real people. They could be someone collecting person info so they can steal your identity at some point.
Yeah I think 18. Coffee Dates should be a mandatory first step. A neutral place in public. "I work in the X business. That's all".
If they are human, with substance, and serious, then they will bother to show up.
Go from there and go from there. You got a whole lifetime ahead.

I ain't buying complete strangers free luxury entertainment. wth. That's what they have to offer me? Pass.
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Old 11-03-2023, 06:23 AM
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All that I know about dating is from alpha chad advice on the internet. "The good ones" on both sides are already taken and keeping their pies shut for safety lol. So no applicable advice here.
this crap has filled the internet, esp men's spaces on the internet and all of it is garbage advice.

not saying all your advice is garbage advice, saying alpha chad internet perception is wrong, and basically all the advice they give out is garbage.

there are not "good ones" nor are there "bad ones" starting with that premise will always lead you somewhere dumb. the next bad idea is the notion that dating is a market place ... markets are used to determine the trade value of goods and services ... last i check, relationships are not based on trade values of goods and services ... and if you believe dating relationships are based on trade values of goods and services, immediately, do not pass go, go directly to therapy. anyway, dating isnt a marketplace either.

there are just people. people looking for connection. you can be a good connection with someone, or a bad one, or a mediocre one, or a good one for some things, or a bad one for some things etc. but the connection is the useful bit. the connection is what the relationship is based on. finding those connections, and leaning into them, building new ones, and creating a relationship around them in the purpose of dating.

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Old 11-03-2023, 07:04 AM
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Just one thing to keep in mind... This should be obvious but there are a lots of scam artists out there & they haunt the dating sites. Be careful and don't divulge too much before confirming they're real people. They could be someone collecting person info so they can steal your identity at some point.

Imagine opening up a letter from a credit car company you've never heard of & they're based in another state demanding payment!
- and the outstanding balance of "your" account is $5,000!
these tend to be super easy to spot, and mostly they just want you to log into some sketchy website that is probably just a cam/porn site. if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

if you ask real human questions and get real human answers, its fine.

but this does lead to advice i always give guys ... which is matches on a dating site are unimportant. everyone uses matches as a metric of success, and its not. the metric for success, is meeting people you have connection with in person. i learned very early on, i could write a profile, and put pics up and get lots of matches. but if they are not the kind of matches and the kind of people i want to date, then its useless. instead, i build my profile to attract the kind of people i want to date. dating is a niche game. connection is niche. therefore you should be looking to find your niche, and try and meet those people. if you dont have a niche, you should be trying to figure that one out, thats on you, not the dating world.

this also means, dont fall in love with the potential of someone, you match with. so many men who dont get a ton of matches run this roller coaster of getting there 1 match a week, and they fall in love with this fictional person, and then when it turns out they arnt like what they fell in love with, they get pissed. bro, did that to yourself. thats not on her, thats on you.

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Okay, he called. He said he was out of town. He also told me the code was a P-something-or-other that meant a misfire on #7.

So now, I'm feeling a touch bad that I complained on here. On the other hand it provided everyone, including me, a bit of entertainment. So there's that.

Oh, we're going out again.
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Old 11-03-2023, 12:01 PM
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The old misfire on #7...
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Diagnostic trouble code (DTC) P0307 stands for “Cylinder #7 Misfire Detected.”

The real joke is when you find out his MB only has 6 cylinders!
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Old 11-03-2023, 12:32 PM
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Old 11-03-2023, 12:56 PM
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Diagnostic trouble code (DTC) P0307 stands for “Cylinder #7 Misfire Detected.”

The real joke is when you find out his MB only has 6 cylinders!

Ha, thanks for that! Trust me, next time I'm noting the model emblem.
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Old 11-03-2023, 01:53 PM
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Dixie, do you get the feeling you have aquired a bunch of nosey, smart arsed brothers?

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Dixie, do you get the feeling you have aquired a bunch of nosey, smart arsed brothers?

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Yes, and I kinda like it.
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Old 11-03-2023, 02:21 PM
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Okay, he called. He said he was out of town. He also told me the code was a P-something-or-other that meant a misfire on #7.

So now, I'm feeling a touch bad that I complained on here. On the other hand it provided everyone, including me, a bit of entertainment. So there's that.

Oh, we're going out again.
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Tell him to bring it over. Swap the coil pack with another and then check to see if the misfire stays at #7 or not. Then go to dinner. Think of me as the kid brother bringing up the rear. lol
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Old 11-03-2023, 02:28 PM
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Admittedly unique to where I live, I've learned a "Beach date" means, "I'm broke and can't even afford to splurge for a picnic lunch," haha.
Speaks volumes
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Misfire??? Dammit, I hate it when that happens, makes a mess!!!

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Speaks volumes
What happened that left you such a bitter little man? Honestly, what's your story?
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Old 11-03-2023, 06:38 PM
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What happened that left you such a bitter little man? Honestly, what's your story?
I would suggest "it's complicated".
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Old 11-03-2023, 07:53 PM
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Rita is a funny lady

Old 11-04-2023, 10:50 PM
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Thank you for sharing. That was hilarious!


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