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22 March 2021

I crack myself up So I've been messing around with these dating apps after many years out of the game and learning a lot[More:]

I made this "galaxy brain" meme ranking the effectiveness of options to pursue when someone doesn't respond to your text, lol

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I have a more thorough/serious thing to post about why insecurity (of which excessive follow-up texting is an example) is a problem.. will paste here if I write it up today
Okay here’s my post:

Seems like a key tendency to avoid in oneself while dating is ‘insecurity.’ Setting aside all other aspects of insecurity, it is counter-​productive, because it manifests as unattractive behaviors: lack of confidence; being clingy or needy; being overly available and giving.

In fact, it seems like having an independent sense of personhood and purpose—staying on your goals—is helpful at all stages of the cycle: whether you’re looking for a relationship, in a relationship, or picking up the pieces after a failed relationship. Have your own life goals.

Pondering this dynamic reminds me of an old tweet I saw from Sarah Silverman: “I don’t want to complete you — I want you to come complete”.
posted by Firas 22 March | 15:59
I am so, so thankful that I went through the whole dating thing far, far back in the mists of time, before there were these things called apps. I hear people describe what it's like in this age of smartphones, dating apps, and the apparent expectations of behavior using them, and I know I would probably opt for being a hermit if I had to engage in today's dating scene.
posted by Thorzdad 25 March | 07:11
I've never used a dating app, but I've been on a few dating sites, both free and paid-for, and it was horrendous. Liars, scammers, pigs and weirdos seemed to be all I could find. I've given up now and have embraced my inner bog witch.
posted by Senyar 25 March | 10:06
I hear people describe what it's like in this age of smartphones, dating apps, and the apparent expectations of behavior using them

Yeah I hear ya. But there are a few 90s scenes about this situation I memed but instead of texting it's about answering machines.

George Costanza in Seinfeld and a guy in the movie 'Swingers' leave too many messages in a row on a woman's answering machine lol. Same thing where it's like "dude you should have just left one message and waited."
posted by Firas 26 March | 05:46
Liars, scammers, pigs and weirdos seemed to be all I could find.

That's unfortunate :(

But I understand, I am pondering this difficulty-of-meeting-people too.

I seem to have met someone but I am in a paradoxical situation where I kinda want to take it a bit slower but I also don't want to assume that it's easy to meet people you have a connection with off these apps.

So like, I don't want to suddenly close the deal and say we are in a relationship, but I also don't want to take such a connection for granted. At this point I'm thinking that instead of trying to resolve this with logic I should just let things congeal in my mind and I will figure out what I want to do over a couple weeks...
posted by Firas 26 March | 05:54
PS. I made another dating meme lol

This is about how perhaps all ‘tips and techniques’ provide very minor leverage over the main factor, which is whether they are into you.

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posted by Firas 26 March | 13:35
Taking time is always good if the other party is copisetic....
posted by mightshould 26 March | 17:09
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