Hey,

I'm getting back into the game after nearly 8 years cause of a change in life circumstances. I'm doing pretty well online, but I quite often get a response which is something along the lines of "You seem really nice, but I don't date divorced guys." Can any of you think of a reply which will re-open? I'm pretty sure I've got to show alpha, and ideally it should be funny too.

Cheers,

sw10_alien

Same situation, eight years to back in the game.

I tried online for a couple of months, hard work. And yep, got the whole separated/divorced thing a few times. My own view was move on to the next. Online takes so much time compared to "real", personally I just couldn't be bothered making the investment for such a low return so I just accepted it, moved on and tried someone else.

I had some success once by making a bit of irony about the excitement of getting into dysfunctional relationships. Brit humour, may not travel well.

Why do you even mention it? Duh, just put single.

The girl doesn't need to know that you're divorced until after she's been covered in your semen many times.

You might even be better off never mentioning it until you decide you want her to be your girlfriend.

Like other guys said, just omit it. Don't lie.

But if you run into it again, if you feel that the girls are genuinely not interested, just say "cool it was nice talking to you" then move on. No need to explain or qualify yourself to them. There is nothing you can do to change their dating preferences. But walking away as if it doesn't faze you will put you in a better position with more power.

Sometimes they might say it as a shit test, then in this case, trust your judgement and all the IOIs she has been giving you and handle it like a shit test. Either with something witty and make a joke out of it. Or something just ignore it and carry on with your conversation.

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What I've done is to include in my profile 'Ive been married - it didn't work out." That shows I'm OK with it and seems to work as a DHV. I'm getting much better responses now that is there.