I've been having a rough go of it online lately. I think I finally got my profile looking reasonable and woman are responding to me but I just can't get it to go anywhere.

I thought that this thread might be a good place to show others what a successful exchange looks like from the very first message to getting the number.

I'll start, but keep in mind, this was an unsuccessful attempt on my part...



ME: True or false? The best zombie related cinema of all time are the 28 Days/Weeks Later movies and you are just like me by eagerly awaiting 28 Months Later

HER: True. But with the caveat that world war z was the best literature. Movie was half-assed awesome. True or false, you're the one who thinks girls should be confined to dresses and cooking and cleaning.

ME: Lol, you know...Jerry Seinfeld didn't just wake up funny one day. He wrote things down, tested them out, and corrected course, until one day, he reached the zenith of his career...Bee Movie. With that being said, I plead the fifth on what feels like an accusation.

ME: I take it there isn't a plethora of grammatically literate Plenty of Fishers out there if you remembered that? Or your just insanely intelligent.

HER: Well, if you can string a coherent sentence together and perform simple arithmetic that does automatically place you in the category of "genius" on this website. But I also am proficient in duck faced selfies. I just don't let my deep side show to strangers

ME: Well, I know two things about you now (at least I think I do). You appear to have a decent head on your shoulders, as evidence by your vernacular and profile. And you're aware of how guarded you are in what can only be described as the wild west of the online dating world. Can we assume your upbringing was relatively "proper" (for lack of a better word)

God, I have no idea how to converse with people on this site do I?

HER: haha appearances can be deceiving. I would call my upbringing proper. If by proper you mean i was raised by gypsies and their feral pack of dogs. Im also deeply sarcastic. But just letting you, I wear pants with pride. I also love sundresses. All about the balance my friend. Hows this site been treating you otherwise?

ME: Lol, so you're saying theoretically, if we were to one day meet, there's a chance we could both be wearing pants? I...I...I can live with this!

How has the site been treating me? My quick answer would be a resounding "two thumbs up". I met two lovely ladies who somehow put up with me for an extended period of time. I met two other individuals who, were not who their profile suggested they'd be. So despite everything, I'd say the universe has me batting .500. My long answer touches on some different things but this phone is not conducive to lengthy messages.

What about you? Any bizarre rendezvous you'd like to take back?

HER: haha ok good. I plan on a nice set of trousers and combat boots. Thats really excellent for you. Congrats in halfway being able to sift out the crazies and liars; that's record breaking batting average! Ive only been on one said date that I would have taken back. I on a whim said "fuck it, put yourself out there and give it a go." Total frat-star who I wanted to throttle the excruciating three hours. Other than that Ive met about four I think? One relationship sort of came out of it. The rest were unfortunately friend-zoned. They're good people though. No one overly misrepresented themselves thankfully.

ME: First of all, LavCT makes me think of some active ingredient in a pharmaceutical. What do other humans actually call you?!

In the meantime, I'm insisting you install a new online dating policy that has worked wonders for me. The policy is as follows.

When party A and party B agree to meet, (despite the fact that PoF is classified as a dating website), party A and party B must define initial contact as a short meeting, as opposed to an actual date.

This decreases the likelihood of having to spend 3 hours with said frat star, or in my case, white girl who speaks exclusively in ebonics.

Anyway, I'm headed to the east coast to go surfing right now. I will eagerly anticipate word from you to make the ride back in the backseat more entertaining. Have fun today and make good choices!

PS: I think I'm car sick.

Cheers,
Michael


No response after that...





What did I do wrong and what should this have looked like?

Way too much fucking chatter.. Here is what a successful online transcript looks like:

You: "Hey, if you are gonna check out my profile, you should say hi! I have feelings you know! "
Her: "haha, hey. How are you?"
You: "I'm good ... up to anything exciting this week?"
Her: "Nope, just hanging out with friends .. you?"
You: "Not much. We should meet up sometime. Josh xxx-xxx-xxxx"

That's it. Seriously.

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It can't be this easy. It just can't be.

Your profile must be out of this world good. Right?

God damn am I sick of writing to these chicks with no sense of humor. It feels like work.

Yes, my profile is insanely good .. check my site (swayseduction.com) for screen shots of the type of emails I get about my profile.

However, that isn't why this works, this works because girls are online to MEET GUYS, not to chat with guys. If a girl emails me first (something like "haha, your profile is amazing") then I literally get them out on the second message .... so to answer your question, yes I have great profiles, but no, that's not why this works, it works because women are online to meet guys.. if it doesn't work on a girl, then most likely, she will be too much of a pain to get out anyways.

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No way. No way. No way.

I think you're not giving enough credence to the quality of your profile. Girls want to meet you (based off of your profile) whereas girls want to kick the tires with me (based off my profile).

I think I just need to keep working on my profile.

Could be. I do agree with you though that you should keep working on your profile .. because that is way more important than the messaging component.

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You wouldn't happen to have an example of your dating profile would you? I've been looking at a lot of guys in my area and there aren't too many that I would say are good.