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To be shocked and appalled at this Tinder profile

116 replies

intheclouds129 · 18/10/2022 14:03

I have no words...

To be shocked and appalled at this Tinder profile
OP posts:
HappySalmon · 18/10/2022 16:23

I would hope this was a joke, not a funny one.

Onlyforcake · 18/10/2022 16:24

It's one of those misogynists who thinks that single mums have absolutely no call daring to have standards when they date. Probably someone who's been roundly rejected but likes to believe thye are insanely humorous, probably thinks they're super nice too.

Mentalpiece · 18/10/2022 16:27

Move over you lot, he's mine...mine! 💕🥰

Gloryofthe80s · 18/10/2022 16:27

I think you’ve been taken in. 🎣

JOFFCV · 18/10/2022 16:29

Either @intheclouds129 is very naive or they are the troll x 2.

Longerthanfiveweeks · 18/10/2022 16:31

My favourite dating advert - back in the days when those were a thing in the small ads in newspapers ( I used to love reading them!) was a guy who wrote ' 'small, fat, miserable middle aged git seeks beautiful leggy blonde ONO'. Grin

PollyAmour · 18/10/2022 16:32

That's a parody account and the guy is hoping to have a bit of banter with the ladies, so he can showcase his witty sense of humour, and reassure them all he isn't just a babydaddy who wants a new work van.

wackamole · 18/10/2022 16:44

If it were real, I'd be mildly curious about "a single father of 3 and another on the way." Presumably he has three children from one or more previous relationships that he's raising completely on his own. Perhaps the mothers are dead, or in prison, or barred from visitation due to posing a danger to the children, or got great jobs in New Zealand that keep them too busy to remember they have kids, or got fed up and moved away and forgot to call or write, or changed their mind about wanting a baby after a mutual bout of TTC and stropped off and left this poor man when he was 7 months pregnant, or decided a few months post-baby that the crying really drove them mad and they'd better move back in with their mums. So many possibilities!

And now someone else is pregnant with his child and he has agreed to be solely responsible for that child too. I'd say that's somewhat unusual at the moment, assuming this is in the UK!

PollyAmour · 18/10/2022 17:09

This is my favourite parody lonely hearts advert 😂

To be shocked and appalled at this Tinder profile
JocelynBurnell · 18/10/2022 17:15

MrsTerryPratchett · 18/10/2022 14:35

If ONLY men were this honest on dating profiles. Because this is actually the situation of many of them.

Exactly.

LadyEloise1 · 18/10/2022 17:23

Eh @PollyAmour, have a look at my post of 16.06. 😀

Lockheart · 18/10/2022 17:25

I think it's a troll. I've seen a few going the other way - women looking for a provider, must earn X, be no shorter than Y, drive this car or better, own your own house etc etc.

That said there are some truly awful people out there, so who knows!

LondonQueen · 18/10/2022 17:25

It's clearly a troll. It's making light of all the women that have very similar profiles then complain.

Oliverfunyuns · 18/10/2022 17:26

Agree with everyone saying this one's not real, but it's what too many would write, if they were being completely honest! Well, apart from the children being his world and him thinking of himself as a "single father" rather than merely "single". 🙃

Feelinglikeachange22 · 18/10/2022 17:28

Of course it's real. Some men think like this.

SudocremOnEverything · 18/10/2022 17:30

i tempted to say that at least he’s being honest that he’s looking for a nanny/housekeeper with benefits who will house the children for him and provide the minivan.

this is what too many divorced dads are really looking for. They just pretend otherwise.

But I doubt this could be a real profile. They’re never that honest.

QueenConsort · 18/10/2022 17:30

He came up in my stack, we must live near each other op.

SudocremOnEverything · 18/10/2022 17:31

It would have to be copied and pasted. No one in the UK says minivan. 🤣

SundayFunde · 18/10/2022 17:32

I'd love to see his picture and see what he is offering 🤣

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 18/10/2022 17:33

Well im too tall and I can't drive unfortunately 😔

MyrtlethePurpleTurtle · 18/10/2022 17:33

This one is famous and has been do8ng the rounds for a while - impressed it’s been resurrected

butterfliedtwo · 18/10/2022 17:38

This is what a lot of them would write if they were honest.

MyrtlethePurpleTurtle · 18/10/2022 17:38

Sadly it was designed as a satirical reverse of single mother profiles

www.reddit.com/r/Tinder/comments/wgwjwt/well_heres_a_catch_ladies_dont_all_message_him_at/

tara66 · 18/10/2022 17:41

Old joke - 'woman with tractor wanted, please send pic. of tractor'!

PollyAmour · 18/10/2022 17:42

LadyEloise1 · 18/10/2022 17:23

Eh @PollyAmour, have a look at my post of 16.06. 😀

Great minds and all that

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