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OLD - it's a new level of grim out there

148 replies

Lazykitten · 06/08/2025 23:49

Just.... vomit (screenshot says it all)

OLD - it's a new level of grim out there
OP posts:
Summerhillsquare · 07/08/2025 09:24

Agapornis · 07/08/2025 01:53

He needs a whacking with a bamboo cane.

He'd probably enjoy it

Fruitsherbert · 07/08/2025 09:27

Who was the cbeebies gardener? With the puppet veg? He used to get a bit of love on here back in the day.

Luckyingame · 07/08/2025 09:47

Yeah, fuck that.
For eternity.

BalloonSlayer · 07/08/2025 09:48

Isn't "great with my hands, even better with a little encouragement " him telling you he has erectile disfunction?

StarDolphins · 07/08/2025 09:57

🤮🤮🤮🤮

The whole dating game is grim and I’m not even looking for a date/guy.

There’s a FB page called something like make friends uk and it’s just awful, no seedy comments really but young girls posting their pics and just an influx of old men trying to come on to them. Makes me cringe so much.

MargoylesofBeelzebub · 07/08/2025 11:25

TwistedWonder · 07/08/2025 07:31

100% agree. I matched with several men on OLD who on face value were attractive, good careers, solvent, articulate - good catches on paper.
Every last one turned out to be a sleazy sex obsessed creep - I had one wanking didn’t the phone, dick pics, grubby messages that Jay from the Inbetweeners would cringe at.

All of theses men were 50+ yet acted like horny teenagers.

Id rather stay single forever 😂

I know - one profile said "I'm a primary school teacher" so we started chatting, I gave him my number (now I realise this was very naïve of me) - then after some very normal chat about what we did with our day, I got sent videos of him wanking in the shower and dick pics. I had just asked him if he was really a primary school teacher and he said he was... followed by a tirade of filth whilst I was saying "Please stop!!!". I blocked him and for two days afterwards walked around looking at men thinking they're all horrible pervs 😂

Countessy · 07/08/2025 11:34

Lazykitten · 06/08/2025 23:49

Just.... vomit (screenshot says it all)

Very poetic. The new William Wordsworth.

ThatCyanCat · 07/08/2025 11:39

Countessy · 07/08/2025 11:34

Very poetic. The new William Wordsworth.

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze,
This profile makes your fanny freeze.

BySassyGreenPanda · 07/08/2025 13:10

spoonbillstretford · 07/08/2025 05:56

I feel slightly disappointed in ChatGPT. They can do so much better. 😅

Things won't improve until they launch ChatUpGPT

Purplecatshopaholic · 07/08/2025 13:12

I hope to god he’s not serious. I feel a bit sick…

1abovethead · 07/08/2025 13:13

He actually thought that was witty and appealing.

I never cease to be amazed at what men think will attract women..

TwistedWonder · 07/08/2025 15:06

1abovethead · 07/08/2025 13:13

He actually thought that was witty and appealing.

I never cease to be amazed at what men think will attract women..

Oh yes. I mean who ever told men who use OLD that nothing gets a woman’s knickers off quicker than a topless photo holding a fish the size of a 12 year old child?

And as for the mirror selfies taken too close up in what appears to be a public toilet? 🤷‍♀️

BrightYellowDaffodil · 07/08/2025 15:31

Bless him, he probably thought he was being funny with his gardening theme. But he can still stay well away from my ha-ha.

BrightYellowDaffodil · 07/08/2025 15:37

TwistedWonder · 07/08/2025 15:06

Oh yes. I mean who ever told men who use OLD that nothing gets a woman’s knickers off quicker than a topless photo holding a fish the size of a 12 year old child?

And as for the mirror selfies taken too close up in what appears to be a public toilet? 🤷‍♀️

Oh god, the FISH. Just...why? Is it a hunter gatherer thing? "Look darlin', I can provide you with all the perch you'll ever want!"

That and gym/bathroom selfies.

Coolasfeck · 07/08/2025 15:42

Well I’m betting he’ll pull someone. No matter how disgusting and awful a man is, there are always several women ready to make him their ‘partner’.

Even if the man is in prison for serial rape and murder there are women writing to him. Chris also knows this. He may even get Bonnie Blue.

amillionandone · 07/08/2025 16:07

LOL. Trying his darnedest to be clever and unique, poor guy. But seriously, barf. At least there's no doubt that he's one to avoid, unlike most cases where you won't find out until after wasting time and energy on an unacceptable candidate.

Yabberwok · 07/08/2025 16:21

And that's why he's single

MuckFusk · 08/08/2025 01:59

This actually kind of pales in comparison to OLD profiles I've seen on which they have picture of themselves with their exes with devil horns drawn on, white out which seems meant to look like semen, Hitler mustaches, etcetera.
In all of those profiles they claimed to be "laid back" or "easygoing" and requested "no drama." 😆

Full disclosure; I used to make something of a study of OLD profiles looking for patterns. The doctored photos of exes weren't that common. What was common; photos of themselves with motorcycles, cool cars and boats. Fishing photos and travel photos. Bathroom selfies and gym selfies. "No drama" was fairly common.
Drivel about long walks holding hands or some variation thereof was in most of them. That is them saying what they think women want to hear. The angry "no drama" guy is who they really are. If that's in their profile it's because they cause drama by being bastards and blame their partners for reacting as any self respecting person would to their behaviour.
OLD profiles are quite psychologically revealing.

Horsie · 08/08/2025 04:42

Flightsoffancy · 06/08/2025 23:53

🤮
He obviously sees himself as a bit of a rake... 😉

LMAO!

Horsie · 08/08/2025 04:44

ThatCyanCat · 07/08/2025 11:39

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze,
This profile makes your fanny freeze.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Horsie · 08/08/2025 05:15

Oh wow, that ad is BAD!

Mrsbloggz · 08/08/2025 12:37

ForeverDelayedEpiphany · 07/08/2025 00:28

Bloody hell.

I thought OLD was bad when I tried it once and had a guy who was about a foot shorter than he'd claimed, and another one who was a paraplegic but didnt tell me until a few hours before the date, then brought a chaperone 😳

But it's not as bad as these days. Blimey.

That is a very very difficult situation. Obviously you have nothing but the utmost sympathy for someone who is a paraplegic but it must have been awkward and uncomfortable for everyone concerned.
Generally the men's strategy seems to be to misrepresent themselves in order to get you to meet them, I presume they think that they will then be able to win you over 🤷🏻‍♀️

Menopants · 09/08/2025 16:23

I just had a like from a guy whose profile pic is him topless taking a selfie in the gym changing room with urinals in the background. I sort of want to match with him just to ask why? Why men why?

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