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Online dating: where am I going wrong?

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Sickofpeppapig00 · 09/03/2015 13:12

I've been doing online dating for about eighteen months now. In the last two months alone I have been on about eight dates of which six of them went like this:

Date goes very well lasting hours, some of them some nice kissing, plenty of chemistry on all; very rarely alcohol involved. Text from them after the date confirming they had a great time, really liked me etc. They continue to message as prior to meeting, regularly, initiated by them for about two days, all going well. Then ... 'poof'!! they suddenly vanish never to be heard off again.

I'm completely baffled and I must surely be doing something wrong for this to happen time after time? Even the seemingly nice guys/od virgins keep doing this Sad

I'm not clingy; I take turns with them after the date to initiate contact. I don't suggest meeting up again but do tell them I thought they were lovely and yes I had a great time on the date too. Not too much contact either, always try and follow their pattern when communicating if that makes sense.

Out of the six I really, really liked two of them; the other four were very nice too and would have liked to see them again (and yes, a high ratio of liking them but I do filter ruthlessly before meeting). No desperate vibes either, many of them commented on how positive, happy and easy to get along I was....

Any ideas on where I might be going wrong? It's so frustrating and it's really bringing me down....

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beaglesaresweet · 12/03/2015 14:01

'sleep with a man', not just 'sleep' ha!

LoisPuddingLane · 12/03/2015 14:30

Ironically, if you leave it a while before sleeping with someone, you are MORE likely to get emotionally invested after the first night, because you are more likely to be "in love", or have waited so long that it becomes really "special". I'd rather just be a bit of an animal. Blush

Sickofpeppapig00 · 12/03/2015 15:40

The one that I have ordered is the updated version, The New Rules for the Digital Generation or something like that. I saw the online dating one but reviews were saying that it was only good in addition to the original one, as an add on.

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Sickofpeppapig00 · 12/03/2015 16:07

I agree with Lois, I rather sleep with them as quickly as possible. Also essential to find out if you are intimately compatible. Imagine otherwise falling for them and then you find that they're really crap in bed/selfish/will only do missionary.

Might have to wait a little bit longer that I would normally if I do end up following my own version of The Rules though!

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Sickofpeppapig00 · 12/03/2015 16:26

Missed the Wink after missionary!!

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NoArmaniNoPunani · 12/03/2015 18:00

Theee are the rules from the original book. A few make sense but some are just game playing crap:
Be a “Creature Unlike Any Other"
Don't Talk to a Man First (and Don't Ask Him to Dance)
Don't Stare at Men or Talk Too Much
Don't Meet Him Halfway or Go Dutch on a Date
Don't Call Him and Rarely Return His Calls
Always End Phone Calls First
Don't Accept a Saturday Night Date after Wednesday
Fill Up Your Time before the Date
How to Act on Dates 1, 2, and 3
How to Act on Dates 4 through Commitment Time
Always End the Date First
Stop Dating Him if He Doesn't Buy You a Romantic Gift for Your Birthday or Valentine's Day
Don’t See Him More than Once or Twice a Week
No More than Casual Kissing on the First Date
Don't Rush into Sex and Other Rules for Intimacy
Don't Tell Him What to Do
Let Him Take the Lead
Don't Expect a Man to Change or Try to Change Him
Don’t Open Up Too Fast
Be Honest but Mysterious
Accentuate the Positive and Other Rules for Personal Ads
Don’t Live with a Man (or Leave Your Things in His Apartment)
Don't Date a Married Man
Slowly Involve Him in Your Family and Other Rules for Women with Children
Practice, Practice, Practice! (or, Getting Good at The Rules)
Even if You're Engaged or Married, You Still Need The Rules
Do The Rules, Even when Your Friends and Parents Think It's Nuts
Be Smart and Other Rules for Dating in High School
Take Care of Yourself and Other Rules for Dating in College
Next! and Other Rules for Dealing with Rejection
Don't Discuss The Rules with Your Therapist
Don't Break The Rules
Do The Rules and You’ll Live Happily Ever After!
Love Only Those Who Love You
Be Easy to Live With

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