Weird online dating men arrrgh!

[Zermbo]

I am so done with online dating. Been exchanging messages with a guy for a few days, all going well, seems nice enough. We make a date for this weekend then he drops the bombshell that he wants me to record myself masturbating in public on my phone for him to watch before we meet wtaf???
Is there no nice, normal single men out there?

I know, it was very silly of me..however it isn't a private profile. I think he's removed the pics of him almost knee deep in mud.
I have suggested he finds a more "specialist" forum. He bored me to tears with talk about diff locks and four wheel drive.

You chatted to him?!

I politely thanked me for messaging me but he was relentless in his pursuit,

I've been dabbling with OD since splitting with my ex two years ago. I have not been contacted by even one decent man! The seemingly decent ones I've messaged have either ignored me, despite me writing decent messages that show I've bothered to read their profiles or, amazingly, told me they won't date women with children - despite having children themselves!

Then there are the ones who say they're early 40s (try 50s), no profile completed at all, shirtless/holding a fish/in a photo with six mates - how should I know which one you are? And lately all I'm getting is lots from America and other far off places, in very broken English, which are very obvious cut and paste jobs, all telling me what a beautiful lady I am and how they love God. Are they thinking I'm going to grab my passport and hop on the nearest plane?

Why am I bothering? The matches near me are just depressing.

The fish...motorbikes...groups of men..hang gliding..petting tigers.
The best have to be the wedding photos with wifey edited out.

Photos with their kids too! I wonder if the ex is aware that the kids are being used to try and snag women, in a 'I'm a really caring Dad' kind of way. I don't want to date someone's kids so why put photos of them?

And the profiles where they say 'I'm a genuine, caring bloke, good at cuddles x'. If you have to put that in your profile I'm betting it's not actually true.

Good at cuddles (really wanted a throwing up emoticon).

Yes totaly agree about the using kids thing. TOTALLY WRONG to have ohotos of children on a dating / hook up site. Disney dads too probably.

Ha! It isn't Steve from Richmond , is it? Send him my love . x

I'd go ffing ballistic if my ex had photos of our son on POF or whatever! It's us that's dating, not our kids! They need to have some consideration on where and how they are used online

I particularly like photos taken from a distance/wearing a cycling helmet/torso only and nothing in the profile. Do these men honestly think women are going to contact them based on nothing?

Or the profiles that say 'will fill this in later, if you want to know anything ask me'. Too.much.hard.work.

"Good at cuddles"

Pfft, he's taking too much credit there; half the work is dependent on the woolliness of the jumper you wear.

I was in contact with a guy through an online dating site who seemed really nice, based on e-mails going forth and back. Foolishly, I gave him my mobile number to arrange a date on the phone rather than through e-mail.

His voice was the sleaziest thing I'd ever heard. He wanted to meet in a sauna.

Funnily enough, four hours before that conversation I had met a rather nice guy at a sports club. I decided to marry him so that I didn't have to have a date with sauna man .

So many group photos as profile pictures. I get it that you're fun loving and have loads of mates but i dont know which one you are. Also black and white pictures of themselves (presumably naked!) In bed staring alluringly into the camera. Just put some normal bloody pictures of yourself up!

"He wanted to meet in a sauna."

It's a bit pervy Euro.

Whiskearrior Exactly! Why should you have to make all the effort.

In addition to laziness, I see a more sinister angle to lack of profile: you ask a question, they check out your profile before crafting their answer.... Perfect sociopath technique.

Yes there are some nice men out there, but I think it's hard work finding them.

There are nice men out there Jesy! I had a jokey profile and I put something about hating 'txt spk lol', one guy messaged me a really funny reply all in txt spk and summing up everyone on that site really! We'd chat a lot through messages and nearly went on a date but I met the love of my life so txt spk man didn't happen. Really lovely bloke.

When I was on POF there was a man who was the spitting image of Peter Griffin from Family Guy, whose only profile pic was of him holding a fish. when I asked him why he was holding a fish he said "it's a long story". I thought it was probably a long day of sitting on the bank waiting for a bite, but I think the story was probably pretty straighforward..."went fishing, caught fish, had photo taken with fish, thought it would make a really gorgeous profile picture on POF".

"...Or the profiles that say 'will fill this in later, if you want to know anything ask me'. Too.much.hard.work."
Exactly. Lazy bastards. I realise it's hard to write a profile, but do they honestly think they can attract someone if they make no effort at all?! At times when I could be bothered I'd send them a message with all the questions listed on the profile. Well, they did say to ask

I just went one POF and found someone I actually know on there. I've seen him with his kids.

HAHA WhatALoadof.. absolutely genius response to blank profiles...

I just found my brother on it too, bless him.

I just saw a profile that said, "Fill in later"

Perhaps you stumbled across Charles Campion's profile, Bollocks.

What kind of fish was it? A 50lb salmon he was just about to devour?

Hellkitty

"He was pushing 70yrs old! It was things like, walking on the beach, reading classic literature, enjoying fine wine, anal sex, renovating the boat...a total WTF moment!"

That honestly has me sitting here with tears streaming down my face!!!!

Hilarious!!!

I agree he might have meant canal sex

I think it was auto correct and he actually meant Arran socks :o

So many married men on pof. The lengths they go to, to cover their tracks..