Evening all. I have no dating news, as work is too busy for me to really be arsed with it.
I did get chatting to a nice woman in the supermarket earlier, when I was squeezing avocados. But she was about 20 years older than me and I think she wasn’t completely sure what avocados are or why I was squeezing them.
I did a quick google and smeatons statistics the other day about there being 7 men to every 1 woman on OLD doesn’t seem to match up with what I saw. It’s generally roughly 50/50, but varies a lot depending on the location and what age you are. Big cities tend to have more women in their 20s, 30s than men but it averages out as you get an older demographic. Rurally it can be as many as 3 to 1 men to women.
And to skew the numbers further, I just literally swiped left to the same woman five times in a row, as she’d created lots of profiles for herself using slightly different photos, rather than one profile with multiple photos.
skyrabbit - no there doesn’t have to be something wrong with him :) There are a large number of decent blokes on there too, as well as the numpties. Some are married of course, and some turn out to be odd, but that’s just dating. I’ve had some horror story dates with women, but some great ones too, leading to luurve and all that. It’s just the luck of the draw, and learning to spot numptydom whilst also maintaining a sense of optimism.
queen - intense talk such as sexting before an actual date is a bit like lovebombing and future faking. It’s taking a virtual relationship with someone you don’t know to a level it’s unlielu to be able to sustain in real life. The risk is awkwardness and a possible sense of expectation or entitlement. Personally I avoid it, which suits me, and women seem to appreciate given the huge number of men who are just looking for wankfodder.
Once there’s actually chemistry in person, that’s different. But otherwise you can just meet someone and feel you have to bleach your brain