Online dating small rant indulgence please

[Mumteedum]

Oh ffs! I despair. You wade through endless pictures of men in bathrooms, men semi naked, holding fish, sticking their tongues out, using children to show how lovely they are , flicking the vs, lifting weights, leaning on someone else's sports car... Finally find a nice photo with a not too awful profile, muster the energy for a message... They reply and it's just dross!

"hey babes... You so beautiful! How can you be single?" vom

"you are vegetarian? Don't you eat any meat? " vom

"I don't have any baggage because my ex wife and kids moved away..." nice

Why am I bothering?

Thought I would rant away from the dating thread which is quite cheerful just now... God knows why! They can't live in my area!

Vintage.. Those shots looking down at naked bloke with head on pillow are 'sexy' apparently

Welly.. It is hard work all round I think. Personally I won't swipe on anyone who tells me what to do. I will swipe right and think about it later if I want to. I've noticed lots matches then unmatch me before I even get chance to message so that must be the male equivalent on bumble of women who match then don't message!

Mumteedum 'your loss' brilliant!
Bet you worried afterwards that you'd made a big mistake

Oh I look back fondly on my OLD phase! There’s a fine line between the hilarity and the utter grimness.

I had a number of hilarious/disastrous dates and an ongoing flirtation with a very intelligent bloke who wanted ‘no strings sex’ who I strung along for ages. That was fun! Important to take a break every now and then. I was getting really hacked off with it.

Then one day I joined a new site. Cast my net wider. A sane-sounding person popped up before I even finished my profile. Thought, ‘this seems different and straightforward. We met up and the rest was history. Very happy!

I sound horribly, horribly, smug. It’s a game of absolute chance. Keep going (but be totally and utterly ruthless so you can laugh at the disasters).