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OLD is so grim

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Meruem · 04/10/2021 00:17

I’m reasonably happy being single. I do have an OLD profile i check maybe every couple of months or so in case Mr wonderful has signed up and messaged me Grin but I’m not desperately seeking someone.

Logged in tonight, felt a bit bored, a guy had messaged me so I messaged back. Red flag no1 his speech was not that of a native English speaker, in of itself that’s not a huge issue, I’m not closed to dating people from other countries but he kept lying and insisting he was English before finally saying “well I’ve spent the past 14 years here” (he’s close to 50 yrs old). Just tell me the truth from the beginning! Sorry to say but my experience with foreign men on dating sites is they’re either here illegally (looking at you Mr Albania) or they’re working crappy jobs looking for a well off woman to leech off. 0f course the same could be said of a number of English men!

Red flag no2. I asked about his work, various other questions. Not once was the question reciprocated. He had zero interest in what I do, what hobbies I might have or anything really about me. Other than asking about my body shape!

Red flag 3. He asked about my family in terms of who lives here, and when I said adult DC, he was like “oh I’ll have to cook for you at my place” yes I am not stupid. Clearly you think cooking for me = sex so it has to be at your place.

Genuinely how does anyone meet anyone on these sites? This is why I log on so sporadically. I give someone a chance and they just act the way of every other man I’ve ever encountered on there. It’s so freakin’ depressing just how predictable they all are. I want to believe there are good men out there looking for a partner but every time I give someone a chance it’s a waste of time. I’m not looking for any answers; just venting. Ah well that’s me done for another couple of months again!

OP posts:
B1rdflyinghigh · 04/10/2021 01:24

Raise your dating bar. Decide what you need in a man...then you'll never match again! Find your boundaries.

123Squirrel · 04/10/2021 03:24

Are you only waiting for guys to message you, rather than contacting the profiles that appeal?

OLD is definitely involves sorting through lot of chaff and can require a thick skin and solid boundaries to quickly get shot.

The foreign guys I met OLD worked for the NHS rather than being illegal immigrants or seeking out some sugar mummy, you seem overly judgemental there. They were finding it hard to meet people socially as well as sadly dealing with racism. I'm dyslexic so my typing tends to look like English isn't my first Language at times Blush anyway.

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