Why would he keep disabling his profile?

[harrassedmumto3]

Joined Match a few days ago. It's not my first time. I'm an expert red flag spotter, and tend not to become over-invested at all.
I got chatting to a guy who seems nice and we moved over to WhatsApp to chat. But I've noticed that he suspends his Match profile off and on, and I'm not sure why someone would do this. Married, maybe?
Admittedly I can be a bit of an old cynic! Would walk away without hesitation at this point, so would be interested to hear your theories, as this is one I haven't come across before!
Thanks

Maybe they suspend their profile because they have enough people to message.

Could also be related to not paying the subscription. I think on match if you don’t pay you can’t read or send messages so non point having an active profile if not paying.

Or another weird flakey reason?!

You could ask then. I would.

I used to pause my (not match.com) profile while I whittled down the contenders then reopen it when back down to zero. Otherwise it was just too exhausting.

He doesn't want to be seen. Presume married.

I'd see it as a red flag, not necessarily serious as married but perhaps he's dating others, or seeing someone on/off, worst case in a relationship or someone that is inconsistent, not knowing what he wants. Trust your hunch, if something seems off it normally is.

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I used to deactivate mine when I was dating someone, and we'd had the 'chat' about not dating anyone else ? So I'd not see it as a definite 'red flag' ?

I disable mine at times (or go on Snooze mode on Bumble). It’s usually because I want a break from it and I hate being on there or because I’m chatting to one person who seems quite nice. I have never been able to chat to multiple at one time and will invest all my time to that one until I know, or they know, if it will progress to something. I’m female btw.

Red flag for me, maybe I'm just cynical though but this to me is always suspicious

Why do you need to know? An excellent 'red flag spotter' would surely spot that not being able to ask him this simple question and having to come to a forum to surmise his reasons is a red flag?

I have already asked him the question , and here's the reply I received.

Yes - I want to come off that site - too many random messages from people that just don't interest me.

He had mentioned previously that he gets a lot of messages from older women who live far away.

If you want a man who isn't capable of removing himself from an app even though he wants to, he's your man. If not, why are you puzzling over his state of mind?

It's really not that deep. Just thought I'd ask others what they think, as do plenty of others on here!

Random strangers on the internet aren't going to know what a random bloke is thinking. Could be anything.

Most likely married.

I’d guess like others have that maybe when he chats to someone on what’s app he suspends the profile for a while. I’ve never done OLD but assume if you don’t, you could have a lot of people all on the go at one time which could get a bit much. Or yeah, maybe married or maybe doesn’t want to be seen (ie work colleagues etc).

I do this on my profile.

Mainly because
A. I get too many matches and just want to slow it down a bit.
B. I'm going out on a date and don't want to get notifications when I'm with someone.
C. I get sick of OLD before realising I should start again.

Why don't you ask him directly?

Ok, well, thanks for your input everyone.