STATUS CHECK- FIVE WEEKS
MATCH STATUS UPDATE:
My new approach of not just sitting on my ass waiting for emails, winks etc. to come in is a lot of work and very time consuming. Searching through profiles really sucks after a while because they all start to look the same. Sure, the douchebags stand out, and some can be entertaining, but they aren’t very helpful.
My new approach of not just sitting on my ass waiting for emails, winks etc. to come in is a lot of work and very time consuming. Searching through profiles really sucks after a while because they all start to look the same. Sure, the douchebags stand out, and some can be entertaining, but they aren’t very helpful.
According to Match’s weekly summary report, I’m having another good week:
WINK
I’ve winked at a handful of guys now and while I’ve received responses from a few, those have led nowhere. One guy responded just to tell me that it was a shame that I lived further than 15 miles from him. (I live about 20 miles from the location on his profile) His profile headline says “Overachieving boyfriend” yet this mofo is not willing to go 5 miles outside of his little 15 mile radius. You don't seem to qualify as overachieving buddy.
PROFILES
I keep seeing photos of skydiving and photos with Flipper. You know, the dolphin. (Seriously, this photo keeps coming up. I don’t know when it became so popular to take photos with Flippy, but I guess that’s in right now).
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| These numbers are not as good as my first summary. Do I still get a passing grade? |
I’ve winked at a handful of guys now and while I’ve received responses from a few, those have led nowhere. One guy responded just to tell me that it was a shame that I lived further than 15 miles from him. (I live about 20 miles from the location on his profile) His profile headline says “Overachieving boyfriend” yet this mofo is not willing to go 5 miles outside of his little 15 mile radius. You don't seem to qualify as overachieving buddy.
PROFILES
I keep seeing photos of skydiving and photos with Flipper. You know, the dolphin. (Seriously, this photo keeps coming up. I don’t know when it became so popular to take photos with Flippy, but I guess that’s in right now).
I’ve come across quite a few “Fashion models” on match as well and I find that rather puzzling. If one really looks like a CK underwear model, then why does one need an online dating site to meet a girl? Suspect.
LATEST APPROACH
This approach is a complete side effect of my last approach, which required me to look through hundreds of profiles. Just looking at somebody’s profile (remember, you can see who has viewed your profile) gets them to also look at yours. This isn’t always a good thing, because many times I have been baited by a decent thumbnail pic and disappointed after seeing two or three additional photos. Unfortunately, it may appear to them that I’m interested since they know I looked.
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| Well, if these guys are my my only options, then I guess I'll die alone. |
For the most part though, all of these profiles are starting to look the same. Sometimes I can’t remember if I had already checked a profile so I click on it and then I remember the reason why I didn’t like it and moved on. I don’t bother reading them at this point, I’m now just looking at the photos and then moving along.
I’ve removed filters, I’ve added filters, I’ve even tried using something called “Mutual Match,” where Match uses what is in my profile to find people that I’m looking for who are also looking for me, theoretically. Unfortunately, this doesn’t provide much more promising results than a regular search, and that actually kind of scares me. I didn't realize I was looking for desperate men who can't spell.
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| Dammit, doesn't Match realize that I'm looking for the Batman? Tired of all these jokers. |
This approach is a complete side effect of my last approach, which required me to look through hundreds of profiles. Just looking at somebody’s profile (remember, you can see who has viewed your profile) gets them to also look at yours. This isn’t always a good thing, because many times I have been baited by a decent thumbnail pic and disappointed after seeing two or three additional photos. Unfortunately, it may appear to them that I’m interested since they know I looked.
Anyway, if I do come across a good profile, I don’t bother winking or liking or favoriting them, and sometimes the good ones will message me, simply because I looked. Hmm, this window shopping approach may just be the way to go.
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