OKCupid: Online Dating Adventures

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The discussion revolves around the addictive nature of online dating, particularly on platforms like OKCupid. Participants share their experiences with casual dating while navigating existing relationships, emphasizing the casual nature of their interactions. Many express a reluctance to use paid dating services, preferring free options that allow for frequent social interactions. The conversation highlights the growing popularity of online dating, with users discussing their experiences, including successful matches and casual meet-ups. There's a mix of humor and personal anecdotes, with some participants reflecting on the implications of dating while in a "technical" relationship. The thread also touches on the dynamics of meeting people online versus traditional methods, with various members sharing their thoughts on the effectiveness of online platforms for finding compatible partners. Overall, the dialogue captures the evolving landscape of dating in the digital age, marked by both excitement and uncertainty.
  • #51
Ok, I'll confess, I've been talking to someone I met online recently and I'm flying to meet them Sunday.
 
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  • #52
Evo said:
Ok, I'll confess, I've been talking to someone I met online recently and I'm flying to meet them Sunday.
Woo hoo! Did you tell him yet that the other PF mentors have approved the match? :biggrin: Good luck! (And tell him we know where he works, so if he does anything to hurt you, he's going to have to deal with us! :devil:)
 
  • #53
Moonbear said:
Woo hoo! Did you tell him yet that the other PF mentors have approved the match? :biggrin: Good luck! (And tell him we know where he works, so if he does anything to hurt you, he's going to have to deal with us! :devil:)
:biggrin: I don't want to frighten him too much. :redface:

In order to remain calm I've decided to binge drink from now until I board the plane Sunday. The Evo Child will just push me onto the plane, it's non-stop, then I can just stagger off once the plane stops.
 
  • #54
In order to remain calm I've decided to binge drink from now until I board the plane Sunday. The Evo Child will just push me onto the plane, it's non-stop, then I can just stagger off once the plane stops.

Hey, with that attitude you can pilot the airplane!
 
  • #55
cyrusabdollahi said:
Hey, with that attitude you can pilot the airplane!
Oh now that would be fun. I don't know what would be so hard, it's not like you have to go around any sharp turns, you just go straight the whole way.
 
  • #56
Evo said:
:biggrin: I don't want to frighten him too much. :redface:

In order to remain calm I've decided to binge drink from now until I board the plane Sunday. The Evo Child will just push me onto the plane, it's non-stop, then I can just stagger off once the plane stops.
Uh oh! Bad time for Greg to be taking the site off-line for repairs...you'll be going crazy without PF and thinking about the date ahead! (And we can recommend the appropriate PF mentor to follow you and make sure you're safe too...I won't say which because that would give away the location you're going to if you don't want to share that.)
 
  • #57
Where are you flying to, east coast or west coast?
 
  • #58
cyrusabdollahi said:
Where are you flying to, east coast or west coast?
Washington DC. I can't wait to hit the museums!

Oh my god, PF *is* going offline tonight. :cry:
 
  • #59
What!? Hahhhahaah. Stop by, I am 20 min away. Ill buy you a drink! Are you flying into National? The weather is finally becoming nice around here.
 
  • #60
cyrusabdollahi said:
What!? Hahhhahaah. Stop by, I am 20 min away. Ill buy you a drink! Are you flying into National? The weather is finally becoming nice around here.
If he runs out of the airport screaming, can I call you? :blushing:

Reagan, is that National? Oh please don't let it rain while I'm there, my hair will get frizzy. :frown:
 
  • #61
If he runs out of the airport screaming, can I call you?

Yeah, Regan=National. It's one nice airport. I will have to think about that...ok fineeeeeeeeeeeeee. :rolleyes:

Oh please don't let it rain while I'm there, my hair will get frizzy.

I don't think it's supposed to rain. You should get him to take you to Georgetown for dinner, it's nice down there on a saturday night by the waterfront.

Oh, and go to the museum of natural history. They have all the jewelery from kings and queens. That's something you would enjoy.

I don't know if all these are still on display or not, but ALL the women had their noses to the glass displays!

http://www.gimizu.de/sgmcol/
 
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  • #62
cyrusabdollahi said:
Yeah, Regan=National. It's one nice airport. I will have to think about that...ok fineeeeeeeeeeeeee. :rolleyes:
Thank you. <sniff>

You should get him to take you to Georgetown for dinner, it's nice down there on a saturday night by the waterfront.
Oooh, yeah. I lived in DC for four years, but that was ages ago. I remember this really nice restaurant on the river I went to, I think it was on the Virginia side. Damn, where was it?
 
  • #63
Sequoia's Restaurant?
 
  • #64
cyrusabdollahi said:
Oh, and go to the museum of natural history. They have all the jewelery from kings and queens. That's something you would enjoy.

I don't know if all these are still on display or not, but ALL the women had their noses to the glass displays!

http://www.gimizu.de/sgmcol/
Oh yeah, I'm definitely visiting the museum of natural history. :approve:
 
  • #65
cyrusabdollahi said:
Sequoia's Restaurant?
I think that's it, we always sat outside. I can't wait to get fresh seafood. There is no such thing as fresh seafood in Kansas.
 
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  • #66
Evo said:
If he runs out of the airport screaming, can I call you? :blushing:

Reagan, is that National? Oh please don't let it rain while I'm there, my hair will get frizzy. :frown:
It's supposed to be nice weather this side of the country. Now that you've said where you're going, we can openly admit we're planning to have enigma stalk you. :biggrin: Now we can count on Cyrus too...he and enigma can take shifts so you've got round the clock surveillance. If your date tries to escape, they'll nab him and drag him back. :approve: I'm a 3 1/2 hour drive away...but, if we get the distress signal, the turbo-charged RV can get me there in 10 min.
 
  • #67
Evo, your not in Kansas anymore. :smile:

DC, is AWESOME< provided you have MONEY. :frown:

Sequoia's is on the DC side, where all the people park their boats, just across from under the bridge.

http://www.arkrestaurants.com/section_home.cfm?section_id=1&location_id=2&restaurant_id=15&sub_section_id=1&menu_type_id=3

Is that it? You have expensive taste :-p.

Get some crabcakes. I love eating crab cakes. Daily Grill has good crabcakes. Did I mention crab cakes? Did I? Did I?
 
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  • #68
Evo said:
Oh yeah, I'm definitely visiting the museum of natural history. :approve:
I'm sure that's going to be a very memorable tour! I wish I could crash just for the tour you'll get! :biggrin:
 
  • #69
cyrusabdollahi said:
Get some crabcakes. I love eating crab cakes. Daily Grill has good crabcakes. Did I mention crab cakes? Did I? Did I?
No getting crabs on a first date! :biggrin:

(And stop making me hungry...I love MD crabcakes! They're the best in the country. :approve:)
 
  • #70
Moonbear said:
It's supposed to be nice weather this side of the country. Now that you've said where you're going, we can openly admit we're planning to have enigma stalk you. :biggrin: Now we can count on Cyrus too...he and enigma can take shifts so you've got round the clock surveillance.
:biggrin:

If your date tries to escape, they'll nab him and drag him back. :approve:
I like that plan. He just needs to get to know me, right? :wink:

I'm a 3 1/2 hour drive away...but, if we get the distress signal, the turbo-charged RV can get me there in 10 min.
Keep the engine warmed up, I might need to call in reinforcements.
 
  • #71
cyrusabdollahi said:
DC, is AWESOME< provided you have MONEY. :frown:
Speaking of money, my company changed their policy on commision payments this month and I'm not getting paid before I leave now. My boss forgot to mention that to us. Just a little oversight. I've got a buck and some change, will I need more? :redface:

Sequoia's is on the DC side, where all the people park their boats, just across from under the bridge.

http://www.arkrestaurants.com/section_home.cfm?section_id=1&location_id=2&restaurant_id=15&sub_section_id=1&menu_type_id=3

Is that it? You have expensive taste :-p
The trick is that you sit outside for the view and order one appetizer and share it. :-p

Get some crabcakes. I love eating crab cakes. Daily Grill has good crabcakes. Did I mention crab cakes? Did I? Did I?
Oh geeze, I'm going to gain 10 lbs. :blushing:
 
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  • #72
The trick is that you sit outside for the view and order one appetizer and share it.

I agree. My god you can see countless HOTTTT women walk by as you eat. God I love Georgetown... They are all wayyyy out of my price leauge though. Those girls are all rich, spoiled brats. They drive to Georgetown in their brand new mercedes. Any given night you will see porshes, ferraris, Bentley.

I've got a buck and some change, will I need more?

That should be enough, your only staying for the weekend right?


If your there saturday night, you might see me outside of the Cafe smoking a hooka :smile:.
 
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  • #73
cyrusabdollahi said:
I agree. My god you can see countless HOTTTT women walk by as you eat. God I love Georgetown...
Ok, not good, I don't need competition.

That should be enough, your only staying for the weekend right?
Oddly, I had to change my schedule and now I'm flying up Sunday and returning Tuesday.

If your there saturday night, you might see me outside of the Cafe smoking a hooka :smile:.
Do you just stroll around outside with a hooka? :biggrin:
 
  • #74
Moonbear said:
Do you change into a werewolf?!
Change? No - you did see what my back looks like, right?
 
  • #75
cyrusabdollahi said:
I agree. My god you can see countless HOTTTT women walk by as you eat.
Yeah, that's obviously why Evo goes there. :rolleyes: :smile:
 
  • #76
Every once in a while you see an old 70 year old guy walking with his wife. He's got her hand around his arm and there walking together back to their house. My friend and I always look at each other and go, yeah...that guys a pimp! Kudos sir! It's hilarious. The old guys got class :cool:.

And to the other extreme, there is one black guy who's a bum *always* on the corner across the bank Evo. Trust me, you will see him if you go for a walk. He always ask for beer, not money. Got any beer? Got any beer? :smile: One time this rich snob white guy in a suit walked by with his wife and her friend in each arm. The bum said, got any beer senator!?
 
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  • #77
russ_watters said:
Change? No - you did see what my back looks like, right?
:smile: Maybe some of that hair that slid off your head and down your back can be pulled back up? :biggrin: No wonder you avoid the moon. :wink:

I should be here all summer, so it doesn't matter when you travel out...I just met with my dept chair (it's his lab that I work in) about summer research plans, and I've just acquired responsibility for one of his projects that starts...next week! Along with the two other projects of my own I had slated for the summer (one of which is now complicated by having acquired an undergrad in need of a senior research project...good to have a student to mentor and bad that it'll make the project take twice as long than it would if I just did it without having to teach it to someone else who looks way too skinny to be of much use handling sheep :rolleyes:), I've also been informed that I'm either teaching a neurobiology course to med students or else sitting in on it to teach it next year. :eek: I like being busy, but, but, but...

(Oh, and I found out the state park nearby closes at sunset. I was thinking that would be a neat place to go at night to set up a telescope. :frown: There are other places, I just thought that would have been the nicest, so while you were setting up all your equipment, I could just enjoy the scenic overlook.)
 
  • #79
Evo said:
Ok, I'll confess, I've been talking to someone I met online recently and I'm flying to meet him Sunday.
Have a safe and pleasant trip. Just relax and be yourself.

If you didn't warn him about the fork test, cut him a little slack if he is nice. :wink:
 
  • #80
Well, its Sunday, and Evo should be somewhere around here! I must say, she did pick a good day to arrive, it is a beauitful day outside! I hope you have a nice date.
 

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