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13.03.2007, 01:22 quote

Anonymous

I personally HATE the mails that just say 'hi'.

Makes me think that the person who is sending it is sending it 100 times to different women and hoping one will respond.

Also it is always the ones with no pic and nothing on their profiles that say just 'hi' ........... gives me NOTHING to go on even if I did want to respond to them! UT

 

13.03.2007, 05:32 quote

Anonymous

pollyanna37 wrote:
I personally HATE the mails that just say 'hi'.

Makes me think that the person who is sending it is sending it 100 times to different women and hoping one will respond.

Also it is always the ones with no pic and nothing on their profiles that say just 'hi' ........... gives me NOTHING to go on even if I did want to respond to them! UT


Hmm...it never struck me that guys send out multiple identical emails. Maybe I should be a bit more cynical. I quite like the 'Hi how are you' approach, it's a fair enough opener IMO. I don't like so much 'Hi sexy' and def NO other dirty talk as an opener! Bad manners if nothing else and at the very best it's hilarious, rather than a turn on.

Also I'd say don't foget to read a person's profile *properly*; if she's said that she's looking for a long-term relationship and you've said you're looking for group love and scat, then you're probably not going to get a reply.

As for me *and this might be only me* I don't reply to people who do that deliberate bad spelling thing, or to people who just send a long list of email/msn addresses. Or to people at the other end of the country, simply for reasons of logistics.

 

13.03.2007, 09:08 quote

Anonymous

well i dont message women on here anymore cos quite simply its a waste of time. any that did reply didnt even bother to say anything worthy of a reply back from me because it was so mediocre and boring that id just left it at that. with the exception of one woman, whom i am still great friends with on this forum because she actually took the trouble to to engage with me rather than make a snap judgement i suppose.

i think some men would probably copy and paste the same message to alot of women quite simply because they are bored of not getting any replies and want to cantact more women on the basis that they think the more they contact the more chances of replies they will get? although thats not really the best way to go about it, you can hardly blame them when the amount of women on here seem to say that they wouldnt contact a man first.
it seems to me there are many ladies on here who say that they wouldnt contact a man first, its a bit rich if you then post on here and moan about the quality of the messages in your inbox, if you arnt actually prepared to make the first contact yourself. i can understand you saying about the stupid messages and the pervy ones, they would obviously be irritating, but its far easier to be cynical and do nothing than write a message to a stranger in the hope of getting a reply and starting a new friendship.

just as a footnote, im not aiming my comments at anybody in particular, and im sure their are women on here that do send out messages to blokes they liked, but it does seem that quite a few of you have said that you dont message men first, im quite sure that you can give me plenty of reasons as to why you dont. its a 2 way street, and if you only drive down it one way, you will only experience it in one way. like i say, i stopped messaging women on here, mainly because i had enough of wasting my time getting no replys or half arsed replies that didnt warrnat a second look.

 

13.03.2007, 09:25 quote

Edbicknell
Edbicknell Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 16 Location: United Kingdom, England, Cornwall
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Too bloody true Scottie 69 Im getting bored now as ive mssged loads and all i get is two or three words strung together as if to humour you .. ladies forget the pervs if you make an effort on here we then know youre worth investing in and what does piss me right off is you get pics of women in teasing type poses full of cleavage and legs n stuff and then u wonder why u get stupid dumb mssges from the idiots and then claim to want total love and devotion well from a male view it aint gonna happen as youre impression is youre "up for it and ez" so youre going to attract the types you dont want . So instead you try seeking us out and mailing us as its boring to read on youre profiles "Fed up with waiting and getting wrong types about to give up Bla bla bla sympathy vote bla............Infact all just turn lesbian and give us a fresh batch of flirtbox women

......thats better damn i feel good now its of my chest

 

13.03.2007, 10:22 quote

Anonymous

jm664 wrote:
Edbicknell wrote:
Having been on the site I as the male always seem to do the Hi blah blah bit why wont or dont the ladies contact us? Wouldnt it be nice to open your message box and recieve a few lines from the ladies or maybe its just me Question
Maybe you dont get messages cause you want to cheat on your partner!
meiow!! haha

 

13.03.2007, 11:21 quote

Anonymous

If I have something t go on in a message, I'll reply most of the time, even if I'm not interested. And if I'm not interested, these days I say so.

I cannot reply tho' to a message that simply says 'hi' or 'hi sexy'. It gives me nothing to go on what-so-ever and shows a complete lack of imagination.

 

13.03.2007, 13:16 quote

Anonymous

Number45 wrote:
You search the site.
Find someone.
Sweating palms.
You stare at a blank space on the screen.
It taunts you with the words "Subject"
Anxiety.
Panic.........


We all want to make a great first impression.......
Be the smartest, wittiest, smoothest.....

What is the best first message that you have ever read?

ive had a message before that was so funny i nearly wet myself, made me wanna get to know the person coz they were so entertaining, but i suppose all girls are different and what one girl likes another one could hate.
oh its all gobbeldy gook to me Rolling Eyes


(how do we grab your attention ladies)

 

13.03.2007, 17:41 quote

Anonymous

I am one of those who doesn't message first; I used to (on a couple of other sites) and gave up, because nobody who I liked the look of and to whom I'd sent my carefully-crafted openers ever replied. It's just as gutting for the ladies, you know.

Decided I could probably preserve a bit of self-esteem by only engaging with guys who had already shown a bit of interest in me. Playing it VERY safe!

 

15.03.2007, 20:07 quote

Edbicknell
Edbicknell Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 16 Location: United Kingdom, England, Cornwall
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MMM still not convinced after you fight through the criteria of what a man should shouldnt do on what you read it does leave little room for individuality hence causing the same boring old messages basically were afraid of offending or some are where are the witty women

"Those who wait shall be seeked"

 

15.03.2007, 20:50 quote

Anonymous

Got a good one yesterday:

"hi you look sort of ok"

hahahahahahahahaaaaa

 

15.03.2007, 21:19 quote

Edbicknell
Edbicknell Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 16 Location: United Kingdom, England, Cornwall
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"hi you look sort of ok"

well tis true lol

 

15.03.2007, 23:29 quote

mrious

toby wrote:
In my opinion, a "hi" would be sufficient....because it never matters what you write.
If someone is interested in your profile, you will most likely get a reply.

If someone is not interested, you could write the best message ever...but still get no reply.

What do you think Question



i definitely agree to toby. I am quite bored of not getting replies,

first i look at the profile and if i cant find anything interesting to write then i just say 'hi , how are you?'. if it works? %50 -%50.

i

 

16.03.2007, 03:49 quote

Anonymous

heres one that came this morning for me lol.....replied back that im not here for sexual encounters and i deleted his email in the post.


Good morning my delightful princess, my endless love, believe me for this famous day or I saw your contour, I was inconsciement loving you, on your lips my kiss gathers a sugar of flower, your language to the taste of sweet-scented milk of love, light of my life, you which lit my soul mislaid, as a river I shall be your fish, the smell of your perfume delight more than any balsam, you remain my only one and the beloved angoureuse, I shall prostrate myself with your delightful feet and I shall suck your toes the one apèrs other all rest of my life, come on msn veiled my count.I embrace you tremendously on your luscious lips, your mad and endless lover, Ayach.

 

16.03.2007, 08:04 quote

Anonymous

Edbicknell wrote:
"hi you look sort of ok"

well tis true lol


But how do you reply to it?!! Some are more insulted by a 'thanks' than nothing at all. Ok, so if the profile seems interesting, it's a start, but so many of the ones that have the least to say also have very dull profiles.

 

16.03.2007, 11:52 quote

Anonymous

anothermansjulie wrote:
Edbicknell wrote:
"hi you look sort of ok"

well tis true lol


But how do you reply to it?!! Some are more insulted by a 'thanks' than nothing at all. Ok, so if the profile seems interesting, it's a start, but so many of the ones that have the least to say also have very dull profiles.


No, it's an insult.

What he's saying is, "Well, you're not really my type of thing but...if you're really desperate, I'll stick one in you."

 
 
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