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...I mean, really. There are a number of us on this board who are unhappily single. And the place is full of bright, articulate, amusing people of both -- make that all genders. (And preferences, of course.)
Certainly when I consider what sort of woman I'm looking for, the sort of person who frequents these boards is a good first approximation.
I don't know what format it might take. Possibly just a forum where "Hey, I'm looking" posts could be placed, with replies (if any) going by private message?
Anyhow, just a thought. And if any ladies out there reading this are interested, you don't have to wait for the suggestion to send me a note.
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I'm a lady but I live in NC. I'd be happy to find that special guy.... or lady (I'm thirty something and not as picky about the minor details anymore). Although, while I love you all and mean it (sort of), a Snopes dating/hook-up frightens me just a little. What if I do meet up with someone and they try to take my kidney!?!
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Oh sure, *now* you want to do it, now that I am all happily married...
*sigh*
All the fun stuff for singles happens when I am not single anymore!
*pout*
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Extremist, sexist, racist, bigoted pCm male with GSOH seeks lady (must be NS and D/D free) for casual evenings spent enacting urban legends so that we can go tell those whacko, pinko, liberalists that all this stuff really does happen. View to long term relationship if chemistry is there.
Also seeks "Me too!" buddies for supporting radical views on abortion, religion, politics, science, evolution & pirates in forums.
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quote:I'm a lady but I live in NC. I'd be happy to find that special guy.... or lady (I'm thirty something and not as picky about the minor details anymore). Although, while I love you all and mean it (sort of), a Snopes dating/hook-up frightens me just a little. What if I do meet up with someone and they try to take my kidney!?!
I thought you weren't so picky about minor details anymore? Don't you have a spare kidney?
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I don't think that snopes would approve a personals column, but I'm sure he would have no objection to a snopester setting up a page on his/her own and linking to it in his/her sig line.
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quote:Originally posted by Chimera: I'm a lady but I live in NC. I'd be happy to find that special guy.... or lady (I'm thirty something and not as picky about the minor details anymore). Although, while I love you all and mean it (sort of), a Snopes dating/hook-up frightens me just a little. What if I do meet up with someone and they try to take my kidney!?!
Gives a whole new meaning to the term 'swapping spit', don't it?
I got it...
Magdalene
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Grumpy, somewhat pot-bellied, graying at the temples, and happily married M, mid 30's, seeks ridiculously hot F for discreet encounters.
F must be hot enough for me to risk 1/2 my savings, my entire house, 1/2 my retirement account, 15 years worth of child support for 3 children, hefty alimony payments, and losing time with my children.
In a nutshell, I guess I'm just checking to see whether or not Eva Longoria has joined the boards yet, and if she'd want to have sex with me in the back of my car or possibly in a cheap, no credit card-required motel.
If you are Eva, please PM me if you are interested. No non-Evas need apply.
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I think that if you look at some posts that you can see that some have tried to put it out there that they were looking. I'll fully admit that when I joined the ULMB that most of my first posts all had a line or two about now being single after a long relationship seeing if anyone would make an inquiry. But it wasn't until getting more experience here that I realized that was what I was doing without really knowing it. When it did finally dawn on me that I was trying to find a date over Snopes I was ashamed of myself because I think that the folks here deserve more respect.
To me, Snopes is not about finding a partner and I think that trying to setup a personals section of the MB would really take away from why we all come here.
To those that have found love over this MB, I wish you all the best and hope you have a long lasting relationship together.
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I don't think putting it on the board itself would be a good idea, frankly it would be grand drama just waiting to be written.
But perhaps offboard could work. Maybe on Dan's Wikisite?
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I thought the Snopes' get-togethers kind of serves this purpose. Maybe not exclusively. But, if you are interested in someone in your area, just go to the next meet, and hope that person shows up. Or you might find someone else interesting at the meet. Off the top of my head, I can think of 2 couples who probably met in a get-together. I won't name names, because I'm not sure whether I'm right.
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Short, fat, middle aged, ugly, balding guy with so-so job seeks barely legal hottie with good job and lots of money that likes older guys but doesn't really want a real relationship;
"drives Corvette" definitely a plus, but any cool sports car ok. Please send picture of car and names of three references/creditors.
Damn. No takers? Struck out again.
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quote:Originally posted by robbiev427: Short, fat, middle aged, ugly, balding guy with so-so job seeks barely legal hottie with good job and lots of money that likes older guys but doesn't really want a real relationship;
"drives Corvette" definitely a plus, but any cool sports car ok. Please send picture of car and names of three references/creditors.
Damn. No takers? Struck out again.
I'm just guessing here, but maybe it's your approach?
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Robbiev427, Do you have all your teeth, or a facsimile thereof?
I met a guy through a personal ad and about 15 minutes into the "date", I realized he was missing his upper front teeth (he had a mustache so it wasn't readily apparent). So that's my big requirement.
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quote:Originally posted by H'Anyakah: Robbiev427, Do you have all your teeth, or a facsimile thereof?
I met a guy through a personal ad and about 15 minutes into the "date", I realized he was missing his upper front teeth (he had a mustache so it wasn't readily apparent). So that's my big requirement.
And people wonder why I stopped dating.
Not that I wouldn't be open to meeting the right person -- I just can't handle the endless sifting through the wrong people to get there.
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quote:Originally posted by MapMaker: I'm just guessing here, but maybe it's your approach?
Why? Was something wrong with it?
Robbiev -still waiting for responses- 427
Well it is better than "Git in the truck, bitch!"
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quote:Originally posted by MapMaker: I'm just guessing here, but maybe it's your approach?
What did he do? Turn downwind on final?
PS. It could be the gun match picture in the profile. Women like to see a man's ears before they date him.
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quote:Originally posted by Lainie: Not that I wouldn't be open to meeting the right person -- I just can't handle the endless sifting through the wrong people to get there.
Honestly I think that's the reason I haven't seriously persued the dating thing in years.
Hmm... let's see about a personal: Somewhat attractive single, bitchy and opinionated red-head with a temperment to match, mom seeks an inteligent, fat, dark haired/grey haired/or no haired, snuggly (e.g fat) and caring man/woman. Good job, few inhibitions and ten fingers and toes are a plus. Professional magicans and those with blonde hair and/or blue eyes need not respond... race and age are unimportant. Also any candidate for the position of boyfriend, life mate, or hook-up must be an atheist or at least less commited to his/her god or gods than he/she is to me.
Think I'll get any responses?
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Actually, Chimera, if you were serious about looking, the piece of advice I'd offer is...ditch that scary clown icon. That's been putting me off ever since I started perusing the boards....
quote:Originally posted by Chimera: Honestly I think that's the reason I haven't seriously persued the dating thing in years.
Hmm... let's see about a personal: Somewhat attractive single, bitchy and opinionated red-head with a temperment to match, mom seeks an inteligent, fat, dark haired/grey haired/or no haired, snuggly (e.g fat) and caring man/woman. Good job, few inhibitions and ten fingers and toes are a plus. Professional magicans and those with blonde hair and/or blue eyes need not respond... race and age are unimportant. Also any candidate for the position of boyfriend, life mate, or hook-up must be an atheist or at least less commited to his/her god or gods than he/she is to me.
Think I'll get any responses?
Is that a total of 10 fingers and toes or 10 fingers and 10 toes? Just wondering.
PS. What is wrong with blue-eyes?
Gen "Matches the criteria except for the eyes" Yus
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I can see both great potential and extreme weirdness coming from this idea. I do like DemonWolf's idea about those who are interested setting up their own personal page elsewhere and linking to it in the sig line. It kind of makes it so the focus is on what the person says rather than the fact that the person is single and looking. Then if someone is interested in the person's comments, they can check the personal through the link, and get more info, and things can go from there. Seems more... I don't know, more natural than having personals on the board itself.
I mean, to me the best way to go about things would be to send a PM about someone's post about something or other, then get to talking about other things, and become friends, and meet in person, and see what happens from there. But then, I may be more than slightly biased.
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quote:Originally posted by Chimera: Also any candidate for the position of boyfriend, life mate, or hook-up must be an atheist or at least less commited to his/her god or gods than he/she is to me.
I like that. Of course, I'm also a
quote:bitchy, opinionated redhead with a temperament to match
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quote:Originally posted by LikeHeyScoob: Grumpy, somewhat pot-bellied, graying at the temples, ...
quote:Originally posted by robbiev427: Short, fat, middle aged, ugly, balding guy with so-so job ...
Maybe we should start a club.
Pogue
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quote:Originally posted by Lainie: Not that I wouldn't be open to meeting the right person -- I just can't handle the endless sifting through the wrong people to get there.
Honestly I think that's the reason I haven't seriously persued the dating thing in years.
Hmm... let's see about a personal: Somewhat attractive single, bitchy and opinionated red-head with a temperment to match, mom seeks an inteligent, fat, dark haired/grey haired/or no haired, snuggly (e.g fat) and caring man/woman. Good job, few inhibitions and ten fingers and toes are a plus. Professional magicans and those with blonde hair and/or blue eyes need not respond... race and age are unimportant. Also any candidate for the position of boyfriend, life mate, or hook-up must be an atheist or at least less commited to his/her god or gods than he/she is to me.
Think I'll get any responses?
Is the thumb counted as a finger?
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quote:Originally posted by H'Anyakah: Robbiev427, Do you have all your teeth, or a facsimile thereof?
I met a guy through a personal ad and about 15 minutes into the "date", I realized he was missing his upper front teeth (he had a mustache so it wasn't readily apparent). So that's my big requirement.
You are in luck! I have ALL my teeth (except for widsom teeth)
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Before I met DH2B, I went on a blind date after talking to the guy on the phone a few times. I told him how important honesty was and that any lying was a definite deal breaker for me. We described ourselves in detail, personalities and looks. I told him about a previous blind date that said he was 6'6", 200 lbs who ended up being about 6'1 and 350 lbs. and how much it bothered me that this person wasn't honest up front about his weight problem. Anyhow, his description sounded attractive. We met a resturant, it was summer so we were both wearing shorts and short-sleeved shirts. Well, he apparently forgot to tell me that he had some kind of medical condition that caused huge lumps under the skin. I am not talking a red rash or hives. I am talking golf ball sized lumps in his neck, face, arms and legs. They were so distracting to me that I couldn't even form a sentence. After about 15 minutes I told him I had to leave. He called me later that evening and his exact words were 'I guess I shoulda told you about my condition before we met'.
quote:Originally posted by H'Anyakah: Robbiev427, Do you have all your teeth, or a facsimile thereof?
I met a guy through a personal ad and about 15 minutes into the "date", I realized he was missing his upper front teeth (he had a mustache so it wasn't readily apparent). So that's my big requirement.
You are in luck! I have ALL my teeth (except for widsom teeth)
It is eery how much we have in common.
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20 year old, apparently attractive redheaded administrative assistant (or secretary if you're into that ) seeks cool-type guy (age, race, job not important) for friendship with benefits. Must enjoy B movies, dirty jokes, and sarcasm, and must not be upset if I like Rupert Grint beter than you, because I most likely will. Tattoos and long/messy hair a plus.
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If you're looking to meet that someone special and think people who frequent this message board might be good candidates, I don't know that we need a whole forum devoted to the topic. Just put something like an "I'm looking" blurb in your sig that links to a page describing who you are and what you're looking for. Other single posters who are attracted by the sparkling wit and humor evidenced in your posts can then click for more information if interested.
If you're concerned about getting crank mail from non-members, just set your profile to hide your e-mail address and/or require responses to come through PM rather than e-mail.
quote:Originally posted by Oh Holy Nocturnal Emissions Test: Well, he apparently forgot to tell me that he had some kind of medical condition that caused huge lumps under the skin. I am not talking a red rash or hives. I am talking golf ball sized lumps in his neck, face, arms and legs. They were so distracting to me that I couldn't even form a sentence. After about 15 minutes I told him I had to leave. He called me later that evening and his exact words were 'I guess I shoulda told you about my condition before we met'.
Na, really??
That's just....
wrong. Can't believe he wouldn't think he should "mention" that.
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quote:Originally posted by snopes: If you're looking to meet that someone special and think people who frequent this message board might be good candidates, I don't know that we need a whole forum devoted to the topic. Just put something like an "I'm looking" blurb in your sig that links to a page describing who you are and what you're looking for. - snopes
Great idea. Nobody on here (that I've seen) is near me though, so thanks for getting my hopes up!
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quote:Originally posted by LikeHeyScoob: Grumpy, somewhat pot-bellied, graying at the temples, ...
quote:Originally posted by robbiev427: Short, fat, middle aged, ugly, balding guy with so-so job ...
Maybe we should start a club.
Pogue
I'm not yet middle aged and only have a smattering of grey hairs. Can I still join? I promise to be extra grumpy to make up for it.
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