I feel dumber having read that ...whatever it was that I read. Thanks, Subs. Yer a peach.

Meh, goes both ways. The flowchart doesn't work but the truth is there.

Not having a cell phone, I wonder if I could substitute mailing a woodcut representation of a handwritten letter... or whatever it was that kids did before texting. Perhaps flag semaphore? Well, I suppose I could attempt to avoid dating childish women....

miss diminutive: fusillade762: Why do us guys always have the obligation to call/text/whatever?

Because penis.

She's right. Guys want it, girls could take it or leave it. Since the guy is presumed to want it more, he's expected to show a little initative. If you want to show this woman that you're interested in her, is so much to ask to call or text or whatever?" So, to reiterate: yeah, because penis.

"Speaking as an expert, way to look needy!"

...but texting too soon means they're desperate and possibly psycho.

jetzzfan: I hate texting. I prefer email for text-based messages. I use my phone for phone calls.

I like texting because I can ask a person something specific without getting drawn into an obligatory conversation. Now people who text whole conversations...yeah, I don't get that.

Every day I thank holy FSM that I dated and married decades ago, before internet/smartphones/social media.

/yeah, you! Get of my lawn.

jetzzfan: I hate texting. I prefer email for text-based messages. I use my phone for phone calls.

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^^^This. I think this means we're gay.

Feel like I lost a few IQ points looking at the charts.

If that's how one looks at communication with a potential dating partner, I can see why a chart might be necessary for you to figure it out.

/sorry ladies, two-way street.
//you need to earn my attention as much as I do yours.

Reading the chart, the best possible advice I can give is to skip the date and go straight to nachos.

mmm

I don't know the texting rules for "dating". I do know that if you text me 5 times in a row asking me questions, you better have called me. If it requires you to text me a short essay in multiple texts, click one button and call instead.

I don't have text messaging on my phone. THAT must be the reason I'm forever single.

This is why you don't see many women engineers.

No, the farking bridge design does not need 14 levels and a shopping mall.

My hand never texts me. I don't think it's that into me.

Aar1012: doglover: On the other hand, you can make yourself into a good catch (getting off TF is a good firs step)

What if you met your girlfriend on TF?

Everyone knows all the girls are on UltraFark.

\Mad Scientist: ...Every day I thank that I dated and married decades ago, before internet/smartphones/social media.

/yeah, you! Get of my lawn.

Bears repeating.
While reading that article, this is all I could think of

What if he posts a photo of himself and a blond girl making out and upon further Facebook research, you find out that she's totally his sister?

fusillade762: Why do us guys always have the obligation to call/text/whatever. Take some initiative, ladies.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH

You clearly have not met women.

Retain prerogatives, and instill expectations of performance.

Why actually take risk when you can whine for free?

and then - this is the difficult part - when they get hitched they want to be an 'equal partner' who is consulted all the farking time.

and men are like "hey honey, you made me do all the work and required me to do all the deciding, now - in the name of 'having a voice' - you want me to farking check in every time I blow my nose just to make sure that your feeling aren't slighted about me picking margarine versus butter ?!"

*reads article*



-_-

Wish I could say the chart was wrong

Good thing I'm not dating then.

*plans to start online dating soon(ish)*
**starts furiously scribbling notes**

rubi_con_man: fusillade762: Why do us guys always have the obligation to call/text/whatever. Take some initiative, ladies.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH

You clearly have not met women.

Retain prerogatives, and instill expectations of performance.

Why actually take risk when you can whine for free?

and then - this is the difficult part - when they get hitched they want to be an 'equal partner' who is consulted all the farking time.

and men are like "hey honey, you made me do all the work and required me to do all the deciding, now - in the name of 'having a voice' - you want me to farking check in every time I blow my nose just to make sure that your feeling aren't slighted about me picking margarine versus butter ?!"

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Let's just say that when you date a girl you should expect a world of double standards.

When it first started with me, I started asking my guy friends who were married if this was normal, and yes it was.

The best is when they get onto you for spending money then they go out and spend twice as much on themselves.

One thing I've learned from my experience in online dating, is that despite being in decent shape myself (no 6 pack, but no beer belly either) is that my profile is apparently a magnet for fat chicks

So Time is Glamour now?

I want a chart that explains exactly what was wrong with that chart.

Gimmick: Reading the chart, the best possible advice I can give is to skip the date and go straight to nachos.

mmm

Well put. Anyone that is dating by a set of rules should skip straight to the nachos. Whatever happened to being yourself and having fun?

/have had woman occasionally date me using different "rules" over the years.
//loves me some slashies

fusillade762: Why do us guys always have the obligation to call/text/whatever. Take some initiative, ladies.


they do take the initiative: when the guy has a fat wallet and is good looking. you are naive.

robohobo: I thought dating in the 21st century meant bucket loads of free stds. Seriously, people are foul. I don't think a single one of my wife's female friends doesn't have at least 2. Wife's a doctor, these whores call her all the time asking what to do.

/always mention it to their potential suitors at parties.
//hilarious


yea, its a real cesspool out there in Freedomland. so much f*cking and dope and greed and selfishness and adultry. not much room for a real relationship.

tell your wife to not waste her time on these so called "friends". they're just using her and she'd be better off hanging around people who are smart enough not to pick up STD's.

As for the chasing, I mean if you find a chick that you like who texts and calls you bully for you. I'm an old fashioned guy, and the girls I like (don't talk back, polite, like to cook and clean) want me to take the initiative. The girls who are chasing you are not going to be taking care of the house and kids; it's two sides of the same coin as far as I can see.

david_gaithersburg: jetzzfan: I hate texting. I prefer email for text-based messages. I use my phone for phone calls.

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^^^This. I think this means we're gay.


no. i means we're smart and don't waste out time on mindless texting.