Romance

Well, it's saying "don't befriend someone solely for the purpose of getting them to date you"

Nothing wrong with being friends with someone, then developing into a romance later. Just, you know... this.

Yeah. I agree with the above two.

You're not getting the joke, are you . What I'm saying is that if you are in any way attractive to your love interest, chances are that romance is gonna happen sooner or later, anyway.

If there is no mutual chemistry, then face it, you're not gonna be happy together for very long, even if you're giving each other a fair chance.

edited 13th Apr '15 6:49:37 AM by TAPETRVE

Bingo. As far as there is any "game," it is to increase attraction. It's like your arm: possible to strengthen, possible to destroy/remove, impossible to grow a new one. The arm either exists or it doesn't.

Looks like I'm stuck waiting for cyborg tech in that case. :/

I had a friend for a while who decided to tell me she liked me after like...two years of hanging out. It came as kind of a surprise and by the time I even really responded at all she had a string of boyfriends who she complained about. Thing was, they really didn't do much wrong as far as I could tell - nobody trusted her, but that's on her head for being a repeat cheater. Knowing her convinced me that dating the woman was probably the last thing I could possibly want.

That's the other side of the medal. Knowing a person for long enough makes it quite easy to suss out if you're really a good match or not.

Under the insistence of ~SmytheOrdo, and with the aid of ~Odd1 I created an OK Cupid account to complement my Match.com account.

I fell at the very first hurdle because it didn't recognise Birmingham as a city; but instead my borough of Birmingham. Weird.

Second hurdle: I have to select three women to match my "type". But none of the girls are my type.

Third hurdle: So many fucking dumb questions. So... many. But, OKC seems to be a lot better than Match.com at stuff, so okay.

edited 13th Apr '15 3:16:34 PM by Inhopelessguy

Aw. The questions are one of the fun things about OKC. Like, that's one of the main gimmicks.

edited 13th Apr '15 3:25:44 PM by SolipSchism

Well, I struck out today. Although it at least wasn't my fault.

Elaborate. We are listening.

The person I like may have reciprocated, but is currently in a position where they simply don't want to date anyone right now.

Okay, I finished it up.

Here, is my profile. Dissect it, guys.

@ Grandpa. That sucks! Do explain?

That's alot more common then you think. I'm sorry.

I didn't know you were Asian hope-sama. And of course you want to form a Babbu.

@Hopey: Well, I just did.

@SH: Don't be; I'm in no worse a situation than I was before.

Point to Hope-son.

Your profile looks allright and consistent. Good luck, and may the deity of cuddling bless you.

I approve. *StampSchism*

Thanks guys.

I find OKC significantly easier to use than match.com, which is interesting. Ah, well. I went through a liking spree.

Hopey, I see a problem with your profile.

What is it, dad?

You didn't mention your offspring.

Small steps. Babby steps come later.

@ Rossydad. I'll get to the issue of "hey, I have a complex Internet family tree, don't freak out".

"How do you feel about parents?"
"Uh..."
"How do you feel about over three thousand parents?"