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foreveryoung
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Message 1 of 174 (685743)
12-26-2012 1:22 PM


As everyone has seen with obvious displeasure, I am not the most agreeable person to deal with, at least not in online debates. Although I do not behave as such in public, there are other qualities about me that prevent me from being seen as mister congeniality.
Part of my personal angst is that I have zero luck in attracting good looking women to date. I can get dates, but they are usually unattractive and/or overweight. I guess you could criticize me for being shallow, but those are my standards. Good looking women usually scowl at me when they even get the slightest hint that I may entertain the possibility of asking them out. For this reason, I have become disallusioned with american women for dating purposes. I have placed by picture and profile on a foreign dating site and as of now, have over 200 hundred responses from beautiful women who appear to be desperate. I don't believe they are desperate because of their looks; they are desperate because of the situation they find themselves in and are eager to have a foreign man rescue them from that and take them to a place where they can have a better life.
I feel like a huge loser for even considering this possibility, but I am at my wits end. Has anyone ever had experience with these sites and are they a scam as I suspect they are?

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Message 3 of 174 (685760)
12-26-2012 5:42 PM
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12-26-2012 1:22 PM


they are desperate because of the situation they find themselves in and are eager to have a foreign man rescue them from that and take them to a place where they can have a better life.
I have no familiarity with these things, but I've seen the ads, and I've always assumed that the women would not be as advertised. But even if they were, the potential for being taken advantage of seems quite high.
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Message 4 of 174 (685762)
12-26-2012 5:59 PM
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12-26-2012 1:22 PM


Hi foreveryoung,
... there are other qualities about me that prevent me from being seen as mister congeniality.
It is my personal opinion that human intelligence evolved to attract mates by being creative, and that this is a fisherian runaway feedback system (see Sexual Selection, Stasis, Runaway Selection, Dimorphism, & Human Evolution).
This explains why dancers, singers, actors, etcetera, are generally considered attractive in spite of looks and rather than intelligent good looking people.
A sense of humor goes a long way. You could also take dancing lessons -- whether you can dance or not.
I feel like a huge loser for even considering this possibility, but I am at my wits end. Has anyone ever had experience with these sites and are they a scam as I suspect they are?
Like NoNukes (Message 3) I have anecdotal evidence of a woman that married (second marriage) a foreigner and ended up in an verbally abusive marriage (only happens in private so her kids don't see it).
But I also know of some folks that are happily married but from different countries.
Enjoy

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Message 5 of 174 (685766)
12-26-2012 6:10 PM


Thanks guys. I have been getting advice from women friends in real life. This is the first advice I have gotten from guys. It gives a totally different perspective. Someone who did not post publicly on this thread gave me really good advice in a PM and I will be messaging him regarding that soon. I am also going to read RAZD's evolution based thread and see if it gives me any insights.

  
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Message 6 of 174 (685782)
12-26-2012 9:31 PM
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12-26-2012 1:22 PM


I am not the most agreeable person to deal with, at least not in online debates.
Many people have problems setting the right tone in online debates. I guess it is because the feedback is delayed.
I have placed by picture and profile on a foreign dating site and as of now, have over 200 hundred responses from beautiful women who appear to be desperate.
What's the bet that 199 of those are scams?

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Message 7 of 174 (685788)
12-26-2012 10:38 PM
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12-26-2012 9:31 PM


I suspect that most of those 200 women employed a service, for which they paid a hefty sum, to advertize here.
It would probably be cheaper in the long run for you to go sit on a beach along the Mediterranean and work on a tan for a few months.
And probably more productive.
And certainly more fun!

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Message 8 of 174 (685789)
12-26-2012 10:41 PM
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12-26-2012 1:22 PM


I don't believe they are desperate because of their looks; they are desperate because of the situation they find themselves in and are eager to have a foreign man rescue them from that and take them to a place where they can have a better life.
Question: you're a student, aren't you? Unless you have a private income you haven't mentioned, it's not clear that you can provide the good life they'd be looking for.
Part of my personal angst is that I have zero luck in attracting good looking women to date. I can get dates, but they are usually unattractive and/or overweight. I guess you could criticize me for being shallow, but those are my standards.
Well if conservatives have taught us anything, it's that one's sexual preferences are entirely optional. All you have to do is choose to be turned on by unattractive and/or overweight women. Problem solved.

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Message 9 of 174 (685795)
12-27-2012 4:56 AM


Women aren't as obsessed with looks they way us guys are. Long term, they go for nice guys - funny, kind, thoughtful, listening types generally do just as well as those with the looks of a Greek God.
From your posts I suspect you frighten a lot of women with your intensity, if you relax a little, make friends, forget your obsessions and just be normal for a while, you'll probably do better.

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Message 10 of 174 (685800)
12-27-2012 9:23 AM
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12-26-2012 1:22 PM


My 2 cents.
I feel like a huge loser for even considering this possibility, but I am at my wits end. Has anyone ever had experience with these sites and are they a scam as I suspect they are?
1. Don't feel like a loser. Lots of people do online dating.
2. The old saying holds true: "If it seems to good to be true it probably is."
3. If you want to attract a gal, be charming, considerate, smile more. You'd be surprised what a smile can do. Open your eyes when your out and about and again, smile more. It makes you more approachable and gives you more confidence. The ladies can sense desparation and bullshit for miles.
4. Say hello and strike up a conversation and get the contact info. You will miss 100 percent of the chances you dont take. And stay local, nothing is worse than meeting that right gal and not being able to see her regularly.
Happy hunting.

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Message 11 of 174 (685807)
12-27-2012 11:24 AM
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12-26-2012 1:22 PM


Part of my personal angst is that I have zero luck in attracting good looking women to date.
Maybe you should try men?
- Oni

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Message 12 of 174 (685811)
12-27-2012 11:46 AM
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I have placed by picture and profile on a foreign dating site and as of now, have over 200 hundred responses from beautiful women who appear to be desperate.
Sounds fake to me.
I'm reminded of this particular First Day on the Internet Kid:

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Message 13 of 174 (685828)
12-27-2012 2:26 PM
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12-26-2012 9:31 PM


nwr writes:
What's the bet that 199 of those are scams?
I am willing to bet that there is more than meets the eye to all of them. I wish I know of a way to talk to them in such a way as to rat them out so to speak. I want to catch them in the act of their deception.

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Message 14 of 174 (685829)
12-27-2012 2:35 PM
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12-27-2012 2:26 PM


catch them in the act of their deception
I want to catch them in the act of their deception.
That's probably not worth the effort.
The chances are that:
  • they are using fake names;
  • they are connecting to the net through hacked computers, to hide their origin.
Even with evidence of deception, you could probably never tie that evidence to a specific person.
The dating site itself is possibly being run from a botnet of hacked computers.

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Message 15 of 174 (685830)
12-27-2012 2:42 PM
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12-27-2012 2:35 PM


Re: catch them in the act of their deception
That's probably not worth the effort.
The chances are that:
they are using fake names;
they are connecting to the net through hacked computers, to hide their origin.
Even with evidence of deception, you could probably never tie that evidence to a specific person.
The dating site itself is possibly being run from a botnet of hacked computers.
That's a bit extreme. While some of the "mail order bride" sites are likely to be as you say, most of the fake profiles I've seen from years of online dating sites are simply created by webcam models. Most of them are painfully obvious, and so easy to avoid. And, of course, none of it is illegal, and so there's no effort taken to obfuscate their origins beyond what your more standard stripper would do.

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