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"Never had this problem but can see that single guys could well be subjected to it. Slightly off topic but rather confused about the number of women in a 'large minority'?????? " Maybe it was a typo and he meant 'majority'?? | |||
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"Never had this problem but can see that single guys could well be subjected to it. Slightly off topic but rather confused about the number of women in a 'large minority'?????? Maybe it was a typo and he meant 'majority'?? " or maybe hes just trying to sound clever by using words he does not know the meaning of | |||
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"on the very rare occasion that i see that magical little sign at the top of the page that says "1 unread" , i get all excited and tingly , i imagine that the ladies must get the exact opposite feeling , given the amount of dudes on here hassling them with 1 liners constantly" I'm still new enough to continue to get that tingly feeling...it's not until I see the actual messages from 99% of guys that my heart sinks. | |||
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"Can't a girl just get simple adoration and worshipped to within an inch of her pedestal any more? tuttttt! " No not if your profile is hidden | |||
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"ive had many no thanks replies, i dont get nasty, it wont make anybody change there mind, i just reply by saying...thanks for having the decency to reply, but most of us genuine guys get tarred with the same brush as the nasty abusive ones !!! " i dont tar everyone with the same bush, i know there are many decent, nice guys on here, ive met quite a few But i refuse to keep getting nasty messages from guys i say no thanks to, and yes i know not all of them would and by doing that i am ignoring some guys who wouldnt respond in such a way, but i dont know what type of guy someone is by one messages so i made the choice to not reply to anyone i had no interest in to make sure i got the rudes one we cant always get things right i can onl,y do what works for me | |||
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"Never had this problem but can see that single guys could well be subjected to it. Slightly off topic but rather confused about the number of women in a 'large minority'?????? " Its an oxymoron. | |||
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"i never reply to men i have no interest in and i make no bones about it i used to, but i got sick of getting nasty messages back from guys who cant take a polite no thanks and feeling the need to respond to my no thanks by telling me im fat and ugly anyway and they can do better than me down the pub etc why should you put up with that? men moan about women not replying to messages but its men who made me not want to, it was the nasty come backs from men that made me think sod it im not sending out no thanks messages anymore, so whos the real rudes one?" Ditto .. | |||
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"Never had this problem but can see that single guys could well be subjected to it. Slightly off topic but rather confused about the number of women in a 'large minority'?????? Its an oxymoron. " Nahhh that's Gordon. | |||
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"Never had this problem but can see that single guys could well be subjected to it. Slightly off topic but rather confused about the number of women in a 'large minority'?????? " The two words work perfectly well together .... e.g hispanics are the largest minority in America. | |||
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"Never had this problem but can see that single guys could well be subjected to it. Slightly off topic but rather confused about the number of women in a 'large minority'?????? Its an oxymoron. Nahhh that's Gordon." No, the OP is 'Barry'! | |||
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"It's not an oxymoron because a large minority is not the same as a majority, just a number that deserves closer scrutiny. Thank you for taking the trouble to comment. " Think what you meant was a 'significant minority'... Anyway, why do you expect a reply from all your messages? Do you go to the trouble to contact the pizza place, curry house, chinese, etc etc who put leaflets through your door every week to say 'No thanks'???? Course you don't. Your messages are a form of advertising, and the same as any advertising - if it doesn't get the attention of the intended 'audience', don't expect action in response. Basic marketing... | |||
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"I can never understand why people think its bad manners not to reply? If I didn't ask for your mail in first place why should I reply? Why is it better to get a No thanks message than nothing? " because a lot of men think if you dont reply your still thinking about it and at least if they get a reply, 3 weeks later they arnt still sat there wondering if you have made your mind up yet or not yet | |||
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"It's not an oxymoron because a large minority is not the same as a majority, just a number that deserves closer scrutiny. Thank you for taking the trouble to comment. Think what you meant was a 'significant minority'... Anyway, why do you expect a reply from all your messages? Do you go to the trouble to contact the pizza place, curry house, chinese, etc etc who put leaflets through your door every week to say 'No thanks'???? Course you don't. Your messages are a form of advertising, and the same as any advertising - if it doesn't get the attention of the intended 'audience', don't expect action in response. Basic marketing... " | |||
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"My charming profile pic is not to everyones liking but someone told me this was a sex site and it comes to the point. " It's a SWINGING site. There is a difference. | |||
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"It's not an oxymoron because a large minority is not the same as a majority, just a number that deserves closer scrutiny. Thank you for taking the trouble to comment. " Oxymoron:- An oxymoron (plural oxymora or oxymorons) (from Greek ???µ????, "sharp dull") is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. Oxymora appear in a variety of contexts, including inadvertent errors such as ground pilot and literary oxymorons crafted to reveal a paradox. -- So, technically a 'large minority' can be seen as an oxymoron as it effectively combines two seemingly contradictory terms, namely 'large' and 'minority' - two terms that are superficially contradictory which are juxtaposed in such a way that there is no contradiction. Have a nice day. | |||
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"I have been on this site for about 18 months and in that time I have met and exchanged messages with some very nice people. However, there is a very large minority of women who are utterly ignorant and treat men in a contemptuous way. Laughably, when you read their profiles, many will insist on only meeting respectful and considerate men. I always reply to messages whether I am interested or not. However it is such a rare event for a woman to bother if they are not interested and they will simply delete my message. They claim to not have the time as they are inundated. However, when I point this out to them, they miraculously find the time to send me an abusive message and then block me. Am I being naive in expecting mutual respect? Is swinging only for the hard faced? " OP, you have no photos, a 2 line profile and an avatar that I, personally, find very unappealing. Why would a woman bother to reply when you've clearly made no effort yourself? I wonder, having made so little effort, if you bother to read profiles and send decent messages. You wouldn't spend your time messaging someone who didn't interest you. Neither did they. | |||
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"Some people have commented that men are just as ignorant. Absolutely true but I can only comment on my experiences. At least it's got both sides thinking about it. Have fun everyone, although I am now likely to be blocked by every lady that reads this, lol. " Strangely enough, no. There are women on Fabs who will be looking for someone EXACTLY like you. But that is the whole point everyone has been trying (in their own inimitable styles) to put to you - BUT.... you have to put the work in to find them - they will NOT come to you, nor will they answer each and every one of your messages. That's the way it is. | |||
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"I can never understand why people think its bad manners not to reply? If I didn't ask for your mail in first place why should I reply? Why is it better to get a No thanks message than nothing? " Allegedly you are asking for messages of any type from all and sundry simply by being here. And you're supposed to be flattered and grateful for the attention. | |||
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"I get cranky when I have the horn ..... " Is that the horn off your 1927 Bullnosed Morris, Granny...????? (cheeky little sod, ain't I.... ) | |||
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"I get cranky when I have the horn ..... " I get busy when I have the horn. It's having the unrequited horn that makes me grouchy. | |||
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"I get cranky when I have the horn ..... Is that the horn off your 1927 Bullnosed Morris, Granny...????? (cheeky little sod, ain't I.... ) " Cheeky bleeder ! My man will wave his red flag at you as we pass ! | |||
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"Some people have commented that men are just as ignorant. Absolutely true but I can only comment on my experiences. At least it's got both sides thinking about it. Have fun everyone, although I am now likely to be blocked by every lady that reads this, lol. " Yes because it's not like we see threads like this every other day to make us "think about it". Congratulations on posting new and thought-provoking material. | |||
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"Some people have commented that men are just as ignorant. Absolutely true but I can only comment on my experiences. At least it's got both sides thinking about it. Have fun everyone, although I am now likely to be blocked by every lady that reads this, lol. Yes because it's not like we see threads like this every other day to make us "think about it". Congratulations on posting new and thought-provoking material." Anyone seen the sarky barometer......? I need to measure something | |||
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"Some people have commented that men are just as ignorant. Absolutely true but I can only comment on my experiences. At least it's got both sides thinking about it. Have fun everyone, although I am now likely to be blocked by every lady that reads this, lol. Yes because it's not like we see threads like this every other day to make us "think about it". Congratulations on posting new and thought-provoking material. Anyone seen the sarky barometer......? I need to measure something " I'm an area of high pressure. It's 'cos I have a cold front. | |||
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"I get cranky when I have the horn ..... I get busy when I have the horn. It's having the unrequited horn that makes me grouchy. " You can come round to Kent and bring your horn to get requited anytime... and bring your cold front too... | |||
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"I get cranky when I have the horn ..... I get busy when I have the horn. It's having the unrequited horn that makes me grouchy. You can come round to Kent and bring your horn to get requited anytime... and bring your cold front too... " | |||
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"I have been on this site for about 18 months and in that time I have met and exchanged messages with some very nice people. However, there is a very large minority of women who are utterly ignorant and treat men in a contemptuous way. Laughably, when you read their profiles, many will insist on only meeting respectful and considerate men. I always reply to messages whether I am interested or not. However it is such a rare event for a woman to bother if they are not interested and they will simply delete my message. They claim to not have the time as they are inundated. However, when I point this out to them, they miraculously find the time to send me an abusive message and then block me. Am I being naive in expecting mutual respect? Is swinging only for the hard faced? " I had a similar experience with a male last night, he sent a message, I sent back a polite thanks but no thanks, happy swinging message, in which I recieved nothing but abuse from the guy. From now on not going to waste my time saying no thanks politely to be called every name under the sun. | |||
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"I once met a very rude woman. When I said "wanna fuck?" she said "piss off" and then her boyfriend said "or I'll fucking knock you out". Why couldn't they have been polite and said "no thank you, but thank you for asking"? Eh? " PMSL! | |||
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"I have been on this site for about 18 months and in that time I have met and exchanged messages with some very nice people. However, there is a very large minority of women who are utterly ignorant and treat men in a contemptuous way. Laughably, when you read their profiles, many will insist on only meeting respectful and considerate men. I always reply to messages whether I am interested or not. However it is such a rare event for a woman to bother if they are not interested and they will simply delete my message. They claim to not have the time as they are inundated. However, when I point this out to them, they miraculously find the time to send me an abusive message and then block me. Am I being naive in expecting mutual respect? Is swinging only for the hard faced? " I had manners once.... but after a few monster cocks they seem to have been shagged out of me. I have tried looking everywhere for them... under the bed... down the side of the sofa... in the layby on the B6743.... nope can't find them anywhere. | |||
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"Well most of the half decent guys won't touch the rude and abusive women with a barge pole. Just leave them to wonder why the only guys they get are the guys that are as big an asshole as they are. " I agree with this. However, I've spoken to some nasty men on here and unfortunately for ages that made me just treat all messages the same and didn't think twice about not replying or deleting without reading. I've changed now because my faith in the male community has been restored. My point is that there is probably a 'treat others how you've been treated' response in play. It sounds like these women have either had a rough time, or else they're just up themselves. Whatever the case, it is rough with the smooth on here so don't take it personally if you don't get a reply. It could be for any reason. | |||
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"Well most of the half decent guys won't touch the rude and abusive women with a barge pole. Just leave them to wonder why the only guys they get are the guys that are as big an asshole as they are. I agree with this. However, I've spoken to some nasty men on here and unfortunately for ages that made me just treat all messages the same and didn't think twice about not replying or deleting without reading. I've changed now because my faith in the male community has been restored. My point is that there is probably a 'treat others how you've been treated' response in play. It sounds like these women have either had a rough time, or else they're just up themselves. Whatever the case, it is rough with the smooth on here so don't take it personally if you don't get a reply. It could be for any reason. " I doubt it is a minority who are up themselves. Ugly as sin women and cpls can rule this site and meet ten men per day of they wished because most men will fuck anything with a pulse. If men were more discerning then the rude dogs would be bolloxed | |||
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"Well most of the half decent guys won't touch the rude and abusive women with a barge pole. Just leave them to wonder why the only guys they get are the guys that are as big an asshole as they are. I agree with this. However, I've spoken to some nasty men on here and unfortunately for ages that made me just treat all messages the same and didn't think twice about not replying or deleting without reading. I've changed now because my faith in the male community has been restored. My point is that there is probably a 'treat others how you've been treated' response in play. It sounds like these women have either had a rough time, or else they're just up themselves. Whatever the case, it is rough with the smooth on here so don't take it personally if you don't get a reply. It could be for any reason. " Yeah exactly. When i've come across any borderline abuse i've just acted politely. One that did it then said i'd 'passed the test' when I responded politely with a 'sorry to bother you' after receiving a load of abuse. Needless to say her attitude actually made me NOT want to meet her anyway. It put me off her. But i've also seen inboxes from the female side of things so I know all about the guys that keep barraging them with "fancy a shag?" "why not?" "why?" "But whats wrong with me i am your type?" etc. I know about women having guys abuse their weight etc just because they've had a 'no thanks'. Some of it has looked really childish and I totally get what women go through. Only problem is looking back at that, they'll end up with the decent guys not wanting to bother and solely the completely retarded knuckle-draggers messaging them. | |||
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"Well most of the half decent guys won't touch the rude and abusive women with a barge pole. Just leave them to wonder why the only guys they get are the guys that are as big an asshole as they are. I agree with this. However, I've spoken to some nasty men on here and unfortunately for ages that made me just treat all messages the same and didn't think twice about not replying or deleting without reading. I've changed now because my faith in the male community has been restored. My point is that there is probably a 'treat others how you've been treated' response in play. It sounds like these women have either had a rough time, or else they're just up themselves. Whatever the case, it is rough with the smooth on here so don't take it personally if you don't get a reply. It could be for any reason. I doubt it is a minority who are up themselves. Ugly as sin women and cpls can rule this site and meet ten men per day of they wished because most men will fuck anything with a pulse. If men were more discerning then the rude dogs would be bolloxed" I agree with this too. But it could be because they are up themselves or they they've had a rough time. | |||
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"Can't a girl just get simple adoration and worshipped to within an inch of her pedestal any more? tuttttt! No not if your profile is hidden " Now you're not really trying are you? | |||
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"Well most of the half decent guys won't touch the rude and abusive women with a barge pole. Just leave them to wonder why the only guys they get are the guys that are as big an asshole as they are. I agree with this. However, I've spoken to some nasty men on here and unfortunately for ages that made me just treat all messages the same and didn't think twice about not replying or deleting without reading. I've changed now because my faith in the male community has been restored. My point is that there is probably a 'treat others how you've been treated' response in play. It sounds like these women have either had a rough time, or else they're just up themselves. Whatever the case, it is rough with the smooth on here so don't take it personally if you don't get a reply. It could be for any reason. I doubt it is a minority who are up themselves. Ugly as sin women and cpls can rule this site and meet ten men per day of they wished because most men will fuck anything with a pulse. If men were more discerning then the rude dogs would be bolloxed" | |||
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"To be honest, a lot of the straight single blokes are on here, because they cannot find a partner in the non-scene community. Their abusive messaging does tell you why they find difficulty both in and out of the scene. Nobody likes a dickhead, and they just don't seem to understand that. The neanderthal methods they employ never cease to amaze me. Do they really think that the cyber equivalent of clubbing a woman over the head and dragging her off by her hair will be a turn on?" Brilliant! And so true!! | |||
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"I have been on this site for about 18 months and in that time I have met and exchanged messages with some very nice people. However, there is a very large minority of women who are utterly ignorant and treat men in a contemptuous way. Laughably, when you read their profiles, many will insist on only meeting respectful and considerate men. I always reply to messages whether I am interested or not. However it is such a rare event for a woman to bother if they are not interested and they will simply delete my message. They claim to not have the time as they are inundated. However, when I point this out to them, they miraculously find the time to send me an abusive message and then block me. Am I being naive in expecting mutual respect? Is swinging only for the hard faced? " got to agree ! Think a great deal of women take advantage because men are out number'd on sites like this so they treat men unfairly when it comes to respect and manners ! | |||
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"I have been on this site for about 18 months and in that time I have met and exchanged messages with some very nice people. However, there is a very large minority of women who are utterly ignorant and treat men in a contemptuous way. Laughably, when you read their profiles, many will insist on only meeting respectful and considerate men. I always reply to messages whether I am interested or not. However it is such a rare event for a woman to bother if they are not interested and they will simply delete my message. They claim to not have the time as they are inundated. However, when I point this out to them, they miraculously find the time to send me an abusive message and then block me. Am I being naive in expecting mutual respect? Is swinging only for the hard faced? " I clearly state on my profile what I'm looking for and I do try to read every message..but when a guy sends a message that says wanna fuck now..i don;t bother...he hasn;t shown me the respect to read my profile and actually take on board what I've said so sod him....When you do respond back and say you're not what I'm looking for, some guys (note some) see this as a foot in the door....Easier sometimes not to get into that.... | |||
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"Think of it this way would you reply to every spam email you get or all the junk mail that comes through the door or do you reply to the ones that take your eye or that 100th chinese takaway menu that comes through. Think about it x" I see this scenario mentioned frequently but I don't think that analogy works. Spam email and flyers through the door are unsolicited, whereas having a profile on here shows that you are seeking contact from others. Fair enough if someone has hidden their profile then I don't see a problem with ignoring messages, but if you're advertising yourself - which most of us do - then you are purposefully seeking contact from other members. I think a better analogy would be if you have expressly shown an interest in something, e.g. you completed a survey about life insurance and agreed to being contacted by a salesperson at a later time. How many people would just hang up if they then got a phone call about life insurance later that evening? Or is it more likely you'd be polite and explain you're not interested in their offer for whatever reason. I'd also question how many of us have the balls to blatantly ignore someone "in real life" who has gone to the effort of contacting you personally, i.e. not just some impersonal mailshot shoved through your letterbox. If the local Jehovah's Witness knocks at your door do any of us remain steadfastly seated in front of the telly pretending they're not there? Or, even worse, when you've opened the door to then realise who's there do any of us simply slam the door in their face without so much as a How's Your Father? Or do we instead come up with some polite excuse as to why we don't want their magazine or to discuss the role of religion in today's society? I'd wager it's not that many. Yet, for some reason, when we're sat at our computers and with the safety net that the anonymity of using the internet affords us, we're suddenly capable of ignoring people who have dared to show an interest in (to borrow a legal term) our "invitation to treat". If the Jehovah's Witness is worthy of some recognition and common courtesy then surely the same rule should apply to the sender of the message you received last. | |||
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"I have been on this site for about 18 months and in that time I have met and exchanged messages with some very nice people. However, there is a very large minority of women who are utterly ignorant and treat men in a contemptuous way. Laughably, when you read their profiles, many will insist on only meeting respectful and considerate men. I always reply to messages whether I am interested or not. However it is such a rare event for a woman to bother if they are not interested and they will simply delete my message. They claim to not have the time as they are inundated. However, when I point this out to them, they miraculously find the time to send me an abusive message and then block me. Am I being naive in expecting mutual respect? Is swinging only for the hard faced? " So are you saying that if they don't reply you point out to them that's its rude ? .Its not contempt not to reply to a message . | |||
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"Think of it this way would you reply to every spam email you get or all the junk mail that comes through the door or do you reply to the ones that take your eye or that 100th chinese takaway menu that comes through. Think about it x I see this scenario mentioned frequently but I don't think that analogy works. Spam email and flyers through the door are unsolicited, whereas having a profile on here shows that you are seeking contact from others. Fair enough if someone has hidden their profile then I don't see a problem with ignoring messages, but if you're advertising yourself - which most of us do - then you are purposefully seeking contact from other members. I think a better analogy would be if you have expressly shown an interest in something, e.g. you completed a survey about life insurance and agreed to being contacted by a salesperson at a later time. How many people would just hang up if they then got a phone call about life insurance later that evening? Or is it more likely you'd be polite and explain you're not interested in their offer for whatever reason. I'd also question how many of us have the balls to blatantly ignore someone "in real life" who has gone to the effort of contacting you personally, i.e. not just some impersonal mailshot shoved through your letterbox. If the local Jehovah's Witness knocks at your door do any of us remain steadfastly seated in front of the telly pretending they're not there? Or, even worse, when you've opened the door to then realise who's there do any of us simply slam the door in their face without so much as a How's Your Father? Or do we instead come up with some polite excuse as to why we don't want their magazine or to discuss the role of religion in today's society? I'd wager it's not that many. Yet, for some reason, when we're sat at our computers and with the safety net that the anonymity of using the internet affords us, we're suddenly capable of ignoring people who have dared to show an interest in (to borrow a legal term) our "invitation to treat". If the Jehovah's Witness is worthy of some recognition and common courtesy then surely the same rule should apply to the sender of the message you received last." | |||
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"I have been on this site for about 18 months and in that time I have met and exchanged messages with some very nice people. However, there is a very large minority of women who are utterly ignorant and treat men in a contemptuous way. Laughably, when you read their profiles, many will insist on only meeting respectful and considerate men. I always reply to messages whether I am interested or not. However it is such a rare event for a woman to bother if they are not interested and they will simply delete my message. They claim to not have the time as they are inundated. However, when I point this out to them, they miraculously find the time to send me an abusive message and then block me. Am I being naive in expecting mutual respect? Is swinging only for the hard faced? So are you saying that if they don't reply you point out to them that's its rude ? .Its not contempt not to reply to a message . " I have a particular dislike of cock avatars and cock pics sent to me ..I think THAT is rude and unnecessary! you would have needed to send an exceptional message to make me reply . | |||
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"I have been on this site for about 18 months and in that time I have met and exchanged messages with some very nice people. However, there is a very large minority of women who are utterly ignorant and treat men in a contemptuous way. Laughably, when you read their profiles, many will insist on only meeting respectful and considerate men. I always reply to messages whether I am interested or not. However it is such a rare event for a woman to bother if they are not interested and they will simply delete my message. They claim to not have the time as they are inundated. However, when I point this out to them, they miraculously find the time to send me an abusive message and then block me. Am I being naive in expecting mutual respect? Is swinging only for the hard faced? So are you saying that if they don't reply you point out to them that's its rude ? .Its not contempt not to reply to a message . I have a particular dislike of cock avatars and cock pics sent to me ..I think THAT is rude and unnecessary! you would have needed to send an exceptional message to make me reply . " I have never had and never will have a cock picture on my profile, 90% of cock pics look the same | |||
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"Even with my profile clearly stating only meeting socially at present when I checked before writing this I had 23 unread messages. When I am meeting this is a lot more. I do try to reply to all messages but sometimes the delete all button is great. Cali" | |||
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"Think of it this way would you reply to every spam email you get or all the junk mail that comes through the door or do you reply to the ones that take your eye or that 100th chinese takaway menu that comes through. Think about it x I see this scenario mentioned frequently but I don't think that analogy works. Spam email and flyers through the door are unsolicited, whereas having a profile on here shows that you are seeking contact from others. Fair enough if someone has hidden their profile then I don't see a problem with ignoring messages, but if you're advertising yourself - which most of us do - then you are purposefully seeking contact from other members. I think a better analogy would be if you have expressly shown an interest in something, e.g. you completed a survey about life insurance and agreed to being contacted by a salesperson at a later time. How many people would just hang up if they then got a phone call about life insurance later that evening? Or is it more likely you'd be polite and explain you're not interested in their offer for whatever reason. I'd also question how many of us have the balls to blatantly ignore someone "in real life" who has gone to the effort of contacting you personally, i.e. not just some impersonal mailshot shoved through your letterbox. If the local Jehovah's Witness knocks at your door do any of us remain steadfastly seated in front of the telly pretending they're not there? Or, even worse, when you've opened the door to then realise who's there do any of us simply slam the door in their face without so much as a How's Your Father? Or do we instead come up with some polite excuse as to why we don't want their magazine or to discuss the role of religion in today's society? I'd wager it's not that many. Yet, for some reason, when we're sat at our computers and with the safety net that the anonymity of using the internet affords us, we're suddenly capable of ignoring people who have dared to show an interest in (to borrow a legal term) our "invitation to treat". If the Jehovah's Witness is worthy of some recognition and common courtesy then surely the same rule should apply to the sender of the message you received last." I have an interest in broadband and the television. I have expressed that interest by buying televisions. a license and paying for my internet connection. Mr Branson, or Richie as I like to call him, sends me letters every month. Some generic letters to 'the householder' and some addressed to me personally....... Richie never gets a bag on when I don't reply. Many phones have caller ID, some phone service providers even let you block callers who hide their ID......... people ignore the phone ringing everyday. But the point you seem to be missing, clearly stated in the FAQ's section of the site.... the site itself states it is NOT rude to not reply. Now you can either accept that as an adult or you can whinge on about not getting something you want. | |||
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"Think of it this way would you reply to every spam email you get or all the junk mail that comes through the door or do you reply to the ones that take your eye or that 100th chinese takaway menu that comes through. Think about it x I see this scenario mentioned frequently but I don't think that analogy works. Spam email and flyers through the door are unsolicited, whereas having a profile on here shows that you are seeking contact from others. Fair enough if someone has hidden their profile then I don't see a problem with ignoring messages, but if you're advertising yourself - which most of us do - then you are purposefully seeking contact from other members. I think a better analogy would be if you have expressly shown an interest in something, e.g. you completed a survey about life insurance and agreed to being contacted by a salesperson at a later time. How many people would just hang up if they then got a phone call about life insurance later that evening? Or is it more likely you'd be polite and explain you're not interested in their offer for whatever reason. I'd also question how many of us have the balls to blatantly ignore someone "in real life" who has gone to the effort of contacting you personally, i.e. not just some impersonal mailshot shoved through your letterbox. If the local Jehovah's Witness knocks at your door do any of us remain steadfastly seated in front of the telly pretending they're not there? Or, even worse, when you've opened the door to then realise who's there do any of us simply slam the door in their face without so much as a How's Your Father? Or do we instead come up with some polite excuse as to why we don't want their magazine or to discuss the role of religion in today's society? I'd wager it's not that many. Yet, for some reason, when we're sat at our computers and with the safety net that the anonymity of using the internet affords us, we're suddenly capable of ignoring people who have dared to show an interest in (to borrow a legal term) our "invitation to treat". If the Jehovah's Witness is worthy of some recognition and common courtesy then surely the same rule should apply to the sender of the message you received last. I have an interest in broadband and the television. I have expressed that interest by buying televisions. a license and paying for my internet connection. Mr Branson, or Richie as I like to call him, sends me letters every month. Some generic letters to 'the householder' and some addressed to me personally....... Richie never gets a bag on when I don't reply. Many phones have caller ID, some phone service providers even let you block callers who hide their ID......... people ignore the phone ringing everyday. But the point you seem to be missing, clearly stated in the FAQ's section of the site.... the site itself states it is NOT rude to not reply. Now you can either accept that as an adult or you can whinge on about not getting something you want." | |||
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" I have an interest in broadband and the television. I have expressed that interest by buying televisions. a license and paying for my internet connection. Mr Branson, or Richie as I like to call him, sends me letters every month. Some generic letters to 'the householder' and some addressed to me personally....... Richie never gets a bag on when I don't reply. Many phones have caller ID, some phone service providers even let you block callers who hide their ID......... people ignore the phone ringing everyday. But the point you seem to be missing, clearly stated in the FAQ's section of the site.... the site itself states it is NOT rude to not reply. Now you can either accept that as an adult or you can whinge on about not getting something you want." I get the point, thanks. Just because I disagree with it doesn't mean I don't get it. The point I was making (I won't assume you didn't get it... maybe you did and chose to ignore it ) was that a mailshot - and I include ones where the company has managed to include a customer's name in this category - is largely unsolicited. There is also very little human interaction involved in sending out a million mailshots to a million different customers. I hate to break it to you like this but you'renot the only person to receive letters from Dickie Branson... in fact they're not really from him at all. Some marketing person designed and wrote it then printed gazillions of the things. They get their pay cheque regardless of whether you have read it or you shred it. As for not whinging and "accepting that like an adult" (I didn't see my response as childlike but ho-hum) I have the same feeling when I see females and couples whinging about receiving one-line messages or copy-and-paste messages... perhaps they're somehow linked - blokes get pissed off when original and personalized messages are deleted and ignored so resort to writing shorter and shorter messages, which leads to women and couples whinging about the unoriginal and one-line messages... and so it continues ad infinitum. Just a thought | |||
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"I'd be pretty hacked off if I was getting multiple Jehovah's Witnesses knocking on my door every day. That would go double if many of them thrust their mag immediately into my face with the words "wanna mag?" If that were the case, I think most people would fairly soon start being rude." Would you still feel the same way if you had gone out of your way to inform those Jehovah's Witnesses that you wanted them to contact you? And bearing in mind that each new one you encounter is unaware of the previous encounters you had. ps - apologies to any Jehovah's Witnesses reading this thread... you were just the first thing that sprang to mind | |||
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"i never reply to men i have no interest in and i make no bones about it i used to, but i got sick of getting nasty messages back from guys who cant take a polite no thanks and feeling the need to respond to my no thanks by telling me im fat and ugly anyway and they can do better than me down the pub etc why should you put up with that? men moan about women not replying to messages but its men who made me not want to, it was the nasty come backs from men that made me think sod it im not sending out no thanks messages anymore, so whos the real rudes one?" | |||
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"I have been on this site for about 18 months and in that time I have met and exchanged messages with some very nice people. However, there is a very large minority of women who are utterly ignorant and treat men in a contemptuous way. Laughably, when you read their profiles, many will insist on only meeting respectful and considerate men. I always reply to messages whether I am interested or not. However it is such a rare event for a woman to bother if they are not interested and they will simply delete my message. They claim to not have the time as they are inundated. However, when I point this out to them, they miraculously find the time to send me an abusive message and then block me. Am I being naive in expecting mutual respect? Is swinging only for the hard faced? So are you saying that if they don't reply you point out to them that's its rude ? .Its not contempt not to reply to a message . I have a particular dislike of cock avatars and cock pics sent to me ..I think THAT is rude and unnecessary! you would have needed to send an exceptional message to make me reply . I have never had and never will have a cock picture on my profile, 90% of cock pics look the same" I prefer a cock pic to a pic of a man running along with a gun in his hand.... | |||
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" I have an interest in broadband and the television. I have expressed that interest by buying televisions. a license and paying for my internet connection. Mr Branson, or Richie as I like to call him, sends me letters every month. Some generic letters to 'the householder' and some addressed to me personally....... Richie never gets a bag on when I don't reply. Many phones have caller ID, some phone service providers even let you block callers who hide their ID......... people ignore the phone ringing everyday. But the point you seem to be missing, clearly stated in the FAQ's section of the site.... the site itself states it is NOT rude to not reply. Now you can either accept that as an adult or you can whinge on about not getting something you want. I get the point, thanks. Just because I disagree with it doesn't mean I don't get it. The point I was making (I won't assume you didn't get it... maybe you did and chose to ignore it ) was that a mailshot - and I include ones where the company has managed to include a customer's name in this category - is largely unsolicited. There is also very little human interaction involved in sending out a million mailshots to a million different customers. I hate to break it to you like this but you'renot the only person to receive letters from Dickie Branson... in fact they're not really from him at all. Some marketing person designed and wrote it then printed gazillions of the things. They get their pay cheque regardless of whether you have read it or you shred it. As for not whinging and "accepting that like an adult" (I didn't see my response as childlike but ho-hum) I have the same feeling when I see females and couples whinging about receiving one-line messages or copy-and-paste messages... perhaps they're somehow linked - blokes get pissed off when original and personalized messages are deleted and ignored so resort to writing shorter and shorter messages, which leads to women and couples whinging about the unoriginal and one-line messages... and so it continues ad infinitum. Just a thought " Bingo . in a nutshell . its cause and effect . to continue the religious analogy , what ye sew ye shall reap . amen | |||
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" .... As for not whinging and "accepting that like an adult" (I didn't see my response as childlike but ho-hum) I have the same feeling when I see females and couples whinging about receiving one-line messages or copy-and-paste messages... perhaps they're somehow linked - blokes get pissed off when original and personalized messages are deleted and ignored so resort to writing shorter and shorter messages, which leads to women and couples whinging about the unoriginal and one-line messages... and so it continues ad infinitum. Just a thought " You may be right... and what does it say about them? I didn't get what I want so fuck it the next people I write to can pay the price! Seriously, how adult is that? | |||
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"I'd be pretty hacked off if I was getting multiple Jehovah's Witnesses knocking on my door every day. That would go double if many of them thrust their mag immediately into my face with the words "wanna mag?" If that were the case, I think most people would fairly soon start being rude. Would you still feel the same way if you had gone out of your way to inform those Jehovah's Witnesses that you wanted them to contact you? And bearing in mind that each new one you encounter is unaware of the previous encounters you had. ps - apologies to any Jehovah's Witnesses reading this thread... you were just the first thing that sprang to mind " Yes, I'm fairly sure I'd find it very tedious, very soon. I'd be even more annoyed if multiple representatives of other groups, not Jehovah's Witnesses, started visiting continually on the off-chance I may have changed my mind about Jehovah's Witnesses, or that they could maybe pretend they are Jehovah's Witnesses, or that I might not notice they aren't, or that they might be able to persuade me to abandon my preferences in favour of what they are offering. As for the ones who haven't even bothered to note I've expressed an interest specifically in Jehovah's Witnesses... | |||
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"Ok here is another suggestion if you get say 30 messages all saying the same fancy a fuck or passing through messages would you answer everyone. Or a message that makes you stop and think or a cheeky one that makes you giggle. There are a lot of people on here and not every single member will float your boat." I'd love to get 30 messages a day | |||
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"Manners costs nothing and I agree many women here do think they have the monopoly on swinging! A simple, thanks but no thanks has never caused me any problems! " I've just politely said thanks but no thanks and been told I'm a time waster for it lol Sj | |||
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"Manners costs nothing and I agree many women here do think they have the monopoly on swinging! A simple, thanks but no thanks has never caused me any problems! " same here , i always reply, but being an old git , i dont get many messages. as for rudeness, 1 of my " friends " wont reply unless its a question | |||
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"Manners costs nothing and I agree many women here do think they have the monopoly on swinging! A simple, thanks but no thanks has never caused me any problems! I've just politely said thanks but no thanks and been told I'm a time waster for it lol Sj" Dont worry at least you have had the manners to reply, if thats their response, you definitely know it wasnt meant to be and you made the right choice to dump it! | |||
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"Can't a girl just get simple adoration and worshipped to within an inch of her pedestal any more? tuttttt! " LOL | |||
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"I have been on this site for about 18 months and in that time I have met and exchanged messages with some very nice people. However, there is a very large minority of women who are utterly ignorant and treat men in a contemptuous way. Laughably, when you read their profiles, many will insist on only meeting respectful and considerate men. I always reply to messages whether I am interested or not. However it is such a rare event for a woman to bother if they are not interested and they will simply delete my message. They claim to not have the time as they are inundated. However, when I point this out to them, they miraculously find the time to send me an abusive message and then block me. Am I being naive in expecting mutual respect? Is swinging only for the hard faced? " Its the women that are not exactly models that think that they are in their attitude that get to me lol Supper model, yeah right! Just ignore the arogant people and sift to the ones that are worth while | |||
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"Just a note in regard to the Richard Branson analogy. Of course he's not gonna get upset about not getting a reply. He doesn't send the messages himself! He doesn't waste his TIME sending them. I'm pretty sure NO single guy on here has a company of people working for him sending messages to women + couples on his behalf." BlondeDaz does - bastard's had me enslaved for years when he takes over...thank fuck he can only do it on a Thursday when I've taken valium | |||
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"i never reply to men i have no interest in and i make no bones about it i used to, but i got sick of getting nasty messages back from guys who cant take a polite no thanks and feeling the need to respond to my no thanks by telling me im fat and ugly anyway and they can do better than me down the pub etc why should you put up with that? men moan about women not replying to messages but its men who made me not want to, it was the nasty come backs from men that made me think sod it im not sending out no thanks messages anymore, so whos the real rudes one?" | |||
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