Tinder

[Mark Connolly]

6 minutes ago, Stellaboz said:

They replaced Tinder in Falkirk with the family whatsapp group chat. 

Falkirk have a huge number of app users in comparison to everywhere else though

[Derry Alli]

Few months from now I'll be going back on this so you're all best getting on now if you don't want left behind.

Edited August 3, 2022 by Mr. Alli

[Genuine Hibs Fan]

11 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said:

Few months from now I'll be going back on this so you're all best getting on now if you don't want left behind.

I'd just break up with her now tbh mate 

[Shipa]

4 hours ago, Stellaboz said:

They replaced Tinder in Falkirk with the family whatsapp group chat. 

In Iceland, they apparently have an app to check that you're not too closely related to potential partners.

[Sergeant Wilson]

18 minutes ago, Shipa said:

In Iceland, they apparently have an app to check that you're not too closely related to potential partners.

Good job Farmfoods don't, or they'd have no customers.

[SlipperyP]

4 hours ago, Stellaboz said:

They replaced Tinder in Falkirk with the family whatsapp group chat. 

Looks like Germany humour as taken you to a places that trains are only one way? 

[SweeperDee]

Looks like Germany humour as taken you to a places that trains are only one way? 

Eh…

[Stellaboz]

Wow

[ICTChris]

 

 

[Thistle_do_nicely]

something of an old bump, cant quite be arsed trawling through the last 108 pages right now (some of which may be out of date by now anyway tbh)

is it pretty much a case that you have to pay for a gold subscription at a minimum to have a fighting chance on this? I downloaded it for free a week ago and set a profile up, handful of matches and ive even messaged a couple of girls on it, but i may not be sufficiently jaded to know what I'm meant to be doing yet, literally zero replies. Is it mainly a weekend thing too, been on after work a few times swipin' away but got a feeling it prioritises paid up members over cheapskates like myself.

it's early days tbf but the hit rate so far kinda has me debating whether it'd be worth signing up after the new year or not, not really got anything to lose but im wary of falling into a trap of the app just teasing me e.g. with a bunch of bots/fake profiles to keep me using the damn thing.

Edited December 15, 2022 by Thistle_do_nicely

[Scotty Tunbridge]

On 02/08/2022 at 10:43, LondonHMFC said:

So after a couple years of wanking furiously, I decided to join the world of online dating. 

Matched with a girl who is from Grenada but lives in the UK, and we got onto the topic of surnames. When I said what my surname was, she sent a load of laughing emojis before telling me that was also her surname. Very naively I said "I am really surprised that is a Grenadian surname" to which she replied "It's from when the Scots invaded Grenada and gave all the slaves surnames" 

I can fully admit I had no idea about this, and didn't know whether to apologise or not. I think my floundering and somewhat flustered reply amused her, as she wants to go for a drink at the end of the week. I will most likely relent from taking her to the Scottish Stores for a Tennants, but looking forward to it nonetheless.  

Would be nice to hear what the outcome of this one was?…

[effeffsee_the2nd]

56 minutes ago, Thistle_do_nicely said:

something of an old bump, cant quite be arsed trawling through the last 108 pages right now (some of which may be out of date by now anyway tbh)

is it pretty much a case that you have to pay for a gold subscription at a minimum to have a fighting chance on this? I downloaded it for free a week ago and set a profile up, handful of matches and ive even messaged a couple of girls on it, but i may not be sufficiently jaded to know what I'm meant to be doing yet, literally zero replies. Is it mainly a weekend thing too, been on after work a few times swipin' away but got a feeling it prioritises paid up members over cheapskates like myself.

it's early days tbf but the hit rate so far kinda has me debating whether it'd be worth signing up after the new year or not, not really got anything to lose but im wary of falling into a trap of the app just teasing me e.g. with a bunch of bots/fake profiles to keep me using the damn thing.

The short answer to this is yes.

gold won't make anyone more attracted to you but it will allow you to get the best outcome from those who do.

There are a huge amount of time wasters on the app and a good 70 % of matches will not engage in any meaningful conversation with you, either completely ignored or a few replies then getting " ghosted" - when they stop replying to you

Gold allows you to see who has liked your profile before you decide to match with them or not, and they don't know how long you have known about this for, I called this the waiting room,  (one of them could end up being your wife, just think about that) 

by leaving potential matches in the waiting room, you can manage them much more easily, without this feature you could end up matching with someone when your at work or busy away from your phone and hours have passed before you can send a message - by that point the girl has lost interest and moved on ( remember , woman get around 10 times as many likes as blokes) 

the most amount of conversations you can manage at once is about 3 - you will still have all your other phone related distractions going on,  go to your pages of likes, select 2 or 3 at a time and chat with them, those who don't reply or are obviously going nowhere can be binned in short order where as you can dedicate the time necessary to go from ice breaking to meeting with ones who do actually engage and all this time the others can wait their turn. 

if all of these were done just by swiping and matching, you could end up with too many conversations at once and you run the risk of wasting time chasing a lost cause whilst a genuine chance slips away because you are distracted in other conversations.

Couple of other hints;

get a woman you know -trusted friend or family member to take your pictures and even pick what your wearing in them will make a huge difference, a selfie on the couch won't cut it

A depressingly high number of male users are complete wankstains, simply being respectful to women goes a long way.

you absolutely cannot afford to be timid or shy - someone else will come and take her attention from under you

it can be hard to pick a main course when there's a buffet

 

 

[SweeperDee]

Aye; women get about 1000x more messages than any guy will, and most of them will be abhorrent. Need to try your best and just stand out and carry a good conversation. Even then, it doesn’t always work. Don’t let it get you down though. Things will happen eventually. 

[Jambomo]

I agree about the photo thing, when I was on it there are a lot of guys I matched with who looked like they made no effort at all in the profile pics - by that I mean pictures of them in tracksuits sitting on the couch or worse, pics of them taken in bed/bathroom etc. Just look smart and try and look like you have some hobbies/interests. 

Don’t be one of those guys who moans about having to have a conversation with some one first. The whole “I don’t want a pen-pal”thing. We are not meeting up with a strange guy off the internet without getting some basic information from him and unwillingness to have a chat first won’t help you. 

[Central Belt Caley]

9 hours ago, effeffsee_the2nd said:

A depressingly high number of male users are complete wankstains, simply being respectful to women goes a long way.

This 100%, I’ve been on a few dates and chatted with a few girls who’ve said they’ve spoken to guys on Tinder moved over to Instagram/Snapchat/Whatsapp etc and within 10 minutes the guys have sent pics of their banger. 
 

I’ve been using Hinge too which is pretty decent, bit of a different vibe to Tinder but does the job.

[Busta Nut]

b*****d b*****d, women love a b*****d
b*****d b*****d, women love a b*****d
I quickened up my pelvic thrusts so I can climax faster
Then I have a fag and fall asleep cos women love a b*****d

[velo army]

6 hours ago, Jambomo said:

I agree about the photo thing, when I was on it there are a lot of guys I matched with who looked like they made no effort at all in the profile pics - by that I mean pictures of them in tracksuits sitting on the couch or worse, pics of them taken in bed/bathroom etc. Just look smart and try and look like you have some hobbies/interests. 

Don’t be one of those guys who moans about having to have a conversation with some one first. The whole “I don’t want a pen-pal”thing. We are not meeting up with a strange guy off the internet without getting some basic information from him and unwillingness to have a chat first won’t help you. 

I'm one of those guys tbh. After a certain amount of conversation I know I want to meet up, and there are many, many women out there who aren't interested in meeting up but instead want to flirt and chat by text in perpetuity. A line has to be drawn due to the sheer amount of time wasters. If we've been chatting and I can tell that you're fun, intelligent and there's perhaps some flirty chemistry already, then I will ask to meet up. 

A cafe in a populous city centre or even a video call seems to be a safe way to meet a "strange guy" off the internet.

[Jambomo]

31 minutes ago, velo army said:

I'm one of those guys tbh. After a certain amount of conversation I know I want to meet up, and there are many, many women out there who aren't interested in meeting up but instead want to flirt and chat by text in perpetuity. A line has to be drawn due to the sheer amount of time wasters. If we've been chatting and I can tell that you're fun, intelligent and there's perhaps some flirty chemistry already, then I will ask to meet up. 

A cafe in a populous city centre or even a video call seems to be a safe way to meet a "strange guy" off the internet.

Yeah in fairness there is a balance, I don’t expect a guy to be just messaging and never meet up. I meant more the ones who are like one or two messages and then are like “let’s meet up” before you know anything about them or even whether you have anything in common.

I had one guy who did that and despite knowing it was a bad idea, I went for a coffee with him. It was awful, we had nothing in common to talk about and I felt like I was there to get assessed to see if he’d sleep with me or not tbh. Gross.  

[Bonksy+HisChristianParade]

My top tips for success are being 6’3, working for a large investment bank and being a home owner. 

[velo army]

33 minutes ago, Bonksy+HisChristianParade said:

My top tips for success are being 6’3, working for a large investment bank and being a home owner. 

I once dated a woman who was 6'4''. It was odd having to be the one to go on my tiptoes to kiss (and at 5'11" I'm not exactly a shortarse). A humbling experience. 

She wasn't a merchant banker and didn't own her home. This may be where it all foundered.