soup
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RE: Framework for Online Dating
(08-07-2011 10:43 PM)soup Wrote: Trying to figure out where social networking / dating websites situate the PUA in the Attraction/Comfort/Seduction model.
If your info is out in the open on your Okcupid profile, does it mean that you are already in the comfort phase ( "so, what do you do ?" etc.)?
Is that even possible without having built attraction? Can you actually build real attraction online?
Is it a DLV to 'approach' (send her a message) on okcupid because it reveals your intentions or makes you look like a needy nerd who is trying to find someone?
Is it better to go direct? ie. "you should meet me."
Should I just send a neg as the initial email to deflate their online egos a little?
I checked out some of the other online dating posts here, but couldn't find much to answer these kinds of questions.. there were some good openers, but please use this thread to list good openers as well.
Thanks.
Here's an example of an exchange I had via IM.. I opened this new girl with a neg:
Me: I like your haircut. There is beauty in imperfection.
Her: Hah, what is the imperfection of my haircut?
Me: I'm not a hairstyle person, but I can see it. Anyway, why'd you come to town?
Her: Well what is it that you see?
Me: The pictures
Her: Yeah...but what is it that isn't quite right?
Me: A) I'm no expert B) I charge $400 for hair tips
Her: Yeah, it isn't a tip though, it's a criticism.
Me: I can't articulate it. Let me know if you want to talk about something other than your hair.
(This post was last modified: 08-07-2011 11:10 PM by soup.)
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boxwino
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RE: Framework for Online Dating
I tend to go indirect. My equation is this: Too direct = too much attention for an attention whore. I have two type of responses, creative because I have fun with it or the second option (below) that have worked for me, this is for facebook btw, I tend to scan their wall or what they have "liked" and come up with something. Below is an example that took 5 minutes and I worked into a date in a few messages:
Option 1: I was in paris at the time and I saw her profile thought she was cute, scanned her wall and she had a post that said "Wanted: One classic movie moment" perfect. Here is the message:
Hey, how well do you fit into carry on?
You should get yourself over to Paris while Im here. We can set up shop in one of these little squares right on the canal, where all the tourists hang out, and when the city starts to light itself up at night we can act out wildly romantic movie moment gestures with each other for money. We could also use people from the crowd and bring them into the mix, add a little spice into their life. We'll flip coins to pick out the scenes, and have a boombox on background for the really dramatic moments where we need a little musical oomph to our little tear jerker. We'll be like a troupe of traveling vagabond romantics trying to get by in a harsh world of dreams and smiles. Don't worry if you're a little rusty, as long as you're not shy about soliciting random strangers, then just follow my lead. Whattya say, are you game?
She wrote back (later said that was the best message ever, told all her friends, blah blah) I roledplayed with her one more message, set up date/get together on 3rd message and we got together pretty quickly once I got back.
Option 2: "Hey we really don't know each other but you seem like someone I should be adding to my social network."
(This post was last modified: 08-08-2011 12:18 AM by boxwino.)
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megaframe
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RE: Framework for Online Dating
i've tried online dating a bit myself and decided it's not worth it (not a ton of girls around to shotgun message, most are fat and even with the decent ones i lose interest fairly quickly). from what i've read messaging is pretty much a dlv, but you still gotta do it and build up your frame, they aren't gonna approach you
(08-07-2011 11:08 PM)soup Wrote: Me: I like your haircut. There is beauty in imperfection.
Her: Hah, what is the imperfection of my haircut?
Me: I'm not a hairstyle person, but I can see it. Anyway, why'd you come to town?
Her: Well what is it that you see?
Me: The pictures
Her: Yeah...but what is it that isn't quite right?
Me: A) I'm no expert B) I charge $400 for hair tips
Her: Yeah, it isn't a tip though, it's a criticism.
Me: I can't articulate it. Let me know if you want to talk about something other than your hair.
uhhhh i'm a newbie to game and even this is a bit painful for me to read. maybe you should have picked out some flaw in her hair instead of dodging it? or at least make up some bullshit about it. otherwise it just kinda looks like you got caught with your pants down
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soup
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RE: Framework for Online Dating
(08-08-2011 12:49 AM)megaframe Wrote: i've tried online dating a bit myself and decided it's not worth it (not a ton of girls around to shotgun message, most are fat and even with the decent ones i lose interest fairly quickly). from what i've read messaging is pretty much a dlv, but you still gotta do it and build up your frame, they aren't gonna approach you
(08-07-2011 11:08 PM)soup Wrote: Me: I like your haircut. There is beauty in imperfection.
Her: Hah, what is the imperfection of my haircut?
Me: I'm not a hairstyle person, but I can see it. Anyway, why'd you come to town?
Her: Well what is it that you see?
Me: The pictures
Her: Yeah...but what is it that isn't quite right?
Me: A) I'm no expert B) I charge $400 for hair tips
Her: Yeah, it isn't a tip though, it's a criticism.
Me: I can't articulate it. Let me know if you want to talk about something other than your hair.
uhhhh i'm a newbie to game and even this is a bit painful for me to read. maybe you should have picked out some flaw in her hair instead of dodging it? or at least make up some bullshit about it. otherwise it just kinda looks like you got caught with your pants down
I was trying to avoid having to directly answer her question and letting her control the frame. Anyway.. this didn't work.
As far as opening goes.. yes it's a DLV, but it seems like you have to do it. However, isn't writing a long intro too big an investment and thus a bigger DLV than sending a neg?
(This post was last modified: 08-08-2011 09:34 AM by soup.)
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