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Dating Horror Stories
Here are a few horror stories I found at sfgate.com.
Pretty amusing, and I've added lessons to their stories for you:
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"I met this one girl in a chat room. She lived in Missouri and I live in California. She seemed sweet, and we talked online just about every day.
"She had just gotten a house to live in that belonged to her grandmother. She kept asking me if I would go to Missouri to live with her, and kept saying she loved me to tears. I was flattered. I told her I needed to save up money for about three months. I worked two jobs for three months and was completely exhausted.
"So I then had lots of money and I told her I was ready to be with her. I asked if I could come over. She said, 'I don't care, I have two guys staying here now.'
"A word to the wise: Look that girl in the eyes."
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CARLOS XUMA COMMENTS:
Another word to the wise – date in your own area!
Long distance relationships can work, but they usually come from a scarcity mindset. They come from desperation rather than a healthy attitude.
Trust me, there are probably plenty of women in your area that you don't know about yet.
Don't be a sucker from your loneliness.
Next story – from a woman…
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"I met a guy on CraigsList and we had our first date. And in the middle of telling me things that he liked to do and talking about his ex-wife he goes from 'we liked sailing and buying antiques' to 'and I like corsets …'
Excuse me, corsets?
He keeps talking as if he hasn't said anything off, and I stop him and ask, 'What do you mean by corsets?' And he says, yeah, he liked antique corsets and his wife would model them for him.
Oh yeah, you bet this is an appropriate topic of conversation only one hour after meeting someone. I grabbed a cab and ran home and made sure all the doors and windows were securely locked!"
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CARLOS XUMA COMMENTS:
Yeah, that was a tiny bit weird, but running home and making your doors and windows were locked is a BIG over-reaction.
Trust me, there are far freakier things going on out there. A preference for old-fashioned lace attire is not so bad. Worse things have happened, honey. Get over it.
At least HE wasn't the one modeling the corsets!
Next story…
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"I am a 50-year-old man, slim, considered good looking and fairly successful.
"I recently answered two ads. The first woman looked vaguely like her picture, although in the picture she had long blond hair, and when we met her hair was short and had long, dark roots. And the picture was better looking than she was in person, and her personality didn't quite fit the profile. The second woman's picture showed a youthful-looking, long-haired redhead, looking 10 years younger than her posted age. Upon meeting, I barely recognized her. She had deep facial wrinkles and severely short red hair and looked 10 years older than her posted age. AGH!
"I almost canceled all of the subscriptions until another lovely woman popped up on my account, and I am going to try again. Hope springs eternal, I guess.
"Men will probably say that the women are using their best outdated photos to lure us into meeting them. And women say that men are trying to cheat on their wives or girlfriends. Or they lie about their accomplishments, job, etc."
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CARLOS XUMA COMMENTS:
Canceling all your memberships because of just a couple misfires?
Guys, don't over-react to these kinds of things.
I'd suggest that guys realize the rules of dating online:
1) You will always run into people who misrepresent themselves. Get over it. This is simply the nature of the beast.
Remember that these people are not inherently evil.
They're just damn lonely. Perhaps you can relate to that and feel a little compassion?
2) Don't let just ONE bad incident turn you away from online dating.
Or even several weird events. There are no bad dates – only great stories to tell your future girlfriend.
But you won't have that future girlfriend if you quit because of a few things like this.
PERSEVERE!
3) Keep your sense of humor!
Let's face it: Online dating is here to stay. It should be an ESSENTIAL part of every man's dating breakfast.
Learn how to use it effectively so that you can A) laugh at your great stories, B) not take everything too seriously.
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