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bruce_2014
Dothan, AL
62, joined Jan. 2014
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If you are a man, you will initially view this website as a treasure chest of gold that has fallen into your lap. A free website with the opportunity to meet lots of women in your area? You never need enter a bar again and stumble up to that attractive woman by the counter with a gallon of Dutch Courage inside you.
The reality, however, is far different. The ratio of men to women is about 7:1 and the end result is swarms of men fighting for the attention of one woman, not different from the barbarian days of the cavemen when they would clobber one another over the head in order to win the partner of their dreams.
Alas, these poor, naive souls are not even fighting for the partner of their dreams.
Upon viewing the female profiles on the website, I discovered that there were a great deal of the following:
• Obese 18 – 30 year olds in skimpy clothes, pulling provocative, pouting poses and stating they need a ‘real man to handle a real woman.’
• Defiant single mothers with pictures of themselves and their kids, claiming that the kids come first and if the men on the site don’t like it, they can get lost.
• Women with their breasts out in their profile pictures with the headline, “DO NOT MESSAGE ME IF YOU ARE A PERVERT AND ONLY AFTER ONE THING.”
• Average-looking women who will have a long list of their likes/dislikes, needs and wants. “No tattooed men, no men without a car, no men who are shorter than 5’10, no men who live 20 miles away from me, no divorced men, no men who are still living at home with their parents…” And so forth.
They will then go on to state that they want “a sweet, romantic, sensitive man who knows how to treat a woman.” In reality, no matter how sweet, romantic and sensitive the man messaging them is,
if he isn’t harboring the same devilishly handsome looks as the majority of Hollywood actors, his message will be swiftly deleted.
Oh, this cruel, shallow world.
This is only the beginning of the vicious cycle. A lot of the men on Plenty of Fish are only looking for one thing and they are willing to drop their standards to the bottom of the bucket in order to get it.
No matter how overweight, ugly, demanding or rude the female may be, she will be inundated with messages from desperate men who need to satisfy their wayward libidos.
Such men fall under the following:
• The ‘Sales’ man. This man will type out a general spill of, “I have read your profile and you sound extremely sweet. You look absolutely beautiful and I would love to have the opportunity to chat with you.” Without reading their profiles and regardless of what they look like, he then copies and pastes it out to a hundred women in his area and may receive about five responses in return, if he is lucky.
• The ‘Muscles’ man. This man will post numerous pictures of his rippling, toned torso, pout into the camera, and then send a message with one word, “Hey” in the belief that his bulging biceps will warrant a response. For some women, this does work.
• The ‘Joker’ man. This man will google an extremely unfunny joke and then post it to a bunch of women, hoping that this “humour” will strike him lucky. Usually fails.
• The ‘Great Pretender’. This man will pretend to be interested in aspects of the female’s profile but it isn’t long before he is asking to hook up for a drink to ‘discuss’ her interests in cycling and hiking.
• The ‘Straight-forward’ man. This man will just come out and say whatever he is hoping for, which is usually followed by a swift finger on the block button.
• The ‘Clueless’ man. This man will, like the ‘Sales’ man, send out copy and pasted spills; however, his will be about him and him alone. He will write 500 words on what he does for a living, what he is looking for, how he believes others view him, how he wants to find someone to spend the rest of his life with, his life’s work, his ambitions and what sports he likes. He will then end by saying, “Hopefully I haven’t bored you!” The irony.
• The ‘No-Pic Cheat’. This man is usually married or in a relationship and seems to think it is acceptable to flaunt his immorality in front of everyone with his audacious, “Not getting it at home, looking elsewhere: Females apply within” heading.
Thanks to such desperation, the women’s egos will be fed to the point of explosion. It no longer matters what the woman looks like (despite the fact that appearance is everything on Plenty of Fish).
It won’t be long that the woman genuinely believes she really is this beautiful, stunning creature that she is being told she is every day by the overflow of males. Her ego will shoot to the roof and, as she is able to take her pick of any man on the site.
The list of demands will become more and more unrealistic; any confidence which she possessed will immediately turn into arrogance and, suddenly, no man on the site is good enough, even the ones who are actually genuine; they find themselves falling into the same category as the desperadoes and creeps.
This self-delusion soon creates bitterness and frustration in ALL of the men, who cannot understand how they are constantly rejected in such a rude manner by women they wouldn’t give a second glance to in the real world.
They are usually completely ignored or receive a “You’re not my type” response to their well-planned message.
Personally, I find this type of arrogance mind-blowingly funny.
The problem with this site, as appears to be the problem with internet dating in general, is that people’s expectations are far too high.
The truth is, everyone is riddled with flaws and we should take the bad with the good, or not at all.
To create a list of what a man/woman should be and shouldn’t be is preposterous, not to mention downright hilarious.
Similarly, there are a great deal of men and women on the site who completely contradict themselves.
And after these disastrous experiences, people will resume their fishing and look for someone else, for the site is strangely addictive. The mind-boggling, disturbing cycle will then continue.
So, as you may have learned, Plenty of Fish is not all it’s cracked up to be. It appears that this particular ocean is overflowing with angry, bitter men and stuck-up, deluded women. all in the name of entertainment?
I’m sure the odd seahorse does spring up among all the trout but you would really have to wade through a lot of dirt to find it. So if you’re thinking of giving it a shot, happy fishing – or more importantly, good luck! (You’ll need it.)
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| 3/6/2015 2:29:17 PM |
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mr_zipzip
Beverly Hills, CA
32, joined May. 2014
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You need botox terribly
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| 3/6/2015 3:43:24 PM |
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ol39er
Cicero, IL
43, joined Jul. 2011
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Add "Must be a drinker" to that list. A number of women on that site EXPECT a man to drink in order to be dating material for them. It is in their profiles both implicitly and implicitly. More than one woman from POF emailed me stating that I'm OK, but the fact that I don't drink is a turn off.
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| 3/6/2015 3:57:29 PM |
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tazz_mania4
Morehead City, NC
50, joined Mar. 2014
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You mean POF ( Plenty Of Frauds )
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| 3/6/2015 6:11:11 PM |
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ol39er
Cicero, IL
43, joined Jul. 2011
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You mean POF ( Plenty Of Frauds )
That too. The only lady to swindle money out of me was on POF.
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| 3/11/2015 10:13:18 AM |
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Davidr65
Stockton, CA
49, joined Nov. 2014
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What a trip, I am new to the whole internet dating thing but I have met plenty of women on POF and this site as well. I have made some really good friends with quite a few. To tell the truth I cant write a decent profile if my life depended on it. I am just honest and have zero expectations
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| 3/11/2015 10:29:02 AM |
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mustangwriter
Boerne, TX
54, joined Nov. 2009
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Plenty Of Fish
I'd log on just for the halibut.
(Get it? Hell of it...halibut. No? Ok, I go now.)
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| 3/11/2015 10:34:21 AM |
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archer513
Cincinnati, OH
40, joined Dec. 2014
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I was on pof for 5 wks. 5 crazy,hedonistic wks. They should call it plenty of fish in the barrel. The things soccer moms are up to these days 
I could write a book...
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| 3/11/2015 10:50:21 AM |
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Offcell
Seattle, WA
21, joined Feb. 2015
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I didn't like POF
Okc (Okcupid) Is the best dating site on the internet.
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| 3/11/2015 11:08:23 AM |
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viper1e
Jeannette, PA
56, joined Dec. 2013
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Plenty Of Fish
I'd log on just for the halibut.
(Get it? Hell of it...halibut. No? Ok, I go now.)
I tried that, but all I did was flounder..
I didn't like POF
Okc (Okcupid) Is the best dating site on the internet.
Hardly.. Full of c__ts. My ex lives there.
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| 3/11/2015 11:12:43 AM |
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Offcell
Seattle, WA
21, joined Feb. 2015
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Hardly.. Full of c__ts. My ex lives there.
That's in your area.. in my area its full of delightfulness, met some really amazing men from there...
But chose to stick with one of them 
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| 3/11/2015 11:23:01 AM |
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greeleybro
Longmont, CO
47, joined Oct. 2013
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a lot of it depends on where you live. But POF is just as bad as this site!
I was on pof and living northern Colorado u wouldn't believe how many women told me they don't date black men...
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| 3/11/2015 11:27:09 AM |
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Offcell
Seattle, WA
21, joined Feb. 2015
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a lot of it depends on where you live. But POF is just as bad as this site!
Datehookup at imply rated 3 stars in Google play and declining.. and for some reason match.com and speed date took over the app so when you sign up on the dh app you're signing up for match.com or speed date lol.
Same on mobile lol now you can only sign up for dh on a pc. ain't that bout a B*tch.
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| 3/11/2015 11:55:55 AM |
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BeeBuzz
ParisParis
France
43, joined Jan. 2015
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Face to Face meets are still the best. Web sites are full of posers and needy people.
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| 3/11/2015 5:54:48 PM |
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wolfen911
Winston Salem, NC
20, joined Nov. 2014
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I don't like the site nor do I really like this one but it's what ever nither site has helped me find the one you know
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