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ORIGINAL: SirBitterSweet

My next post should be about people with no life -- people with nothing else better to do than cruise the message boards -- who then make themselves feel better by insutling others who speak intelligently and freely and then seek kudos from the others just like them.

I am glad these people idenitfy themselves so readily, their shannigans is now obvious to everyone else and once again, time is saved :)

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ORIGINAL: SirBitterSweet

Actually, BR, I saw that comment later and thought, damn, the original posting person was accused of that. I'm careful of assuming anything other than my own personal experience. My post had ONE purpose. I wanted to post something original and see what they would say back. Of course, Candystripper was long gone.

My bad. LOL

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ORIGINAL: DesFIP

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ORIGINAL: SirBitterSweet

My next post should be about people with no life -- people with nothing else better to do than cruise the message boards -- who then make themselves feel better by insutling others who speak intelligently and freely and then seek kudos from the others just like them.

I am glad these people idenitfy themselves so readily, their shannigans is now obvious to everyone else and once again, time is saved :)

shenanigan, fyi.

Btw, if everybody you talk to refuses to give you a phone number or meet, it's probably you and not them. Remember you are the only constant in all your relationships, or nonrelationships as it appears.

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ORIGINAL: WinsomeDefiance

SirBitterSweet,

Thank you for the interesting post, it was well written and thought provoking.  It did raise a few questions that if you have time, and are so inclined to share: 

1) Using your prescribed method, what is your success rate?  Success being measured not so much as NOT wasting your time, but rather cutting through the online courtship and coming to a positive common ground that moved forward into a rewarding relationship in real life?
2)  Assuming your prescribed method works, (and I'm assuming it did) how long were those relationships sustained?
3)  Assuming you found fulfilling relationships offline using your prescribed method, did the relationships end amiably?


Winsome

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ORIGINAL: SirBitterSweet

. . . and I find it a bit anal that so many people are complaining about one particular and obviously misspelled word, because last I checked, there were about 20 misspelled words in my main post and NO ONE has noticed or complained. LOL

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ORIGINAL: SirBitterSweet

Anguisette

I do understand your point of view, but perhaps your emotions are blinding you to the circumstances of the post. The key assumption is that the TB is baiting a person by telling them they are interested. If you express mutual internet, the TOP experts (shrinks) in the field say that if yuo are spending a lot of time with someone online who makes it clear they want more, you either exit the relationship or make them put up some proof.

Again, place into context of male and female and think about what you just said. I'm detecting a little repressed anger here... and I find it a bit anal that so many people are complaining about one particular and obviously misspelled word, because last I checked, there were about 20 misspelled words in my main post and NO ONE has noticed or complained. LOL.

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ORIGINAL: SirBitterSweet

Dear Winsome

Challenging questions and exactly what I was hoping to draw in this post. YAY! Alas, I have to run for the evening, I might come back very late, but surely by Sunday afternoon to address excellent questions.