This is pretty common in my experience. There could be a lot of reasons, who knows what people are thinking. I think many people don't even think of the digital chat coming from the other side as a real person until they've met in the flesh.

And even then there are plenty of instances of ghosting someone after several dates. People are just crappy.

People generally don't like to say that they aren't really into you, or that something/someone else is better. It would be nice, I guess, if people would just be able to say "I'm not going to talk to you again" but that just isn't how people do it unless that is the only way available. Avoiding uncomfortable conversations is easier. It isn't worth worrying about unless people you meet are actually moving to a different city purely to avoid having contact with you.

What if it's just another city within the same state? Sometimes it's still not easy to track them down.

If you aren't the cause of the move, it is all ok

If they don't even tell you that they moved, you can't ask why...

Slow thread tonight... Everyone else must be on a date.

I guess they must be.

I have a question for you: which do you prefer more - going on dates all the time, meeting a variety of different women, or being in a long term relationship with just one woman?

Personally I prefer a LTR if it's meeting all my needs. Going out and meeting new women is stressful.

How many needs do you need this ltr to provide? Would you say perhaps 12 needs?

ALL OF THEM!

This favorite teams list is unreal:

I like the inclusion of TRI in caps after bragging that she doesn't boast about herself

Awful profile. She'd be better off not writing anything.

She could have semi saved herself if she had of put a laughing or rolling eye emoticon at the end of the super humble sentence and scrapped the bottom bit totally.

It's amazing how very little self-awareness some people display.

Yeah, and she is shocked she’s still single because she feels she’s such a catch. Start your cat collection honey.

Just a typical "terrorist dater" profile.

A list of demands.

Does this ever work if you aren't hott?

ICWYDT! (Spelling hot with two t's because she spelled **** with two t's.)

And the list of teams is indeed amazing. Makes you wonder if Valley Girl, Bronx, and cockney are her three languages spoken.

This is actually very good. "Viral" level meme in the Forever Alone world.

Post it somewhere else!

I can't tell what level you are working on and I can't let it lie, since its raising my Brit hackles. Manchester peeps don't speak cockney - they speak Mancunian.

On the other hand, maybe its a sly dig at Man Utd, which is the only Northern Club to have more supporters in London than the North. If so, well played

Haha! That's a good one. I might have to start using that term. I had always just referred to them as "Checklist Cathys"

I just got on POF last week after being out of the online dating game for a long time. I was in a 4 year relationship that ended about a year ago and after kind of cycling through some old flames for a little while I decided to get on app and try to meet some new people. I noticed pretty quickly that on POF it seems like 3/4 profiles are "Terrorist Daters" haha. Some are more extreme than others, but damn! So it actually lead me to think kind of extensively on the effectiveness of that approach for women. For hot girls yeah it probably really doesn't matter. They can put whatever they want in their profiles. Guys are gonna see their pics and fire away. For not as attractive girls though I still think it can end up being semi-effective for them. One thing about the "Terrorist Dater" type of profile is that if anyone does read it they are probably going to have a reaction. If the list is long enough almost anyone is guaranteed to be disqualified. I've honestly seen lists that are like 20 items long "Who does this girl think she is?" "What's wrong with guys under "6'0?" " What's wrong with not having a car?" "What's wrong with..........?" So i think some people take it personal and either message them to give them a piece of their mind (dumb but this definitely happens) or they look at it as a challenge and want to try to convince them that whatever they are saying no about in the list is okay. Neither one of these are great attention in my book but for the less attractive girl it generates more attention then she would probably get if she had a more standard profile. For both sets though I think it just shows they are insecure and kind of a mess. They want to make it seem like they are in control with all of their demands but they're really not. I think they also like the attention and drama that it generates.

I hope your profile reads better than that.

If he's good looking it doesn't matter.

It does.

I hadn't really verbalized those thoughts before so I was just kind of hammering it out and was focusing more on just getting out my thoughts than worrying about the punctuation. Yeah, I probably missed a few commas and got tripped up by a couple homophones. I apologize.

Ask that girl her thoughts on Bama football.

Let me clarify because obviously some of you don't get it...
If I sound like a **** I'm sorry but I am tired of weeding through some of you...
So here's the deal...

If you are a **** boy... Keep moving! I am NOT here for a random hook up...

If you care more about my body and what it looks like let me save you the trouble... I'm thick get over it...

If you care more about my looks than who I am as a person... Kick rocks cause I don't even want to start a conversation....

If you have deep seeded mommy issues or ex issues... Good luck but keep moving not interested....

If you are a user, abuser, or an addict... I'm not interested.... I don't drink I don't do drugs and I won't be involved with someone who does (drinking in moderation is different idc if you do)

If you turn into a prick after a few drinking... Don't bother talking to me...

I may not be perfect but I know my worth!!!!

I will say one last time... If all you want is a hook up or care more about what my body looks like... Keep going I'm not the one for you...