This is commonly given as a reason but unless there is a real risk that she is planning to run away the second you release her maintaining physical contact is greatly overrated.

Samesies

I almost always prefer to sit at the restaurant bar during a date as opposed to a table. Just seems like a much more relaxed, fun environment. If I do a table what LT posted is the preferred route though.

i usually just tell them to sit on my lap and feed me

This. It always looks so weird to me when couples sit next to each other like this:



Seems so try hard and weird. If you want to sit and touch the person go to the bar not a dining table

Can't get a handjob under the table unless u sit like that tho

I usually just tell them to go back in the kitchen and help out.

May flood the thread with some life updates type posts on different topics but here goes nothing.

I broke up with K about a month ago, think I mentioned that ITT before. We tried long distance after I moved for a few months but I just don't think the struggle was worth it, and as a bunch of you know from skype chat that we had our struggles a plenty so it was probably a long time coming.

K still texts me time to time, but less and less it seems like which is probably good, though I'm not opposed to staying friends.

I moved to Iowa for those that don't know, really sucks TBH. Most people my age don't seem to be hitting up the bars like they are parties as they do in different towns, only college aged groups I've seen are like 20 kids and 15 dudes and 5 of their gfs come along. Very lame when you're single.

Because of this I've started online dating a bit.

I'm sticking to free/more casual stuff. I started with Tinder but realized its Iowa and not many people on there, have had no success with it at all.

Next was OKCupid. I think this site is really awesome for a CASUAL site. First off, its free.
Secondly, you like make a small profile and then answer questions to be matched. You can just keep answering as many as you like, so people with no lives answer thousands it seems like. The thing I like about it is that if you've answered the same question as them, you can see there answers.
The other great thing: These questions are INSANELY PERSONAL. Like you can see there answer for how much they enjoy giving oral sex / how higher their sex drive is / etc etc getting more erotic or whatever you want to see, really easy to find the girls who are looking to fool around.

The only other site I'm on is POF, but I'm not really a huge fan. I'm not really looking for anything other than chicks to meet/hangout with/hookup with and see what happens so not interested in pressing a site for a real match/relationship.

So, I joined this stuff about a week ago now.

I had one date last Saturday with a chick from OKC. She CRUSHED THE ODDS like no other, definitely being better looking than her pictures on the site. The only problem is that she is insanely socially awkward. Texting her was like pulling teeth to get anything of value, she would always respond but either had no opinion or just didn't say much.
You could just assume she wasn't interested, but she was, and on our date she was the same way. I don't think she was *slow*, she just was homeschooled + other **** in her life I guess that has made her this way?

Anyways, we met at a bar and went back to my place to just chill. She didn't want to drink since she had to drive home so I didn't press it. At my place we just watched a movie and talked, I "made a move" aka put my arm around her and stuff but nothing past that.

If you couldn't guess, she just didn't respond to it. Like she didn't even adjust her positioning at all to become comfortable and show she is accepting of what I'm doing.

It's fine, whatever, like maybe she's not into it, maybe she's just shy. But then I'm walking her to her car, which is parked near the bar (a couple blocks away). As we're walking we are chatting a bit, some silence and it was awkward only because she was like staring at me, as we walked. I like still cannot figure it out, I think it was her sign like asking to be kissed but I was just like wtf.

By this point (walk home) I was slightly tired/frustrated with her, which was a huge "drop of the ball" by me. We got to her car and she didn't linger and just got in, didn't even turn toward me at all for a hug/kiss opportunity and then we just said an awkward goodbye and she left.

She texted me that night and I asked her the next day if she'd like to go out again, she said she has to get better first; she's sick from what she got from her sister, blah blah. Maybe her way of saying no?

Regardless, socially awkward people intrigue me to say the least (I was once much more awkward than I am now), and she is rather good looking so I figure I will text her a few days later(so tomorrow or thursday) and ask to go out this weekend, a last ditch effort- yes or no, not a huge difference to me.

Beyond her, I have had a few different types of chats. Some girls message me and we just talk, a few girls respond to my messages and most of them are awful at responding but do eventually.

I've got 3 other girls numbers, one date set for Friday with a girl who is leaving for the Peace Corps within 2 weeks, so no idea what her motive is but has to be at least some % chance she wants to hook up.

Go see a dermatologist ASAP.

I had the exact same problem as you for years and tried every moisturiser possible (including Cetaphil) with no success.

I went to a Dermatologist and in 2 minutes he was able to tell me that i had Dermatitis/Eczema. It is basically the same thing as Dandruff but on your face and symptoms include dry skin, redness, itchiness and "flaky" skin around your T-zone. While there is no "cure", you can easily treat it. I had to change my skincare regime a lot but my skin is 100% better now. What i have to do is:

1. No more hot showers, and i can only have 2 minute lukewarm showers at the most.
2. Use a special tar-based shampoo such as Neutrogena T/Gel. I shampoo my hair and use a bit on my face too and leave it for around 10 minutes before i have a shower.
3. Use an anti-fungal cream twice daily (the one i use is called Nizoral)
4. Use a hydrocortisone cream to settle your skin down (i only use this for 2 days a week on the weekend now).

PM me if you want to ask more questions.

Funny semi related story. Took TCs friend out for dinner in Austin and got seated at a booth. She sat down first and I sat across from her and instantly thought of this thread and how I was doing it wrong.

While waiting for dessert she came across and sat on my side of the booth. I explained this topic and gave her **** about being way more of a player than me.

Thank god girls I date have game cause I have none

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Should've moved away when she came closer imo

There is no way to overcome this. Must you live in Iowa or can you move?

If trapped there then you have to try to move as close as possible to whatever the biggest university is.

I think the recent developments in the Online Dating topic make my previous warnings here about being careful what information you reveal were justified.

Yeah it's ridiculous eh. I subscribed and saw 50 new pages on my phone today and was like wtf

Cliffs

Someone revealed too much info about a girl he was interacting with on a online dating site. He was being disrespectful and not completelt honest. Someone figured out who she was and contacted her. She showed up and went to town

What does went to town mean?

It is slang for went hardcore. So Bobby went to town on that car with a baseball bat means he smashed it up good.

In this case she came on and basically exposed a bunch of things that were not true Conversations got posted. Basically she came out to totally embarrass the guy. Since this is 2p2 people are just dying for that I'm sure it gets worse but I stopped reading because whatever. I mean he shouldn't have talked trash and lied about the girl but it is a thread full of guys who can't get laid with the low hanging fruit of online dating so I can't see how any of his critics are really in a position to throw the first stone.

Ok, I am aware of the expression, but thought for a second that someone might have been killed.
Thanks for the clarification. Pretty sick, but seems like standard white trash drama.

Jumped to the end. Seems like there was a Gold Digging tangent because the girl said something which made the bustos mad but trainwrecking fans have managed to bring the topic back. The girl has 156 posts in what appears to be less than 24 hours while on vacation and travelling -- WTF? I guess if her airline has wifi that actually isn't crazy.

I think she is black since part of the drama is that he was only interested in her because he never ****ed a black chick. Which somehow people made that into a race issue.

Haha, this is unreal. I dont have any spare time otherwise I would probably read it.