For fun and for morbid curiosity, I set up an account on an online dating service to see how I'd do. My profile was a 40-something who ran a small business (read betabux). I got at least one match every few days; almost all from women with kids. And of those matches, a quarter of them started the conversation (usually with the generic "how are you?").
Because my intention was just to see how often I would match with women and not to actually meet them, I'd see how long they could handle dry "nice weather we're having, how about that sports team?" conversation before they'd unmatch me. Usually all it took was a few days tops.
In the end, not a single one actually chased me down or even tried flirting with me first. Makes sense to me as they would be used to the guy being the one to do all the work.
For fun and for morbid curiosity, I set up an account on an online dating service to see how I'd do. My profile was a 40-something who ran a small business (read betabux). I got at least one match every few days; almost all from women with kids. And of those matches, a quarter of them started the conversation (usually with the generic "how are you?").
Because my intention was just to see how often I would match with women and not to actually meet them, I'd see how long they could handle dry "nice weather we're having, how about that sports team?" conversation before they'd unmatch me. Usually all it took was a few days tops.
In the end, not a single one actually chased me down or even tried flirting with me first. Makes sense to me as they would be used to the guy being the one to do all the work.