Thursday, July 21, 2011

Fling Finder

This post is going to be about some of my adventures with Fling Finder and just my overall impression of the site. I won't go into detail here about the one date that I have had through Fling Finder, as I will save that for a further post.

Fling Finder advertises itself as an online dating service for those who just want to have fun. A lot of the women there say that they want just sex, which I suppose is OK, although there are many that are also looking for a more serious relationship. A lot of the profiles on Fling Finder seem to be of women who are no longer members but have not had their profiles removed from the site.

I put my profile on Fling Finder just to get a feel of the site, not really sure whether I should actually pay money to join. I was winked at, and had emails sent to me by an 18 year old woman who looked OK. I was curious as to what she had emailed me, so I decided to pay to join for three months.

I spent two weeks emailing this girl and for a while she seemed to be really into me. She asked me if I thought she was too young (no), and I asked if she thought I was too old (no). Then for no reason she stopped writing to me without explanation. This left me really confused but I have since found out this is the way that they do things on Fling Finder. If after a while (even 6 weeks) of emailing they have found someone else, the women their will abruptly stop the emails without even giving a reason. Honestly it would be nice if they just said "Hey, I've found someone else. It was nice to have known you." instead of leaving you hanging.

When I first joined Fling Finder I searched through the profiles and sent emails to those women who I was interested in. I received two replies. One woman who I sent a very polite message to (I'm always polite) decided to block me from looking at her profile, while most others did not even reply. Again I ask, if you are not interested why not just send a little note to say so. It's not that hard.

For the last six weeks there have been two women that I have been emailing, but it seems that this week both have gotten bored of me for whatever reason, and the emails have stopped. With one of these women I don't mind so much that she has ceased emailing me, as I was only interested in her platonically, as a friend, as we had a few things in common. However the other woman, "M", I found myself deeply attracted to. I thought we had some sort of connection but I guess I was wrong. (I will talk about her and the single date that we went on in a future post)

My personal view of the women on Fling Finder is that a lot of them (but not all) are quite shallow and narcissistic. I guess as their are so few women who are on the site, despite Fling Finders absurd claim that there is a 50/50 male to female ratio, that they can afford to be picky. I have found myself a bit taken aback by this site and I feel that it has actually damaged my self-esteem almost as much as my recent relationship break-up. Even though I have paid for three months access to the Fling Finder website, and I am still less than half-way through that, I rarely go to the site. As it is I have little desire to actually go there and am wondering whether I should end my subscription early.

It seems to be overwhelming a site for those in the 20s and early 30s whilst those interested in Asian, Indian or African women, I'm sorry to tell you but there aren't many there and most of them are in their 20s and only after guys in their 20s.

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