| Aug 11 @ 2:44 AM |
Dating Dyslexia, do you know someone who has it? Discuss.
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Always_Striving
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This is a condition where you set up your profile in such a way to find a dating partner and somehow people who read and respond to your ad go way off base with their ideas about you.
Example: Let's say that you are a female who put down, as one of your interests, that you enjoy watching football.
So a guy responds to your profile in this manner..... he only zeros in on the football part of your profile and writes to you asking you about football statistics from games that happened forty years ago, or if you remember what college these atheletes were drafted from?
The guy appears to be way off base and approaching la-la land by only asking you only questions about football, and nothing about your life, job, or other personal interests.
Would you see this guy as having "dating dyslexia"? Rainman syndrome?
How would you deal with a man or woman who wrote to you in this manner?
Would you try to set them back on track? Ignore them?
Remember that they aren't doing it intentionally, it's just that they are oblivious and are not looking at "The Whole You".
Has anyone had a similar experience?
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| Aug 11 @ 11:53 AM |
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Loreli
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It is probably just ice breaker conversation.
I enjoy watching football (but am not a couch potato when it's on!) but couldn't give a LOT of background.
Similarily, he may have seen Julia Child on tv once, but can't make a souffle himself. I think it's just conversation, but one would have to be careful how far they pushed it.
If it's REALLY important that a potential partner know that stuff, then it will sure weed them out.
(My son proposed to his wife on Cubs opening day, because she is just as big a fan. Otherwise, he would have proposed a different day!)
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| Aug 11 @ 5:44 PM |
Dating Dyslexia, do you know someone who has it? Discuss.
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Fender
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Huh...I don't know...So far no one has approached me about my pickle recipes...However, they haven't noticed that I changed my profile to married either...
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| Aug 11 @ 5:46 PM |
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burnslikethesun
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I dont know always, but I would consider that example of bait and switch.
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| Aug 11 @ 5:48 PM |
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indecipherable
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I liked the Rainman syndrome analogy.
Yea, it's like they're so focused on that one thing, that they're hoping you can somehow share their obsessiveness. Unless you had as strong an interest as them in that one area, it would be best to stay away from them. They would want you to be something that you're not. So, ignore.
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| Aug 11 @ 5:57 PM |
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BandTMom
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I think it's just someone trying to start a conversation on a mutual interest.
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| Aug 11 @ 6:05 PM |
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Loreli
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Ooh!
I want your pickle recipe, Fender! 
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| Aug 11 @ 6:06 PM |
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Always_Striving
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One could always add this little note to their profiles ....
Clairvoyants & Savants need not apply 
Maybe it's mnemonic minded people? 
What am I thinking? They'd just overlook that as usual and focus in on something else.
Edited for tidbits of more info.
[Edited on 8/11/2009 6:25 PM]
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| Aug 11 @ 6:20 PM |
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Fender
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Ooh ooh, you used big words...Me likey!
Lor, I don't have a pickle recipe, I just put that on my profile,lol...Sorry.
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| Aug 11 @ 6:28 PM |
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Always_Striving
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^  I want a pickle loving woman  But I don't know if I want my pickle in a jar sitting on top of a shelf.
I better think that through a little more carefully before I speak.
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| Aug 11 @ 6:34 PM |
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Fender
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  I'll think of something intelligent to write when I can stop laughing....
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| Aug 11 @ 7:23 PM |
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katydid438
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I want your pickle recipe, Fender! ...I have a simple dill picke recipe Lor....you don't even have to boil anything 
OT...I said I like golfing (non competetive) on a profile and all the guys wanted to know what my handicap was......I have a hard time just finding the next tee-off
But I don't know if I want my pickle in a jar sitting on top of a shelf. ..a friend of mine actuallly made me a black penis out of stocking material and put it in a jar with pickling spice...what a hoot at a party
[Edited on 8/11/2009 7:29 PM]
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| Aug 11 @ 8:56 PM |
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Loreli
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Oh, Katy!
Post it in kitchen!!! 
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| Aug 11 @ 8:58 PM |
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redhairNfreckles
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I wonder what a guy would think if he knew I pick which team to root for by who has the coolest logo on their helmets?
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| Aug 11 @ 9:09 PM |
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katydid438
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I wonder what a guy would think if he knew I pick which team to root for by who has the coolest logo on their helmets?  I usually go by their (as my dear Mother used to say)... "frontage".  
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| Aug 11 @ 10:04 PM |
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signme
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| Aug 11 @ 10:09 PM |
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katydid438
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| Aug 13 @ 9:21 PM |
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redhairNfreckles
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I usually go by their (as my dear Mother used to say)... "frontage".
...come to think of it....those cute little "tight ends" ain't so bad either....
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| Aug 17 @ 8:35 PM |
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DiamondRain
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Ehy! You hvae soemhting aaginst daiting smeoneo wtih Desylxia? 
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| Aug 18 @ 2:46 PM |
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newlife2006
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It happens quite often - when a guy posts something that is not true or is not true ANYMORE about him , just to get interest . More often than not this one lie turns out to be the ONLY attraction of his profile - and then he gets upset when women lose interest if he tries to stir them away from discussing this particular trait/interest of his...
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