There's a lot of talk about how men should approach women in the opening message on a dating site. Most women will say that we want something more than "Hi, how are you?" or worse the ones that are trite, poorly spelled, or clearly copy and pasted mass "playing the numbers game" messages.
Then men talk about how they waste time sending long, well thought out intro messages only to be met with silence.
There is a middle ground there to be navigated, methinks. And since we've branched off to other dating sites besides OKC and I'm not even on them anymore, I'm just thinking of one of the few "I'm trying to use this as a dating site" approaches I've had on fetlife not long ago.
So this guy....he's a sub with some very specific desires... He sent me a message titled, "A Proposal For You" and it was several paragraphs of his most explicit fantasies, NONE OF WHICH was anything I'd have the slightest interest in. And there is nothing in my profile which should indicate I'd have an interest. In fact I say that I'm polysaturated and not open to new relationships, and all of my relationships are listed...so yeah. He was barkin' up the wrong tree.
I'd tell ya'll what he said, but it read like a page out of "120 Days of Sodom" by the Marquis de Sade, so not exactly appropriate for casual conversation.
I did not respond, though I almost felt a little bad about it...and I found myself actually hoping he was copy and pasting and playing a numbers game, because if not, the guy like spilled the entirety of his guts into that message and I read it and thought, "I just have no idea at all what to even say to this. Other than...no thanks? Your kink is not my kink but good luck?"
Man...
I think the slight uptick in random dudes trying to hook up with me on fet has to do with the upcoming convention, which I've RSVP'ed I'm going to. I think they are hoping to connect and get some play on, either of the public or private variety.