If I'm not mistaken, you don't "explore" your gender identity anyways. I didn't need to do anything or try anything to identify as a male. If you are gender dysmorphic, you pretty much know. (Apologies if I have royally screwed that up. )

Online dating is the most sensible option assuming there isn't someone you work with or know already who's compatible with you.

People talk about online dating sometimes as if the people are being imported from an alternate universe.
As if the people who are online are different from the people you work with, go to night clubs or hang around any area of the general public.
There's a lot of scare stories like people who got murdered from meeting on plenty of fish, which has happened, but people have been murdered by someone they haven't met online too.

I'd say the one downside is that if you're easily addicted to stuff and you like sex, you might end up addicted to just meeting up with people and having sex, possibly more likely to happen to a man then a woman.

This has pretty much happened to me, I've met around 60 or 70 women online, I do think I could settle down now though at this stage, that's my goal.
I've probably had every kind of relationship you can imagine, some that lasted for a night, a few nights, weeks, a month, and some that lasted for years.
Plus every variations on looks and personalities, unemployed drug users, teachers, marketing manager, PAs, a vet, chef, pharmacy worker, tall girls short girls, black girls white girls brown girls.
Muslim girls, Christian girls, Hindu girls, atheist girls, no Jewish girls, although I did get talking to one.

I've never met anyone who was a total psycho who told any blatant lies on their profile, although I did meet a lesbian in denial and some women who hid how overweight they were. Those are probably my worst experiences.

My ex and her guy met online and their 16th anniversary is coming up in December.

(July 27, 2016 at 9:44 pm)ignoramus Wrote: This place needs a section called: who wants to catch up to, you know, see a movie, grab a bite, etc.

You can already get an idea of what they're like from their posts, etc.
It would make breaking the ice so much easier! Everybody wins!
If it works out well, please donate $25 to the forum.

There's lots of single intelligent guys here, c'mon, who's free for a few hours?
Tres, if it's not working out or there's awkward silence, just talk about that idiot ignoramus and his wacky ideas! Everybody has a nice laugh...
It can't get any more comfortable than that.

That'd be interesting. I have an internet crush on some of the ladies here. They're totally out of my league, though, and I'd likely just embarrass myself in the first 5 minutes.

My brother met his wife through online dating, they've been married for years and I've never seen a more compatible couple. They are also nerds, so I think it might be best for nerds and casual sex people. I don't really know much about it though, except that it's become so commonplace that virtually everyone does it. I don't go to bars either.

I meet women the old fashion way, being very attractive.

My cousin met her husband via online dating 10 years ago. They're getting a divorce as we speak

Here in Au the average marriage I believe is 8 years...

Would you call that 10 happy years or a failed marriage? Did it really fail if it lasted that long?

(July 28, 2016 at 12:16 am)Tres Leches Wrote: Or maybe I'll totally plagiarize your post here and put it into an online profile just for giggles, including the "Jim" part. 

Change the name to Jill and I'll change my opinion about online dating services.

Tres, I got in touch with this bloke on your behalf ...He's waiting for your phone call....



You're welcome.

(July 28, 2016 at 3:07 am)CapnAwesome Wrote: I meet women the old fashion way, being very attractive.

Here's a sonofabitch who knows the score. Be yourself, and let the Devil take the hindmost.

(July 28, 2016 at 1:27 am)KevinM1 Wrote: That'd be interesting.  I have an internet crush on some of the ladies here.  They're totally out of my league, though, and I'd likely just embarrass myself in the first 5 minutes.

Bullshit. You may well embarass yourself -- all us men do at one point or another, amirite? -- but out of your league? Not at all.