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Archive for July 24th, 2009

For months now, me and my friend have been talking about online dating and comparing notes on how “online men” behave. She is an American and I am Finnish, and our experiences are vastly different. This makes me wonder if it is a question of attitude, luck or simply a difference in culture.

We both agree that there are a loooot of men writing idiotic and utterly moronic pointless messages to any girl online, but what seems to be different is that in America, the number of moronic online men is far greater than in Finland. I could easily weave out morons out of my inbox and simply find the cool guys, but it doesn’t seem to be that easy for my friend. I would be really interested to know about your experiences and which part of the world you had them.

I am also wondering, how much of a difference it makes which site you are using. I never really found the international dating sites that appealing when I tried them, so my friend might be onto something saying that it is the American men who have a bit of an attitude problem. Maybe I just happened to be on the right site in Finland, as even in Finland I severely disliked the other options available.

I would really appreciate your take on different sites and different countries as dating venues, and see if we can find some good ones out there. If you would care to share what sites you like and why, and what kind of things you would avoid on a dating site as a warning sign.

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