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Maybe the Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami could have called his latest film 'Fifteen' instead of 'Shirin', as it feels very much like the third part in a trilogy that began with '10' in 2002 and continued with 'Five' in 2003. The first offered a series of frank conversations with a middle-class Iranian woman driving a car, all captured from a static camera fixed to her dashboard. The second consisted of five inspiring, ultra-minimalist snapshots of life and nature on a Bosphorus sea front. Both not only asked the viewer to delicately dismantle the miniature realist dramas presented on screen but also to consider the provenance of the images. What choices has the director made? What's happening outside the frame? Is this 'real'or an illusion?And so it is with 'Shirin', a dramatic essay on specatorship which draws on the endless expressive potential of the human face. Recalling the aesthetic and emotional candour of Dreyer's 'The Passion of Joan of Arc', the film consists entirely of close-up shots of beautiful Farsi actresses as they sit in what looks like a cinema and watch what seems to be a gaudy screen melodrama – a version of the twelfth-century Persian love-triangle poem 'Shirin' – which we hear, but don't see. That Kiarostami has explained how he constructed the film – the sound and the image were produced separately – feels a little like a magician revealing his tricks, as we can make reasonable guesses ourselves by observing the women's reactions or examining their surroundings.
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Wet weather can be a drag, but for farmers, it can really hurt their bottom line.
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"When the humidity comes, the rain comes, it's like, 'Ugh," said owner Lisa Urffer.
June flirted with record rainfall with much of it, like in July, scattered and spotty, but for Pappy's, the high humidity, not the rain, is the main foe.
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Overall, farm experts said this is a good season for corn and grain. Fink is confident he can recoup his losses; Urffer is still hopeful for a sweet-tasting season, but both admitted it will take a lot more work, thanks to Mother Nature.
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Set in outstanding scenery overlooking the Viaur Gorge this beautifully restored former fermette offers traditional architecture whilst providing all the modern comforts of home.
The farm complex with its own pool is in a small hamlet located on the border of the Aveyron and Tarn departments offering easy access to all that these fabulously unspoilt departments have to offer. Renting the complex as a whole gives great scope for parties where there are families sharing.
Size | Sleeps up to 20, 9 bedrooms |
Nearest beach | Lake-side beach 15 km |
Will consider | Corporate bookings, Long term lets (over 1 month), Short breaks (1-4 days) |
Access | Car advised |
Nearest Amenities | 5 km |
Nearest travel links | Nearest airport: Rodez 50 km, Nearest railway: Naucelle Gare 10 km |
Family friendly | Great for children of all ages, Suitable for people with restricted mobility |
Notes | Pets welcome, No smoking at this property |
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Luxuries | Log fire, Internet access, DVD player |
General | TV, Video player, CD player, Telephone, Satellite TV |
Standard | Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer |
Utilities | Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine |
Rooms | 9 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms of which 3 Family bathrooms and 3 Shower rooms |
Furniture | 1 Sofa beds, Single beds (12), Double beds (6), Cots (4), Dining seats for 20, Lounge seats for 20 |
Other | Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair |
Outdoors | Balcony or terrace, Shared garden, BBQ, Bicycles available, Climbing frame, Swing set |
Access | Parking |
Further details indoors | Coquelicot Tournesol and Bleuet are all large gites in their own right but their unique layout means that they are ideal for larger families or parties of friends sharing. The gites have their own bathrooms and shower rooms, fully fitted kitchens and lounges. Imagine three lounges - no more arguements. Tournesol and Coquelicot properties can be interconnected at ground level and first floor level which makes sharing extremely easy and adds to the versitility of the sleeping arrangements. Bleuet is opposite the other two gites across a pebbled courtyard. There are 9 bedrooms in total in the combined gites - they are large rooms and sleeping arrangements can easily be adjusted to suit the needs of the group. All bedrooms are large enough to work as doubles or twins with space for cot and two of the rooms can be used as triples. Outside-eating again allows for flexible arrangements with space to combine tables for the whole group if wished. We also have two large picnic tables which makes for great eating outside with wonderful views. The large 12m by 6m pool means there is plenty of space for family fun and a serious swim and the two children's play areas keep the children occupied for hours. |
Further details outdoors | The farm complex is large and is situated on the edge of a small hamlet overlooking the Viaur valley. The grounds are shared with the resident English owners. A large 12x6m swimming pool was added to the property in summer 2006 and is completed with fencing to comply with French regulations. The views from the pool side are beautiful. Despite being a shared complex, there is plenty of space for privacy. Older visiting children may use residents adventure playground which is situated below the pool, younger visitors can make full use of the toddler area located in the main grounds. |
Further details | The swimming pool is open when the weather permits, usually from May to October and is shared with the owners. All bedlinen, towels and swim towels are included in the rental price. There is a surcharge of €30 /week per heater for electricity + during the low season letting period. Special walking/cycling/painting holidays are available during low/mid season. Changeover day is Sat but this is flexible during mid/low season to enable clients to make best use of very low Ryanair flight prices (eg 1p + taxes). Please contact owners for further details. |
The Midi-Pyrenees region
Being quite far South in France the weather is naturally a definite plus for this area. We have the added advantage that we are at quite a high altitude on the south of the Massif Central. This means we benefit from very pleasant long Spring and Autumn conditions, but also have slightly cooler temperatures in the main hot summer months compared with other locations this far south.
The region is dominated by plateaux dissected by wide meandering rivers providing stunning gorge scenery. Add to this the fantastic array of bastide towns and villages, castle fortresses and Chateaux and the two historic cities of Rodez and Albi and you are spoilt for choice.
The hamlet of Teillet lies on the Aveyron/Tarn border, half way between the two historic cities of Rodez and Albi. Both cities offer a wealth of architecture, amazing Cathedrals, bustling backstreets to explore and endless outside dining possibilities.
Within the area are many bastide villages, many ranking in the category of 'most beautiful villages in France'. Most noteable are: Conques; Sauveterre de Rouergue; Villefranche de Rouergue; St Antonin de Noble Val; Najac; Cordes-sur-ciel and Monasties and the list continues. All of these villages offer unique shops, crafts, markets, and festivals. The 'nocturne' (night markets) in the summer months are not to be missed.
Day excursions:
Albi/Rodez - great for a glimpse of the history + architecture in the region (stylish shopping too!)
Toulouse - for that 'has to be done' shopping experience
Millau Viaduct - well worth a visit + can be combined by coming back through the famous 'Gorges du Tarn'.
Cap Decouverte - adventure park for the whole family, ski, waterski, swim, taboggan, or even ride the longest zip line in Europe
Micropolis - city of insects - fascinates the children, but a good day out for the whole family
Bastide d'Albigiouse - car circuit to take in the key bastide towns around Albi
For those who prefer to stay closer to home the area is ideal for walking, cycling, birdwatching and generally taking in this calm serene area.
There are many activities for children in the local area including children's farms, wildlife parks, outdoor swimming complexes, canoeing, sailing to name just a few.
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We begin with a character named Nora (Emmanuelle Devos), smart, chic, art gallery owner who buys a rare illustrated edition of Leda and the Swan as a present for her father, a famous author. We learn she has been divorced twice, will soon marry a very rich man, and has an 11-year-old son named Elias. She visits her father Louis (Maurice Garrel), who is in great pain; it is revealed he's dying of stomach cancer. What does he think about his daughter, and she of him? We think we know.
We meet another character, a violinist named Ismael (Mathieu Amalric). He was Nora's most recent lover. He is functional enough in a strange way, but behaves so unwisely that he finds himself in a mental institution. We sit in on his consultations with the hospital administrator (Catherine Deneuve), who is onscreen just about long enough for him to tell her, "You're very beautiful," and for her to reply "I've been told." There is also his French-African psychiatrist (Elsa Wolliaston). Neither is much charmed by his theory that women lack souls. Ismael makes a friend at the hospital, a young woman named Arielle (Magali Woch), who is so fond of attempting suicide that it would be a shame if she should succeed and thus bring her pastime to an end.
Nora has seemed like a decent enough woman, but what kind of a mother would not want to raise her own child? The boy's father is out of the picture (in more ways than one), and she strikes on the notion that Ismael, the former lover, is just the person to adopt Elias. Ismael loves the little boy, who loves him, and if this were a different sort of a movie such an arrangement might work.
"Kings and Queen" is however a very different sort of movie, in which it will not work for reasons which are explained by Ismael in a way both insightful and peculiar. Nora's father meanwhile leaves a journal entry that completely redefines everything we thought we knew about their relationship, and Ismael has an encounter with the leader of the string quarter where he thinks he is a valued member, but is mistaken. Sometimes you don't really want to know what people really think about you.
I have revealed nothing crucial, except that there are crucial revelations. The point of the movie is to call into question our personal versions of our own lives, and the emphasis on Leda and the Swan may be a nudge to suggest we construct myths to give a shape and meaning to lives we have lived with untidy carelessness.
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This photo depicts the J. Bates home in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the late 1800s. Note the size of the family and the size of the porch they share. Families of this period were large, both because extended family stayed together and because children were still an economic necessity: more of them meant more hands to work in farms and shopfloors. Fathers and sons often worked side by side, and so did mothers and daughters. The economic and domestic were not separate spheres; though in the process of being eclipsed by large-scale enterprise, at this time the home economy was still America's fundamental economic unit.
As a consequence, marriage was primarily a business decision--as it had been throughout the world for thousands of years. For the lower, middle, and upper classes, people had little choice about whom to marry. Once married, they could divorce only in special or extreme circumstances. Fathers were the undisputed heads and masters of households, by both law and custom. Marital rape and wife-beating were, in most cases, perfectly legal.
Another thing to note about the J. Bates family: it is monoracial and was almost certainly monocultural. Though interracial marriage was more common than we might suppose--see Randall Kennedy's 2003 Interracial Intimacies--it was still widely condemned and illegal in many states.
The Bates family had more in common with previous generations than they might have with families today, but society was changing. The family as an economic unit declined; as a consequence, love rose in importance. Young people began to feel that when love dissolved, so should the marriage. Between 1880 and 1890 the divorce rate soared 70 percent.
Throughout the first half of the 20th century, people left farms and small towns for cities. Extended families fragmented and the nuclear family emerged as the dominant family form. As urban, clerical jobs expanded, more women went to work. Children became more of an economic liability than an asset; as a result, sentimental attachment to them intensified, and so did concern for their individual welfare. As the century wore on, child labor was abolished and universal schooling was made mandatory. After World War II, government programs like the GI Bill educated millions of American men and increased their social mobility.
By the middle of the century, postwar prosperity made the male breadwinner and female homemaker family possible. Most men worked in offices and factories far from home; they did not take care of children. The vast majority of mothers dropped out of the workforce and raised kids far from from extended family. Thus mothers were isolated and many children grew up without fathers, grandparents, aunts, or uncles as stable, regular presences.
By the late 1950s, middle-class women--and their children--started to rebel against lonely, restricted lives. "It took more than 150 years to establish the love-based, male breadwinner marriage," writes family historian Stephanie Coontz. "It took less than 25 years to dismantle it." In 1957, the divorce rate started to rise. More and more women went back to work.
At the beginning of the 21st century, families are egalitarian, diverse, isolated, and voluntary. Women's economic power continues to increase, and many mothers have gained the ability to support their husbands and children, giving rise to stay-at-home dads. Forty years of civil rights movements have allowed people to create new family forms. Where once there was no choice at all, today we have too many choices. We have more freedom, but many people understandably find the freedom stressful. This generates political backlash as well as personal instability.
Take a look at this 2004 photo of Brian Brantner and Matt Fuller holding their 2-month-old adopted daughter, Audrey, in San Francisco. Their family could not have co-existed with the J. Bates family in 19th century Minnesota. The gay family is, in fact, something new under the sun, blossoming side by side with stepfamilies, female breadwinner/male homemaker families, multiracial families, and so on. Today, only 7 percent of families fit the 1950s mold of breadwinning father and homemaking mother.
At the same time, the American economy is far less stable and social mobility has declined dramatically; class barriers are much more rigid than they are anywhere else in the developed world. This means that family is more important than ever in determining a child's chances in life. Poor children are falling behind richer counterparts, a process that starts before they even enter school. Educated parents are investing large amounts of time and money in their small number of offspring; both husbands and wives are spending more time with kids and at work, and less time with each other or in the community, which puts tremendous strain on love-based marriages.
Surveying decades of research, the sociologist Gosta Esping-Andersen writes, "What is now becoming clear is that the seeds of inequality are sown prior to school age on a host of crucial attributes such as health, cognitive and noncognitive abilities, motivation to learn, and, more generally, school preparedness." As marriages become more egalitarian, society becomes less so. We should celebrate the gains made in women's economic empowerment and male participation in domestic labor. At the same time, we should do what we can to resist rising inequality and social under-development.
[Originally published in Daddy Dialectic, my other blog, last year. It seemed appropriate to share at the beginning of this new blog, because this is the historical perspective I bring to everything I have to say about today's family.]
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to wonder why online dating isn't working for me
(95 Posts)(Apparently) I am attractive. I am well educated, good job, own home, car, 33 years old.
One DD who is 14 months.
Not a jot of interest Plenty of messages from men 20 years older than me, usually one liners like 'you have a great smile' but nothing from anyone my age who seems to be up for a relationship. I don't think it's DD either as even before I had her I got no interest from the sites.
AIBU to feel unattractive and invisible to the opposite sex!?
Where are you looking? Have you had a mate look at your profile. Preferably a nice, honest, male friend...
I don't have any male friends. I think my profile is fine - it's me
My brother is almost 40 and his last girlfriend 24 - he has finally tried on-line dating and was still answering ads from those in their 20's. I told him to grow up and look for a woman in her 30's - he did start to date a woman with an older child but I think he's abit worried about becoming a father figure for the child when he hasn't been the best dad to his own child. Don't give up is all I can say (especially as my brother says the fees are really expensive) - also I didn;t watch the programme but i read that there was one on recently about on-line dating and alot of profiles are fake just to get people to sign up but once you've paid your fee you can only keep going or just accept that it's been a waste of your cash.
Yeah I think it has been a waste of money - shame really, I have been feeling very lonely recently.
Hm, well I was going to say because of your DD and your age, but if you were trying them years ago without success either I don't know.
Why don't you have any male friends?
99% of the guys your age are there for no strings fun with 20 odd year old tarts, and there's hundreds of them out there.
Online dating is very hit and miss if you are looking for more than a bit of fun. (mostly miss).
if it's any consolation my DM gave up on it because all the men she met were 'odd'
So maybe it's not a bad thing...you don't attract oddballs
Didn't work for me either, and I tried twice, some years apart. My best mate (male) gave me a glowing reference on MySingleFriend and my sister helped me sell myself on another site. Both times I met someone in real life after not a squeak online. The second one was nice enough to marry.
I don't know Sam, never really thought about it. Most people my age are married and while I am friendly with the male spouse the real friendship is through the wife I think.
I just feel a bit sad about it.
Sadly, it's the 'well educated aged 33' that's the giveaway here. All men aged 33+ seem to be after girls aged 20-30. Men On dating sites are very ageist on the whole. That said, it's worth persisting until you get a good one. I met DH on Match.com when I was 31 and he was 39. Education and intelligence seems to threaten a lot of men too. It's a numbers game. I must have been on 30 or more dates before DH. A good selection of flattering pics is a must too. I
I was in a similar position (except no DC). I found that the more I did on the site, the more succesful it was.
You may already be doing this, but here are my tips. So - don't just wait for them to contact you - you approach them. And don't just wink/smile, send an actual email with a question / prompt to start a conversation. Do this lots. Line up lots of first dates - several per weekend, ideally. Don't try to get to know them online - just meet people (public places, broad daylight!) - then decide if you like them.
I met my ex this way and then my DH. We're coming up for our 2nd anniversary.
Good luck
Well, I've contacted a few but most don't get in touch!
Am I too old then, at 33?
No no , not to old, just accept that men aged 33 may be harder work to get them interested in the first place. Alternatively, accept that men in early 40s may be a better bet. Agree with the above advice. Meet them ASAP if you're emailing. A virtual relationship just wastes time, and you need to know ASAP if there is any chemistry. If not its NEXT, and keep doing it until you get a goodun.
I was 33 when I met DH. I agree with PP, try men in their early 40s... And - its absolutely a numbers game. Don't contact a few - contact many. And don't take it personally I'd they don't get back to you; just contact some more. Be relentless!
whothefuckfarted 20 year old tarts?
What a fucking vile way to refer to women.
OP I feel your pain, I'm early 30s with a baby DS and currently in the process of separating from STBXH. I think I will have your problem if I decide to date again.
Crikey can't imagine having a NEXT! system!
I get barely any interest
Definitely get a guy to look at your profile. Is there really NOBODY who could help you with that? I met my OH on match.com but that hadn't happened until I had my profile tweaked a bit by a male friend. Apparently I was putting too much emphasis on how well educated and independent I am . He also advised me to change the picture to one where I was smiling and looked quite natural.
Oh and by the way I was in my 20s then and OH is 10 years older. Does it make me a tart?
<never been called a tart before so getting excited>
Why don't YOU approach THEM?! Search for a date through career path or whatever but you need to find the suitable candidates. Message them! I had no suitable messages at all until I found the people I wanted to speak to. I don't think DD is a problem at all, but she wouldn't be my opening gambit. Save the DD info for further down the line (eg. The date itself) as I think it's too easy for people to dismiss single mums on the basis of young children via a profile.
Good luck OP!
Have you looked at your profile? Is there anything in the way it's written that could be putting them off. Rather than the content? Have you got photos up.
I joined a month ago - I've been on 3 dates with 2 men so far. Neither will progress because there wasn't any spark with one and the second went as far as a second date but we were looking for different things. We were both honest about what we wanted and went our separate ways with no hard feelings.
I've got a date on Monday, one next Saturday and hopefully another will be arranged for next week too. Three different men.
You're not too old, you're 33!!!!!! I'm 39 and I've got a 15 year old son and a 7 year old. And I'm honest about that too.
I've made sure that my profile is written in such a way that I've aimed to filter out men looking for vulnerable women, men looking for one night stands, dicks and chancers!
I'd be happy to PM you what I've put on my profile if you think it would be useful to you.
I am 34 with a 14 year old daughter. I met dp on a dating site, I live him to bits and we are planning to move in together.
Don't give up hope, I went on dates with a fair few who were either odd, only wanted sex or just were not my type before I met him
The thing is:
1. I do approach them
2. I can't go on dates, we've never got as far as exchanging email addresses never mind dates
3. My profile honestly sounds fine. It's just a bit about me - job, life, interests.
I think the problem is that physically i am not attractive.
Ah, well!
Try a free one like OKCupid.
It's a numbers game. Many of the men who message will be unsuitable or just after sex so you're ruling them out. Having a child will reduce the pool of interested men. And I suppose a lot of 33 year old men will feel they are still young enough to want to start their own family preferably with no prior children. That doesn't remove everyone but it does reduce the numbers of decent prospective messages. Older men will be less bothered about kids as they may already have some of be more realistic about partners having past histories, and of course hope to bag a younger model than their ex.
Other than that I'm with others that you maybe need to look at your profile.
The first time I set up a dating profile I got two messages, both essentially telling me to cheer up! I decided it was obviously too soon after a break up and went back later and rewrote it when feeling more positive to better response.
Can I ask what site you use. Dp and I met on Match Affinity, I met some really nice guys on there, not my type but nice.
What happens with that 2. ? Why are you stalling there? Or are they stalling?
Physical attractiveness obviously makes a difference. Hard to complain because as you browse profiles you probably decide you couldn't fancy many of them on the basis of their looks.
Oh and I didn't muck around with loads of emails or messages, exchanged a few then met for coffee. (apart from with dp coffee became wine and we both ended up rather tipsy)
They don't stall, they don't message and when I message them , they either say they've met someone but wish me luck, or ignore me!
Tried lots of a few sites over the years. My single friend, match.com, guardian ...
Yes exactly. I don't think it's good to faff about forward and back emailing. A few messages then arrange to meet, that's the only way to get to know someone.
Yes, but if you don't get messages and the ones you send aren't responded to, then you aren't going to get as far as meeting, are you?
Photos are everything in a visual environment, women don't want to meet ugly men and vice versa. You don't have to be amazing looking to present well, have a nice photo taken, wear fashionable clothes etc. It's all very well to feel above this but you can't if all you are presenting to someone is a list of adjectives (funny, kind, nice), a job title and a photo! I would sort your photo out seriously before venturing online.
Also there are some long running threads in Relationships about online dating, which might be helpful although the general consensus is that there are a lot of players, and little success, compared with other methods of meeting people.
Did anyone watch the Panorama documentary I think it was called "tainted love"?A lot of these dating sites make fake profiles and use them to send mails to encourage subscriptions. I think Okcupid was mentioned on here. OP I would consider single nights rather than online dating, more transparency.
The picture of me is as nice as any picture of me is going to be but I can't change the actual raw 'me.' Thanks for telling me to 'sort my photo out' though.
Singles nights would be difficult due to dd and plus I really don't fancy it. It's just everyone keeps harping on about me meeting someone and how it's easy and I have to put myself out but I am trying and not getting anywhere!
What do you put on your initial message?
What age range are you looking in?
I met my dh on plenty of fish. I was 32 and had a dd aged 7.
I was absolutely fed up with either young 18 year olds messaging me for a shag or people old enough to be my dad babbling on about wanting me to go for a walk with them and their dogs. <generalising>
In the end I lowered the age I'd normally go for a bit because I wanted someone who didn't already have kids (didn't fancy dealing with two hostile exes!) And I wanted someone who didn't come with all the marriage baggage that I did.
So I saw dh on there, then aged 22 and living at home with his mum. The main thing that attracted me to him was his profile talked about liking people watching while at Costa and enjoying the same music as me (which is quite specific) and I thought I'd give him a try.
I sent him a message and for a while we messaged, neither was too sure as I thought he might only want a shag and he thought the same of me!!
Eventually we met at a book shop for a coffee. I hid behind a bookcase checking him out for a bit before I decided to come out and meet him (yes we laugh about that now )
The rest is.... history. (Although it did take us 4 dates to even snog because we were both a bag of nerves).
We have been married 4 years now and we also have ds who is 14 months old. We are very very happy.
Don't give up.
I kissed A LOT of frogs before my dh. A lot of the men that messaged me I just put straight onto block!!
in your op you say you are attractive, assume that's why the advice to look at your pic to make sure it flatters you
I am horribly unphotogenic, personally
Mm yes I was misleading I suppose. I meant attractive more as in I have an attractive personality. The photo is as good as it'll ever be but ... Kate moss I am not.
I don't have an age range. I think the difference with me and a lot of people who have had success is that you get some people showing an interest; I get NO interest at all.
you are younger and more fresh faced than Kate op
Also... I wouldn't say being well educated, great job or own car in the first few lines of your profile. It doesn't really say anything about you. As a person I mean. It's great and everything but it doesn't SELL you as a potential fantastic girlfriend. It kind of says you're sorted. At the risk of being incredibly sexist, I genuinely think most men like to feel needed, like they have a purpose in a relationship. You're sorted so what do you want a man for?
Sexist yes. Sorry. So shoot me.
But I'd work on selling yourself, not what you've achieved.
What do you like to do with your free time? What music do you like? What's an ideal evening? What do you wantto get out of meeting someone? Blah blah.
Add some cheeky humour too. Anything will do..
People telling you it's easy can fuck the fuck off.
Have you looked at other women's profiles?
I'm over 40, not very pretty at all and I still get proper messages in amongst the ONS trawlers and idiots. My profile is fucking hilarious though so that helps.
I especially roll my eyes at profiles where they say they are funny but the profile has no humour. Show not tell.
Hehe younger maybe but not so sure about fresh faced!
Fairylea, the only things you've mentioned that are on my profile are my job which is fairly loose (as in, 'I do this for a living.' Honestly, I don't know what it is. Some of my friends who split from husbands met someone new almost immediately. Me, I can't meet anyone full stop!
actually you probably do have a great smile
there are 'older' men on there who look like Bernard manning's brother but they don't necessarily lower their expectations proportionally iyswim
a compliment's a compliment
I met my now boyfriend through plenty of fish, didnt hav to pay, also met another bloke just b4 my bf and although we didnt click in that way he is now one of my closest friends.
my brother has just married to a women he met on match.com.
these sites do work
I think fairylea has a point, you need to give them an idea of you as an individual
I don't go along with having to appeal to any macho rescuer instinct. But they do need to see your personality coming through.
Although wtf do I know? I didn't get anywhere with it either!
Yeah but ninah the ones I get messages from are late forties/early fifties. It's like me messaging a teenager, really. How many of those men message women in their mid sixties, do you think?
Gingermop, I know they work, but evidently not for me!
yup I know the ones ... I used to find skimming my 'selection' a bit similar to that bit at the end of crimewatch
imagine being there in your mid 60s. Now that must be really bleak!
Actually I've come to the conclusion that the best way to meet decent prospective men if IRL social life isn't happening or if dating sites don't work for you is through online community sites, like here but obvs with men too.
A local forum? An interest forum? My logic is you get to know posters and chat with no pressure at all. Most forums will have meet ups of some sort. Some you think are funny or get chatting to about something in common. You like them as a person before you meet them and if you have gotten on particularly well there might be a will to fancy each other already which may or may not work out.
My last ex I met through a discussion forum. We hadn't flirted or anything but we interacted well. The one before that I met on a little blog site.
Also maybe try meetup.com Look at things that interest you (where you can take your DC or get childcare) and meet up with others on there to do the activity.
Yeah, I like the forum idea. Will have to try and find one with men on it. I'm only really on mum & baby ones at the moment.
When I was thirty someone 45 messaged me saying it was a shame he was out of my age range (implying this was unfair of me) as he thought I was great and we'd get on well.
I asked him how many 60 year olds he messaged on there.
He said fair point and fucked off.
I think photos on profiles is a bad idea in a way. I'm put off men that I would like if I was just going on the profile.
When I first went on getting photos on there wasn't as easy and people were more cautious about it generally. I liked more of them then.
But then I met more only to be disappointed too!
Folkgirl how do you word it so you filter out men looking for vulnerable women, men looking for one night stands, dicks and chancers! ? It's what scares me off OND.
OP, perhaps you need MN to help you word your profile and then in a separate thread comment on the photos, if you are feeling very brave!
I think you are being a tad prickly over the photos thing. There was a woman a while back on Relationships who was wondering why online dating wasn't going very well (I think all chancers wanting to have sex) and she put up her photos, and although she was a very attractive person, they did give off a 'party' vibe that was clearly attracting the wrong crowd.
Getting a few different photos together and asking a really good friend for some advice on which is the most attractive/open/friendly looking picture is not a bad idea.
It can be hard to 'read' your own photo and profile from outside, might be worth seeking a second opinion.
I do think online dating is not a great way to meet people though, all my friend's experiences recently have been terrible, they haven't had a problem meeting men but really have had a problem finding nice ones who want a relationship. It seems to be a sweet-shop mentality with people 'hooking up' and moving on very quickly. I'm not sure if you should carry on with this plan or whether some of the other suggestions might be better (forums, clubs, hobbies).
Matilda Mumsy has it - there is no party vibe in my pictures or in my profile. I'm not a 'good time girl'. I'm reasonably attractive, my profile is humourous and good natured, I've tried to let my personality come across, but sexy I am not. Eye candy, I am not. I am really only attracting people because they think we might have something in common. Men who want a relationship.
I wrote it from the perspective of the man reading it. So I've said I'm not impressed by the car someone drives or expensive gifts. Because I'm not, so anyone who thinks that will be enough will know it's not, and anyone who is worried about gold diggers will hopefully at least start to think I'm not one!
It's difficult to know because I was chatting with someone earlier this evening. We've looked at each other's profiles before, he's a very good looking man and this evening I just thought, why not? And emailed him. He said he thought other men might not feel confident enough to contact me and that I was lovely. I think that's what I want men to think. Not "she's gorgeous" or "she's sexy" or "I'd do her" or whatever! I want them to think I'm lovely. Because I want the sort of man who wants to meet a lovely woman.
Perhaps, OP, you are coming across as so self assured that the men are being scared off.
Join a morris minor forum! bound to be lots of men on that.
Oh and although my profile has been looked at by men of all ages, the majority who have contacted me have been in my age range and only a couple have been outside it, but I've been contacted by as many who were too you as were too old.
I'm not interested in anyone more than 3 or 4 years younger than me.
I've included a bit of self deprecating humour too, simply because I've got some quite geeky hobbies and interests, but I'm not really all that geeky.
(I am).
I told my ex husband the other day about some of the new songs I'm working on with my guitar. And he told me (very good naturedly) that I was probably someone's ideal woman, he just wasn't really sure the world was ready for that man!
I meet plenty of men in the real world because of my hobbies and interests. Unfortunately, they are largely old, married, gay and sometimes a combination of those!
I'm really hoping OD works for me because otherwise I'm destined to be told that I'm lovely and I deserve someone very special by 70 year olds for ever more!!!
20 year old tarts
or do you mean 20 year old women who like to have casual relationships great for them why not
many men and women are looking for something casual but i have found many around my age have shown an interest some older and quite a few younger. yes i have had the odd cheesy line but also make the first move you then know if they are interest if they reply
ok so you have messaged them
sometimes i think a profile that is too serious is off putting put some humour into it
Thank you Folkgirl , that's great advice. Fancy going on a date?
Hey Matilda I'm on a roll at the moment, why not!
Ooh, you have date! With the very handsome one?
No. A different one.
I've got 2 dates next week, plus another pencilled in for the week after (he's away next week) and then hopefully I'll speak again with the good looking man from this evening.
I don't want to do this for long, I would like for one of them to work out, but for the moment at least, this is fun.
That's impressive . And am laughing at putting a date! Hope they all go well
ODing is mostly a load of cobblers tbh, and certainly not as easy as some people would have you believe. If you do meet someone it is usually down to a huge dose of luck, or else having fairly low standards (like a friend of mine who would reply to practically any non-obscene message she received, whereas I might at best reply to the one in every 30 I found passably attractive).
I'm afraid I can't agree with all this 'you sound too self-assured', 'don't look a certain way in your photos' stuff. The right man won't be put off by anything like this, if he is then he isn't the right man. I'm not prepared to make myself out to be something I'm not just to get a date with some sad act who's scared of independent women, and OP you shouldn't feel you have to either. Likewise why should you have to consider men in their 40s, I'm in my 40s and I have yet to see one man my age who didn't look at least 10 years older. I don't do OD any more but when I did, I never searched above my own age, and mostly below it, because I didn't want to end up dating someone who looks old enough to be my dad!
Velvet That's so true. Under 40 - they seem quite ok but once they get over 40 they all seem to adopt a particular 'look'.
Intrigued/worried: what's 'the look'?!
Well it's generally being fat and bald. Grumpy expression. Photo taken from an unflattering angle.
vlevet I agree with you to an extent.
For instance I could play safer with my humour on mine but it's out there and no one reading it thinking 'she thinks she's funny but she'f not' is going to message me because who wants to spend time with someone whose humour you dislike. It maybe lowers the pool of men wanting to contact you but they would have been no good to you anyway.
OTOH. An ex of mine (met online but on on OD) I would never ever have gone out with had I met him at work. Would probably barely have spoken to him. So out of those ones dismissed for not being attractive enough there might have been someone that you would find attractive in another situation.
I've not had the 'over 40 have a look' experience. Maybe on POF, but they all seem to have a look whatever their age.
In my experience from 2004-2007 when using match and dating direct, I found that poor spelling and grammar was one of best indicators of time wasters or men after casual sex. One of the things that attracted me to DH was his ability to write a proper message with no text speak or 'lols' etc.
I used this to filter out quite a few.
Bit of a generalisation here but men in their 30's when given a choice of hundred or thousands will go for the prettiest
girls who are at younger. Clearly some of these men have got no chance but we blokes all think we are gods gift and
attractive to all women!
One thing that does appeal to men is if women message them first. Amazing how a man can suddenly become interested when he knows someone is interested in him!
Do you message plenty or leave them to contact
You first?
It's interesting you say that re messaging men first maleview, back when I was OD-ing I sent lots of initial messages to men, barely got any replies back and those that did petered out after 2 or 3 exchanges, as the men seemed quite uninterested.
Re attractiveness, I find very few of the men who contact me attractive enough to reply to (maybe 1 in 30). Of course only a few of those result in dates - and of those dates there was only one I actually found attractive in the flesh (the others were ok, but not as good as their photos).
I've maybe had the opposite experience to a lot of people with online dating so I'll offer my 2ps worth!
Went on match aged 30 following a marriage split and can honestly say I had a great time! I kept my profile fairly light hearted and put about 4-5 photos on - different things such as one of my riding my horse, out with friends etc. there were a couple of oddities well outside the age range I'd put on (think I said 29-39) but mainly most contacts seems fairly genuine and nice. I met one guy and went out with him for several weeks but it became clear that he didn't really want a girlfriend so we called time on it. The second guy was gorgeous but seemed to HATE my dog so that didn't go anywhere. Then I met my now fiancée and he's perfect!
He said that he liked the different photos I had up and also what I'd written because it was about my personality and what I enjoyed rather than a list of what I didn't want etc.
I realise I was extremely lucky with dating this way but I honesty did y enjoy it and found it very good for my self esteem - it was v low at the time. I can see that a prolonged period doing it would be immensely frustrating tho. OP maybe take a bit of time away from it and see how you get on?
Fairy Your profile sounds similar to mine. One of the dates I had said he really liked the fact that the photos were all so different and showed the real me. And didn't look like they'd been staged just to make me look 'attractive'.
My profile is also shows my personality and talks about what I enjoy. I agree it's good for the self esteem too
I don't really expect to meet 'the one' (although it would be great if I did!). I want to find out who I am, what I am, what my deal breakers are... Already, I know that level of education/intelligence and the field someone works in are more important than the amount of money they earn. Ethnicity isn't an issue, neither is height, but weight and the type of humour someone uses both are.
Maleview that's really interesting. I've made the initial contact with most of the men I'm chatting with and they've both said that a lot of men lack the confidence to actually make contact with someone!
I spent 3.5 hours chatting with someone last night who I would initially have thought was a bit out of my league. I contacted him at the beginning of the week in a real "he's too good looking to not contact him - if I don't ask, I'll never know" sort of way. We've chatted for a couple of hours every night since and, so far, he's the one I've clicked with the most!
OK, so if your profile is fine, what about your "requirements"?
Age range, appearance, location, interests?
Searching on: tall, dark, handsome prince, aged 35, with own castle and white horse, hobbies: dragon slaying & jousting, is probably not going to yield much.
Should add, I met a charming older man online, some years ago, with whom I could easily have fallen in love, but I am too independent & competitve (his words, but put more diplomatically). He ended up remarrying (widower) after a whirlwind romance. I ended up with toyboy, good all round, but at the time I was not looking for a younger man!
Lol. Obviously not that. My requirements are very general and broad. I honestly think I'm just a bit too old, that combined with not being beautiful and having DC maybe puts them off.
hadababygirl would you like to share your profile, even with one poster here that you trust, and get some neutral feedback on it?
Nooo, I am not up to the inevitable criticism that would follow. I genuinely don't think there's anything wrong with it but I think it just isn't for me x
Well, to use that well-worn cliche, beauty is in the eye of the beholder ;-)
I was 47 (still just about) when I met toyboy, who was 41.
hadababygirl why would anyone here critise, no one would.
I am wondering if maybe this is coming across in your profile and contacts you're making too? It sounds as if you're almost are accepting that no one will be interested possibly because you are at a low ebb yourself at the mo?
Sometimes our subconcious gives things away in our writing
So two questions
1) Do you really want a date/partner at the moment, for them, or is it to plug an emptiness
2) What would happen if you arranged a date? Would you turn up or back out at the last minute to avoid rejection?
No need to answer but thought I'd ask as this is how I felt once and looking back I thought my profile was great, but I can only now see where I was going wrong. I was putting subtle signals that I couldnt see at the time that were saying 'I'm know am unlovable' iyswim (really sorry if I'm way off the mark here
Do you just have one picture on your profile? That could be putting people off...
Everyone has one amazing, flattering picture of themselves. People who have only one photo are often only posting a picture where they look great but - maybe - it's not realistic.
Several photos offer a much clearer idea of how someone looks - and their body shape.
I have to admit that when I was internet dating I avoided the 'one picture' profiles as it was nearly always the case that they were a disappointment in the flesh.
yes, it's shallow but that - alas - is internet dating for you.
Nope, got several.
Flat - the thing is I've been trying for YEARS to meet somebody, I accept I may have a touch of cynicism now but certainly didn't back in 2008.
hada it won't be because you're too old (I'm older) or because you've got a child (I've got two and one's a teenager!) and it won't be because you're not beautiful (I'm reasonably attractive - but no more).
I made the offer upthread to C&P my profile to you in a PM and it still stands.
I wonder if 4thfloor has a point.
It is perfectly possible to do everything 'right' and still have no success with OD.
It is, as I said above, mostly luck. You
can't change that.
No need for the OP to be made to feel its her fault, chances are its not. I have been rejected time and again by men who wouldn't even have dared approach me in a bar. That is nothing to do with me, and everything to do with them, and their issues. OD is weird, and largely made up of socially inadequate men. Hence why I gave it up!
Men have much the same feelings, for your information. Reading other fora's threads about online dating, it seems that most men assume that they outnumber women 20-1 or so, and therefore they message loads of women at once, thinking that they are wasting their time if they only message one, as chances are she won't reply.
I would be happy to give a man's opinion of your profile and keep it schtum if you like.
OP, do you live in a large city? Possibly you are being filtered by location? Maybe change your location to London and see what happens. Appreciate that means that going on dates would be hard, but if the response is better, maybe you have to accept you are in the wrong place to maximise your chances of finding someone, and consider a move.
I'm in a similar place to the OP except I get some messages, however they are usually one-line perve fests . Think my profile needs re-wording. If you wouldn't mind pm-ing me your profile wording please Folkgirl (and anyone else who's having some success), I promise not to plagiarise you . Just want to get an idea of the general vibe of those who actually get dates.
its not you
Ive done so much online dating that its not even funny. I have had no success. Ive had more dates than anyone should ever have in a lifetime. Should it be a numbers game, i should have won, several times over.
Im 34, i have a child, a job, nice house, im a fab person and i look ok too
ive a ton of interests, and am nice. I have a lovely profile and lots of pictures.
Unfortunately, with online dating, you are fishing in a pool that only has a very few ' nice' men in it. As the recent bbc docu showed, lots of profiles are fakes, then you need to remember lots are married and looking for a bit on the side, a very very high percentage are looking just for sex, quite a lot of whats left are single for some very obvious reasons or have massive issues which only someone with no sense would go near. and that leaves very very few decent men.
Its not you, and there isnt really a lot you can do about it, other than be open to things happening in real life and maybe being a bit pro active about it. rubbish i know. but thats what a lot of people who have done it for any lenght of time have found.
OP, eharmony wouldn't even let me on their site as their software is "unable" to suggest suitable matches for me, on the basis of the personality quiz answers I gave.
I guarentee they were all honest too
You're doing better than me!
I was offered a trip to Venice by a guy twice my age when I joined a dating site . Didn't stay on it very long, only attracted gamers and older men, I don't game and am not interested in a 20+ age gap
Went out with work a few weeks later met and old friend, got drunk and slept it of at his, 5 years later he's now my dh and we have a ds
Dating sites aren't the bee all and end all
Ok, so I'm married to my Internet date. We've been together for 8 years.
Like you, I had a long run of n success. Those who did contact me were weirdos. Or if I went on a date we didn't gel. Or they were just after sex.
Here's what I learned:
1. Choose your site carefully. Sometimes free ones attract those looking for casual sex. Sometimes fee paying ones are better. I found DH on Loveandfriends, not sure if they are still going.
2. Write an interesting profile, something that relates to your personality. So mine was a bit jokey, but also serious.
3. Look at who is looking at you. DH looked at me, but didn't contact me. So I was like Oi, hello.
4. Email for a bit before going on a date.
OK, so I sound like a know-all. It took lots of time, there were lots of frogs and worse.
Also, try other things. I did singles wine tasting, I joined my local Ramblers group. I did conservation projects...
I think the trick is in finding the right dating website. My friends have had success on match. An older friend said she had no luck until she added a 'sexy, messy haired' photo to the more professional/business-like photos she had before.
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