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    modern dating

    Definitely not a fan lol. I hope that at the very least he gets more people to question a lot of the rubbish that comes from the media.
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    modern dating

    He's definitely entertaining to listen to. He might go a bit too far with some of the things he says. But I think the world needs someone like him right now to balance out all the PC ******** coming from mainstream media and other influencers.
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    Bender's Journal: Part 2

    Thanks Claudia and yes I think that's all good advice I've had two more dates since my last post. Last weekend I had a second date with the girl from my previous post. I was expecting this date to go really well considering that we both had a good time on the first date. Unfortunately it was...
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    Bender's Journal: Part 2

    Chess is a really good analogy for this. I had another really good date last night. There were a couple of things I wanted to focus on improving on this date.. 1. Show more intent - this is something I've really done poorly on dates for a long time. I'm afraid to show intent, compliment the...
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    Bender's Journal: Part 2

    I'd love to taste her ;) DATES Had a really good date last night, probably my best so far this year. I did an excellent job texting to set this one up. We matched on hinge and I managed to set it up so she would come straight to my place. As you know if you read this journal, I usually meet...
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    Bender's Journal: Part 2

    Finally feel like I'm moving in the right direction and making some progress with this again since my last post. Over the last few weeks I've really started dedicating a lot more of my focus towards dating again and it's starting to pay off. For the last 18 months, it's really been a secondary...
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    Bender's Journal: Part 2

    Still not making the progress I'm wanting despite focusing more attention on dating again. I've had one date since my last post.. Which felt like it went alright but then I never heard back from the girl afterwards. Not sure what I'm doing wrong on my dates this year. I used to feel like dates...
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    I got ghosted.

    Yeah very likely that long text at least contributed to the no reply. From my experience, I've found unless the other person is sending long messages first, it's best to keep your messages short and concise. And yes I agree that it's stupid that you can get dismissed over something like that but...
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    I got ghosted.

    I don't see anything unhealthy about trying to learn from mistakes.
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    I got ghosted.

    Don't let it bother you too much. I've had this happen many, many times. I've sort of become desensitized to it now, I honestly barely even notice if I get ghosted. It helps that I'm usually talking to at least a few other women at any given time. But you can also try to learn from the...
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    Bender's Journal: Part 2

    As I was planning in my last post, I have shifted more attention back into dating in the last month. Unfortunately that hasn't yielded a lot of success so far. This is partly because I was away in my hometown for a week and then I caught covid after that. Covid was bad timing because I had...
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    Bender's Journal: Part 2

    I'm planning to shift a lot more of my attention back into dating at least for this month. So far this year, dating has definitely been a lower priority. And my results have really suffered as a consequence. Yes I have been on some dates from hinge and bumble and I've been getting matches. But...
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    Bender's Journal: Part 2

    I had a date with a Colombian girl last week from Bumble. The date went fine but it was pretty obvious at the end that we weren't compatible for each other. I've dated several Colombians and South American girls in the past. But I think in general, these South American girls are too right...
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    I’m nearly 30, never had a boyfriend, life, job.. nothing.

    Sounds like step one should be eliminating social media (or at least cutting right back).
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    Bender's Journal: Part 2

    I've had three more dates in the last week. First date was probably the best one. The girl was very cheerful and easy to talk to. She was a little shy to start with but seemed to open up once she got more comfortable with me. I tried to ask her more questions and allow her to talk about herself...
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    Bender's Journal: Part 2

    Well so much for that.. I sent her a message last night and no reply. Maybe I did do too much talking. I probably could have done a few other things better as well. I could have had a bit more banter and teasing. Might have made the conversation too logical/serious. Or maybe I just wasn't her...
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    Bender's Journal: Part 2

    I had a date with a girl from Bumble this morning. I think she was just about as close to checking all the boxes on my ideal girlfriend list as I've found. She's good looking, takes care of her health and fitness, intelligent, kind, has ambitions, has a good relationship with her family, speaks...
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    Bender's Journal: Part 2

    Time to check back in to ALL for a bit of self-therapy lol. Now that we're a few months into the year, I thought it would be good to take a look back at the post above from the beginning of the year. I think I've done a pretty good job so far at keeping myself more centered. My mind has...
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    Bender's Journal: Part 2

    I'll keep this to a very brief update since I don't have too much relevant to the theme of this thread to report on. I haven't been on any dates since new year and have barely spent any time on the dating apps. I've just had other things occupying my attention and dating hasn't been a top...
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    Self reflection

    This is a good question. I like having a lot of time to myself and probably would find it difficult to give a lot of partner's the time they want. I can also be difficult to talk to when the subject is about something I have no interest in.
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