Is this too much interest too soon?

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by navane

Wait...he's a paramedic who is tall and strong? Send him my way! Thanks!


.....Kelly

No kidding!

[Scandia]

And your intuition is usually right.

I should have listened to it back then- but I was just 15/16 and a total dork.

Now I know better. And I have blocked people on POF who got immediately sexual, or who were way too forward and explicit.

I just need practice and to tweak things.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by Scandia

And your intuition is usually right.

I should have listened to it back then- but I was just 15/16 and a total dork.

Now I know better. And I have blocked people on POF who got immediately sexual, or who were way too forward and explicit.

I just need practice and to tweak things.

If you're still using an experience that you had over 10 years ago as a crutch and an excuse now for your poor social interaction and dating skills, then you need the help of a professional in the mental health field to help you deal with that. Not random dating advice from strangers on the internet.

[KSUViolet06]

You need to get out more, seriously.

You need to interact with people more and develop your social skills a bit before you start doing any dating.

It seems as if your social interaction skills are a bit lacking.

You are making this a bigger issue than it needs to be. Really. If your intuition tells you not to go out with this guy, then don't. It needn't be analyzed or rationalized in any way.

[Scandia]

Sadly, I analyze everything since I am such a rational person.

Don't worry- I won't go out with him. Or even reply to his emails any longer.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by Scandia

Sadly, I analyze everything since I am such a rational person.

Don't worry- I won't go out with him. Or even reply to his emails any longer.

Rational people don't analyze thing like you do- only you analyze things like this.

None of us are worrying.

I'm thinking you sort of like this - posting stuff like this to get intarweb attention.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by kddani

I'm thinking you sort of like this - posting stuff like this to get intarweb attention.

I don't think it's getting intarweb attention per se--I think it's more of not having any experience with this sort of thing. I think about questions that I had when I started dating and, more than 10 years later, they make me laugh and I'm grateful for how far I've come.

Without a lot of experience with dating, or even having friends, you end up having these sorts of issues that people with more of a life don't even think about.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Scandia

I am such a rational person.

LIES!

[nittanyalum]

^^Co-sign (and lol).

I don't know what POF is in terms of "legitimate" online dating sites and I know it's a common thing these days, but Scandia, if you don't get more discerning and definitive in your immediate sizing up of people, you're a tragedy waiting to happen. IF you meet anyone from that site in person, fly VandalSquirrel out to do her shadowing; I would have serious concerns about your ability to handle yourself and pick up on danger signs from a possible kook.