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Partner checking dating site?

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  • annandale
    annandale Posts: 1,451 Forumite
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    This is the girl who was "the one" a few weeks back. People tried to advise at that time to slow things down.
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
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    edited 18 March 2017 at 5:13PM
    justme111 wrote: »
    She is not a partner . She is a girlfriend.

    No, she's a partner. It's official don't you know.

    Not sure where you officially register partnerdom though. Probably the same place that you get trolls' IP addresses.
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  • justme111
    justme111 Posts: 3,531 Forumite
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    annandale wrote: »
    This is the girl who was "the one" a few weeks back. People tried to advise at that time to slow things down.

    What requisites will they ask for registration I wonder :D
    The word "dilemma" comes from Greek where "di" means two and "lemma" means premise. Refers usually to difficult choice between two undesirable options.
    Often people seem to use this word mistakenly where "quandary" would fit better.
  • No, she's a partner. It's official don't you know.

    Not sure where you officially register partnerdom though. Probably the same place that you get troll's IP addresses.

    It's only official when you update your FB status :D
  • Is this the person who you logged onto a dating site almost as soon as you met her to check whether she'd been logging on since meeting you roughly 8 weeks ago? And the one where you were fretting about her maybe not wanting to move to where you live within about 4 weeks?

    That's really not a healthy way to go about things. You might say that all you want is a relationship, but that's actually pretty scary when you combine your descriptions of paranoia, insecurity and checking up on her almost immediately. It's too much, too soon.
    I could dream to wide extremes, I could do or die: I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go by.
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    Yup you are officially Rock n Roll :D
  • The perils of internet dating. It seems to me that people almost become commodities on these dating sites, and potential suitors (often commitmentphobes or men looking for a bit on the side) look through them like they would a catalogue. "Don't like that one", "This one's ok, but prefer someone thinner" and so on. Maybe I am a bit old fashioned, but i'd recommend meeting people in real life.
    It is not because things are difficult that we dare not venture
    It is because we dare not venture that they are difficult


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  • Fireflyaway
    Fireflyaway Posts: 2,766 Forumite
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    I met my now husband on a dating site. We both signed up and paid for 6 months up front as there was a deal going. I know after we became exclusive he continued to receive notifications that he had matches / messages because he never cancelled the subscription. I can understand why it might be tempting to check out of curiosity, as you say, for self esteem. What kind of people like you / what do they say etc. If you had been together a year and she renewed the membership that would've been worrying, but 8 weeks? Its probably just curiosity. Take care not to act too suspicious or needy, its a real turn off.
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