Texting friend
I am an educated and employed male who lives in Rome. I tend to work a lot and don't really know how to go about meeting people loy. I don't really like the idea of hanging out with coworkers and I don't do the bar or club thing. I would like to meet a friend loy who is real, fake people are annoying and I can them from a away. I would rather have one true friend that I could trust than a million fake ones. It seems as though fake is all we meet at times. As for friendship; income, age, education, race, etc. does not matter. I'm looking for someone who can be themselves, someone I trust enough to open up to and someone who wants the same. I just want to know if it exists. Maybe if the friendship grows we can do things such as dinner, a movie, etc. As for relationships, that isn't why I am here. I gave up on those a while ago. I don't hook up, etc. I am just a single guy who stays busy and I avoid drama. If you would like a friend to talk about daily life with, issuses, etc., just let me know. If I think we click, I'll send you my cell. Just put "friend" in the subject line. Tell me about your day today, an issue you want to talk about or something else. I'm looking for real, not perfection. Come as you are.
The "Its Not Rocket Science" Guide to Casual Encounters
Yes, guys can meet someone via casual encounters. Guys can even meet someone for genuine no-string-attached hookups but lets face it, the ratio is badly skewed, and you need to learn how to work the system. If theres one key, its _polite, respectful persistence._
1) Whether posting your ad or replying, use proper standard English grammar and spelling, unless youre SURE you should be using some other dialect, and in that case, make sure your grammar and spelling is correct for that dialect.
2) Dont just be lazy and post "I wanna get laid" or reply with a similar one-liner. Put some thought into your replies, and if you cant figure out something more to say, ask whether you really should be replying. Which is not to say a short response, is necessarily a bad thing just make sure its the /right/ short response for that particular message.
3) Keep trying. This particular guy has had a lot of coffee dates with women hes met on CL, most of them on CE rather than W4M or M4W. A small handful have turned into intimate relationships of one sort of another.
4) If a woman says no, she means no, and dont get bothered by it. A woman I know has a saying "men are like busses another one comes along every ten minutes" and while the schedule for women may be a little slower, the basic rule still applies.
5) Unless she specifiy asks for it, dont send a picture of any body part normally covered by clothing if youre really in shape /and/ its not out of place for you to go without a shirt, you can probably go for showing off the sixpack but how many of us here does that apply to?
6) Unless she has a clear indication in her ad (or her reply to your ad) that she wants you to make sexual suggestions in your first message, dont be sexually explicit. Yes, yhis is /Casual Encounters/ and most of us know why most of us are here, but theres a time and place for that and for most women, its once youve gotten to know each other a little. (The key here, again, is ACTUALLY READ WHAT SHE WROTE )
Oh to make this an ad, not /just/ discussion WM, .