5 Signs You’re Suffering From Online Dating Burn Out

After the disappointing results of my Craigslist ad and the demise of the relationship with TDIB, I’ve come to the conclusion that I am, very simply, suffering from online dating burn out. Maybe it’s time to hang up my username and call it day.

Here are some signs that you may have the same affliction.

You get a new message from a potential date. Rather than getting excited, you feel like throwing up.
You would rather pluck your eyebrows than check to see if you’ve had any hits to your profile.
You have the Goldilocks Syndrome. You check profiles and every one is either too short, too old or too married. No one seems to be just right.
Rather than renewing your membership, you decide the money might be better spent on a new subscription to Cat Fancy Magazine.
The thought of even logging on makes you break out in hives and a cold sweat.

What about you? Is enough enough? Or are you still hanging in there hoping to find Prince Charming on the World Wide Web?

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10 Responses to “5 Signs You’re Suffering From Online Dating Burn Out”

saneandsingle October 11th, 2008, 10:24 am

I’ve been burned out for some time now!

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auntiegwen October 11th, 2008, 11:43 am

Now are you sure you don’t want to go speed dating with my friend Melanie ? She’s sulking because I won’t go !

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Meghan October 11th, 2008, 5:15 pm

I have never online dated…I confess. I know there are diamonds in the rough…but the rough is itchy and it scares me!
SINgleGIRL October 11th, 2008, 7:10 pm

I’ve been there. Oh, so many times.
But I stay in the game because it’s the easiest way to meet new guys (lots and lots of them) and I’m absolutely certain that one of them is going to turn out to be the kind of decent fellow who I’d like to wake up next to for next few years of my life, maybe longer. I can’t imagine what it’s like living somewhere else, somewhere with fewer prospects, but at least in New York I know that there are always another few thousand fish in the sea. And it’s pretty likely that a high percentage of them are online, trying to meet someone.

Maybe you just need an online dating holiday of a month or two. In the interim a whole new batch of bachelors will sign on and you’ll be able to face them (when you’re ready) with new hope and energy.

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lisaq October 12th, 2008, 7:47 am

Me too I think sane and single. It’s just a matter of realizing it and making a decision about what to do about it.

Haha Gwen. No thanks girl. No speed dating for me!

Damn straight Meghan! You may very well be the smartest one of us all.

I hear you SINgleGIRL. Perhaps it would be different for me if there were an unlimited number of fish in the pond here, but sadly the number is very finite. Maybe a holiday is exactly what I need.
Honey October 13th, 2008, 10:50 am

A) Cat Fancy is SO CUTE!!! I think they should make a magazine called Kittens, Kittens, Kittens, and that’s all it is

B) If you take a break for a couple of months then you can approach with a fresh perspective and also the dating company will probably start e-mailing you hella-deals in a panicked effort to get you back. This is how I got a 0% balance transfer rate on my credit card–by transferring a bunch of money elsewhere

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lisaq October 14th, 2008, 6:16 am

Haha Honey. Yes, it definitely is.

Hopefully, though I haven’t renewed my subscription to Match.com since June and so far no offers from them. Oh well, such is life.
Speed Dating NYC October 21st, 2008, 5:26 pm

I agree with Auntie Gwen, and not just because I am in the speed dating business. LOL. I really think that speed dating works for people like you who are tired of looking at deceptive profiles and not getting anywhere. At speed dating you can meet a bunch of people all at once, and you get to see them face to face. Besides, you get to go out and interact with real people rather than stare at a moribund computer. If not speed dating, then try one of those lunch services, where you get hooked up with people to go to lunch with them or event dinner. Or maybe Club Getaway, my friends go to that and meet tons of single people away at singles camp. It doesn’t seem to me, Lisaq, that you are the type who will find someone on the internet..definitely try something out of the ordinary.
lisaq October 22nd, 2008, 5:47 am

There are few problems with that Speed Dating. First, I’m not sure speed dating is something I’m comfortable with. Besides which, Mapdot is too small for speed dating and for those lunch services. And, while a getaway, would be nice for a vaca fling, I don’t think it’s the answer long term.