What does "taking a break from dating" mean?


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qt_py is offline qt_py Post #1  January 9,2010, 7:12am

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What does "I'm taking a break from dating" mean on here?

Does it mean that someone's fingers are cramping up from typing on their computer?

Does it mean that they've decided to read a book instead of surfing the internet?

Does it mean that one's eyes are tired from staring at the computer screen and so they've decided to do something else for a few minutes?

This is seemingly a useless phrase.
 
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It is not a useless phrase at all. It means they have decided to stop actively seeking dates... however they have been going about finding them they are not gong to do that anymore and if someone asks them out on a date they will not go. Often times people need to just be alone and work on things by themselves for a bit before jumping back into the frenzy of dating.
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In terms of the eHarmony closing statement, I used it when I was discontinuing the eH membership, and I wanted to close out all the matches that hadn't reached OC (which were really all the non-responding ones.)

In terms of actual thought, it meant that I did not feel like expending the requisite effort, given the lack of return.
 
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Rainfallgirl wrote :
It is not a useless phrase at all. It means they have decided to stop actively seeking dates... however they have been going about finding them they are not gong to do that anymore and if someone asks them out on a date they will not go. Often times people need to just be alone and work on things by themselves for a bit before jumping back into the frenzy of dating.
Well then, why don't they just say "I'm taking a break from looking"?
 
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Rainfallgirl wrote :
It is not a useless phrase at all. It means they have decided to stop actively seeking dates... however they have been going about finding them they are not gong to do that anymore and if someone asks them out on a date they will not go. Often times people need to just be alone and work on things by themselves for a bit before jumping back into the frenzy of dating.
As much as people really don't care which brand of soap someone else uses, I'm sure most normal people also don't care if someone else has put a hold on dating for awhile. Ergo, it is still a useless phrase IMO.
 
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It depends on the person saying it, i've heard it used as a line so that the other person sees him as a challenge, it's almost as good as claiming to be gay so that the other person will try to cure him because he just hasn't had the right woman yet. That's one hell of an effictive technique sometimes.
 
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gothustartus wrote :
It depends on the person saying it, i've heard it used as a line so that the other person sees him as a challenge, it's almost as good as claiming to be gay so that the other person will try to cure him because he just hasn't had the right woman yet. That's one hell of an effictive technique sometimes.
This is what I was thinking too, that it is used to draw attention to oneself so that everyone now knows that they're single and available.
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Whenever I've "taken a break from dating" it just meant that I didn't actively seek to date. I didn't check my online profile, I didn't actively set out to look at others profile or communicate with anyone, and when meeting men out in public I didn't suggest "heyy, would you like to grab coffee/a drink sometime?".

I took time - a break - from doing those things and even more time and focus into doing other things that I enjoy.

Sometimes while I was taking a break, I still dated. If I happened to come across someone that struck my interest and he asked me out, I wouldn't turn him down flat... I just wasn't actively seeking dates.

However, I never did actually put the phrase on an online profile. I don't really see the point in doing so. I'd turn off matching (when using eH), or hide my profile on other sites where able.
 
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It's a polite way to say that you are not available right now for a reason that is nobody's business (a crisis in the family, tied up with an extra load of work for a while, travel plans and so forth).
 
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Come on everyone. Let's be real.

It means, I have no interest in dating *YOU* but I am still available

Just a POLITE way to send someone's profile to your trash bin and still save a leetle bit of the person's dignity ---better than saying for example, I saw your profile and your picture is ugly or you are you are too fat, sound stupid, etc .
 
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