Ladies, I'm wondering something here. I'm trying this online dating thing, but with absolutely no luck thus far. It's been over three months thus far, and the only people who have replied to my messages on any online dating website, or who have messaged me first, have very quickly come across as being very very desperate, which I am not interested in. I have been assured by my female friends that my profile is good, and my pics are good as well.
Is it that I'm divorced (which appears on my profile) that I am immediately written off by any decent, normal woman? I'm wondering what, if anything, I can do to actively fight any stereotypes that women may have of me as a divorced man. What are these stereotypes? I really don't know. That's what I'd like to know. That I'm a jerk? Emotionally needy? That it was probably all my fault my marriage ended? (None of which is true.) I'd just like to know what I'm up against.
Also, I am way out of practice in the art of picking up. So here's what I'm also wondering: Would I come across as a creep if I struck up a simple conversation with a woman I found attractive I saw the supermarket, or the park, with the intent of asking her out if I found her interesting?
Anyway, I'm much obliged for any insights anyone can give.
Thanks!