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I met this guy on a dating site. We went out, had a nice time, and he asked me out for another date. But yesterday I noticed that he's still listed on the dating site. Does that mean he's trying to find someone better?

No.

You don't expect him to take down his profile after one good date, do you? Why would he? It's a little too soon to declare you "the one." Did you take down your profile on the site?

He asked you out again, so obviously he likes you. But unless you two agreed to be exclusive after one date, there's no reason for either of you to take yourself off the market. Dating isn't like Netflix DVDs; there's no limit to how many you can have at one time. He might be seeing several women at once, as is his right-- and yours. It's called hedging your bets, and there's nothing wrong with it this early in your relationship.

So don't take it personally--the fact that he's still active on the site has nothing to do with how he feels about you. It's all about playing the odds and having several irons in the fire at once. If you two go out for a while and start to get serious, then you can worry about whether or not he's still looking.

For now, just enjoy your time together and don't concern yourself with whether or not he wants someone better. Who knows, maybe you're the "better" to someone else he stopped dating. And don't turn down dates from other guys. It's much too soon to settle for one, no matter how much you like him.

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I recently had a similar situation. I'll preface this by saying that I'm new to the dating game after having been locked up...I mean...married for fourteen years. Me & this really hot, younger (he's 33, I'm 39), foreign doctor with an accent went out on an incredible date. The chemistry was amazing...so was everything else. So much so that two days later, he invited me on a date, and I ended up spending the whole weekend at his place. We went out to dinner, watched movies, I didn't let him see the rest of the Celtics game after the 3rd quarter (I had other things in mind, lol), and we had sex all night. I looked at my watch at about 3:00 a.m. and he asked me to stay the night. I did...I was exhausted and I have a 40 minute ride. Luckily, I packed a bag and left it in my trunk just in case I would stay.

He held me all night, cuddled me, touched my face, and would tell me in his foreign tongue how beautiful I am. It was lovely. It was like a chick flick. He took me out to breakfast, we walked around his city arm in arm, went shopping, he made us lunch, more kissing, more TV, more sex, and I finally had to go Sunday night...We'd spoken, sent texts, etc., but I became suspicious when I'd see that he was constantly online on more than one dating site. We'd discussed our desire to find someone to have a relationship with and had such a great time. I don't get it, but like I said, I was married for a long time, so I'm used to being in a monogamous relationship. I asked him basically what the deal was and he told me basically the same thing that you said, Cary. Except he added that I'm a beautiful, smart, funny, sexy woman and have many options available to me. I'm new to dating and shouldn't just see the first guy that I met on the site. He was very honest about how men feel about getting to know someone at that early stage and he can't promise me monogamy when he just met me...to determine that, we need to spend time together, relax, see where it goes, and then have the discussion if/when it became a regular thing. I appreciated his observations about me and his advice. No man's ever broken it down like that to me before. I think my angel sent him to tell me something...and give me something. Thank you. :)

In conclusion, he said we'd get together the following week, because we both had plans (I sing with a band). Yeah...I haven't heard from him since. He's still online, though! So...I guess that men want you to be honest, want open communication or so they say, but they really don't want that very early on or you come off as aggressive, needy, or desperate. I'd love to have a lover/boyfriend/relationship and can't live without hot passion (although I did while married), but I don't sleep around. The guy who shares a physical relationship with me can't sleep around either. I'm not quite sure why he'd still be looking for someone else...he certainly liked me enough to spend the weekend with me, treat me like a girlfriend, and loved it when I did the back flip off of his nightstand into position #67. Lol. Lesson learned. Grateful for the message and extremely grateful for the short-lived passion. :)

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I've been dating a guy I met online for about 3 month and he still has his profile up. He's not seeing anyone else, nor do I think he's looking to. Men are less organized in managing their online presence, but that is a generalization. If his facebook, linkedin, etc. are always kept up to date and impeccably managed, I may worry, but not yet after 2 dates. Also, I assume you have not yet had the "exclusive" talk, so he's not really breaking any rules... I suggest throwing this in when you are having the talk as a side note.

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I've been dating a guy I met online for about 3 month and he still has his profile up. He's not seeing anyone else, nor do I think he's looking to. Men are less organized in managing their online presence, but that is a generalization. If his facebook, linkedin, etc. are always kept up to date and impeccably managed, I may worry, but not yet after 2 dates. Also, I assume you have not yet had the "exclusive" talk, so he's not really breaking any rules... I suggest throwing this in when you are having the talk as a side note.

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I have been seeing this guy for a month now, and he still has his profile up as well, which wouldn't worry me if he just left it and forgot about it, but it seems he still uses it and checks it... I do still have mine but i changed my status to "in a relationship".... his still says "single"??!! HELP

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Have the two of you agreed to be in a relationship? If not - and if I were this guy - I'd be concerned that you'd changed YOUR status on the site, not that I'd not changed mine! What, you just "decided" to be "in a relationship" without consulting the guy you're supposedly in one with?

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He actually asked me to be his girlfriend, as in we are in a relationship, boyfriend/girlfriend sort of relationship.

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I am dating a guy for 12 times now,he really likes me and I like him a lot,but I still see him on line.....what should I do?

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