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Curious....after reading a profile, what makes you send a friend request or not? Do you sometimes read profiles, even though you have no intention of sending a friend request?
I read every profile completely before I send one. I want to be sure that I can talk to that person from time to time and it mean something. Friends don't talk everyday, every week or even every month but they are friends and it's ok. I do look for something to use as a common ground to start off with and build the friendship from there.

Remember to check out a few of my stories. You can find them here.

https://www.lushstories.com/profile/Jimwillhavefun/stories


For those who like a change and prefer something a little more PG, check out my stories on Storiespace.
https://www.storiesspace.com/profile/Jimwillhavefun/stories

I always read profiles, just for fun sometimes. Some are quite amusing. The most often reason I'll send a friend request these days is that I have read something someone wrote and want to get to know the author better.
I'm rather reticent about sending out FRs. I read a lot of profiles but seldom feel confident that they'd welcome my intrusion, so I rarely send FRs. There's an old Native expression: 'Don't go where you're not invited' that I live by. I carefully read everyone's profile when they ask me for a friend request and accept most.
i rarely send requests. however, i ADORE reading profiles! i often end up 'profile hopping'. you know, reading someone's profile and perhaps seeing an interesting pic someone posted and then clicking on the poster's avatar. repeat. i have never sent a request after reading a profile. my m.o. is to send a message about whatever intrigued me and try to start a dialogue. if it goes well, i may follow up with a request. however, sometimes i'm just satisfied having a pen pal.

Say. Her. Name.


When I was new here, I would read profiles and send out friend requests to some of those I found 'interesting.' Now, I only send requests to people I click with either in the forums, or through stories. But I'll accept requests from pretty much anyone, so long as they don't expect too much from me. I'm not really into chatting or messaging back and forth.

Don't believe everything that you read.

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I'm rather reticent about sending out FRs. I read a lot of profiles but seldom feel confident that they'd welcome my intrusion, so I rarely send FRs. There's an old Native expression: 'Don't go where you're not invited' that I live by. I carefully read everyone's profile when they ask me for a friend request and accept most.


How could you not be invited anywhere.....you seem pretty harmless to me?

As a newbie, I will be reading profiles to look for some commonality and then sending out friend requests, as that is one of the main reasons I am here is to make some "interesting" friends.
I rarely read profiles. If I'm chatting w/ lush member through whisper in chatroom and it seems like he's chatty then I tend to send friend request.
A friend request is useless if member accepts but doesn't use blk box(lush IM).

Isn't that the purpose why a friend request is sent? To chat easily and see when member is online through friend list and see online under avi?

Notoriously known for deleting lush users from friends list.
I don't like collecting them.

Couldn't careless to be a Pokémon Mistress in cyber space.

(Gotta catch `em all--no thankyou.)
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i rarely send requests. however, i ADORE reading profiles! i often end up 'profile hopping'. you know, reading someone's profile and perhaps seeing an interesting pic someone posted and then clicking on the poster's avatar. repeat. i have never sent a request after reading a profile. my m.o. is to send a message about whatever intrigued me and try to start a dialogue. if it goes well, i may follow up with a request. however, sometimes i'm just satisfied having a pen pal.


Me too! I do a lot of profile hopping, and often after a witty quip on the Forums (probably how I met you, Nia) (and I'm thankful). And yeah, I don't chat with my friends too often here, but I am kinda into the penpal thing, via email. It's like sending letters, back in the day, but way easier.

Also, if I may defend the mostly-absent-friend thing: I don't black box or post on walls or interact with friends a lot, but I do like to keep tabs on what they are doing or saying via the friends activity page. We're friends for a reason! I am interested in what you are writing, or commenting on, or saying on the forums, or putting on your blog (especially blogs pix!), even if I don't say hi too often.
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Me too! I do a lot of profile hopping, and often after a witty quip on the Forums (probably how I met you, Nia) (and I'm thankful). And yeah, I don't chat with my friends too often here, but I am kinda into the penpal thing, via email. It's like sending letters, back in the day, but way easier.

Also, if I may defend the mostly-absent-friend thing: I don't black box or post on walls or interact with friends a lot, but I do like to keep tabs on what they are doing or saying via the friends activity page. We're friends for a reason! I am interested in what you are writing, or commenting on, or saying on the forums, or putting on your blog (especially blogs pix!), even if I don't say hi too often.


Explains why you never friend me. LOL.

Remember to check out a few of my stories. You can find them here.

https://www.lushstories.com/profile/Jimwillhavefun/stories


For those who like a change and prefer something a little more PG, check out my stories on Storiespace.
https://www.storiesspace.com/profile/Jimwillhavefun/stories

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Couldn't careless to be a Pokémon Mistress in cyber space.


the imagery with THAT made me chuckle on an otherwise HECTIC friday the 13th

and DITTO on honeydipped's profile/wall/pic hopping - so many things seen and unseen, true and false, funny and serious are posted across lush...

"all that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost, the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost" j.r.r. tolkien
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the imagery with THAT made me chuckle on an otherwise HECTIC friday the 13th



I've made you laugh a few times. You're welcome.smiles
I only send a friend request if we have had some interaction in the forums, then I check out their profile.
I don’t entertain anyone who can’t be bothered to put up an AV and has a liking for the silhouette. Anyone who follows me I check out their profiles too .. so far I haven’t gone far wrong, only the odd blip although I don’t send very many requests, I prefer them to send a request first
I personally have only sent one friend request and that is after some lengthy correspondence! Anyone who sends me one and has nothing in their profile page I dismiss and move on. You know everything about me and I know nothing about you just doesn’t work for me
Long time reader but exploring more now. Is there a way to screen/identify seniors or is reading profiles the only/best way? Looking for friends over fifty years old. Not an ageist. I accept friends under 50 also.
A man in the house is worth two in the street- Mae West
A lot of profiles fall into the feast or famine category - either too much info or nothing at all. I might have reached out by PM (not FR) to a few of interest in the past but not lately. The one time I FR'd from a profile alone (and wow, was his gallery a sexy one), it went nowhere. In two years I've initiated five FRs at most. A succinctly-worded profile is fine, but there has to be some other interaction to get a better sense of what a person is like.

Having said that, some of my best conversations have been with people who are not on the 'list.' Friendship is a state of mind, not a status.
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Long time reader but exploring more now. Is there a way to screen/identify seniors or is reading profiles the only/best way? Looking for friends over fifty years old. Not an ageist. I accept friends under 50 also.


Does 117 count? I am def not a 20,30,40,50ish person. LOL. You can add me if you want to. Careful though, you may want to read my whole profile. I am too old for games and have been known to go off on people.

Remember to check out a few of my stories. You can find them here.

https://www.lushstories.com/profile/Jimwillhavefun/stories


For those who like a change and prefer something a little more PG, check out my stories on Storiespace.
https://www.storiesspace.com/profile/Jimwillhavefun/stories

I send requests for lots of reasons. If all I have done is read someone's profile, it is highly unlikely I will send them one. Still, it does happen. In general, it's because they have written about themselves in a way that I really appreciate, or displayed some art that I wish to discuss.

More often, my requests go out when I love somebody's story/poem, or when they comment on/score one of mine. I also tend to reach out to new followers, etc.
My Featured Stories
The Snowglobe Conspiracy – Solving a great mystery | There Is No Butterfly – Time Travel competition entry | Incurable Arousal – Most viewed | Toxic, But Not Sinister – Mutual loathing at its finest | You Were – An experience in the second person | Desiderium – A scattering of lovers
I send out some requests, but I find that some people don't desire honesty.
I will always read someone’s profile before I might consider sending them a friend request. I have sometimes generally read the persons profile multiple times by the time I will send a request. I much prefer to chat with the person first if possible

For the past few months I’ve been using Instagram and been using the site to post my photography . Here’s the link to my profile 

https://www.instagram.com/farmerroger1/

My recommended read

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/love-poems/amongst-the-arabian-sands

here’s a link to my photography album in my media

https://www.lushstories.com/profile/farmerroger/media?album=2399646

If we seem to have a connection after chatting
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If we seem to have a connection after chatting


This! If we have chatted by mail or in one of the rooms. I like bumping into people with interesting profiles (the above an example) and if we chat and there is a spark or connection then yes. I don't tend to rush into friend requests so generally by the time one of us sends we already know we'll accept!
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If we seem to have a connection after chatting


I tend to connect with writers, I find interesting.
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If we seem to have a connection after chatting


I tend to connect with writers, I find interesting.
I don't always send a friend request after reading a profile, there maybe something in a persons profile i am not in agreement with or something about them doesnt seem right.
Being from the United Kingdom. I tend to mainly send friend requests to UK members, but I usually like to chat and get to know them first. Having said that I'm meeting and chatting to more and more members on here from all over that I'd like to get to know a lot better
There are no strangers here - just lots of sexy friendly folk to chat with ?
I don't think I have ever sent out a friend's request before asking. I would rather talk to the person first and if we have something in common, then i will ask. I have spent times in chat rooms wanting to talk to someone, but i shy away. Just don't get the nerve to do it, i know it's stupid lol
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I send out some requests, but I find that some people don't desire honesty.


I agree with you. Being honest may be one of the Golden Rules, but very few appreciate it. That is why I put a blurb about my dark side on my profile. If they read that and still want to be friends then cool. If not then it is their loss.

Remember to check out a few of my stories. You can find them here.

https://www.lushstories.com/profile/Jimwillhavefun/stories


For those who like a change and prefer something a little more PG, check out my stories on Storiespace.
https://www.storiesspace.com/profile/Jimwillhavefun/stories

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I agree with you. Being honest may be one of the Golden Rules, but very few appreciate it. That is why I put a blurb about my dark side on my profile. If they read that and still want to be friends then cool. If not then it is their loss.


Meandering with fools that chew their cud with BS, is a waste of my time.
Reading profiles one of my favorite things to do here, if I find it interesting I'll send a request.