Problems with Online Dating

Originally Posted by e130478

I recently started online dating, and am having zero success with it. I really don't understand it. I am good looking guy, tall (6'2) have a good job but can't get anywhere with women online. In most cases women read my message, look at my profile and then don't reply. What's most baffling is this other common scenario: the woman reads my profile, replies a couple times, then just stops communication altogether. The other weird one is when they never reply but then continue to look at my profile over and over again over the course of a couple weeks. I really don't get it. Wondering if my profile picture wasn't attractive as I thought, I did an experiment. I created a grindr profile using my profile pic to see if I could get attention from the other orientation. Within hours I had a ton of messages from good-looking gay guys (I'm not gay but am sexually-aware enough to know when a guy is attractive or not). The only demographic of women who WILL respond to me and be extremely attentive are the overweight ones. While I am not very superficial when it comes to looks, being overweight is a sign of bad health and a huge turn-off to me. Any tips from guys who have had success?