How do you tell someone on an online dating site that you're not that into them?

Too scritchy like harsh wool?  Causes too much static shocks being too plasticy?

She doesn't feel like GF material to me. Sorry, should have been clearer.

(Common problem that...)

And can you tell if they’re made from this from the laundry care label?

What if the potential girlfriend is on the spectrum and has cut the label out?... crikey? It’s harder than I thought?

Acrylibeast?  The source of the wondrous acrylic wool? 

What material are girlfriends made from? 

Ahhhhhh... there’s lies Aspie logic and potentially nativity. There are many reasons both genuine and otherwise that make someone join.

i always found it to be a mix of the genuinely looking, the hurt looking for a path forward, the curious, those looking for easy conquest, and those like me, who don’t have great social skills or have much opportunity to get out and meet people and want to make contact with other people.

If she doesn't feel like GF material then why is she on a dating site? :-D

I met my husband online 14 years ago. I knew I'd never meet as anyone socially. I searched for a male within  50 miles of my home who was into mountain biking (you could put your interests into the search). We 'met' within 2 weeks of both joining s don't have any online horror stories to tell. It definitely helped to look for someone with a shared interest. 

I told her honestly I didn't see her as GF material. She said she was feeling the same way.

So, up to London for a singles event tomorrow.

I’d be inclined to end a reply to her message with ‘thanks for the chats. I hope you find what you are looking for’ 

I may have used a term she wasn't familiar with?

That Armistice thing is very strange indeed. How can anyone have missed that?

Haha!  I'm chuckling at the 'arguably'!  My French ex's English was better than mine!

I'll suggest just friendship then. Thanks.

She's from Hong Kong, but now lives here. Her English isn't great, which is arguably a drawback.

I don't think I could use it for those very reasons.  I once actually got 'friendly' with someone on a social media forum and we struck up a close correspondence.  She was in Canada, and I decided to go out and meet her.  It didn't go well!  The closeness we had online was destroyed by the actual meeting, when we both realised that the reality didn't live up to the idea we'd conjured up in our heads.

Then there was my last partner, who got in touch with me from France after she'd read something I'd posted on a writers' site I use.  That became really intense.  We ended up exchanging countless texts and emails a day, then chatting on Skype.  Finally, she came over for a holiday and to visit me.  Within a month, she'd moved in.  It was an absolute disaster.  An epic nightmare.  I'm so glad it's all in the past now.

But when you're in the thick of it all online, it can seem like the most wonderful thing.  Reality usually bites, though - or so I've found.

I guess ignoring or keeping your distance doesn't work for online dating?

And proposing a friendship because of a whole lot of reasons?

It doesn't sound like you've actually got anything much to 'break off'.  I'd just say that it was nice chatting to her, but you would really prefer to talk to someone closer - something like that.  Unless you live in Hong Kong, too, dating isn't going to be that easy for you!  I'm sure she'll understand.  And she's probably got plenty of other people waving at her.

I understand the thing about 'not upsetting' people, though.  You don't have to tell her you don't find her physically attractive.  Just some other way - like I've said - of showing you're not really interested.