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Internet Dating
Posted by sophielc • 3/27/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: Dating, internet dating, love
Have any of you ever tried Internet Dating sites?
Do you believe you can find a life partner this way or would you just use it to meet a virtual partner?
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LOL
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Cool pic... LOL-
It's great that there's a meme for just about every concept that's annoying/pointless/worthless/mind-numbing on the internet.
Anyway, internet dating is for warcraft drones and cybersex morons who went to business school. Lame subject, totally hopeless. People can't even get a date in real life, the computer is just something to hide behind. And I say this all with a completely disgruntled bias and no actual statistics, naturally.
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I haven't tried an internet dating site, but my current husband & I met in a chatroom, originally. -
Married and lovin every min of it....but i am not judging those who do so -
I totally disagree with riverstyxxx.
My wife found me off Friendster (technically not a dating site). And no, I'm not a WoW whore. I even went to law school and did the long-distance relationship while dating. Of course, the whole point of dating is sharing time together in the real world. Internet is simply used to connect to each other... the rest takes 'real world' effort.-
I agree with you. Even when my husband & I met online, we were just friends for years & years. Neither of us were looking for a partner, but after a while we realized that we were just really good together & we took it from there.
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Actually, I know lots of "normal" folks that use internet dating. It's actually becoming more common place as folks become consumed spending more and more time on the job.
Case in point - she has this Korean friend who is honestly the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. She works 12 hour shifts as a nurse at a hospital - and her hours fluctuate all the time. In college she had to beat away suitors with a stick - but now she has no time for dating.
Well, she found her perfect match online. And for the record, she's not WoW person. -
One of my best friends ended up finding and eventually marrying a guy she originally met on an Internet dating site. He's not a loser or a creep or any of those stereotypes, it's just neither of them were having luck finding decent dates in their area. They've been together for ten years now. -
Sometimes internet dating works. My co-worker met her husband on the internet 8yrs ago and they've been happy ever since, she's 5 months pregnant now. Then there are others that have been very unsuccessful. So it's all on a person to decide. -
I will be celebrating my 10th anniversary in a few months. We have been together for 12. We met online before there was EQ, or WOW or dating services. In fact, we didn't know what each other looked like the first time we met. I guess you could say we were geeks. I always laugh at the stereotyping on this subject. I had plenty of dating opportunities when I met my husband. None of them shared any of my visions for the future. After all these years, I am really glad I didn't settle for one of them just because they were handy.-
Congrats on the anniversary.
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The Internet is great for dating. When I used it for that in 1997 everyone laughed at me. Now everyone uses it to meet people. I was just ahead of the times
It is best for meeting people in different places around the world. -
Yes I have. And my reason (Sorry River but I disagree with you) is because I thought that women that actually paid 80 bucks to be on a dating site would take dating more serious. Turns out I was wrong, the same freaks are also on the dating sites throwing their money away. -
Why not ?? I think Internet is a better way!! At least, you can choose people with whom you might have things in common!! In real life, you might have to meet a lot of people before finding someone close to you !! -
I still haven't seen any replies from someone "Normal" here who can justify typing to a complete stranger and sharing photos in hopes of one day getting married to that person, based in part off superficial interests. People lie all the time on the internet, it's just photos and typing on a keyboard. We lie in person too, but it's getting easier all the time to see who's full of hot air and who isn't.
Whatever happened to shaking someone's hand and saying hello? Is it all about cellphones, pda's, and myspace? I don't have either of those three, and I do just fine!
Technology is a great thing, but it's just not a replacement for real life issues we have to deal with.-
I think you are missing the point. In theory, people that sign up for internet dating are more serious about it. Although I never had much luck with internet dating, I do feel like it is a good concept.
When you meet people in person and go out to dinner for example, you are stuck there for an hour having to listen to her go on and on about her ex and how bad he was. Personally, I am tired of being a therapist on every first date. -
Riverstyxxx, if you ever met my wife and I - you'd think we're pretty 'normal.'
Let's assume we're out of your circle of life - you do realize that NOT everyone lies? Not everyone bases relationships on superificial things? Not everyone is a geeky cybersex moron?
I recommend you to seriously consider the possibility of genuine folks out there using the Internet as one of MANY avenues to meet new people... not the ONLY way to meet people.
On that good note, I'm still waiting to hear a successful BC story - two bloggers meeting on these wonderful online threads and ultimately getting married someday.
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Mewie, Thank you sir.
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Well, everything revolves the internet nowadays. I know tons of people who met their partners or gf/bf off the internet. -
I wish my brother would go to one. Can't do any worse than the one he's got. Nut! Stealing peoples stuff and saying "I found it." Yeah, in my moms' house.-
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My sister in law sucks she cheated on my brother. I found on my internet history "How do I win my wife back?" My brother's a dork. I've been holding it in for 2 weeks now gotta let off some steam.
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Yea that sucks. The "Cheating Spouse" syndrome is why I'm still single and comfortable with it.
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Wanna get sick? Read the blog posts
www.myspace.com/2hot2rod -
Thanks, but I just don't go on that site at all.
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If I wasn't married I guess I'd give it a shot.-
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Very Funny!
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Well, I have used, not actually dating site, but one for serious relationships. And I met my husband that way, we are happily married for 8 years now.
I received a lot of responses on my profile and after some time you learn to read between lines, if you have some brain, of course. It is not so simple to lie in a longe run, when you exchange e-mails every day for some month. It may be more difficult than in person. You know, when you are attracted to someone in real life, you tend to have your eyes blinded and will not see or not want to see. But when you only write to someone or speake over a phone for sometime before meeting him/her - it is more difficult to be blind. -
Mewie, this would be great!
Imagine me finding the man of my dreams on BlogCatalog!
Who's on for starting a new group: single bloggers looking for love on BC?
(Not me, I'm too shy!)-
you and me :-)
name: filou-sophie or veryheaven
love & dating group - exclusively on BC for BCMss
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Internet dating can be great. Its just another avenue to meet someone. If you're a busy professional internet dating could be one of the few places to give you a chance to meet on your own schedule. I live in a city where you can live minutes from someone and never cross paths. It give you a way to expand your dating potential. I don't use it exclusively, but it's apart of my dating exposure.
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