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Internet dating - opinions please?
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Anyone done it?
Anyone met up with someone from an internet dating site?
Anyone had a relationship with someone from an internet dating site?
A good relationship?
Advice on first meetings?
Any advice would be helpful, I'm curious...
x x x
Anyone met up with someone from an internet dating site?
Anyone had a relationship with someone from an internet dating site?
A good relationship?
Advice on first meetings?
Any advice would be helpful, I'm curious...
x x x
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My first girlfriend i met online when i wa 13 and lasted 2 YEARS over msn and on the phone, i met up with her a few times not much though.
Its better to do it when your not young so 18+ or so
Really, thats pretty cool.
As far as first meeting advice goes just be yourself and go out and do something fun just like a normal first date.
he's the only person ive met off the net that i've been in a relationship with though (i have quite a few friends off this website ive met in real life) although i had a fling with someone off here once but it really was nothing.
i dont think theres anything wrong with internet dating although its 'our little secret' that we met on there. neither of us want to go round going "omg, we met on a dating website" because of the stigma attached to it. his mates would rip the piss out of him and well, as for mine, they woudln't be so bad but they'd have a dig
when we first met, we just treated it as any normal date.
congratulations!!
Anyone done it? Kinda - I've put my toes in the internet dating pool but I'm just not ready to dive in yet
Anyone met up with someone from an internet dating site?Nope, maybe one day if I could be arsed to find a decent pic where my eyes aren't closed or I'm not looking stupid
Anyone had a relationship with someone from an internet dating site?not really
A good relationship?nope sorry
Advice on first meetings?somewhere public and safe!! And don't get too drunk.
Awwwww, congrats
We met on here 5 years ago. We are 3 and a half years married now.
I know of a few people that have met their partners on match.com and various other dating sites too.
With regards to first meetings ... meet somewhere bright, light, public and don't just go out on the piss with them. Take it easy and don't have too many expectations.
Snap
(Well we've only been going out for 6 months, but I joined the site and talked to her long ago
Ok, that sounds bad, but it ended up working out all right.
I went through a bit of a dry spell after breaking up with my ex, about two and a half years ago. It started getting me down quite a bit, every bloke I met, whether he be in a club, pub or at work ended up being after one thing and I never had anything in common with them.
I decided to post an advert on Gumtree (London classifieds website for those not in the know) on the dating part and see what happened.
I got a MILLION replies, mostly generic ones from sad, lonely buggers (and one from my ex-boss who had no idea it could have been me, but that's another story).
I went on a few dates and nothing much happened.
My best mate has never really had much luck with guys. She only had her first kiss on her 18th birthday where the guy tried it on with her and she'd seen a couple of guys but they had treated her like crap. I said to her she should post an ad. She refused. I then threatened her if she didn't post one and get that frown off her face I'd write one for her myself, vet the guys and force dates on her.
In the end she agreed, however I wrote the advert as I believed that she wouldn't have given an honest view of herself (ie. too cynical) and the replies flooded in.
She struck up a conversation with one guy, his name was Ryan and here we are a year later. They are very much in love, attached at the hip and off to Rome next week for their first anniversary.
Baring in mind she would NEVER have considered this without my pushing I believe online dating is a great way (and now more sociably acceptable, thank you MySpace!) to meet people and in regards to giving it go, can't knock it till you've tried it.
Good Luck!
Ooooh and congratulations Kazbo!! WOW! That is mindblowing! I wish you all the happiness in the world with your soon to be new hubby!