Yes, and I even dated one person for a year. But for the most part, I wouldn't say I've had much luck with online, I'm more likely to meet someone in person locally and have something begin with them.
Of course, on my current shift that's near impossible to do.
I met my ex husband online. But, I am happy because I now have a son and the wonderfully amazing man that I am dating now I met online. It;s really hard to get out when you work from home and are a single mom.
NEVER settle. If I had, I'd be married to a guy wearing white patent leather shoes and his pants would be under his armpits. Whew - dodged that bullet!
Waaaaay before most of you heard of "online" or "on line dating". In fact, I moved cross-country twice to be with my "girlfriend" (neither of which worked out).
There was online dating before there was match, e-harmony, or most any of those other dating sites. We just met and congregated in odd places called BBS'es :P
I'm not foolish enough to rely on finding a good one through chance encounters in person in my local area, when technology allows me to meet beautiful and interesting people from all over the world. :)
NOPE .. not desperate at all (quite frankly .. even though I'm a long-time single .. I shudder after seeing the types of .. well .. bottom feeders .. that have shown up for others as potential dates .. even on sites such as match.com .. (or any others) ...
I'm COMFORTABLE with who I am .. and would much rather generate the good friendship first .. a wonderful, caring supportive friendship that perhaps becomes something more in the future -- know the person first (instead of having a computer program clinically and mathematically /match/ me to another).
(and Horrifically .. there's been those on this site that actually ADMIT they are Married .. still post on these single sites .. and are looking to just have flings with others .. (SHUDDER)).
ASK QUESTIONS .. too many predators walking around in real life .. and with the anonymity of the computer .. It is even harder to pick through these clinical descriptions and find someone actually worthy of the attempt of a date.
If I WAS going to connect with somebody online (which is purely hypothetical and irrelevent to my real life because I am with somebody for a long time now) it would NOT be on a dating site, just like in real life I would never have gone to a singles bar or any place designated for singles to go looking for romance, even before I was in a relationship.
If I were going to meet somebody online it would the same way I met somebody in real life, and it would be on a site like this one, where it would be unplanned and unlooked for, like the platonic friendships I have made here. It would happen by chance after encountering the person and getting to know them through their posts and finding common ground with them in our opinions on important issues.
In short, I would rather stab myself in the eye with a fork than join a dating site or anything that smacked of a lonely hearts club situation where just by showing up there you're saying "Hey look at me, I'm desperate and needy and can't find love on my own!"
I've NEVER been interested in guys that I knew were obviously looking for a wife, and thought they'd give it a shot hitting on me, because that is a HUGE turnoff. I'm not interested in being just another ball popping out at the batting cage, swing a...
Nope. I never was that desperate.
If I WAS going to connect with somebody online (which is purely hypothetical and irrelevent to my real life because I am with somebody for a long time now) it would NOT be on a dating site, just like in real life I would never have gone to a singles bar or any place designated for singles to go looking for romance, even before I was in a relationship.
If I were going to meet somebody online it would the same way I met somebody in real life, and it would be on a site like this one, where it would be unplanned and unlooked for, like the platonic friendships I have made here. It would happen by chance after encountering the person and getting to know them through their posts and finding common ground with them in our opinions on important issues.
In short, I would rather stab myself in the eye with a fork than join a dating site or anything that smacked of a lonely hearts club situation where just by showing up there you're saying "Hey look at me, I'm desperate and needy and can't find love on my own!"
I've NEVER been interested in guys that I knew were obviously looking for a wife, and thought they'd give it a shot hitting on me, because that is a HUGE turnoff. I'm not interested in being just another ball popping out at the batting cage, swing at em all and see if you can hit one. How the heck special can you feel if you're just another fish swimming by the hook of a guy who'll take the first one that bites? NO THANKS.
I REFUSED to act in even the slightest way like I was out specifically looking to meet men when I was single, and if God forbid I were ever single again I would refuse again. I met my boyfriend when I wasn't lookng in the slightest and I think that's how love is supposed to happen - when you're not looking. Because that's how you know it's the real deal. If you're not needy at the time, then you know you're not jumping into possibly the wrong relationship because you're needy. If you don't need A man (or A woman) but you find you need THAT one, then you're pretty well assured that it's the real deal. If you meet the one you had no idea you were even looking for, then it's a very good chance that they're THE one.
Jdate (Jewish dating site) and afrorommance (interracial dating site) both sucked and are not worth the money.
Of course, on my current shift that's near impossible to do.
There was online dating before there was match, e-harmony, or most any of those other dating sites. We just met and congregated in odd places called BBS'es :P
I'm not foolish enough to rely on finding a good one through chance encounters in person in my local area, when technology allows me to meet beautiful and interesting people from all over the world. :)
I'm COMFORTABLE with who I am .. and would much rather generate the good friendship first .. a wonderful, caring supportive friendship that perhaps becomes something more in the future -- know the person first (instead of having a computer program clinically and mathematically /match/ me to another).
(and Horrifically .. there's been those on this site that actually ADMIT they are Married .. still post on these single sites .. and are looking to just have flings with others .. (SHUDDER)).
ASK QUESTIONS .. too many predators walking around in real life .. and with the anonymity of the computer .. It is even harder to pick through these clinical descriptions and find someone actually worthy of the attempt of a date.
If I WAS going to connect with somebody online (which is purely hypothetical and irrelevent to my real life because I am with somebody for a long time now) it would NOT be on a dating site, just like in real life I would never have gone to a singles bar or any place designated for singles to go looking for romance, even before I was in a relationship.
If I were going to meet somebody online it would the same way I met somebody in real life, and it would be on a site like this one, where it would be unplanned and unlooked for, like the platonic friendships I have made here. It would happen by chance after encountering the person and getting to know them through their posts and finding common ground with them in our opinions on important issues.
In short, I would rather stab myself in the eye with a fork than join a dating site or anything that smacked of a lonely hearts club situation where just by showing up there you're saying "Hey look at me, I'm desperate and needy and can't find love on my own!"
I've NEVER been interested in guys that I knew were obviously looking for a wife, and thought they'd give it a shot hitting on me, because that is a HUGE turnoff. I'm not interested in being just another ball popping out at the batting cage, swing a...
If I WAS going to connect with somebody online (which is purely hypothetical and irrelevent to my real life because I am with somebody for a long time now) it would NOT be on a dating site, just like in real life I would never have gone to a singles bar or any place designated for singles to go looking for romance, even before I was in a relationship.
If I were going to meet somebody online it would the same way I met somebody in real life, and it would be on a site like this one, where it would be unplanned and unlooked for, like the platonic friendships I have made here. It would happen by chance after encountering the person and getting to know them through their posts and finding common ground with them in our opinions on important issues.
In short, I would rather stab myself in the eye with a fork than join a dating site or anything that smacked of a lonely hearts club situation where just by showing up there you're saying "Hey look at me, I'm desperate and needy and can't find love on my own!"
I've NEVER been interested in guys that I knew were obviously looking for a wife, and thought they'd give it a shot hitting on me, because that is a HUGE turnoff. I'm not interested in being just another ball popping out at the batting cage, swing at em all and see if you can hit one. How the heck special can you feel if you're just another fish swimming by the hook of a guy who'll take the first one that bites? NO THANKS.
I REFUSED to act in even the slightest way like I was out specifically looking to meet men when I was single, and if God forbid I were ever single again I would refuse again. I met my boyfriend when I wasn't lookng in the slightest and I think that's how love is supposed to happen - when you're not looking. Because that's how you know it's the real deal. If you're not needy at the time, then you know you're not jumping into possibly the wrong relationship because you're needy. If you don't need A man (or A woman) but you find you need THAT one, then you're pretty well assured that it's the real deal. If you meet the one you had no idea you were even looking for, then it's a very good chance that they're THE one.