Using internet to find dates: Yes? No? Maybe?

Hello all,

I wanted to see if anyone had experience with dating people they met online through something like "match".

I have pretty much no dating experience (one blind date, one sorta half a date) and I'd like to change that, and it seems to me that an active pursuit is better than waiting around for random luck to strike.

Thoughts???

 

It can work, but you may be shocked on the first date to find the picture does not match the person you have been emailing with - it may be an old picture.

 

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True, there's always the possibility of the picture bait and switch trick, but hopefully the person that shows up will at least be female! hah ha

If things aren't what I expected, well then it was just one date/meeting, no big loss.

And hitman, I'm glad to hear about your success story!

 

I've met a great guy over the internet though not through a dating site. We just spoke to each other as people would normally and things just took off from there. So maybe if you're lucky you'll find someone

 

Thanks for the replies fellas.

Anyone else?

 

Finding sex? Easy. Finding a relationship? Difficult. That's just my experience...then again, it's easier to turn a fuck into a relationship than to turn a friendship into a relationship, IMHO.

 

I met my boyfriend on the internet... But not on a dating site.

There is no harm joining dating sites and seeing what happens, but don't rely on it. When meeting someone in 'real life' just don't hold too many expectations of exactly who they are.

 

i met my xgf over the internet. She was all i ever wanted but i let her go because of her family...BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER! I think internet dates could be a yes and no. Either one

 

ive met most of my bfs thorugh the internet, including my current amazing one who i plan on marrying. so yeah, id say its worhwhile... ilike the free ones the best though (okcupid and plentyoffish for example, and cupid where everyone buries their email address in their profile)

 

I agree they can be good and bad. I've never used an actual dating site, but I do meet a lot of interesting people through myspace. My profile is set to only looking for friends, though. I don't really put myself out there.

The guy I am currently persuing I met through a psychic forum on myspace. He interpretted a dream for me, and I gave him a picture reading in return. And since then, we've been talking everyday. We are long distance, but the cool is that he works in my state some parts of the year, and we will get to meet in December.

The thing I am going to do that I didn't do last time I met someone from online is not put a whole lot of stock into the photos, which are older, I know. And I'm just going to wing it. I don't think we'll have an issue though because I absolutely love his personality, and either way, he is still one of my best friends.

 

Met my guy online and we are getting married in 2 months

 

I guess meeting people online just removes certain barriers from potential relationships. Telling someone you like them or love them or starting a conversation with someone you like face to face is so much harder than over the internet.

 

yeah, i met some of my friends through internet, and they're amazing people... of course, with other people, we just broke our friendship... i think you could meet some interesting people, but better not to create great expectatives unless you feel self-confident... it can be a very bad thing if you broke ties with them...