| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 5/20/2009 3:49:24 PM | I have been on here since my g/f signed me up about a year & a half ago. The first two months I spent responding to email & chatting with guys on MSN ... bad move as many on here have no intention of ever meeting but just want to engage in "online activity" with various women & show off or collect "private" pics. 
I went out on maybe one or two coffee dates per week for the first three months, sometimes twice with the same person before realizing we were not a match, usually due to a lack of smooth communication, dead chemistry, because they expected me to put out after coffee or lied about their age. 
I've had 4 short-term monogamous relationships ... 1 month, 6 weeks, 2 months & 6 months. Yes, I call those shorter ones 'relationships' because we saw each other frequently & were both hoping it would work out to be a long-term thing. I'm still friends with most of my exes because everyone has a little bit of good in them & I try to focus on that, but we are strictly platonic friends. As far as how many Poffers I've met, I attended events regularly for several months early last year ... probably met, chatted & danced with hundreds but have only kept in touch with a couple of dozen, mostly women.
I have been date-free for the last few months, mainly because the only guys who have asked me out either live too far away, are young enough to be my child, old enough to be my dad or had "PLAYER" clearly stamped across their forehead.  | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 5/20/2009 4:50:18 PM | I know/met more people from this site from the real world, than I have THRU this site. I actually know some people here that don't have a clue who I am(from the site), or maybe they just don't wanna admit it.  Of course some of them knew me when I used to be a hippy. 
Back on topic, the number of women I have met thru this site is very,very, tiny, tiny.Almost small like. Kinda like my effort here at times. | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 5/20/2009 8:25:00 PM | Wow! What a surprise to me! Here I thought everyone else was dating and I was the only one who dreads it. Guess I can change my profile again. Huh! I even beat some of you. Well, maybe. (not to say that you share my (lack of) motivation for the coffee date)
Perhaps it IS true that people are not on here to date?
Some of you know my counting skills so...I won't bother trying to remember who I've met personally outside of events since I was the sweet, innocent, shy Debra2005!
Very, very interesting....
I do know one person on here though who has dated one on one quite a bit - a lot, a lot, a lot - and not a player either. Maybe it is just the ones who post in the forums who don't care to date much? | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 5/20/2009 9:31:05 PM | How many people have you actually met in person from POF?
Wrote to talked to then met in person, and how long have you been on POF?
Met in person: 5
Wrote to/talked to then met? same
How long a member: 1 year
Happily caught since: Aug '08. (#5) | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 5/20/2009 10:19:22 PM | I see a reoccuring trend. Not many after along time. I think I have sent out about 40 hi hello how are yous and got about 3 or 4 replies back. Met anyone from here in person 1 through another function though. What a disaster that was. So if you send out 40 email to people and only get back a few responses, it really leaves me to wonder why people are here? Look at a pic in a box, read some words deleted the email. I guess it could be surmized that communication is not some peoples strong point, or that there is alot of I'm really NOT looking for something long term, or someone to date, or I'm not trying very hard to get to know someone. Although I think that perhaps alot of people aren't good communicators.
How on earth can you look at a profile and say NOPE, without ever talking to the person, except based on a picture and some words? Yes physical attraction means something, yet YOU HAVE NEVER MET THEM
Really when one person says I'm looking for someone intelligent funny and a good cook, then just goes and deletes or reponds to a person (any person) who contacts them leads me to beleive that they aren't really trying to hard to either date, or get to know someone?
It's almost like you can say "WHY ARE YOU HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE"
Oh "FOR THE SAME REASON YOU DON'T MEET PEOPLE IN PERSON"
If you always do the same things you'll always get the same results. | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 5/21/2009 10:42:18 AM |
I think I have sent out about 40 hi hello how are yous and got about 3 or 4 replies back.
10%!! You are doing better than most! Keep up the good work.
How on earth can you look at a profile and say NOPE, without ever talking to the person, except based on a picture and some words? Yes physical attraction means something, yet YOU HAVE NEVER MET THEM
You will get over this, everyone else that has been here any time has.
Not trying to sound like an ass..but nice approach on the pity thread...lol | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 5/21/2009 4:14:58 PM | Pity no, just wanted to see if the meeting rate is as dismal as I thought it was. It's easier to meet someone out and about or in in the grocery store for crying out loud and here people can know a few things about you, which really is an eye opener.
I guess people can't complain about the lack of dates or meetings when there is no initiative taken. Funny enough they still do. | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 5/21/2009 4:18:35 PM | I have email many people.
I am new so I have not many people in person, but Jane may going camping this weekend and that will change things. | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 5/21/2009 6:24:29 PM | On a group level or in a personal setting?
Group? Probably 100+.
Personal? Maybe 50-ish? More? I don't know. Your mind goes as you age, you know. | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 5/22/2009 7:30:05 PM | I have been here nearly 5 years now. I probably met nearly 100 in the first couple of months, mostly from here (I was on about 40 other free dating sites, so it's hard to remember,
but most were from POF). Mayebe 1 or 2 a week after that. I had 2 LTRs crash & burn the first year. Then I met my S/O & we have been together for nearly 4 years.
Since I am now here only for friends & forums, I don't meet as many people in person, since for friends no geographical restrictions are neccessary. I have made chat-buddy friends
here from Australia, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Scotland, the UK & all over the States. | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 6/17/2009 10:15:01 PM | | Hmm I've been a member for about 4 years and have met hundreds of people through hosting events. But I can't really recall how many I met one on one. Actually it was probably too many to count and I finally gave up... then wham, met just ONE more and voila. Go figure. | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 6/17/2009 11:17:45 PM | I have met some wonderful folks, both men and women from this site. I think if more people responded to emails and actually got out and met folks you would find out there truly are some great people here. There are of course some whackos as well but ya have to have coffee with alot of frogs to find your prince..i know its suppose to be kiss but i dont' coffee and kiss..lol One man on here that I met almost a year and a half ago that I think the world of and love him to pieces but not everyone is ready to settle down. I just started getting out to the different groups for camping weekends, hiking etc. and starting to really get to know folks better. Too many people on here judge way too quickly and its sad but a fact, they will probably end up alone.
I wish all you fishies the best and remember take a chance..you just never know   | |
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Posted: 6/18/2009 11:58:38 AM | ^^Agree, MsBehavin!!
Met maybe a handful individually and it was a great learning experience... But the real rewards come at the events. Been to two of them: one in Victoria and another in Coombs and was very pleasantly surprised at the quality of people there! Warm and real...
Want to do some more.
MN | |
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Posted: 6/18/2009 2:19:15 PM | I am such an unsocial hermit!
I have been here off and on for about year. haven't met anyone and I don't plan on it.
I have on the other hand, come across people I knew in person.
I do talk to a couple of people from here on MSN. | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 6/19/2009 10:31:21 AM | I've met about 20 people, mostly on coffee dates. Haven't done any of the POF events. Can't seem to link up with them. Would like to though
Am dating someone for the past 4 years. Did not meet on-line. I can never seem to develop any chemistry with anyone on here. Just seems like there are too high of expectations when you meet, and that sort of scares me. Prefer to meet people "naturally" | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 6/19/2009 7:35:42 PM | Lemme see now.....
Talked to around 40.......dismissed 35, loonies.....
Met 5........4 were loonier.....
Last one turned out be just a stalker, just relentless......
Oh the fun and games of online bizzaroworld.............. | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 6/20/2009 11:06:48 AM | | I joined in January 2009 and have met zero people in person so far, though I keep contacting fellows whose profiles interest me. I have also received zero first contacts. Not a whine, just the numerical facts so far. | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 6/20/2009 4:40:09 PM | Been on POF for about 1 1/2 months & have met 2 guys. One we emailed back/forth for about 2 weeks then met. I dated hin for about 3 weeks but ended it, sadly, because I had a hard time reading him. The 2nd, we spoke on the phone but I knew after we met in person that he wasn't for me.
For me, I have to get to know someone abit before I'm going to meet them, but I think it's best to meet in person as soon as possible and see what they actually do look like and whether or not you feel any chemistry. Saves you both alot of time.
Good luck! | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 6/20/2009 5:19:37 PM | lovnlife
I read your profile and it has some negative comments on there that perhaps you should re-think. It's ok to get frustrated with online dating, but that should never come across in your profile or in your conversations with people. I know I for one never tolerated when a man would b*itch about his ex, or his job, or this site because that's not what I was there for. Also treat every woman like they're an individual... don't send blanket emails, they're more obvious than you'd think. Keep your chin up, you're going to find someone when the time is right. | |
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| How many people have you met in person??
Posted: 6/21/2009 1:36:05 AM | | Unfortunatley ive met alot, Alot of liars!! prolly met 200 off the net over the years. Been on pof off & on for about 4 yrs. So far everyone has a story & the bad has far out weighed the good.... | |
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