| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/28/2009 8:16:29 PM | b4 i met my bf, online dating made my life hell! constant lies, broken promises, guys never called me again yet they expected me make my life easier for them, etc. i guess u can say after the guys i met, i found out some of them tended to be a lil racist. funny how they talked shit to me online after i met in person, but couldnt do it in my face.
ive been doin online dating since i was 14, yea 14 i know used 2 post ads and what not... | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/28/2009 8:26:54 PM | No, it doesn't make your life easier! It is an introduction service. You have to view it as that and remember that you are being introduced to the general public. Would you expect to find love from the general public selection at your local post office? Not likely right? Not likely here either. But it is a nice diversion and it is a nice way to learn a lot about dating in general and about human nature. I find that most interesting.
Online dating is really blind dating and how often does that work out? I'm sorry to be so negative, I have met some nice people from this site who I consider to be friends, but I have not and do not expect to find the real thing from an online dating site. Just my honest humble opinion. Doesn't mean you can't have fun. Doesn't mean you won't, just not likely in my opinion. | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/29/2009 3:25:54 AM | | Has anyone ever 'dated' someone living in a different country to them? If so how does this work? I think one of the beauties of online dating is that you could potentially meet people from a country that youve never even been too! Any tips on these long distance relationships - do they even work? | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/29/2009 3:47:47 AM | | Oooh....I am not a fan of long distance dating...I think it'd be great to get to know someone from another country and then possibly meet down the road (haha "My country or yours?") But I wouldn't call that "dating" so much as I would simply say a pen pal. Great way to make new friends! Just be careful not to get too emotionally involved before you've even met them. Been there, done that...met someone who lived in TX (I'm in CA) through electronic dating and we had great phone chemistry. We'd talk almost every night for hours and hours. I even sent him a care package after hurricane Ike hit the TX coast and he was without power/water for a week. After about a month of communicating, I made the decision to travel on over to TX to meet him and get the opportunity to see a part of the country I hadn't seen before. I loved seeing Southern Texas and also drove into Louisiana for a couple of hours. I don't regret that part. But wow...we did NOT have the same connection in person as we did over the phone. Thankfully I had my own hotel room and didn't rely on staying with him for the duration of my trip. That made it easy to have my own time away from him because...wow, it just wasn't going to happen. If we hadn't lived so far apart, we could have met in person much more quickly than we did and saved ourselves a lot of time. At least now I can say I've seen part of the "dirty south"!! (that's what the ladies at the rental car station told me...I was heading for the "dirty south" haha) | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/29/2009 1:20:54 PM |
Has anyone ever 'dated' someone living in a different country to them? If so how does this work? I think one of the beauties of online dating is that you could potentially meet people from a country that youve never even been too! Any tips on these long distance relationships - do they even work?
I don't dabble with LDR. Not my cup of tea. If I can't drive there within a reasonable time frame, I ain't going there.........Too cumbersome and although I'm not the type of woman that needs her man 24/7, I want to have the flexibility of us seeing each other if we so desire sooner than later............. | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/29/2009 1:33:36 PM | Online dating doesn't make life easier. Sure with the internet the world become one village in a way of speaking. But still is impersonal, in the initial contact. People don't really don't know you but would base a decision mostly on a picture. In real life however, there is more of a chance to have a conversation with a girl who probably who not even give you the time of the day via an internet profile.
Alhough online dating has some perks, the first impression,conversation or even some kind of bonding in the first contact doesn't exist. I'm sure a lot of guys on here would share the feeling. | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/29/2009 1:46:44 PM | For me.. the ONLY thing that online offers is as follows
Greater exposure to women who ALLEGEDLY are available and looking to date
This is versus the millions of women OUT THERE in the world that I pass on the street, in the store, or anywhere else. The problem with "public women" is they KNOW the only thing I know about them before saying hello is.. that I found them PHYSICALLY and SEXUALLY attractive before I struck up a conversation.
They dont know anything else about me, other than the clothes I happened to put on that morning and since I'm a casual guy.. or sometimes doing projects, my clothes look like they are either DUE for the thrift store.. or CAME from it. I dont wear a sign that says "This guy has a closet full of suits and ties AND owns 3 tuxedos"
2nd, it shows me how articulate she is. Her use of language, spelling, syntax as well as gives me a clue about other points of commonality. Things such as religion, or hobbies, or physicality of activities.. you know.. intellectual pursuits versus activities that require being MORE fit than not. I'm not OPPOSED to the museum or art or things of that ilk, but I like to water ski and scuba dive.. BOTH things that require being on a boat.. I dont want a bookworm over a bikini-babe.
3rd, I can see certain preferences.. such as smoking, or drinking or having kids or NOT having them.. wanting them or being done. I can determine compatibility by reading their profile BEFORE I say hello. It saves the time of trying to learn all this stuff on a first date or two.. without grilling them like a cross-examination.
4th, frankly her online behaviors leading up to actually meeting tells me something too. The details of what it tells isnt important enough to type here, but it IS telling.
So.. to sum it all up, I like the "filtering" aspect of what online provides. I use it accordingly and have a LOT more time available for the things I like to do. | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/29/2009 7:46:05 PM |
Since you're new I'll save you the trouble of posting any questions about dates. The answer always is "Sorry. He's just not that into you"
May be i'm all that into you, just the distance sweetie...
OP it is all depends, on what you are looking for, plus the fate and luck as regular life.. yet i think alot of people has alot of chances here, specially women, keep it up.. you never know, just believe it the better is always comming..
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/29/2009 8:38:19 PM | Makes it easier to meet women who are single for a damn good reason to begin with. I think in person or via friends is the best way if you have the chance. And most women would have a easy time that way. The rest who aren't too serious, but like to think they are. Come here.
However if in a rare case you are for real, this site can work for you,(but only for women, as this site seems nearly useless for men)as I am sure a few eligible men have probably already contacted you by now. I do understand women get some pervs, but I don't think its as many as they put on. | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/29/2009 8:59:39 PM | You know what makes my life easier? My snowblower. It rocks. Every winter it cuts through snow like a hot knife through butter (or snow I suppose), and we get a fair amount where I live.
On-line dating is just another avenue for meeting a woman who may have common interests as mine. It isn't the only one - my last girlfriend I found outside of this site. If you treat on-line dating as such, you'll be fine. | |
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| You hit it on the head, Army Mom
Posted: 10/29/2009 9:17:14 PM | We'll meet more men and potentially have more dates. All I've encountered were players, liars. One slept next to me on the couch after a drink and during a movie. He talks in his sleep I noticed. Mumbled the brand name of a herpes drug. Guess what I gathered? LOL. I let him go within the hour. | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/30/2009 12:21:13 PM |
Advantage - you have the opportunity to connect with much more people than you will encounter in your day to day life.
Disadvantage - of all of those much more people, the majority of them aren't people you would want to encounter in your day to day life.
This sums it up quite nicely, I think.
Does it make my life "easier?" I'm not sure I even understand the question. Online dating doesn't really affect "my life" at all. It does offer me a few more opportunities for entertainment that I wouldn't otherwise have in my day to day life. Entertainment to include reading the forums, rolling my eyes at some of the emails I get, and the positive of the occasional new friends I make. It's just another dating option I keep open. I keep my expectations low, and keep living my life offline as I always do. | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/30/2009 1:00:20 PM |
No it doesnt . I havent met one single guy worthy of a free meal on line.
You probably won't until you are divorced, but that is another matter. | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/30/2009 1:46:28 PM | | Easier? No way. Actually, I find it harder. What I've noticed is that people tend to have a few people they are getting to know you meet the person hit it off and they pursue you only to find out that they poof. Its a tool, but not sure its an answer to the dating dilemma. | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/30/2009 1:50:38 PM | Does online dating make your life easier?
Thats the wrong question to ask.Online dating or dating websites are not there to make your life easier,or any harder.Once you starting thinking its doing either then you loose sight of the objective which might lead to faliure.Online dating is there to help you make "contact" with people you might otherwise not have.After that,your on your own.Unfortunately,most people expect online dating to give them everything from partners to sex buddy's to perfect girl/boy friend.It also gives people the illusion of "knowing" someone they meet online even thought they have never met in the flesh.Online dating is great as long as you remember that there' no such thing as dating someone online! | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/30/2009 4:32:55 PM | alot of my good friends and close acquaintences are in Russia. Really this interweb thing is the only way I get to talk to them. The post takes such a terribly long time. 6 weeks to get a letter/package to St Petersburg or Moscow! Really this is the best place for me to keep those friendships alive and meet new people with the same interests. Now there isnt any 'dating' going on per se; but when I visit next spring, there will be a whole lot of fun.
Its technology, its a tool, use it to its best benefit. | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 10/30/2009 4:42:36 PM |
I dated a guy online. It didn't work out, I didn't know who he was in the end.
I guess I got played big time.
Strangely this is a story that people have told about people they have met other places including in church.
On line is no different than in the usual places in your neighborhood.
One just has to be aware and alert and know what questions to ask of the person and their friends. | |
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| Does online dating make your life easier?
Posted: 11/1/2009 11:51:32 PM | | I have found that it has helped me in some ways. I have had some very kind ladies contact me. It really helped my confidence which was very low after a breakup. It helped me get back into the groove by chatting, flirting, and meeting up to say hello. You will most likely not meet the person you wish to find, but if you put some effort into this and actually give it an honest try it will get you back on your feet again. You will meet some friends which is nice for those times when you feel alone. You can just drop an email, text, or phone call and go do something. Good luck! | |
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