| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/1/2008 6:35:15 PM | I very much doubt it, havnt had much luck when i was under a different profile name , where i was honest and seriously searching for someone special, you cant be "attracted " or have a chemistry with someone over the computer..... its just wrong, but you can meet some nice people, and you can hang out in the forums and learn alot !!!!!!
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/2/2008 9:37:05 AM | OP,
Just my 2 cents...I believe we can meet someone online. As for the person (s) we'll meet being "the one"...this is doubtful. Just being realistic.
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/3/2008 12:41:36 PM | It can happen. A good friend of mine signed up on a free site (not POF but similar). Now granted she is in a larger city than I am. Her first contact said the right things and they arranged a friendly meet. A few months later, they are really enjoying being together and it seems to have a lot of promise for both of them.
Now it doesn't often happy on the first try but I know it does happen. However be realistic about expectations. It can often take time and just like being at a singles bar IRL, there are the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright weird. You have to sort them all out with often just a few clues.
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/3/2008 2:29:46 PM | Well the old adage goes "hope springs eternal", and I'd have to say that in this case I happen to agree.
I approached POF with the goal of getting to know some new and interesting women. If all I get out of the POF experience is a few new friends, then I'd consider it a success. However if I do happen to find that one special woman who's heart beats in rhythm with my own, then I'd most likely be so happy I'd be out dancing in the streets! 
In any case I think that life should be lived to the fullest every day, so for now I'm perfectly content to get to know a few ladies, without worrying about whether or not I'll find a solid serious relationship here on POF. Besides which, I've always thought that a story is much more interesting when you haven't flipped to the end of the book to find out how it all turns out.  | |
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/3/2008 8:27:06 PM | | I am going to answer the question with a question. Have you met the someone you are hoping for in real life? Obviously not. So if you are skeptical about meeting someone here, then you should be just as skeptical about meeting some one at all, anywhere. I was conversing with a fellow who said something to the effect of happily remarried being impossible. I told him not to pop my bubble of hope. But if I never meet someone to keep, then I have met a lot of great folks and intend to have fun on the path anyway! | |
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/4/2008 12:40:15 AM | | i have met some very strange women online lol ,but i also met someone who i was with for over a year,but we were both just out of marriages and stuff,and i think we needed to be single for a while and just enjoy ourselves.bad timing. | |
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/5/2008 6:03:27 AM | | In my experience a lot most women dont reply to your emails and those that do dont stick around too long. If someones not interested theyre not interested and it would seem that a lot of people are just on here to socialise, flirt or mess with peoples heads. Finding a genuine person who wants the same as you and who wants you is harder than finding the needle in a haystack. Trawling the bars and nightspots can be time-consuming and futile but at least your meeting real people. Online you dont know who is for real and who isnt. Good luck. | |
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/5/2008 8:27:58 AM | Having been on here for a little while im pretty put off by the idea of meeting someone off an online dating service. Seems the women are all waiting for 'something better' to message them and if they do say hi back it is short lived. Kinda lucky dip I guess, click on one of the many mesages they have and see if they like it. However im sure the same goes for the blokes too (so im not having a dig at women).
To be fair for a person like me I have realised that a women wont get to know who I am through sending a message. But when you dont get the chance to actually go and say hi in person how are you going to get that across ? Im sure many people feel the same way too.
As always it is all down to looks, so the slightly extra heavy, or those not 'gorgeous' are just deleted quick sharp. Whatever happened to the dating game, its more like a dating shop now.
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/5/2008 9:32:35 AM | Of course I believe it is possible to meet somebody online! If I did not, I would really have no reason for being here in the first place...except for these forums!! When I click with somebody on here, I do not put limitations, such, 'oh, he lives too far away or he is 'out of my league'. At the same time, if things pursue further, then I am willing to get away from the computer, pack a bag and go meet! It's the ones who fill you with hopes and dreams, then cut loose when things begin to develop that drive me nuts! If you can't walk the walk, then don't talk the talk!!
Let loose,........have fun........be yourself..........and don´t look for someone, let yourself be found...........
Couldn't agree more with that one...with a heavy emphasis on 'be yourself'!! However, I have made one or two really GREAT connections with one or two who I approached first!
it would seem that a lot of people are just on here to socialise, flirt or mess with peoples heads.
Unfortunately, there are lots of these ones on here and that's fine if they are open and honest about it. We are all looking for different things here. I find the ones who have very little info on their profiles are usually the ones who are not seeking anything of substance here.
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/5/2008 4:13:58 PM | Well, I've gotten a few replies about the  while you can..... (that was a joke by the way)
Yes, anybody looking for dating or long term can meet somebody online so they're off of here forever but that's pretty rare as most generalize online as just a convenient bang bar or playground. You rarely find that mature person who is also looking for good friends or a serious relationship and since most of us are single parents, we don't have the time to do that. There are several other topics like "divorced and never married" about this same topic thus we enjoy just being casual and straightup, just like at home, being on the forums and talking to whomever. | |
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/5/2008 5:02:57 PM | | Possible to meet someone, but the men seem to be seeking a perfect "10" and always think someone better will come along so they meet 2000 women one time but they whine that they cannot find anyone to date. | |
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/5/2008 9:14:29 PM | Can you meet someone on-line? …Sure.
Can you get to know someone on-line? I don’t believe so.
You can drop your test and filter questions and use that to figure out who you don’t want to go out with. But, if you really want to get to know someone, you need to meet with them. You can learn ten times more about someone in a 20 minute face-to-face time than you can in weeks of e-mail and text messages. Everyone and be anyone…online.
Be smart about your dating, watch out for the “nice guys”, and have a good time.
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/5/2008 9:48:47 PM | I look at it as a waste of time. There are thousands of women who are stating in their profiles that they want (if not need) to meet men as soon as possible, but what I see is the opposite! I think most of them here just to test their abilities in attracting members and receive plentty of responses and flirts which are enough to satisfy their whims for the day.
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/6/2008 8:45:49 PM |
Finding a genuine person who wants the same as you and who wants you is harder than finding the needle in a haystack. Trawling the bars and nightspots can be time-consuming and futile but at least your meeting real people. Online you dont know who is for real and who isnt. Good luck
I agree, it is harder than finding a needle in a haystack. YOU may meet real people in bars but that is not generally my experience. I don't think you know who is real and who isn't until you have known them a while or are extremely astute. That includes on line and off.
^magnaniminous: you belie your name. Satisfy their whims for the day? And men don't do this. As I always say, the real ones are few and far between. | |
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/6/2008 9:02:20 PM |
In my experience a lot most women dont reply to your emails
In my experience neither do men. I can't tell you how many emails I have sent out on this site only to get completely ignored.
If someones not interested there not interested and it would seem that a lot of people are just on here to socialise, flirt or mess with peoples heads.
I agree with you. This is a free site after all . No one has any money riding on this so the majority of people who sign up here have no serious intentions of ever finding anyone. I joined up on two pay sites a couple of months ago and in those two months I have had more messages from men and met more people then in my entire year and six months here.
Finding a genuine person who wants the same as you and who wants you is harder than finding the needle in a haystack.
Well you get what you pay for I guess. | |
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/6/2008 11:07:59 PM | I agree with the last part of your post, mainly the last line:
Besides which, I've always thought that a story is much more interesting when you haven't flipped to the end of the book to find out how it all turns out.
You truly never know what can happen when attempting to meet someone on-line. I have had a really bad experience (met,married,divorced) and a few good experiences (very good friends) meeting men on-line. Would I change what happened? Not a chance because all these experiences have made me who I am. A stronger, wiser, and more cautious woman.
It's really not a question of meeting "someone" on-line but more of a question of meeting "the one" on-line. Honestly, I think you have just as much of a chance finding that special someone here on-line as you would off-line. The biggest problem on-line is people judging the "book" by its "cover".... | |
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/7/2008 5:16:42 PM | | I hope so! Unfortunately I'm not the type to sit at a bar and strike up a conversation. Everyone tells me to head to the grocery store. I'm not sure why this is the favorite place for people to meet. I'm just picturing myself, reaching for toilet paper and trying to indulge a woman in conversation. Interesting perhaps. | |
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/8/2008 12:32:08 AM | I do believe in my nick name beach dancer and I don't need to do anything to prove it to you. And please read my statement carefully before you prejudge, I said that most of the women (not the women here). You just need to be responsible when you respond otherwise you may put yourself in that category that you mentioned..  | |
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/8/2008 12:51:56 AM |
I'm just picturing myself, reaching for toilet paper and trying to indulge a woman in conversation.
Exactly how would you start a conversation over this topic?...lol...
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| Do you believe you can meet someone online?
Posted: 6/8/2008 3:23:14 PM | greetings everyone
im new to this and so far i have met one person on this site which was great and we are emailing now and then.the big question is yes i think you can find your soul mate online many people might not agree but its an experience that wont come often
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