Dating and the internet

[Riders]

Well I've been on OK Cupid for years and I use to put up ads a lot at Craigslist.

The thing of it is I use to get a lot of scam artists married men pretending to be single
And single guys looking for one night stands for years.

I finally found a really nice to date on a friendship basis.Believe it or not I found him through a craigslist ad.Everyone tells me there's nothing but psychos and scam artists at Craigslist.

I used the platonic friendship section.My ad said they're would be no sex but I was interested in non sexual touch such as hugging kissing holding hands.

I actually had several nice guys who responded amount a batch of creeps who still wanted sex or money.

Now that I have met a nice guy through Craigslist I know longer agree with the negative sentiment about Craigslist.


However I do believe the romance section and sexual liaison section obviously is still pretty sleazy.

I just happen to think platonic friendship section has a higher quality group of people.Thats just my opinion.

If you disagree feel free to respond.

I have had all sorts of experiences through internet dating.

There is a common military man scam out there.Several times they tried to pull that one with me.They say they're at war or over seas they have good-looking pics of strong military man on their profiles.

Then they say they don't have the money to get home to you and get you wire them money.

I don't have enough money frankly to be scammed.The first time they tried it on me I figured it out but I fell for it for 2 days.I figured it out before they got my money luckily.

We women ingeneral and I do appreciate a strong military man in uniform it's sexy. It's easy to get tied 4th o the idea that this guy will protect me.

Sure I admit I love military men so I'm not embarrassed to admit for a couple of days I was taken by it.

I saw a red flag when I said if your telling me the truth you should be able to give me a physical address to write you.

He said oh it's secret mission I can't give it out.

One night I actually ran into a real military guy.

He took one look at my facial picture.because my head pic looks good he assumed I was thin and fit even though my profile had my weight on it.

Like men sometimes do he saw the picture didn't look at my profile.

He told me confidentially that he was the only single military guy on OK Cupid because military men liked dating military women.

He said he'd been extra desperate but he doubted very many military men were actually at ok Cupid.

He told me military men like military women because they have to have someone who can keep up with their lifestyle.

They like military women because they have fit body's who run around all the time and lead a busy life.

So chances are if a Military man on the internet approaches you unless your young and have a really hard fit weight lifter type of body it most likely is a scam.

But anyways so if anyone else has has bad internet dating experiences put it hrre.

 

[Stevicus]

I'm not a big fan of those dating sites. I saw an article which had a picture of men and women sitting around a bar - but rather than talking to each other, they were all transfixed and glued to their phones.

I'm not sure what the actual success rate of these sites would be, at least in terms of how many are matched up, get married, and live happily ever after.

As for the creeps who seem to abound on these sites, I recall back when I was a kid and became aware of the phenomenon known as the "obscene phone caller." That sort of fell by the wayside as caller ID technology became more widespread. And the internet has become a veritable playground for today's version of the "obscene phone caller." And of course, the scammers are out there, too.

I think there's something a bit toxic about these sites. I've seen some pretty angry tirades from both men and women who feel they got burned in some way through these sites. But I've always tried to be careful about these things. You never know what kind of psychos are out there.

 

[Araceli Cianna]

I met my boyfriend on a spiritual dating site. Nothing like craigslist I guess but I have had a good experience with it.

 

[McBell]

I met my wife of 16 years (17 come Sept 2017) over the internet.

 

[Riders]

I met my wife of 16 years (17 come Sept 2017) over the internet.

Wow congratulations.Yes I think there are some high quality people on these sights. You just have to be careful the way you present yourself and respond on them.