Dating over the internet

[jacquie4000]

How many people have met someone throught the internet?

Did you actually end up meeting that person?

If they posted a photo when you met them was it that person?

Was it a good experiance?

Was it a bad experiance?

Would you do it again?

 

[PureX]

Did you actually end up meeting that person?

Yes. In fact, I flew all the way to Australia to meet her (though I also wanted to see Australia).

If they posted a photo when you met them was it that person?

Yes. And she was prettier than her picture in real life.

Was it a good experiance?

Yes. Unfortunately, the distance was too great for us to take things further, but we had a great time for the three weeks I was there.

Would you do it again?

Yes.

 

[Booko]

How many people have met someone throught the internet?

One of my best friends met her husband online, back before the Internet, when it was just bbses. They've been married 15 years and have 2 kids.

Did you actually end up meeting that person?

It was all local bbses then, and a few of them that were more "social" would have monthly get togethers at restaurants or taverns or whatever. There were a couple of bbses I frequented where I went to their regular gatherings.

If they posted a photo when you met them was it that person?

You couldn't post photos then.

Was it a good experiance?

I still have a lot of friends that I met years ago, online. When things went beyond the local area, I made friends in other parts of the country, and I still keep up with them.

The weird thing is, there are some friends I've had that I still don't know their real name. And it's not like you can look up "Wonder Duck" in the phone book to try and reconnect, huh?

Was it a bad experiance?

Well, it pays to be careful. My friend that met her husband online, before that she dated another guy from online that turned out to have some rather, uh, unusual interests. Fortunately, he wasn't pushy about anything.

I've also met a few people who really needed professional help, and fortunately never got my family sucked into their problems. I can't say the same for all my efriends. I met a guy with multiple personalities once too. Um...that was interesting.

Would you do it again?

My experience has been that meeting people online is best done in groups. That way, you can walk into the restaurant or whatever and if they look just a tad too bizarre, you can turn around and no one need know you were even there.

I've met people one on one before, but only when I'd known them for a bit online, talked to them on the phone, and finally I'd only meet them in a public place. (Bookstores with coffee shops are good for this sort of thing also.)

OMG! I just did a Google search on my old handle and bbs, and there's a site with my old (bbs) phone number and info out there. Wow...someone collects this ancient history?? :faint:

They spelled my "real" last name wrong, though. Typical. :sarcastic

 

[Circle_One]

I met a guy with multiple personalities once too.

Did you meet all of them?

 

[jacquie4000]

Did you meet all of them? ___________________________

I have not dated in quite some tiem since my ex-husband. But I needed the time to find myself again. But I might be moving to Florida as all my family is there now and thought I could meet people this way so I was trying to see how it went for other people.

 

[Booko]

Did you meet all of them?

I'm afraid so.

 

[ayani]

i'm considering meeting someone on-line. i'm kind of tired of being alone. which make me feel guilty- i have friends after all, and i love them dearly. i would like to get married, though. nyyyyy. i have to think about it. but these answers are cool to read, thank you. they're helpful. :yes:

 

[Hacker]

How many people have met someone throught the internet?

I've met a few people who I enjoy chatting with on the net(including yenz )but not in person.
It seems to be the "in" thing these days.
.....And Jackie, I don't think it's a bad idea to try out internet dating...... I'm sure you know this but, just be careful.

 

[Ciscokid]

How many people have met someone throught the internet?

Did you actually end up meeting that person?

If they posted a photo when you met them was it that person?

Was it a good experiance?

Was it a bad experiance?

Would you do it again?

For the most part, internet dating experience was fairly frustrating. I can't say that I had any nightmare experiences but at the same time I wasted otherwise perfectly fine Saturday nights on women that were just bizarre.

After saying that, I met a wonderful woman on Yahoo personals who I may be moving in with in the next month or so. I haven't been this happy with my personal life in a long time.

So in the end, I'd say give it a try if you want but do NOT set your expectations high.

 

[Circle_One]

I met my ex boyfriend on Myspace, as well as pretty much my whole circle of friends, right now.

I've met a lot of people online, that I'm now extremely close with in person.

 

[PureX]

I have not dated in quite some tiem since my ex-husband. But I needed the time to find myself again. But I might be moving to Florida as all my family is there now and thought I could meet people this way so I was trying to see how it went for other people.

I think it's a fine idea, just be careful. Lots and lots of people do it. I had a bunch of friends both male and female that used internet matchmaker sites to find dates when I lived in Chicago. It really was just a normal thing to do in the city. Meet them in public places, and don't give out any personal information until after you meet them and feel safe enough to do so. No last names or addresses or listed land line phone numbers, or work numbers. In Chicago everyone had cell phones, and sometimes women would insist on meeting for the first time with friends present. I certainly heard about dates that didn't work out, but I don't recall any stories about anyone meeting lunatics or stalkers or anything like that.

 

[Hacker]

After saying that, I met a wonderful woman on Yahoo personals who I may be moving in with in the next month or so. I haven't been this happy with my personal life in a long time.

Wow that's so awesome!

 

[jacquie4000]

I had ask a few friends they said meet at someplace like borders book store..I don't know if everyone has....but a book store with coffee shop that way it is casual. I will be carefull no address and such. I just think it is time I find someone in my life.

 

[PureX]

I had ask a few friends they said meet at someplace like borders book store..I don't know if everyone has....but a book store with coffee shop that way it is casual. I will be carefull no address and such. I just think it is time I find someone in my life.

If nothing else, you might make a few new friends, which would be great if you had just moved to a new town.

 

[jacquie4000]

If nothing else, you might make a few new friends, which would be great if you had just moved to a new town.

Yes and other then the military I have lived my whole life here so it will be different.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I've never met anyone who I've talked to online. I even know exactly where this one girl I was talking to for awhile lives. Last girl I talked to, claimed to be a DJ at a bar in South Bend, IN., and she had no idea where Kokomo is, which made to believe thier is a 80% chance she is lying.
Too make a long story short, a well known strip club in Indiana is in Kokomo, and several of the dancers even live in South Bend. Chances are that the type of bar she is supposedly a DJ for, and her type of lifestyle, she more than likly would have heard of this club, thus known Kokomo is about an hours drive away.

 

[Lindsey-Loo]

How many people have met someone throught the internet?

Me!!!!

Did you actually end up meeting that person?

No, thank goodness...

If they posted a photo when you met them was it that person?

Doesn't apply...

Was it a good experiance?

No.

Was it a bad experiance?

Yes.

Would you do it again?

Maybe...

 

[darkpenguin]

I'll answer more in depth tommorow as i'm on my way to bed but me and my fiance met on the internet and are still very happy after over a year, we really feel like we've met our soul mates in each other! A truly wonderfull feeling!

 

[jacquie4000]

I'll answer more in depth tommorow as i'm on my way to bed but me and my fiance met on the internet and are still very happy after over a year, we really feel like we've met our soul mates in each other! A truly wonderfull feeling!
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I want to hear more than please......

 

[darkpenguin]

I want to hear more than please......

Lol, well after a 2 year hellacious relationship with my x (total bunny boiler) I'd pretty much given up hope in relationships. Then one day in Sept '05 using my mums computer I checked out face party and found sophie who lived near me and was online at the time. So I emailed her and we got chatting on msn and it turned out we had the same circle of friends but never met. We exchanged numbers and got on really well so we arranged to meet at my works night out and ended up getting drunk and playing giant jenga (I let her win of course lol).
I honestly didn't see it going anywhere at that point as IMO she's the most beautiful woman alive and at the time my confidence wasn't exactly booming.
She called me up a few nights later and we went out for a drink and found out that we both shared a love for the tv show Angel so we went back to my flat and she borrowed one of my box sets.
A few nights later we started going out and havn't looked back since.
It's great treating her how she deserves to be treated, she never had flowers bought for her before - I love buying her flowers and our first proper date together was also something she's never been treated to before by x's - a really nice Italian meal. *somewhere in between when i realised I loved her I stayed up all night so I could walk the 5-10 miles to her parents home to tell her this before she set off to work*
I asked her to marry me on valentines last year while we were both sleepy in bed, I don't know why but it just felt right.
We don't have a date for the wedding yet due to money issues but I can't wait to have a huge one and I know she feels the same.
I think I realised that I loved her when the thought of spending the rest of my life with someone didn't scare me and actually made me feel really happy.
Despite our little arguments which any normal couple have, I wake up every morning feeling like the luckest guy alive!