Was wondering if anybody had any interesting experiences using online dating? Now that I live in the middle of nowhere again, I don't get to see friends much and my social life is in a bad way so it's hard to meet people. At the moment I have a date planned for Saturday with a what appears to be a lovely girl but I can't help wondering if she's going to be crazy or something. Is it still a hang out for weirdo's or has society finally accepted it as just another way to meet other "normal" people like yourself?
As far as I can tell mate it's been accepted into our culture now, any notion that it's populated by wierdos only is a thing of the past. Obviously not everyone thinks the same way but it's not something to be concealed now like it was, nobody I know is arsed about admitting "I do online dating". Not had any experience with it myself, I've even thought of signing up actually so I'll be interested to hear others views and experiences.
I met a couple girls on that stupid site that only works on cellphones called AirG and wow they were crazy!! One girl brought a freaking gun to my house told me she has cancer and is going to die so why not now? I had to to talk this girl out of trying to kill me and then herself by sleeping with her, which was cool since she was pretty hot. The next day she just showed up wanting to get freaky again which was also pretty cool. She ended up just being my fuck buddy till she died... jk haha shes healthy now she moved away. The other girls were not as crazy but all were just as freaky. if anyone goes on that site just be careful who you talk to and let into your house. i wasn't thinking with the right head. i could of died because I'm a horny pervert. oh watch out for girls who only put pics of their face they might be huge.
I've talked to a handful of girls on OKCupid and in the 3 years I've lazily been trying: 1 date that went nowhere (she gave her number but I guess I didn't call quick enough?) 1 girlfriend Could be worse. The women on OKC are outnumbered by a very wide margin so you won't have much luck unless you look genuinely interesting to them.
Holy cow that's crazy! Well last night I went on my aforementioned date. Was pleasantly surprised, incredibly nice girl and cute too. Now it's just the whole charade of wondering what to do next and if there's any hope of a second date. Early signs seem positive but then her brother did try to add me as a friend on Facebook this morning and then promptly cancelled the request. No idea what that was all about.
He was probably just looking you up and pressed the "add friend" button by mistake... happened to me before lol.
I tried it once... result was two girls I dated for a short while, then went for real life dating and it was much better. It's an option if you're in the middle of nowhere, but if you happen to live in a big city I wouldn't use it. It's too impersonal, people are too picky and judgemental... for example, a girl will turn you down (not respond) immediately if your profile picture isn't super spectacular. In real life she may sleep with you on the first date, but online your image is so crooked and artificual, people expect their target to be absolutely perfect - granted, they now have been given the ability to choose between thousands. And I know it's true because I'm the same. Even if I'd go out with that girl if she asked me in real life, I may just not respond to her online because the picture gives me the wrong first impression. Online dating can be cruel - and it can seduce you to make the wrong decision. Maybe that girl who's profile picture looks shitty just chose it because she doesn't want to get too many horny messages? And maybe she's the love of your life? Also, think about who uses online-dating. The amount of people with skyhigh expectations is enormous. I would always recommend real life humiliation risk (Do you wanna go out sometime?) over pseudo-"safe" online communication. It distorts reality so much that it becomes a big circus full of actors who wanna impress.
I tried it a few times but nothing special. Didn't even get any dates. Depends what site you go on, even though many people view dating sites is a place for sleazes but so is picking up a girl from a bar. So each to their own.
I tried Match.com when I got back to the US. Not good and not really bad. The downside is that there are a ton of people. You end up picking them out like you're shopping. Even if I had some email conversations with them I had to go back and check their profile again and again because I'd forgotten. And meanwhile you're browsing though tons of other profiles. The whole thing became superficial, myself included. A good site is MeepUp.com. You join groups based off of your interests. Some of the people are a bit older but you can find groups with people your age. I went to their board game group and there were about 30 people there from all walks of life. It was at a Denny's in the back room and the average weight and calorie consumption was just off the charts...heh. I also found an "international" group for people who have lived overseas. Worked well for me when I moved back home after being away for so long.
Well I'm now up to 5 dates with the aforementioned girl I went out with. So far she seems like a keeper. I'm either very lucky or there's a monster in the closet ready to rear its ugly head.
