Internet Dating

browneyedgirl7928

Heh. I have quite the story about my boyfriend and I. When I was 11, I got my very first internet connection to the family computer. I loved to write so I joined some MSN RP groups. (RP = Role play. However, not the kind of role play adults do... not exactly. It was for story content rather than sexual content. lol) I became involved with a lot of wolf rp groups (I loved and still love wolves.) and ran into a good friend of mine named Trace. She turned around and, over an AOL chat room, introduced me to Jake. He was 9 at the time and apparently he used to be intimidated by my ability to type fast and my writing.

We've kept in contact off and on ever since. During high school, it turns out we both had super crushes for one another but never actually had the guts to say anything. Then the hurricanes hit Louisiana and he fell of the grid for a couple years.

Then, two years ago, about this time of the year actually, I get a random text, "Is this Nona?" It turns out it was him after a long journey of stalking me online for about a month trying to figure out how to contact me again. (Yay for an old DeviantArt message.) We talked for about a month over Skype after he taught me how to use it. Spent more and more time, every day, talking to one another.

We fell back into crushing on each other almost immediately. Finally, one night before hanging up, I instinctively said, "I love you." It brought us to talking about our old crushes on one another and finally the decision to date even though it was online and long distance. After a year and two visits (My visit there to meet his family at Christmas and his trip here to visit my family right before my birthday) he decided to move here with me. I've never been happier and we've recently (2 months ago) moved out of my dad's house and on our own with roommates.

This is such a CUTE love story! So glad you guys found each other again!

Makes me hopeful for love again.

APawli1224

I met basically all of my BF's online.. Learned my lesson? I think not.. My first BF I was 16 he was 26 he was a wack job.. (Thanks mom for getting me out of that one) My second BF turned out to like little boys and girls (Thank god he lived in Ohio and after my first visit to his house I simply blocked everything and turned him into the cops) my third major online BF was from Sweden and we were amazing together sadly he was tired of waiting for us to live together and be married and we broke up.. My last BF I had a child with and I am currently stuck 800 miles away from my friends and family with he is a great guy and all but we both grew to be two totally different people and it just doesnt work out anymore.. The guy I am seeing now lives in Poland (my true home) and I have known him for years.. We have always wanted to be together for basically 8 years but it just hasnt fell in place yet.. I am going to stick to that one and hope that he can get a visa and move over here soon enough .. I dont say not to online date because I have gotten MANY friends out of it..I just say take cautions

Erindipitous

I don't have a detailed or train-wreck story.. But I tackled his *kitten* to the ground when we first met.

Sweetest guy I've ever known.

klewlis

great thread!

I have tried many online dating sites and have been on many first and second dates (few beyond that). I'm happy to say that I have never had a really outrageous story to tell.

But for those who are considering it, I do have this advice: online dating isn't for everyone. You need to have a pretty thick skin... not to take things personally, and to keep trying when you've had a series of disappointments. You have to filter through a lot of junk to (hopefully) get to the good ones.

I'm still looking...

apocalypsepwnie

I met my boyfriend online. Going strong after nearly 4 years. Casually dating at first and then I just grew on him lol.

My worst story isn't funny. I was seeing a guy for about a month and was head over heels for him.
The one night I woke up to my phone going crazy and it was texts from HIS WIFE!
I found out she was pregnant through IVF and it wasn't the first time he'd done this to her. They didn't even have the internet at home he was such a bad cheat. Within a week they were split up and she'd had a late term miscarriage from the stress of it all.

Not everyone I met online was crazy though. Most of them were just stuck up jerks who knew that many girls online were desperate for some attention and knew they could use them.
One of my best friends is a guy I met online when I was 17.

KayceRN

I went out with a guy I met on match.com several times on just great normal dates... One night he asked if I'd come over.. That he'd cook dinner for me... I thought awesome and said I would ( he lived 90 min away) so I get there.. Knock on the door and he comes out of the hallway dressed up in a catholic school girl outfit... Blonde wig..fake boobs ...stiletto heels (he was 6'4 mind you) and rumba panties... I'm not one normally at a loss for words but that night I was....I was like WTH? He said I liked Stephen so much he wanted to see how I liked Stephanie... I just turned around..got back in my truck and drove home...lol.

Linbo93

i met a couple of crazies!

But then I met the man I'm going to marry next October!! He is amazing and we would NEVER have met if we weren't both doing the internet dating thing at the time!

If you're going to try it out, think of the bad dates as a funny story to tell on posts like these later. They get you through until you meet someone you actually like!!

:OD

justal313

Not me, but this is very funny.

My Brother was born with a club foot, he's had many operations and he is more or less to the point where people won't notice he ever had any problems.

My Brother and Sister-in-Law met through an online dating site. They were down in disney or something and were sitting at a bar with another couple. My brother goes to the bathroom or something and My Sister-in-Law was asked how she and my brother met. My sister tells the other couple that they met through online dating.

The woman says "Oh, I could never do that, I'd probably meet some loser with a club foot". Now my Sister-in-Law is sure that my brother told the woman that he was born with a club foot and put the woman up to asking just so she could say that to my sister-in-law to get a rise.

Nope, the woman just picked club foot up as something weird. My brother gets back and my Sister-in-Law tells my brother that it was funny that he got the woman to ask the question about online dating.

My Brother didn't put her up to it even though that's totally his sense of humor. The woman left very abruptly and my Brother and Sister-in-Law never saw the woman or her husband for the rest of the week.

MsMuniz

great stories! I have never tried online dating but totally would if I was still single.

MsMuniz

bump

Erisad

I dated a guy from OkCupid. Still living with his mom, which isn't so bad in this economy. He was bipolar as well. Jealous, clingy and would take food off of my plate because "girls shouldn't eat that much." Oh and turns out he was a convicted rapist, who was on probation. It was statutory but still. Not fun having to hide in his closet when his probation officer would show up at random. He broke up with me because his mommy didn't like me. He was 24 years old. At the time I was upset but now I thank her for getting me outta that mess, as I had no idea how to break up with him without him going psycho on me. >.<

sparkerwallace

I met my wife online, and several of my friends have found their significant others from the same site. I've also dated plenty of people online before I met my wife. That being said, you'd think I would have more stories. Unfortunately, the only one I've got is the time i was messaged by a girl who seemed to self-identify as a dragon. Not in a furry sort of way, or a "my alter-ego is a" kind of way, but in an "I'm a dragon who was born in the body of a human" kind of way.

lesliev523

I have had terrible luck with online dating! Most of the guys that want to meet me are jobless or missing teeth.... I guess I must attract that sort! LOL

I did go on one interesting date though.... he showed up and was about 6" shorter than he said he was. He was also disabled....which is fine, but it would have been nice to be prepared. He then decided to tell me all about his other dates from the same site, including the one he had the weekend before where he had mind blowing sex with the woman...

Ummm.... yeah....

I left.

jkandktmom

I have so many!!!

The first guy I ever met online seemed really great. We talked and texted for 2 weeks. I was so excited for our first date. We went for a walk on one of the city trails. Aftwards he tells me, "we can have sex but I would never date you because you are too chubby".

Another guy and I skipped the phone phase and met for dinner and a movie. When I got to thre resturant he was WAY shorter than me and his voice was at least 3 octives higher than mine. Throughout dinner he only talked about himself. At this point I wanted to just get to the movie so I could get the date over with. We decided to take one car, apparently I shut the door a little too hard and he gasped. He looked at the dashboard and kind of petted it and said, "she is sorry Betsy she didn't mean to". I had my friend text me that my son had a fever after that.

Then I met a guy online and I was 30 minutes late for our first date. Our second date he accidentatly gave me a black eye. However we ended up dating over 2.5 years.

polo571

I met a girl once online who showed up with 80s hair, larry the cable guy shirt, ripped jeans with ink writing on them, sorel boots and had a big gulp fool of booze and was hammered when I met her. Beleive it or not this was one of the better ones. lol

delco714

I don't have a detailed or train-wreck story.. But I tackled his *kitten* to the ground when we first met.

Sweetest guy I've ever known.

Aw that's cute :-P

Erindipitous

I don't have a detailed or train-wreck story.. But I tackled his *kitten* to the ground when we first met.

Sweetest guy I've ever known.

Aw that's cute :-P

You're just jealous.

michellekicks

I've only ever dated my husband after meeting online... it was a 2nd marriage for both of us and I figure we cut out at least 6 months worth of dating by cutting through all the dealbreaker info right off the bat. Then, being 400km apart we were forced to talk on the phone 2-3 hours/night and get to know one another way better than if we'd been in person... when we'd see one another we didn't talk as much :blushing:

We met in August 2010, were engaged in October 2010 and married April 2011.

He's my knight in shining armor and came to whisk me and my 2 boys off our feet...

So I guess I have no crappy or funny online dating stories. Just a happy one.

ShellyKay67

I met a girl once online who showed up with 80s hair, larry the cable guy shirt, ripped jeans with ink writing on them, sorel boots and had a big gulp fool of booze and was hammered when I met her. Beleive it or not this was one of the better ones. lol

O lord.....now this is why i'm scared to death to try this online dating thing!! lol WOW!