Internet Dating

Once, I went on a date with a girl who told me that she had two dogs... and that she set places for them to eat with her at her kitchen table. Every evening. Not once in a while, mind you... but every single evening of her life.

I never did take a chance on a dinner date at her place... but if I had, I would have brought some Milk Bones.

I met my husband on Match.com, so it can work. BUT!

But before I came across him, I also met a man who cried when the Pens lost the Stanley Cup. Cried. Like his mother had died in a fire -- that ended out month long love affair. I also met a man who "wanted to make my insides vibrate". He was hot, so I was I like "ALRIGHT!". And he TOTALLY did. Then I realized he was about as interesting as a rock and my insides needed a break from vibrating.

ETA: bjleech is my husband and I've never heard that story...

I told her that story, she just didn't remember because there are so many. But, how did anh720 pass the test to become my wife? When I asked her out to see the movie "Zack and Miri Make a Porno", she said yes without blinking. If a girl takes you up on a date to see a movie that has 'Porno' in the title, she's a keeper.

I met the guy I am currently with online. I spilled coffee on him on the first date and he still asked me out for a second date.

I didn't meet this guy online, it is a funny story.

I was at a local show for a poplar local band that I am not a fan of. All my friends went and so I went too. After nearly getting dropped down the stairs by security I was having just a crappy night. Since this band is so popular it was very crowded. I was getting trampled on left and right. I was trying to make my way to a corner and stay put until it was over and this nice guy comes and holds the crowd off me while I get through. After the show was over we got to know each other and he asked me out. I said sure -- he was fairly good looking and what I thought was a nice guy so we exchange numbers. Bad idea.

Guy was seriously obsessed with texting and calling. So much so it was getting on my nerves and I wanted to cancel the date. I'm picky and my friends said give it a chance and just ignore the texts and calling.

Day of date I'm getting dolled up and he's texting me throughout the day, I reply occasionally. I'm headed out the door to get in my truck when he texts me -- he's at HuHot, does he mind if I pay for my dinner. I don't mind going dutch on the first date, but I prefer for that to be discussed ahead of time and he had plenty of times to ask me in his 5000 text messages over a two day period.

I arrive at HuHot and he already has a drink and some food ordered. Gee thanks for waiting. But that didn't shock me the most. His arm is in a big black sling from his shoulder to his hand!! I was like what the heck happened to you? Proceeds to tell me he fell in the shower that day and separated his shoulder. I was like and you didn't feel it was necessary to tell me that today when you texted and cancel the date? He said he wanted to keep the date no matter what. I would have understood canceling for a separated shoulder. HuHot is the last place we should be for a date. I'm in a wheelchair and need help carrying my bowls, he's down to one arm, he can barely carry his own bowls at this point, but we got it to work. Food was good. Conversation was lousy.

Like his texts he just didn't shut up the entire time. I just smiled and nodded and wanted the date to end. I didn't know people could talk about themselves and so much. TURN OFF (literally and physically!)

Waitress brings the bill, but there is only ONE bill, MINE? I was like he ate too, how come you don't get a bill? Tells me he prepaid before I got there. WHAT? You can do that? He's like I do that all the time at restaurants so I can leave right away when I'm done eating. Yet, you are waiting for me to pay MY bill. HuHot is one of my favorite restaurants and I have never prepaid nor ever had the option to prepay. After telling this to friends they guessed he had a coupon for a free meal and used that before I got there. Classy!

I'm getting in my truck and he wants a kiss. I'm like uh uh, no way. I was still in shock over the prepaying. I found it odd and yet funny at the same time.

I really thought candid camera was following me. First the text asking me to pay, then the arm brace, then telling me at the end he prepaid, and me not saying two words all night. This couldn't possibly be a real date!!

That was our one and only date!

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.

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

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...

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.

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.

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