Dating websites...good or bad?

My brother found his fiancé on a dating website. They're getting married in June after being together for 2 years or so.

I think, that past the losers and weirdos, it can be a great idea. And it does work for some people so why not you?

I recommend avoiding both the bar & online dating. Sure, the quantity may the there, but often times you are lacking goodness of fit in terms of finding a sustainable long term partners. The pain is more acute for men than women, & especially men pursuing a highly coveted female demographic (mid 20s, no children, average looking or better). That last sentence was written to qualify a potential bias I have.

I would recommend meeting people through your day to day activities. If your day to day activities are not putting you in contact with enough singles, change the routine. Some Meetup events could make sense for you, but try to avoid the bar mix n mingle events as much as possible, focusing on events centered around an activity that you like. I'd be asking for friend of friend network setups, as well as setups from co-workers, well wishing acquaintances, etc.

I've enjoyed it, met some really nice people. If you just ignore the weirdos it's fine. Be proactive too, write positive (and true) things about about yourself, send a few messages and get chatting. I only use a free one.

You get to know more about a person before you meet than if you drunkanly met them in a bar. Always meet somewhere public and let someone know here you are going (standard for any first date in my books anyway).

Another option maybe join a group or club for something your enjoy, you'll make friends who might have friends

I've not had any luck with dating sites but I've used okcupid and it's generally an alright site. I've joined a bookgroup instead and hoping to make new friends through activities instead.

Try meetup.com for your area maybe and see if you fancy anything?

I say Yay to the dating website.

I've only used a free one, and I'm currently going out with a guy I met on there.. and he's exactly what I'm looking for, but I probably never would have met him had it not been for the dating site.

I also belong to meetup and have gone on a few dates through there with people I've met at events.

I also say "Yay" to dating websites, provided that you'll be very careful.

I met my husband via an online dating website, and couldn't be happier. I was in college at the time, so I definitely had opportunities to meet other men, but at a small liberal arts school, where everyone knew everyone, it really wasn't working. Best decision ever made.

Now, that's not to say that there aren't weirdos out there, because there DEFINITELY are. Before I "met" my husband, I was communicating with another guy for a little while. It was apparent when we first began talking that we were not super compatible; we both agreed to this, but kept talking "as friends". Well, I'll spare you the details, but it ended with him telling me that if I didn't attend his work Christmas party with him, he was going to kill me. Luckily, he didn't know where I actually lived, so I had no fear of anything coming of it.

So yeah, weirdos out there. But that doesn't mean that there aren't some good ones.

Good.

I used match.com after my divorce and met some interesting people. Some I even still talk to!