dating sites- do you use them ??

1 ) have you ever tried a dating site?

Yes, I was on Plenty of Fish for a couple years, met the love of my life on there almost 3 yrs ago. Still together.

2) were you pleased?

With any dating site, you get the good with the bad. Gotta weed out the bad. Lucky I found someone good, but it took a while.

3) would you tell someone to try one? I would, with lives that are busy and most of us spend too much time in front of the computer, where are we supposed to meet someone?

4) any bad vibes?

See # 2 answer

5) any thing i shoud ask?

Make sure it's a real profile. You can usually tell fake pics. All of the dating sites have scammers in them, just be on the alert, they prey on the weak, and lonely.

6) would you do it again?

Hopefully I won't have to.

7) what site(s) did you find most helpful



8) which one(s) should we stay away from / why .

Yahoo used to have a Personals, glad it's gone. Lots of men on there falling in love with pictures, lots working overseas, so they say, and need you to get them out of the country. Be on the alert at all times. Once in a while you find a good man on there, that is real.

7) what site(s) did you find most helpful
--Back then, the choices were fairly limited. Eharmony threw him out and never could find a likely match for me but a colleague and her husband met through it. We found each other on Yahoo Personals and I'm not even sure that exists anymore. Again, figure out what's important to you. For example, this atheist wouldn't touch Christian Mingle with a ten foot pole but it might be exactly right for you.

I agree completely. It's kind of like bars/clubs/hangouts...some will be right for you, others so so wrong ;-)

Only Ashley Madison and Backpage

I met my BF (definitely future husband in time) on OkCupid. I think OkCupid is the best since it's free, but not sketchy like, say, Craigslist. I wouldn't pay for a dating site, personally.

Yes, overall they're pretty entertaining in my opinion lol

I'm on POF. It makes me feel REALLY ugly.

Hi,

I met my (now) husband on meetic.com in January 2004.... We're very happy and the site was pretty good, so yes I'd recommend that particular site.

xXx

It would be nice to get the minutes wasted of my life back from reading this thread.

MFP is a dating site... and then it's a calorie counting site.

Yes I am an authority because I met my husband on here.

1 ) have you ever tried a dating site? Yes. I met my husband on OKCupid.

2) were you pleased? Since I joined to take quizzes and not to date, yes. I joined the site in 2004 in college to take the quizzes and it was fun answering the questions. When I started using it seriously, it was after the end of an engagement and I was just looking for friends in the area (not dating). My husband was only one of two people I was willing to meet from on there.

3) would you tell someone to try one? Yes. I suggested to several friends and my brother with mixed results. My best friend met her fiancé on OKCupid. My brother and one other friend had no success.

4) any bad vibes? I only ever got one message that was completely uncalled for. Quite a few messages requesting a threesome, but I took those as a compliment.

5) any thing i shoud ask? Depends on your personality. The reason I answered the message Mr. Pineapple sent me is because he commented on something in my profile, then asked my opinion on a book I had read by an author we both like. People who commented on nothing but my looks got no response (although it was flattering), because I value personality first. I wanted someone who I had things in common with and was capable of reading comprehension. Ask questions in the same way you would in person.

6) would you do it again? Sure. I'm considering using it to find friends.

7) what site(s) did you find most helpful. OKCupid, obviously. I took the eHarmony personality test thing about a decade ago (I didn't sign up) because my psychology professor suggested it. At the end it told me I was in something like 5 or 10% of the population it couldn't help.

8) which one(s) should we stay away from / why? Craigslist

I always suggest being picky. And above all, be safe.

Found my wife online (ICQ) 15 years ago and been married for 14 years.

Nope. Never used one.

POF is utterly soul-destroying. Shame on me for ever thinking I'd stand a chance.

I used one for all of about 10 days.

Why did I quit? Honestly - I met my husband. Weirdest thing ever. we joined 2 days apart, met no one but eachother, had started a joint bank account for our wedding within 3 months of meeting and have lived happily ever after. It's sickening. If I wasn't us, I'd hate us.

We met on Plenty of Fish. I joined it because it was free and I wasn't looking for a serious relationship, I'd just moved to a new city and was looking to meet some new folk to show me some cool places around the city. I figured a paid site would attract people looking for a lot more serious stuff than I was. Heh - look where that got me.