Internet dating stories :)

I have a LOT of stories.... but the summary would be "you have to kiss a lot of frogs...."
I've been married to my "prince" for 3 years now.

Some of these stories were seriously great, not like great for you guys, but great for me to read :laugh:

I have been on too many sites. I don't get out much between full time work and my baby boy. I tried Christian Mingle and met 2 guys from that site. The first one was amazing, like seriously amazing. We clicked and had so much in common. Unfortunately his ex was pregnant, which I was fine with because his story was my story but backwards (I have a dead beat dad, she was a dead beat mom), BUT she lost the baby. I think it was too much for him that I had a son and he literally just disappeared without so much as a goodbye :brokenheart:
I tried Plenty of Fish, most guys just want sex. I had one talking to me for a bit and I gave him my cell number. He asks for a regular pic so he can put it on his phone for when I call, whatever. I said return the favor.. he sends me a pic of his ****. SERIOUSLY!!?!?
I'm sort of trying to get to know this guy I met on there. He says he's interested, but doesn't really seem to have the time. UGH... dating sucks. Internet dating, meeting people in public, it doesn't matter anymore... it all sucks.
Congrats to those of you who have found someone. I'm praying my man is out there somewhere!

Growing up fat and still being it lol I never had the courage to message people on Plenty of fish or even eHarmony(yes I paid and wasted it lol FML). If I did message a woman on those sites it feels like I would have to make it like this!

"Hey Baby Gurl, yous bangin I would tottaly friend the s*** out of you. I would give you my pimp hand in respect and understanding! Calls me yo!

Ps. Here's a picture of my ****! I named him Richard because he reminds me of Keith Richards, he is a husky mix!"

I met my husband on WoW. We were in the same guild and after months of playing together we found out we lived in the same city so we decided to meet and kicked it off. Fast forward 5 years, we are married and very happy

There is your dose of nerds.

I've completely sworn off online dating.

I met my ex-husband playing an mmo (online game like World of Warcraft) when I was 19 (10 years ago)... we were good friends for a long time.. he liked me when I was a big girl.. liked me when I'd lost the weight. Anyway, he came over to visit me in St. Louis in 2005... we were married 2 weeks later. I was young and infatuated with his accent... blah blah blah. Anyway, I moved to England about a month later with two suitcases full of clothes and shipped my PC over. That was it. Chasing rainbows... living the dream!!

I didn't know he was an alcoholic... he pretty much just sat in front of his computer playing games every single night and did little to help acclimatize me to this country. I was ready to go back home until I found out my bc failed.. I was pregnant! Fast forward three years and two babies later. I wasn't happy.. things never changed. I was so lonely. He did me a favor and cheated on me with my then 2 year olds nursery/day care worker. It was incredibly difficult at the time... my girls were only 6 months and 2 years old at the time.. raising them on my own.. living for the first time on my own without any family and friends here.. phew. I look back and don't really know how I coped, but I did and I'm so much better for it.

Anyway, despite all of that... It's helped me realize that I am a strong, independent, and beautiful woman. I'm working part-time, working on a degree part-time, and have 4 & 5 year old little girls (15 months apart!) who often drive me crazy but more often make me so proud and happy! I've made an amazing circle of friends and feel that I am 'home' now.

No regrets :-)

I met my hubby online. I saw his goofy photo on a friend/dating site and I left him a little message in july 2006. We hit it off well but we didn't talk for a month so he thought I lost interest but then we started talking again. We talked casually for a few months when I asked him if he had a gf and he replied "do you wanna be?" We continued chatting online and eventually on the phone. He asked me to marry him on the phone in April 2007 when I said yes then we met in person for the first time 2 months later in July 2007. After meeting him in person I went home (he gave me gas money for the way back) and 4 months after that we were married in a court house in November 2007. The first year of marriage was us getting to really know eachother & a few days before our 1 year wedding anniversary in November 2008 he got the phone call to deploy. We had that December 2008 together and he left in january 2009 for a year.

We've been married for almost 5 years in November

Met my husband in a forum.
We flirted back and forth in the forums for a few years, then starting talking on msn messanger, then the phone & skype, then finally I flew to California (i'm in BC, Canada) to spend a week with him, yup, just dove in, he could have been a serial killer, but I was pretty sure he wasn't. My parents were supportive, but what could they say? They had a one night stand and 9 months later my sister was born, 31 years later and they are still married, so it all worked out.

I have also met some of my best friends as a result of the internet. 2 of my girlfriends were friends of a guy i met on line that I used to go to concerts with, I don't hang out with him anymore, he was kind of an odd duck, but I met these 2 wonderful friends, so it was all worth it!

I met my husband on line in a chat room in the late 90's. After 2 months I dove in and flew down to meet him. We got married 4 months later. I never went back. I was living in Canada at the time, now I am in the States, and still married.. Happily most days, but married none the less.

I met my husband in a vampire chat room on vplaces, which I don't think even exists anymore. We were from different countries and started emailing each other. After a couple of months he proposed and he flew to New Zealand to meet me and get married. It's our 14th wedding anniversary today.

I met my husband in a yahoo chat room back in 2000. We were regulars in the room, and just chatted like everyone else. When I found out he was in Tennessee, I made a comment that he was close enough to me (I was in Virginia) to come visit. I was joking at the time. Fast forward several months later...we started chatting through messenger, then talked on the phone, then planned for him to come visit. He cancelled the first time, and I thought he had changed his mind. When he finally did drive up, he was supposed to go back the next day. He ended up staying for a week, at the end of which I moved to Tennessee with him! We've been married for almost 10 years now...a sometimes difficult 10 years, but we've stuck it out and made it work.

I have tried this quite a few times. All the guys were nut jobs.. broke up with me or cheated on me.
Until I met my fiance. We were friends on facebook for a long time and we had 2 mutual friends I think. He tried to talk to me every day and I ignored him. After my ex broke up with me on my birthday, he talked to me and I asked for his number as I really needed a friend. We were friends for a few months and he was head of heels for me. I didnt want to rush into a relationship and I have to say I am glad we didnt.

He asked me out for about the 4th time and well I said yes. He had bought me my christmas present with a poem inside it was so cute. 3 years later the rest is history!

There was no such thing as the World Wide Web when I was dating. No texting, sexting, sharing, FB or Myspace. Had to make human contact.

Ahhh those were the days...when you met real live ppl and could actually see if they were who they said they were!

I was just kind of seeing someone for a couple months, she gradually stopped trying and would barely text me anymore. So I got it, I've been there plenty of times so I asked her about it and she said she was just trying to take things slow. A week later she dumped me.

I think I've been internet dating for so long I can read people pretty well and can tell how they feel before they even know it.

Okay- this is really long- I originally posted it on my blog.

I joined OKCupid on a Friday night, on a whim, when I was totally vulnerable from every single person in my life wondering why I wasn't dating. From my mom to my co-workers, I got a lot of "but you'd be so happy if you were dating" speech. So I caved.


Friday night- uploaded my profile. My profile mentioned my music likes (everythi:g, as long as I can stand around looking smug, holding a Rainier and nodding absently- no dancing required), my food likes (everything, as long as I can criticize other restaurants who have the same food types and offer better/worse wine, and aren't yet featured on Yelp!), my movie likes (70's horror and please god, no "rom-coms") and my shoe preferences (Converse and Fluevogs). I didn't mention anything about my sexual proclivities, but did mention I'm a single mom who works a demanding job, and that I don't have a ton of time for dating.

Saturday- the responses come pouring in. And by that, I mean, I got like... 7. 2 of the 7 were out of my area (Rhode Island? That's quite a commute for a Saturday night booty call) and Tacoma (sigh). Leaving 5 potential suitors. One guy asked me what the craziest thing I'd ever done was. I told him a very long, hysterical story about a shopping cart and an icy hill in Portland, that ended with me jumping out of the cart mid hill and hitting a cop car with my body and moving just before the shopping cart smashed in to the cop car. That's not what he meant. End conversation.

Four potential suitors. I made two friends, one of whom I ended up seeing for a bit. And then. Then. There were the other two.

Puddle Guy: This one started off rather innocuously, and I thought, Hmm, maybe. He asked me to describe my perfect date, and I blathered on a bit about something. God only knows what, I'm sure I mentioned music, food, nodding, and Rainier. Then he told me about his perfect date scenario. Wait for a super rainy day. Take my car (because he didn't drive) and tour the city looking for the biggest puddle. Review all big puddles in the city, and then when we agreed upon the biggest puddle, he would get out and stand next to the puddle. I would drive through said puddle at a high rate of speed, and splash him. This splashing, apparently, caused him a great deal of arousal. So then I needed to pull the car over and we'd have sex in the car. Yep. He didn't date in the summer, he said, because he couldn't get aroused.

Uh... Next. If only I'd known.

Fetish Guy: This guy made the puddle guy look like your kindergarten teacher. He opened our conversation with "Do you have a lot of fat friends who like to get drunk?" I waited for a minute for the punch line, and he kept going. I don't know that I ever said one word in the conversation because I was so stunned. He was very detailed in his need, he'd really planned it out.

The scenario: Invite all my friends over for a party, and provide tons of booze and food. He was going to pay for the booze and food. He specifically requested that I invite all of the curvy women I know, and specifically asked if I didn't have "heavier" friends that I should make friends with some heavier women before the party. He would show up half way through the party when everyone was halfway drunk, and just stand in the middle of a circle. He wanted me to start with insults, by calling him ugly, and then have my friends and I verbally abuse him while he slowly took off his clothing. When he was naked, he specifically wanted people to insult his anatomy, and the group of women should try really hard to make him cry.

The denouement? He was going to bring his own (ahem) aid, and wanted the heaviest girl at the party to use it on him in front of everyone and call him names while this was happening.

I declined. And then I canceled my account.

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Fetish Guy: This guy made the puddle guy look like your kindergarten teacher. He opened our conversation with "Do you have a lot of fat friends who like to get drunk?" I waited for a minute for the punch line, and he kept going. I don't know that I ever said one word in the conversation because I was so stunned. He was very detailed in his need, he'd really planned it out.

The scenario: Invite all my friends over for a party, and provide tons of booze and food. He was going to pay for the booze and food. He specifically requested that I invite all of the curvy women I know, and specifically asked if I didn't have "heavier" friends that I should make friends with some heavier women before the party. He would show up half way through the party when everyone was halfway drunk, and just stand in the middle of a circle. He wanted me to start with insults, by calling him ugly, and then have my friends and I verbally abuse him while he slowly took off his clothing. When he was naked, he specifically wanted people to insult his anatomy, and the group of women should try really hard to make him cry.

The denouement? He was going to bring his own (ahem) aid, and wanted the heaviest girl at the party to use it on him in front of everyone and call him names while this was happening.

I declined. And then I canceled my account.

WTheck wow!! Sorry but i cracked up once i read this! Yea ummm nooooo!