Dating Websites....Your thoughts please.

I went on eHarmony once and they matched me up pretty quick with a eligible, cute bachelor. However, I never went out with him again and ended up dating my short-term ex-boyfriend instead (in hindsight - this was a mistake:) Anyway, my advice, do NOT post a picture that shows you from below the neck. Guy's trolling for sex almost never waste their time without a body shot. I got nice interest without a picture at first. This may be different for different sites and is just my admittedly limited experience.

If you just want to hook up go on POF put your status to LOOKING FOR "LONG TERM" you'll get lots of hits no problem, tell them WOLFNSHEEPSCLOTHING sent you-Ty

Ty you are killing me. For the love of all that is good and holy tell me why you sign your posts??? This is becoming the bane of my existence..with such questions as 'is there a god?' or 'what is the purpose of life?'. I have asked Sia Bevis but no luck.

i met my boyfriend on okcupid. there are good people online just like anywhere else.

I tried okcupid and met a guy I dated for 3 months and then I tried pof and met a bunch of losers so I deleted both accounts and I am staying single. xD

This topic is bittersweet for me... I've been on POF.com for a while now. The first time around was a real let down when the guy I met gave me a fake number and then ditched me. Second time around and nothing's happening. I've emailed several people, but NOTHING!

I've also tried yahoo personals, eharmony and match. Didn't like any of then either.

Sorry I'm being so negative about these sites, but I've just had so much bad luck that I find it hard to believe in love at all anymore. It doesn't help that all my guy friends don't see me as even remotely pretty even though I try to make myself look good, but apparently I'm just too fat to be pretty. Instead, I'm stuck being "the sweet one".

So I'm a single mom (2 kids) and I think I'm ready to finally hit the dating scene outside my favorite bar :laugh: . Not looking for anything serious at this time but I want to get out and meet new people. Any thoughts and recommendations are appreciated on what websites you've used, heard about, will never use again, etc....


Thanks :drinker:

If you are not looking for something serious, definitely avoid e-harmony... it takes FOREVER to get to know someone on there.
Match.com resulted in a five-year, kind of off/on thing, back when it was free.
In the past few months, had MUCH success with Zoosk (free), and now dating a local someone exclusively
Not so much luck with POF and OKC (both free), but that could just be a demographic thing.

Otherwise, local events and groups that meet regularly are good too :-)

No matter what, be you, and and the dudes that are worth anything will dig that

Best of luck on your search for fun and companionship :drinker:

I would rather shoot myself in the f-ing head than try online dating again. For the love of god - those are just the kings of the freaks on there. And every fat nasty bald greasy slob wants a Barbie girl and if you're not don't even bother. Best you can hope for is a booty call with some wierdo....

Wow! That sure doesn't say much for us ladies also who are meeting dates online *ouch!*

I work LOTS (in a real profession), and the men I date work LOTS, so online meeting is a nice, convenient, quasi-substitute for the good ol' days... when we had free time and family gatherings with match-making aunties...

Granted there are freaks and weirdos on every site, but the key is to trust your instinct...

For example, I had some some basic guidelines to avoid while viewing profiles... NO married/separated, and never had children (especially in 40's with the stipulation that some day they do want to, eek! Yep, my eggs are too old LOL) Not to mention how many 40-something's have Never been married AND have no children... just gotta wonder... have they been in prison all these years? I do NOT mean to bash my peeps! (as a social scientist, I completely GET the whole industrial prison system thing)... This is purely online-dating-speak b/c there are some real creeps out there who will just tell us ladies they are "anxious to talk in person" ...

... anyhow, on to the Primary photo, beware of any of the following: no face, no eyes (sunglasses), an ex/unidentified woman, a tank top, a dog, a child... ack!

If one finds an interest, then by all means, share and share and share! Until then, use caution, protect your loved ones (and yes! this means on Facebook too!)

BTW, not all those online are freaks, and being a booty call can be a blast... for both parties involved!

No *kitten* LOL so true!

OkCupid changed my life. I met my husband on OkC in 2008. We've been married since 2010 (living together since 2008). I had been on the site for 2 years, and I was planning to delete my profile the day I met him. I was tired of talking to weirdos, nutjobs and jerks, as I appeared to be a magnet for those kinds of people.

He was under the "new people" section, which I was browsing due to boredom. His picture was interesting and his profile was funny.

He lived 50 miles away from me (in a different state), and after talking for 3 months, he convinced me to meet him. He drove to see me every day (he was in between projects with his job..he's a consultant)

We moved in a few months later, and the rest as they say is history. It's been a crazy ride, but I wouldn't change any of it. My life really did change that day.

Maybe its the fact that you're the kind of guy who post those pictures of a girl on the internet... but that's only a guess.

Yes lets post those pics instead of using our words... " an angle pic as these men call it is when a woman takes a picture of herself with a more flattering angle so she looks more attractive than she otherwise would in person"

I'm always amazed to discover that people who use social networking sites like this one might still harbour views that social networking sites are full of 'freaks and weirdos'.....


Online dating is fun. You meet a huge range of people. You can be as wild or as tame as you like. You can be much more 'choosy' than you can be in real life, because there's a far broader range of options. You can explore different kinds of people, find out more about yourself and more about what you like.

Yes, there are some strange people on these sites. But frankly, there are some pretty strange people at my place of work, at my gym, and down the local pub. So what?

If you're on facebook try zoosk... it's not as confrontational as the dating sites as it's a flirt thing.. I met my honey on there although I was on dating sites at the time.

Also, with any of them if you view it as fun rather than as actually searching it can be highly amusing. I once met a lawyer who told me I was spoilt to which I replied that he was an *kitten* (all this after 10 minutes of actually meeting)

Funny thing is - his practice turned out to be in the building that my offices moved to so after that we had to be in the lift together every day

Don't take it too seriously and have fun - you may never meet those people again so you can really do what you want and I mean really do what you want - no-one is going to judge you. Unless of course you live in a really small town.

PS. if you want to avoid the angle pics just take one of your boobs :P

Not that this is a dating site, but I met my fiance (who lives/lived cause we're moving in together at the end of the month) on this site.

www.myfitnesspal.com

:happy: :happy:

If you just want to hook up go on POF put your status to LOOKING FOR "LONG TERM" you'll get lots of hits no problem, tell them WOLFNSHEEPSCLOTHING sent you-Ty

Ty you are killing me. For the love of all that is good and holy tell me why you sign your posts??? This is becoming the bane of my existence..with such questions as 'is there a god?' or 'what is the purpose of life?'. I have asked Sia Bevis but no luck.

habbit, i personalize my post and sign off on it cuzz i own it and if i put something out there i should be called on it, i do my own thing, some use personalized sig or tag lines, mine is my name-TYTY