Online Dating

[Thundero13]

To be honest i'd be too afraid to do it incase the guy turned out to be a cereal killer/rapist, also i'm not sure if there are gay dating sites.

There are a few, and some of the mainstream dating websites have LGBT-letter-soup friendly options. Specific to gay men you'll find numerous "casual" dating sites, if you catch my drift. Even the not-explicitly "casual" sites tend to gravitate towards that in practice.

Ok that's good to hear still the cereal thing, and i'm underage, at least I think there's an age you have to be to do it.

 

[blarghblarghhhhh]

for starters theres a big difference between meeting someone online and dating someone online. Online relationships are bullshit. Im sorry if your in one but its true. Meeting someone online on a site such as okcupid is a totally different story. I met my girlfriend through okcupid and know of a handful of other people who have met through there as well. If you go into the process being honest with yourself and what you want out of the website you have nothing to lose. People complain about being lied to but its just as easy to lie in real life as it is online. If your really that worried about weight then get the person on webcam or better yet go ahead and meet them irl anyways and back out if it isnt what you were looking for.

 

[Dags90]

Ok that's good to hear still the cereal thing, and i'm underage, at least I think there's an age you have to be to do it.

Yeah, underage is B& for the obvious reasons. I really wouldn't recommended it right after you come of age though, the guys are usually older and would only be after you as a trophy.

 

[Dimensional Vortex]

Nah, just a little too sad. Though if I was a serial killer, I would; it'd be like an all you can eat buffet.

thats really...unnerving.

Back to the topic: I guess if I was growing old and lonely I would but as of right now, I don't think so.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Doubt it. From what I've seen, most the women on there are fat and want some super good looking perfect guy in great shape. I've met a few girls online, but they were all through games, not some dating websites. If that happened, might do it, but dating sites? No.

 

[Dyp100]

Sure, why not? Isn't online dating basically just like a lead up until you can see each other in person and that loveliness?

Edit:

Well, everyone is talking about dating sites and not online dating, so I'll put my opinions down on them. I think online dating sites are kinda silly, not very natural but then again, people can be just as desperate in real life for a date (speeding dating, going to bars) and no one judges them just as badly. At least in online dating it might be easier to find someone more compatible. (Even if the run the risk of them lying about how they look. Though, you run the risk of people lying about their personality in person, so yah...)

 

[New Troll]

I actually met my son's mother on-line. Very hesitant to do it again, but not saying I never will. Since I spend all my time either working or with my son, don't have time for stuff like actual real-life dating. We will see I guess.

 

[Astoria]

I probably wouldn't ever try it. I just find you can't really get to know a person over the internet the same why you would face to face.

 

[Hollock]

Never set up on a dating site, but I have met with a number of people I originally only knew online. Probably about 2/3rds of the folks I have met were girls and I ended up dating two of them, one for 4 years and the other for about 1.

I don't think there was a massive difference between the experience and starting to date someone who was always just a friend before in person, you can get to know someones personality online and get to know them pretty well but when you take that step there are always going to be new sides of them that you will need to learn about once you are together.

I generally think you are better off finding someone somewhere that you share an interest with rather than going to a dating site, just because I see that as the equivalent of being set up on a blind date in real life, but even someone being set up by their friend can meet someone and fall in love, so its not out of the question.

this is pretty much what I think. And if I fail to meet anyone in collage next year, I'll probably join one, because I'm not opposed to going on a blind date.

 

[kirathesavior]

I think maybe if you go about it the right way. I met my current boyfriend online and we are really really happy together and have been for 2 years now. I think where I would say "no" is if someone was dating the person for that long and has never met them or has no intention of ever meeting them. because like a lot of people say you don't really know who your dating or what your getting yourself into, all your really falling for it a picture and the persona that someone puts on when they go on the internet. But if it seems legit, then I'd say go for it. Just not exclusively online dating. Thats no good.

 

[Gavmando]

Wow. There seems to be a lot of hate towards online dating and the people who use it.

My girlfriend and I met on eHarmony about 6 months ago, and we now live together.

The main reasons for us not trying "regular" dating, are the fact that we are both shift workers and that pubs and clubs are too loud to have a conversation with someone.
We were both looking for a partner, but when you go to bed at 6pm most nights, it's kind of hard to get out there to meet women/men.

I see nothing wrong with online dating. I'm a normal person and so is my girlfriend. We're not crazy or serial killers or anything. We just didnt have a chance to meet each other because of our different lives.

I really think that people should try it before you bag it. But then, that's not human nature is it?

 

[RatRace123]

I'd do it, I know for a fact that there aren't any prospects for me here, all the girls near where I live are too stuck up or already taken or both. Plus I'm bad at getting to know people through intimate conversation, or for helping them to get to know me. So if I can go onto a site where our personal information is all there, all the cards on the table as it is, why not?

Of course I also think that relationships are pointless, and doubt that even if I was able to get one that I'd be able to keep it. I'm not one to deny that a fun "perk" of being in a relationship is the sex, but it's not like one is required to have the other, or that there are other sites that can set you up for just the sex.
I'll readily admit that the only benefit I see in a relationship is sex and thus it's the only thing I'd want to get out of it, I'm also aware that this might make me a bad person, but I feel justified in my way of thinking.

The point being, yes I think online dating is a perfectly valid option, and I don't see why it can't foster healthy normal relationships as well as "normal" dating can.

 

[Bernzz]

Offline dating with people I've met has worked out wonderfully for me so far, so no. But if I was desperate and single, I guess I would.

 

[Julianking93]

Dating websites don't ever really seem to work, however online dating seems just fine to me.

If it makes you happy and works for you, do it.

 

[Mordwyl]

Yes, I've done it before, though not on dating sites. Those things are blatant scams.

 

[Sarah Frazier]

I actually met my husband in an MMO. Our dates were runs through one dungeon or other, swapping loot that the other could use, and just chatting. I'd never rely just on some online survey because how likely is it that I'd be entirely honest about myself, much less other people desperate enough to give answers they think other people want to see? It's a good first step to find people nearby, but still has a good chance of failing; much like dating without internet assistance.

 

[Kortney]

Nope, I would never do it. I find the whole thing incredibly weird.

 

[Hollock]

I'd do it, I know for a fact that there aren't any prospects for me here, all the girls near where I live are too stuck up or already taken or both.

Really? I've been to enough "where do you live?" Threads to get the impression that you live pretty close to me (or at least go to school near me), and I would imagine that there are tons of girls open in this area, what with all the colleges and shit. hmmnn... sad