Online Dating

[LuLuO]

My husband and I met on Yahoo Personals back in 2004. I met several great guys through there. One was an IT professional, another was editor of a local paper. DH and I clicked on our first date and by date number three i knew he was the one I wanted to marry.

My BIL met some people through Events and Adventures and had a great time. He met his current GF through them and they have been dating for over a year now and she is wonderful.

 

[SookieStackhouse]

I tried it "back in the day"... I cannot say it was a positive experience, but it makes for a couple interesting stories. I can laugh about it now.

 

[Mama-san]

My DH and I met on a dating site in 1998, way back in the early years of internet dating (I responded to his ad). He was my one and only experience with this. Met in January, go engaged in March and married first week of June. Now 13 years and 2 kids later, we're still going strong and better than ever.

When I tol my GM I was dating a guy I met on the internet, her first response was "What's wrong with him???". I informed her that he was a former officer in the Navy and an engineer, plus an Eagle Scout, so she gave her approval. She still thinks he's great. The point is, you can find quality people on these sites, you just have to keep looking and maybe have to deal with some losers along the way . I think I was lucky that there wasn't as much scamming going on then as there is now.

Good Luck!!

 

[si-am]

I met my DH online but it wasn't a dating site (a product review site that we both contributed to!)

My best friend met her husband on match.com

There used to be a stigma attached to online dating but it is becoming more and more common.

 

[SFWife]

My mom and stepdad met on AOL personals in 2000. DH and I met in 2006 on what is now christianmingle.com. I almost didn't reply to him because we lived 1200 miles apart, but I figured if he took the time to message me I should at least respond. We clicked right from the start and spent several weeks talking until he came to where I live for military duty and we were able to meet in person. I joke that the first time I saw him in person was as he passed me on the highway...which he did, lol! We were driving to the same place to meet and on the phone with each other and he drove right past me in the next lane! We've been married for 3 1/2 years now

 

[cassiez76]

i had a long post typed out and somehow hit the x.

i met my husband online in 2003. it wasn't a dating site, it was just regular ole yahoo instant messenger. he saw through my saucy profile and i don't know...he was just different from all the other freaks that use to IM me.

we met about a month later in person. i don't know if i really knew then, but i had a really good idea about what would happen. it took a few years and a hurricane for us to finally decide on things. we were married 4 years and 2 weeks after that meeting. we'll be married 4 years in july.

i met a few guys online (or more than i care to remember). one guy i dated, we were better off as friends. we were partners in crime and still talk, even though he's moved away. i'm glad to have him as a friend. him and hubby even friended each other on fb and they've never met. hubby is wonderful and enjoys all my dating mishaps.

i tried out match.com, lavalife, eharmony and a few other alternative sites and since i didn't want to pay, i didn't get very far.

2 of my friends met their spouses online. one will be married 8 years, the other 3. my sis-in-law is getting married in july to "yahoo pimp of the year". that's what he called himself. LOL so they met on yahoo instant messenger too. for the longest time, we didn't know his name, we just called him yahoo pimp.

good luck! there is hope out there!! and i never thought i'd meet the one, but he completes me

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I met my DH online on a Disney Dating Site called Dismates. Sadly, it's no longer around.

I had tried e-Harmony and Match and I didn't find anybody at all - I had almost given up until I found my DH's profile. Something told me that I needed to talk to him. I couldn't figure out how to contact him through Dismates, but his profile said he belonged to the Dis and gave his screename. So I came over here, searched through like 30 pages of posts until I found his screename, joined the boards and PMed him. I guess you can say the rest is history - we will be married a year and a half on the
17th!

OP, good luck finding someone. My sister is also trying to find someone and I pray every night that she finds someone as wonderful as my DH.

 

[Rora]

My cousin did it and married the guy. They seem to be happy.

She used Match.com.

 

[singleinthe city]

Online dating is great if you are willing to put in the time and energy. The bad part of it is you need to look really good on paper and take attractive photos. Men are visual creatures and most will only look at the photos before bothering to read a single word of what you wrote.

Other things that may work against you in the online dating world. I have no idea if any of these apply to you, but just what I know from my experiences and the experiences of friends (a combo of men and women)

• Small town location. The pool is smaller in small towns.
• Kids. Single moms are a dime a dozen and many of the "good" men have the pick of the litter on dating sites.
• Over age 35. If you are over 35 you need to be smoking hot.
• Weight. If you are overweight, first be honest and take a full length photo, but don't be surprised if you aren't contacted by many men.

I am not saying any of these automatically exclude you from finidng love, but if any of the above apply expect it to be a harder road. Before signing up for any of the paid sites log on and do a search for women who are similar to you in the basic ways (location, ethnicity, education and age) and see if you are able to compete for attention amongst those photos.

 

[Jenny_WDWFan]

I met my husband on eHarmony almost 6 years ago. It was the best $$ I've ever spent! (and I used a coupon, lol) I have no idea how it worked, because I would say both of our profiles were minimal. I had one tiny photo, and he had one that looked sort of angry-macho. Regardless, we gave it a shot and once we met in person it was unbelievable how much we are alike/fit together perfectly.

I know this is not typical as for the results, but it did work for me