internet dating sites?

silverside

any recommendations for good Irish internet dating sites?

for meeting 30ish professional women?

have used them in the past while living abroad and found it a useful alternative to meeting people in pub / through friends of friends as you can filter by common interests/intelligence and also "cut to the chase", have met some interesting people, obvious disadvantage being some of the women aren't the best looking which you only find out when meeting in person

anyway any suggestions welcome !

Trishis

silverside wrote: »

any recommendations for good Irish internet dating sites?

for meeting 30ish professional women?

have used them in the past while living abroad and found it a useful alternative to meeting people in pub / through friends of friends as you can filter by common interests/intelligence and also "cut to the chase", have met some interesting people, obvious disadvantage being some of the women aren't the best looking which you only find out when meeting in person

anyway any suggestions welcome !

Hey I know a few guys who tried plentyoffish.com and they said it was great, didnt hear anything from them about the woment not being good looking, so give it a shot! Let us know how you get on!

Whosbetter?

Try Maybefriends.com or Anotherfriend.com.

Both good. Trust me.;)

cruizer101

Do both of the above not require subscription.

I'm of the opinion it is not worth paying for this as there are a munber of free sites out there. Although I would be interested to hear more Whosbetter? if you think it is worth it.
plentyoffish
smooch
okcupid
are 3 that come to mind in which you get most features for free, unlike others where even to contact another member u have to subscribe.

star.chaser

silverside wrote: »

any recommendations for good Irish internet dating sites?

for meeting 30ish professional women?

have used them in the past while living abroad and found it a useful alternative to meeting people in pub / through friends of friends as you can filter by common interests/intelligence and also "cut to the chase", have met some interesting people, obvious disadvantage being some of the women aren't the best looking which you only find out when meeting in person

anyway any suggestions welcome !

you mean you meet up with people without having seen a picture or the pictures were old or photoshopped?

shapez

silverside wrote: »

any recommendations for good Irish internet dating sites?

for meeting 30ish professional women?

have used them in the past while living abroad and found it a useful alternative to meeting people in pub / through friends of friends as you can filter by common interests/intelligence and also "cut to the chase", have met some interesting people, obvious disadvantage being some of the women aren't the best looking which you only find out when meeting in person

anyway any suggestions welcome !

It depends on what you want it for. If you are looking for a friendship/relationship then all of the sites mentioned are the ones to go for.

However, I noticed you mentioned that some encounters were a disappointment because of looks. If it's something more casual you are searching for then I would suggest alternative sites to what was mentioned.

Whosbetter?

cruizer101 wrote: »

I'm of the opinion it is not worth paying for this as there are a munber of free sites out there. Although I would be interested to hear more Whosbetter? if you think it is worth it.

Admittedly, my information is a bit out of date, as I finished with them over 5 years ago.

Maybefriends & Anotherfriend seemed to be the only major ones around at that time.

Haven't heard of the ones you listed above.

I met a good many ladies through those sites.

No really bad experiances come to mind.

Do I think it's worth it?

Most definately!

Emme

I think you'd do well on GetOut.ie. They do social events as well - speed dating, adventure days etc. and there are plenty of women in the late 20s to early 30s age group. All normal people - you might find your colleagues or mates on it.

gavney

I used match.com before. I paid for a 6 month subscription. I wouldn't recommend it tbh. Although, maybe I didn't use it to full advantage.

One major problem with alot of these pay-sites is that if the person you contact doesn't have a full subscription, they may not be able to reply to you. So, you can't be sure if you've been ignored, or if they just aren't able to reply. I'd say I was being ignored alot though!

On a positive note - there were definitely lots of good lookers on it. 90% of people had pictures of themselves. Got into good conversation with some nice, normal girls. Never met any in the end though. But maybe I'm just not that smooth!

And don't just presume that the women on the dating websites are the ones that couldn't get a date through normal avenues. Lots of them seem like great women. Probably just tired of trying to meet guys in pubs and niteclubs

Oliver1985

Anyone play away from home on these internet sites?

Corb

Oliver1985 wrote: »

Anyone play away from home on these internet sites?

Of course. Unfortunately there's scumbags on there too :rolleyes:

Connecting Singles is another one that I've used and got on well with.

Oliver1985

What you mean there is scum bags on there to?

Corb

Oliver1985 wrote: »

What you mean there is scum bags on there to?

People that play away from home and cheat on their partners? = Scumbags.

Oliver1985

Dam them scumbags

LegacyUser

hey. i read this thread a while back, it got me thinking, i signed up to plentyoffish, met a cool lady, and am now seriously smitten. fuppin deadly. cheers lads.