internet dating for lonely people???

LegacyUser

ive never even thought about internet dating before but i was out with mates recently and nearly everyone we knew was in a relationship. I said - where the heck do they meet all these people? Someone just said - the internet! She was serious. I always thought only sad lonely people use internet dating. i dont mean to offend anyone but is this the case???

SarahSassy

What age are ya - 5?

Of course its not all for saddo's....

LegacyUser

i met my current gf online, we chatted for a year then i ended up living in the same country as her and we met to see how we would get on in real life. we hit it off really well and we'd already gotten to know each other pretty well, it was a really good experience.

needless to say we got together and it's the best thing that has ever happened to me, and now i'm moving back to australia to be with her. if that makes me a saddo, so be it!

shellyboo

net_dater! wrote: »

ive never even thought about internet dating before but i was out with mates recently and nearly everyone we knew was in a relationship. I said - where the heck do they meet all these people? Someone just said - the internet! She was serious. I always thought only sad lonely people use internet dating. i dont mean to offend anyone but is this the case???

No, it's not the case at all. I think you'll find all the sad lonely people are sitting at home alone, too scared of what others might think of them to try internet dating... :rolleyes:

Liam Byrne

Plenty of saddos, weirdos, psychos, revenge-seekers and one-night-stand merchants on the dating sites alright...

I guess that just means that they hold their own against the average pub / club, then....

piby

I think it's certainly more mainstream than it was a couple of years ago. I've never done it myself but personally I don't see anything 'wrong' with it and the way I look at it is it's just one of many other approaches to dating than the pub/club scene.

Emme

It's getting really mainstream now. I know one girl who's a dance/aerobics instructor and absolutely stunning looking, fantastic figure. She met her current fella on the internet. She's never short of attention when she goes out but felt that she might meet someone more genuine on the internet as in her opinion, guys you meet in pubs and clubs are usually up for one night stands!

Eve_Dublin

I think I know the girl you´re talking about ^^^^!!! If it´s the same girl, yes, she´s stunning and her boyfriend is gorgeous. It really IS getting more mainstream these days and I think that´s great. My close friend, who isn´t short of attention when she goes out, thinks it´s a good way to "screen" someone before meeting them because she´s busy and doesn´t want to waste her time meeting up with guys she´s nothing in common with. She hasn´t found someone yet but she´s had a great time meeting the guys and I´m living vacariously through her when she relays all the stories of the dates. Some gas stories!

My dad met my step-mother in a lonely heart column in a paper 15 years ago....my dad is not a saddo and either is my step-mam....but they´re still together and very, very happy. I guess internet dating is the modern version of that.

I don´t see what´s so sad in admitting you´re looking for someone...I guess most singles at a bar are keeping an eye out...what´s the difference in being more upfront about it?

John Mason

i met my OH on boards.

i would say about 50% my friends have met their partners online.

there are loads of guys/girls just looking for sex and a lot of strange people online but i would think its the same ratio of meeting in them in pubs.

you should give it a go, you never know what might happen