ljpaterson Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 PoF worked for me. I met the first love of my life on there. I searched people's interests for "anime" and there he was. I instantly knew he was the one for me after reading his profile. We met in real life, became friends for 3 months, and then were dating for 9 months after that. Unfortunately he broke up with me almost 3 months ago and I still have been trying to heal since.. but don't give up on that website. It worked for me and it could work for you too!
oldguy Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 It can be a little like meeting people at a a club / bar. You still need to weed through the, "undesirables". Some people involve friends to get their take on "a person of interest" & I suppose that isn't a bad idea. I would strongly advise that first physical contact or actual meeting be in a very public place possibly with friends near by or at least some one who knows the who, whens & wheres. A lunch or dinner is usually pretty safe. Hey, I'm I guy & when I was dating I met a few woman that made me happy we met in a public place, they're out there so my advice would be; no matter how you meet them, PoF or bar, be careful but have fun.
phineas Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 the players will never be sitting home alone on friday nites... This is correct. Now, does anyone have a link to an obvious player's profile on POF so I can copy it & get more dates this summer?
Ross MwcFan Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 Ridiculous comment. If that's the kind of women you attract maybe that should tell YOU something. The quality of a lot of the people on there really isn't that good. When you're on the forums, so many of them are just rude.
irc333 Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 I will have to admit, there's a LARGE quantity of singles on that site, even geographically. I'm even seeing REAL LIFE friends on POF, too. Guess they aren't finding people in real life to their liking (like at House parties and other venues where people socialize) real life venues and social life aren't for them? After being on the site for a few weeks I'm beginning to wonder.... Is PoF a realistic place to look for a relationship? Or is it just best to assume that all guys on there only want FwB? How do you weed the FWB guys out?
LeaningIntoTheMuse Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 I once saw a girl who had a crush on me, who ended up giving up on me after I was too shy with her. She had checked out my profile, lol. I didn't message her.
fortyninethousand322 Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 In my experience Okcupid is infinitely better than Plenty of Fish. I have only met one person off of Okcupid, but have exchanged messages with a decent number of people from the site. On Plenty of Fish I've never gotten so much as a reply to any of my messages. Plenty of Fish strikes me as a trashy type of site (not the people so much as the site design and interface).
GottaGetAway Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 Probably best to avoid most guys with shirtless pic. THIS. Also, what is your "looking for" on your profile? I found that once I changed mine to "hang out" instead of relationship or anything else, the volume of emails I got decreased dramatically (which was awesome, less deleting) and the quality of the guys increased. I actually met someone great off PoF a few months ago and things are going wonderfully. I also met someone a few years ago who I dated briefly, didn't work out, but we're still friends. That said I went on a date with one guy off there who proceeded to order 4 shots at a time - one for me - then drunkenly assaulted me (luckily he was REALLY drunk). Oh, and talked at length about his coke habit that he supposedly didn't do anymore. AND admitted he was extremely paranoid all the time about everything. I think it's helpful to have several phone conversations before you meet up too. It helps weed out the crazies.
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