Author Natsu21 Posted September 16, 2014 Author Posted September 16, 2014 I've never felt comfortable with anyone spouting percentages for OLD when it relates to "marriages". Yes, they got married... but how many of those actually stayed together. I'm actually more interested in the percentage of marriages that divorced that were OLD. That might be the truer barometer. Honestly...I've known a few from online dating...about 10. 8 of them are divorced or in the process of. But that's just personal experience. The two that are still together...are one gay and one lesbian couple.
KittyVanilla Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 I have decided that I am giving up on online dating. It's a great place to meet friends, but a terrible place, if you're not patient, to meet women. Horror stories as far as the eye can see, about failed dates. The majority of women I have met and dated on sites like OKCupid, POF, and Meet Me turn out to be either ego-strokers, kids with baby daddy issues, gold-diggers, or just there for the free ride. So I've deleted my online dating accounts. I think I'm just going to stick with the old routine and meet people. Have any of you been successful with online dating? I used it once for ****s and giggles and for the kicks (I did manage to find someone I really liked, though) but I would be surprised if anyone actually ever took it seriously. I always cringe when I see those profiles with the long, drawn-out descriptions......but hey, sometimes you get lucky.
Author Natsu21 Posted September 16, 2014 Author Posted September 16, 2014 I used it once for ****s and giggles and for the kicks (I did manage to find someone I really liked, though) but I would be surprised if anyone actually ever took it seriously. I always cringe when I see those profiles with the long, drawn-out descriptions......but hey, sometimes you get lucky. I have other issues to worry about than online dating.
Disillusioned Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 I have decided that I am giving up on online dating. It's a great place to meet friends, but a terrible place, if you're not patient, to meet women. Horror stories as far as the eye can see, about failed dates. The majority of women I have met and dated on sites like OKCupid, POF, and Meet Me turn out to be either ego-strokers, kids with baby daddy issues, gold-diggers, or just there for the free ride. So I've deleted my online dating accounts. Another satisfied customer. All of you OLD shills who happen to be reading this... inform Corporate HQ that they need to launch another ad blitz! 1
PegNosePete Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 All of you OLD shills who happen to be reading this... inform Corporate HQ that they need to launch another ad blitz! I tried but the line is engaged. I guess they are really busy with all of the guys complaining that none of the girls ever respond to them (despite having shockingly bad photos and profiles).
MosesProffitt Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 I found my Soul mate on datersearch.com. We are together since 6 wonderful years.
irc333 Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 Yeah, I took a 6 month hiatus from POF, logged back in recently...still seeing the SAME faces of the women that ignored me way back. LOL. I tried to contact them again under my new screen name..no such luck. Chances are..in this small town, they'll wind up a lonely cat lady. I've had better luck getting responses from women about an hours drive from where I live...locally, I can't even get them to respond...quite ironic that geographic desirability isn't so desirable. What's so hard , if you live within 5 to 10 mins of each other...you can quickly run to the local cafe to chat a bit. What's the harm?
MissBee Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 You have to do what you think is best and most efficient for you. Online dating has worked for me. My current and last relationship were both as a result of it and I've also had decent dates and temporary flings from it as well. I've also known other folks who've had success and marriage from it. So I don't think anything is wrong with it per se....but it depends on the people. I find that for me it's easier to get to the point and meet people you know are looking to date with OLD than in day to day life. In day to day life people are going about their business and in real life interactions they are not always upfront about looking to date, so it's more up to chance and guesswork I find, whereas online it's pretty frank. I've had dates with men I've met out and about but it just felt like it was totally up to chance, whereas online I felt I could be more proactive and direct while in real life there are other factors that sometimes prevent that. I like online for the fact that I can actively search for people who at least based on what their profile says and the fact they are on a dating site, I KNOW they are looking to date, and I can immediately find someone to talk to and see where it goes from there. It may not become anything more than a few messages or phone calls but it's often still ahead of what it would be offline. Offline I can't necessarily just go up to tons of different men in a day and find out a bit about them and pursue it. There are all sorts of other factors that prevent it, so that's the perk of online for me and why I can pretty much guarantee I can find a date if I look for a bit vs. in the offline world it's left more so up to chance and the right circumstances presenting themselves.
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