DCGurly Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 I met the person I’m dating on OKCupid which in my book is a graveyard of dating apps. At least in my area and I live in a big city. I hardly went on the app. I used Bumble and Hinge more. Later (E the man I'm dating) told me he waited 3 months for me to respond to his message. Lol Thats because I didn't think I'd meet anyone there so I hardly went on it or paid attention to who was meaasing me. It was quarantine boredom that changed that. 1 1
Amanda141 Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 Tinder! We've been dating for a very short period of time, but I'll see how things go At the moment I am living in a big city so it's easier to use dating apps 1
d0nnivain Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 I met my husband in a bar during a business card exchange networking event. 4
Giovane Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) First long-term relationship: work ONS between long-term relationships: OLD (a couple of months of activity yielded 3 dates, one of which ended as a ONS) Second long-term relationship and other love interests since: shared hobbies OLD since the last break-up has not resulted in a date so far. There nearly was one, but it fell flat when she learned I'm 5"8. Edited July 30, 2020 by Giovane 1
Gaeta Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 I met my current boyfriend on Badoo it was a well spent $30 membership, heading on 5 years together. 3
FMW Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 A friend of mine asked me to go with her to hear his band. She had a casual acquaintance with him. He came over to talk on one of the breaks and she introduced us. That was about a year ago, we started hanging out as friends and have been seeing each other for the past 7-8 months. 2
d0nnivain Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 FWIW I meet my last long term BFs as follows: 1. At a high school reunion (we hadn't really known each other in HS) 2. 2 were from grad school. 1 lasted 2 years; the other 10 3. At work -- I was a bartender. He was the bookkeeper for the restaurant The two worst dates I ever had were from the only 2 guys I met off OLD. Between the HS reunion guy & my current husband I had 2 dates with a guy I met at a singles event / board game meet-up. He was still hung up on his long term EX. Another guy I met at the same networking event where I met my husband. We went out to lunch once but he couldn't hold a candle to my husband so that fizzled fast due to my lack of interest. 1
central Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 In high school, one through a mutual friend who set us up, another at a school dance, and another was the the friend of my best friend's gf. In college, I met my now-ex at a frat party. Later, about a dozen through OLD (20 years ago), which was awesome for me - still very good friends with about half of them, and am happily married to the best match from that group. 1
MeadowFlower Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 I met my ex on Tinder, cause I'm cool like that lol. And the ex prior, I met at work. 1
smackie9 Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 met my husband when I was working at a night club/through mutual friends. 1
Happy Lemming Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 I met my current long term girlfriend in an apartment complex pool. Swam up to her, chit-chatted for a bit and asked her out for drinks later that night. We've been dating 8.5 years. 3 1
lana-banana Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 Work. Big ol' federal agency, very niche work/lifestyle; dating there was extremely common. 1
regine_phalange Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 Tinder. We matched, I thought he was handsome and he was very polite and respectful in his messages. I singled him out from my other matches and he was the only one I really wanted to meet. It worked very well, I deleted my tinder after a week of installing it because my mission was accomplished . I think I was very lucky though. 4 1
nibelheim89 Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 Tinder, which was a big surprise given how awful dating apps can be in general. 2
curlygirl40 Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 Bumble. We haven't gone a day without talking since the day we met in person. Just celebrated our 3 year anniversary 2 1
Giovane Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 Oh great, make us all jealous with your Tinder/Bumble success stories! 1 1
chillii Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) Not really , notice they're all only short relationships so far, date sites seem to make a lot of those but all the married ones met in RL . Dunno if that's typical or not these days but l do wonder about anything much real , like married , family , 10 or15 yrs real ever coming from date sites , given the time dates have been around so far. l know there are a few that have married from date sites, not sure how often that really happens though , pretty rarely l'd be thinking. Might start a thread about that , Edited July 31, 2020 by chillii 1
princessaurora Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 I met my husband at a party in college. I was there with my boyfriend and the party was for a girl my now husband had just broken up with. I knew the moment I saw him, my boyfriend was toast. It was love at first sight! The guy I was dating then, I met in one of my classes and most of the other guys I dated during that time I met at bars and through mutual friends. 1
balletomane Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 On Bumble. I was pretty cautious, as it was the first time I'd used OLD. It wasn't love at first sight, but we felt very at ease with and interested in one another. He was such a fascinating person to talk to. I met the boyfriend before him through a good friend, and the one before that at a political demonstration. The first guy I dated was a classmate at uni. 1
Mystery4u Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 In a restaurant, she was the waitress. Before that through work, same company but different location. Before that on a bus, sat down next to her and started talking to her. Before that, my best friends girlfriends sister. None of this online rubbish! Real life all the way. 1
snowboy91 Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 First GF - we met on the walk to the pub on uni night, then lasted 6 years. Current partner - we met during our studies but didn't hook up until we both became single. It was only a few days after my breakup and she wanted to be a good friend, and then it happened. Oh how times change...
basil67 Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 Only detailing the significant ones 1. HS boyfriend - met him during the annual school review. He was doing sound and I was making props 2. First husband - he was a plus one of a mate at a work Xmas party 3. Second husband - I was invited by a mutual friend to his house party. I stayed the night 1
Trail Blazer Posted August 2, 2020 Posted August 2, 2020 Bumble! She's an absolute gem, this one! We went on our first date the same day we matched. It's been nine months and our relationship hasn't missed a beat! 2 1
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