Internet dating?

Has anyone ever heard of a sucessful outcome from this medium ?

Internet dating?
Success is measured by many variables. If you pose the query about internet dating being successful and your definition of success is that it leads to an old-fashioned "let's march off into old age together" partnership--after the obligatory white wedding in a beautiful church--then the balance is more than likely going to fall onto the negative side. If, however, you define success as a date that leads to a less formal undertaking, perhaps not so strewn with guilt and purity, I would imagine that the scales would fall to a more positive affirmation. There are, of course, examples of both scenarios playing out successfully and unsuccessfully.





Now, see there? That is the proper way to answer a question, much more proper than simply calling someone "extremely self-centered"(I corrected the spelling here, but no need to thank me) and ignoring the question they have asked. I speak merely as example, however; I am not referring to any specific incident....





All my love,


~Jack
Reply:jack your the one whos not very nice. im surprize this kalgorli have been so nice to you Report It

Reply:its just so stupid..
Reply:Yep. I met my husband online a little over 4 years ago, and we've been married 2 years. Of course, we met in person well before we were married. You have to be careful, but you can run into sketchy people online just as easily as you can in a bar.
Reply:No just what I have seen on shows like Jerry Springer how guy meet woman on the Internet and runs off together lol
Reply:NO





One of my girl friends dated a man who's wife had been murdered... ewwww!





One of my guy friends found a girl who he married, and things got so out of hand with domestic abuse that now that he's out of jail for beating her, he's banckrupt and they're devorced





I'm sure someone out there had a different experience, it's just no one I know...
Reply:I have had friends date people they met on the internet. All of them but one ended disasterously. The one that made it is married and living happily ever after.


It just depends I suppose on how well you can read people's character. Many people will put on a persona on the internet, and pretend to be someone they aren't: more enthusiastic, brilliant, outgoing, etc. when in real life they sit quitely and drift from one day to the next.


I say, if you think there is a real chance with someone you've met over the internet, go for it. But don't waste your time unless you think it could actually go somewhere.
Reply:My best friend, found a great match on this site called,


Match.com


%26amp; he lives a few miles from her, its working out great, althought you have to be carefull.
Reply:not a good idea. period.
Reply:Sure I met my wife on the internet, and alot of other great people before her. And neither one of us is fat and ugly, I did go through a few before I met her though. But it is fun like a giant bar.
Reply:Many. Let's face it - people spend an increasing amount of time on their computers between work and leisure activities and less time in places that make it easy to meet them face to face.





In the past there was quite a stigma attached to internet dating but I know people that have dated and married people they met online - and they're very happy. I've also heard of situations in which people were disappointed, but any dating situation - regardless of where you meet - can end in disappointment.





As far as I'm concerned the key to dating is listening to your gut. If you're really paying attention, online or off, you can tell when someone is lying - things just don't add up.





The benefit to meeting people online is that you aren't limited to chance meetings - you could join a dating website (which makes things a bit less intimidating than approaching people in public AND you know that they're available and looking to date) or you can meet people with common interests on sites that you frequent.





Of course you have to take some extra safety precautions, but that's not a bad idea in any situations these days.
Reply:i met my boyfriend on myspace April 8th 2006 and been with him for 15 months. We lived in the same city. same age. went to the same schools but never once met during that time, all while having the same groups of friends. Weird huh? but here we are. He's the best thing thats ever happened to me.
Reply:I see those ads on TV regarding that match site but, I wonder if they go back after a year or so, how many of them are still together.





When you are chatting it up with someone on line or on the internet...unless you see them often in person, you really don't get the full picture as to WHO this person really is...and no matter how much you think you are sharing and how open you intend to be...it leaves a lot to be desired. You are only getting a snap shot into their lives. You aren't really getting "the whole story". So, depending on how you define "sucessful outcome", I would have to say as a majority answer, NO.