How long should you wait to arrange meeting someone via internet dating?

I have been getting on with someone who I got in contact with through internet dating. We have been corresponding with someone for 6 months through email, phone %26amp; text. He keeps saying that we should meet up, so last week I took the initiative and tried to arrange a date. He agreed to meet tommorow, but then yesterday while we were texting he said something had come up (a work do) and that we are going to have to rearrange (I am guessing work do's are arranged weeks in advance?!)


Is this guy wasting my time - whats the opinion out there??


Should I bother with this guy still, or am I just being impatient?

How long should you wait to arrange meeting someone via internet dating?
He could be wasting your time, could be married? or he could just have bottled it. Have it out with him online ask him what his intentions are. Life is far too short to be wasting your precious time. If you do arrange to meet please please take a friend with you incase he turns out to be a weirdo.





Goodluck x
Reply:6 months is way too long... something like a week or 2 would be more normal
Reply:If he does it again then he's not genuine. It's all down to your own initiative. But i have to say, I met my partner over the net after 2months, yours sounds a bit over stretched. Let him arrange it, if he takes his time, makes excuses or arranges it for too far in the future then sorry, goodbye him.
Reply:6 months is pretty piss poor, no offense! 1 week is the maximum for correspondance on-line. don't go looking for meetings outside of your own town,county state and country. keep it local and in familar surroundings. you are both jerking off to somebody who doesnt exist, a wet dream as it were.





you are both at blame, leave it and move on. 6 months no meet is waaaaaaaay too long.
Reply:avoid - he's got no balls and is playing you around. Odds are, he's in a relationship (maybe not a full time one but you are not the only love interest in his life.)
Reply:......after a couple of week's after meeting, you should alway's link up via web cam, to make sure everything check's out.... If the guy turn's out completely different,... e.g.... way older,.. way younger,.. or nothing like he described, then you can apologize and imform you no longer wish to continue... If he say's he does'nt have a web cam, then suggest he use an internet cafe computer.... I would probably say, to give it another 2 week's or so, and if he seem's to duck out of a meeting all the time, then you'll have to do some re-assessing about him... Silly guy's can be found in any dating situation, either online, or offline, so however you decide to handle this, you should alway's remember to link after 2 to 3 week's on webcam, to make sure everything's cool.... Online dating is still a great way to meet, but a webcam is a really good way of verification!...
Reply:This guy is wasting your time....must be hiding something. Most internet dating happens fast. Everyone I know usually has a phone number the first day or two and call immediately and sets up a meeting within a week.





Why wait or waste time. To me - waiting or stalling is a red-flag that the person is hiding something or has a personality or social flaw.
Reply:OK, I may be being cynical here, but 'meeting' someone online isn't always genuine. He's probably a size larger than Jabba the Hutt, married, with 5 kids, and irritable bowels. Steer well clear.
Reply:If you live within driving/train distance, you should have met within the first month. If you have to make travel plans that require more than 1 day away from home, think the time to make them is now. 6 months is long enough. I think I'd be wary of this- sounds dubious. It's entirely possible that he has no intention of ever meeting you due to lying about who he is, or being married.
Reply:wait 100 yrs,,how do u know he aint jack the ripper?
Reply:Give him the benefit of the doubt. Not all work stuff is planned weeks in advance - especially considering the different professions, etc. You've already invested 6 months, you can invest a little more time.
Reply:wait until you know you are ready, and really really know him, know what he looks like, check out his details, etc etc, to prove he isn't a perve or a peado
Reply:I think you should go, You never know until you meet him, but I would make it a group thing, or meet in a very public place and dont go anywhere with him alone, I wouldnt go anywhere with him alone until you know him and trust him!
Reply:YOU SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL
Reply:Always keep your internet friends on the internet. It is safer that way....even for guys. Don't try to convert cyber friends to real life friends.....it will never work
Reply:heres an idea:





1) Go down the pub


2) Meet a real person





The longer you stay on this internet the less chance you got of gettin laid
Reply:I met my partner through Internet dating. I also met a lot of men, some of whom I have kept in touch with and are good friends. Only you will know, through talking to him, whether or not to go ahead with things. When I met my partner, all sorts of strange things came to light! First of all, we found out that we were in the same year and the same school together. Then it came to light that we used to have the same close mate when we were kids. The house he owned turned out to be a house that my ex husbands mentor lived in when he joined the police. As if that wasn't enough, when he met my family, we found out that he knew my cousin because my partners' dad used to play darts with him. There are lots more examples but I can't think of them at the moment. We have been together for almost 5 years now and are very happy! I started off just wanting a friendship from Internet dating but life has a way of doing its own thing. Good luck! I hope you end up as happy as I am!
Reply:when ever u are comfortable with meeting. but always make sure some1 knows where u are and that u are safe! there are strange people out there