What is your opinion on internet dating?

Whats your take on internet dating? Have you tried it or know someone who has? And would you try it or have you tried it? What site(s) did you use or do you recomend.





***My SIL and Brother me on one and I have another couple who also met this way and are now married. I have tried it once or twice and gotten nowhere. I am wondering if its the sites I tried and/or the scene altogehter.


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What is your opinion on internet dating?
It can work, but I wouldn't count on it.





My brother-in-law and his wife met online and they've been married for almost ten years, so it definately can work.





However, I'd set a few good guidelines here...


- Don't start dating anyone that you haven't met in real life.


- Don't communicate solely through the internet -- talk to each other on the phone, write to each other, visit each other, etc.


- Be sure to hang out with other people while you are together as well. Friends and family will be able to help guide and support you better if they know your significant other as well. Plus, when you meet his/her friends and family, you'll be able to see how s/he acts around them.








Also, a bit of advice -- don't hang out solely on "dating" sites... a lot of guys consider girls on there desperate and may try to take advantage of them. Try getting involved in a website that has to do with something that you're interested in, whether it's movies, music, arts, sports, whatever. Meeting people in that way will ensure that you have at least one thing in common!





Good luck!
Reply:We need to chat! I love it. I met John on Yahoo Personals and I've been seeing him for one year now. It's also fun.
Reply:i think it works sometimes but you have to be really careful when you do it. i know someone who tried it and is now married. but it took him a long time to find the right one. i don't know if i would try it. i personally prefer to have the guy ask me out in person not on the Internet. i don't have any sites to recommend.
Reply:I met my fiance on an internet matching service. My advice is to select a site that has a good reputation (like Yahoo Personals, Match.com, E-Harmony--there are others). Write an honest, but upbeat profile. Get to know potential dates over e-mail and the phone. Meet in public places for short dates the first two or three dates. My biggest piece of advice: don't expect too much, and don't expect it too soon. I dated many men over about a year before Jay and I connected. Have fun with it, be careful and don't take it too personally. Not everyone on the site is serious about finding a partner (some are just looking for fun or a physical relationship), and not everyone is your perfect match.
Reply:two words: cyber sex!
Reply:I have had some luck meeting people but nobody I wanted to stay with from free sites, and the sites I'm paying for am having good luck with. Yahoo personals I met a nice person there and on some other sites too. It might be the scene. If your on a swingers site then your not going to find much there but swingers. It might be the type of people you are talking with too. Maybe you always seem to find the people who suck (I have this tendency). Try finding a site where you have to pay for the service or you can't even enter if you want zero bs and fewer bums. Or don't say your looking for someone to date, say your looking for friends and take it from there. Hope this helps.
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Reply:I dont agree because they can lie and ppl get into abusive relationships and stuff when they do this.Try to find a girl around your neiborhood and or work...you dont always need a date