ever sign up on those dating websites?

[orleans]

since valentine love is in the air around here i thought i'd ask

which dating sites? (christian mingle? i see those commercials often enough. match? whatever else there is?)

any stories about how the date/s went? or if true love was found?

for those unfamiliar with the "best" sites here is a link
http://www.top10bestdatingsites.com/index.php?kw=dating%20sites&c=33932370547&t=search&p=&m=e&adpos=1t1&a=1&gclid=CLHn4aLxxbwCFe87MgoduCEAPQ

full disclosure: i have not signed up on any of the dating services. i'm not ruling it out--i'm just curious as to how it went for people.

[NYC_SKP]

1. "Farmers Only dot Com" was on Ellen. Now don't hate, people.....

I know you're lining up to hurl insults at the rural folk...

Bigots! Gun-owners! Trailer Park Trash!

Be warned, more than 25% of DU membership identify as rural, conservatively.

[Art_from_Ark]

2. I identify as semi-rural

I spend a lot of time in one of the biggest cities in the world, but I still prefer the semi-rural settings of family members' homes in the US.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Me, too. Manhattan was fun but...

...it's hard to kick my agricultural well-water grow-your-own roots!

[GReedDiamond]

4. Lemme know when they have "atheist artists' mingle" or...

..."old punk rocker mosh pit mingle," or anything like them there.

(insert picture of cow w/mohawk chewing on cannabis salad while moooo-ing)

[angel823]

11. me too

that is all

Angel in Texas

[patricia92243]

5. It depends on a person's circumstances to which one is best. I belonged to a two of them and had

several dates - some good - some not so good - but I get a laugh now that I look back on them. Then I met a man who lived on the street where I was born and lived until I was grown. He is now my husband! We have been married for over 5 years now. He is the best thing that has happened to me in my life.

My daughter met her husband of 6 years on the internet. My cousin met his wife on the internet.

Go for it - you will have some interesting times that could lead to something wonderful.

[orleans]

6. i just went on one site--and looked around for the longest time

which lead to another site, and then a third pet people site.

kinda addictive, looking at pics and reading those profiles.

i noticed several people have issues with spelling

one was funny--the guy was in a tux and bow tie and his description of himself was something to the effect of nothing fancy, a casual guy (then why post a photo where you look very formal?) lol

anyway, a little interesting. not really too serious about it.

[steve2470]

7. my past experience

I know they work for some people. However, for me, they did not work. I'll just stay with the old school methods of meeting first in real life via friends, family, work, parties, etc.

[orleans]

8. i was thinking, while looking at these sites, how awkward it

must feel/be to actually go and meet someone, and a bit forced (in a way--i can't quite explain it--and then there would be the issues of living up to expectations, etc.)

...i don't know...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. Liars, Drunks, Dopers and Thieves. YMMV.

[orleans]

12. wow--really? and what does ymmv stand for? n/t

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. Your Mileage May Vary. Good luck.

Half joking but half not. Buyer beware.

[dawg]

28. I hear women say things like that, and some days I think ...

that I might really be in demand if I ever get ready to try dating again. Then, on other days, I get depressed and I think that most of the women in my area won't be interested in me at all. They all want big, burly, blue-collar men with Harley's and tattoos. Not some sensitive little poindexter like me.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

33. I think you will do just fine -if- you ever get ready to try it again. -

You never know until you try, right?

[Xyzse]

10. Well...

Now that I think about it, I do remember signing up for crazyblinddate before it got swallowed up by OKCupid...
Which ticks me off to no end.

The only reason I signed up for that site, was because I heard about them from NPR, and the person I was going to a concert with cancelled the same day we were going.

So I was desperate.

That was a huge mistake on my part. Now I get stupid emails from OkCupid, even if I have not signed up on them.

CrazyBlindDate was a site that sets you up with some random person, given an activity and quick time frame.

It didn't even work out for me. I wasted a ticket for Morcheeba, I went alone, and found someone on the street that needed a ticket, and just gave it to them.

Never ever doing a site like that again.

I just do meetup groups. I am going to a music jam session on Friday instead.

[orleans]

13. crazyblinddate sounds hysterical. n/t

[DFW]

15. I used the low tech method

Chance in-person introduction. Worked for me.

[orleans]

18. "low tech method" -- nice. n/t

[DFW]

20. It was in 1974

Fewer options then. No Google Translate, either. I had to learn her language. She learned mine, too, which was a good move. Our bilingual kids know they can't switch into the "other" language just to keep either of us from knowing what they are talking about.

[Skittles]

19. or with an assist!

new gal at work, and she sits near where I put the coffee carafe......I noticed a guy I know from another work group who is certainly an admirer, but too shy to approach her, so I told him to stop by to say "hi" to me if he saw me over there and then I would say hi and OH BY THE WAY, have you met Cheryl? I promised discretion! It worked and now they are talking daily.

[DFW]

21. Nice job.

Benevolently sneaky!

[trof]

25. Miz t. and I started by being tricked into a 'blind date' which neither of us wanted.

It's a long story.
46 years later we're still together and happy.

[Skittles]

34. watch out; Mz t. will be jealous of all your hearts!

yee HAW!!!

[Skittles]

16. no

jeez, half the friggin' population is the gender you want! THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!!!

[orleans]

17. oh skittles! BEST ANSWER EVER!!! i laughed my ass off. (not literally off but you know what i mean)

[NightWatcher]

22. just rub up against people on the bus

Sure, you'll get slapped a few dozen times, but you never know when you'll find your true love

[Tobin S.]

23. I met my wife on okcupid.com

We've been together for three years and married for a little over two years. I was the first guy she dated from there and she was the seventh or eighth woman that I had dated from there. I had been a member of the site for longer, but for some reason kept scaring off all of my potential mates. I was more long term relationship minded, and even though I said as much in my profile I guess they didn't think I was really serious until they met me. A lot of people just go by the pictures, too, and don't bother reading the profiles. I had conservative Christian woman interested in me until I told I was a liberal and an agnostic. It said as much right in my profile, but until I actually said something to her she thought I was the one for her.

[elfin]

24. No, but if I ever feel I want another guy ---

I would start hanging around hardware stores with my to do list and ask for help from likely looking prospects.

Either that or a computer section.

[dawg]

26. I might try it someday.

I live in a rural area and it's hard to meet people my age who aren't married.

[riderinthestorm]

27. My daughters been with her partner for 6 years. They met on match.com

It was their first (and last) date with any internet dating site.

Hit it off right away

[dorkzilla]

29. I was on match after my divorce and had the time of my life!

I wasn't really interested in getting serious and I think that's part of why it was fun for me. I met so many amazing men. I had a method, if you will, in that if their initial email was interesting or even coherent, I'd respond and we'd correspond via email for a few weeks before moving on to phone calls for a few weeks then finally a face to face. By the time we met we had a real sense of each other and bonded over mutual likes (and mine are out there and all over the place). Funny enough even though I was very open about my desire to just date, the men I was dating wanted to get serious--which I attribute to the fact that I am very much like a male in my dating habits and they hate to have the tables turned LOL!

The point is I think if you approach it with a sense of fun and adventure you'll get a lot out of it. Nearly everyone I know met their spouse of SO through match or similar.

I met my current boyfriend on match and we've been together almost 7 years, lived together for over 5 now. While I'd rather have knitting needles shoved through my eyeballs then get married again, we have a really great relationship based on mutual interests and a sense of humor.

[IrishEyes]

30. I put an ad in the personals once a few years ago.

I received 75 responses. I went on a bunch of dates. Nice guys but I didn't end up in a relationship with any of them. It was fun and interesting even the dates that didn't go well.

I haven't tried dating online but I have a few friends who met their husband or wife online. One of these days, I will try it.

[HipChick]

31. No...I just can't bring myself to do it..

I watch too much ID TV

[btrflykng9]

32. I used EHarmony years ago in my twenties

and had a few moderately good dates from the experience but it was fairly expensive. I liked the intensive personality questions but it's a big pain in the a** changing your answers if you need to at a later date.

I signed up for Zoosk tonight since it was listed in your link as the #1 site but so far I prefer OKCupid which I've been using for about two weeks now. OkCupid is free and provides a good personality assessment for better matching. I am meeting my first guy from there next week but I am nothing but pleased so far.