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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:46 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:14 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:10 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:35 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:35 am
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I was in four different dating clubs, back in 2001. Two were on-line, and two were photo-book and activity based. What I found is that the group events were far better than sitting alone at night, but the date-shopping function doesn't work.
Great Expectations cost me a bundle of cash and hours of effort to get started: photo shoot, video shoot, questionairre, picking guys out of the books to email. I got ZERO responses to my 25 emails! And nobody sent me any at all. I quit after my year was up; what a waste of time.
Match.com is all on-line, cheaper, easier, and fun to use. I ended up emailing back and forth to 4 different guys. Two of them actually turned into dates, but a third was stalkerish and I refused to meet him. The two relationships fizzled out eventually, but they were okay as steps to recovery from Husband #1.
Equally Yoked had group events, at which I learned to trust men again. Also to sing karaoke, play spades, and dance the waltz; but no dates. Their date-book thing just didn't work for me, but my friends there pointed me to eHarmony.
eHarmony was all on-line, and pretty fun. I ended up with 4 pen-palls, but no dates. I think most guys on there are looking for somebody younger, sweeter, and with fewer kids than me.
But I have to say, I'm glad those businesses are out there, because it gave me safe outlet for my frantic loneliness, during those years.
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:44 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:22 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:22 pm
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I have friends who met via online dating who got married, and still are. I know those things work, but it depends on who you are. I met a guy on MySpace (was promoting a few of the bands I work for), and after talking online, and on the phone for a few weeks, we went on a date. Year and a half later, we were engaged. Now, 3 years later, we're really good friends, as he was in Iraq when the relationship was at it's peak and there were deal breakers on both sides, for marriage. I think it's better than find the Mr. Right in a bar, like most think is the place to go to pick up on the opposite sex.
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:59 am
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:28 am
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:03 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:29 pm
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:27 pm
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President Kristian Fry But here is the thing just like in person a lot of dates people go on is with someone they do not know. But over time they do get to know them and its the same as with online. But the best part of being online is all you do for the most part is talk letting two people get to know each other a hell of a lot with out any sex getting in the way.So yea it can be a great thing but how ever its not for every one. This pretty much sums up my thoughts with the important part in bold. In a way, I think online dating is actually better because due to the lack of physical contact, all you can do is talk and get to know each other, which allows you to know the person better before you actually get physically involved. However, this doesn't always work for everyone... some people require face-to-face interaction to really open themselves up to someone. It requires a lot of trust and honesty for an online relationship, which are things people look for in a long term relationship anyway.
I do not know how online dating sites work, however, I know that online dating can work because my spouse and I met online. We knew each other for a year and a half before meeting in person. Another year and a half later we got married, and have been for almost a year.
At the same time I had decided to get married, my brother had actually gotten married. He met his wife at a bar and they lived together for a few months, and he thought his relationship would work out better because he met and knew her in person whereas I had only seen my spouse in person for a 1 week visit. However, as the plans for my wedding were really getting in the works, my brother divorced. He was married 6 months, and after that he admit that I was right about knowing my spouse better despite the lack of physical contact. Most of what he knew about his wife was how much he liked looking at and having sex with her sweatdrop Most other aspects of life they could not agree on.
I would strongly suggest really knowing the person before meeting in person because a lot of things can go wrong. The steps my spouse and I took were gradual... first there was email, chat, and IM... eventually sharing pictures {we did not show pictures to each other until we had known and trusted each other enough to do so. I find this better than sharing pictures immediately because then you know that they are actually interested in you and not just your looks} then we worked our way into talking on the phone and using webcam {this is a pretty good way to get to know if the person you're talking to is the same as the picture they sent you}, then exchanging addresses and eventually meeting.
Previously my spouse and I had both had online relationships that didn't work out so well... my spouse had one that even went into real life because the person did not live too far away, but it was a bad situation that they deeply regret. However, it taught them that you have to be very careful in how much information you share and how soon when it comes to building a relationship online.
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