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First off I will tell you that I met and married a man I met on an internet dating site. I guess I am one of the good stories you hear about. And how we met and fell in love is a whole other discussion.....but I wanted to vent here about how when you start talking to guys, they immediately love you. I just don't get it. You chat via the internet, see a photo, and they are in love!! Now I am not talking of one guy, but almost all that I chatted to. And here is another funny thing....I am 49 and they ranged in age from 22 to 50's. Geez, I have a 26 year old son!! But if I would joke about that, they didn't think it funny. They "truly" were madly in love with me. I just don't get it. Anyone want to share their experiences on an internet dating site?
I met my hubby on Yahoo personals back when they were still free.
We've been married 7 years now (as of January).
I've not had the problem of guys falling in love with me via the internet immediately. Just the opposite in fact. I would be chatting with someone, getting to know them in chat rooms and by talking in messenger, then they ask for a picture, I send one, and they quit talking to me, immediately.
Pretty much had me convinced I was the most hideous person to ever walk the face of the earth. I'm glad I don't have to go through that anymore.
I had some weird experiences before I met Sam too!! I was so naieve one time, I was just talking to this guy, we were getting on great and one day he just said hold on a minute and then next thing he was showing me pics of himself naked!! I was so shocked! And a few more, I could probably write a book! Now it's funny. It's nice to meet you, Nona, someone else who met their partner on line, a success story!!
I know more online success stories than I do failures. One of my cousins met her hubbie online and moved from Georgia to Ohio to be with him. And I know a couple of people in my online groups who met their SOs online.
Someone once told me it wasn't safe, becaue I didn't know anything about him and he could be lying. I said, how is that so different from picking someone up at a bar? And that seems to be okay.
I am definetely more in favor of meeting someone online and getting to know them first before meeting them. You are right, meeting someone in a bar is better? Not!!
I would rather share my experience on an internet flirting.
I'd used to vigorously chat any spare moment while at work. And it amused me a lot to read men's confession of "true love" and "love at first glance" (that's on my chat profile, I assume :) ) after a first dozen of chat lines.
Of course I hadn't trust them (who would?!), but it was funny and trifle pleasant anyway. Considering that I'm in my 30's and some of those chat-Romeos were just over 20.
But then... you know what? I'd got bored. As simple as that.
Honestly, I don't know what to say to the young boys anymore... except of flirting of course! For which a mood is yet to come...
