[Closed] online dating experiences

Have a pal on there.. he regularly collects random girls from the railway station and gives them a seeing too before taking them back.. And from the stories my wife tells me of a couple of female teachers at her school, POF is more of a pickup site for sex. One of the teachers currently has FIFTEEN blokes on the go 😯

Thanks sharki, I'll take that as a compliment!

Otherwise, I am not interested in stringing along/being strung along!

Lady Gresley - Member
I actually complained to eHarmony and demanded they stop taking my membership payment - all the matches I got seemed to be men who liked watching tv or going to the pub - how the **** did that match my profile of cycling all day, every day???
As mentioned on t'other thread, I did find a lovely man on another site, when I'd almost given up.

Waves to Lady G,............. 😳

15? Someone has unresolved childhood issues.

Dipped my toe in and out over the years.

Yeah, there are sites out there for all tastes!

[i]Hardly surprising, if she has seen the size of your shed.

She helped erect it
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Lady Gresley - Member
As mentioned on t'other thread, I did find a lovely man on another site, when I'd almost given up. 😀

[i]Someone has unresolved childhood issues.

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Well, you'd know !. When it comes to [i]issues[/i] I get the impression that you're fully stocked....

😉

Have been thinking about having a dabble back in the online dating world after my wife left me . Did it many years ago and agree its "fun" but there are a few nut jobs out there . Maybe too soon for me though 😕

Solo theres sport sex and theres 'naughty Uncle caused issues-sex'...

I have sport sex, as Im a man 8)

Me? Sexist??

guaranteed shag...

Mind you, may I suggest not having a couple of stiff drinks beforehand to help with the nerves? It really does nothing for one's ...

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[i]I have sport sex as Im a man[/i]
Wait till the Mrs finds out.

Hora.

You're a great sport. So it seems.

😉

CFH - I salute your genius!

(believe it or not, I've never seen the map of Norway used that way before)

Rachel

[i](believe it or not, I've never seen that before)

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And I still can't see it....

CFH.
For goodness sakes man, reduce the size !, its taking forever to load.

Thats what mrshora says

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..oh wait you dont mean unload

hora - if she's complaining it's taking too long, she's getting bored for some reason - that's not a good thing!!

Rachel

Met me bird on soulmates, had a three year relationship with her and the two kids, split up a while back so no, it doesn't work, forget it....

Rachel, glad that someone got it! 🙂

CFH.
For goodness sakes man, reduce the size !, its taking forever to load.

first date I went on turned out to be the same girl I married in July 2012 - WIN

father in law is a wine importer - this is an upmarket version of 'does your dad own a brewery'

Kayak23 you had a relationship with a woman AND two kids?

[i][b]Met me bird[/b] on soulmates, had a [b]three year[/b] relationship with her and the [b]two kids[/b][/i]

You sir, DO NOT, hang around. Do you !.
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[i]That's what they all say[/i]

Tell me about it !. Thank goodness I was ahead of Hora in the Q.

Have found internet dating to be time intensive/results light, but have friends in successful relationships as a result of eHarmony and PoF. Have tried both, and probably would again if I wanted to. Met some nice men through PoF, and some strange men, and some men who just wanted a sh*g. Sounds like men/life, generally 😉

Give it a go! Got little to lose.

edhornby - Member
first date I went on turned out to be the same girl I married in July 2012 - WIN

So long as you met her before July 2012 otherwise touch awkward......

CFH aka Slartibartfast 😆

[i]some men who just wanted a sh*g. Sounds like men/life, generally[/i]

😯 , I guess theres nothing like taring all men with [i]the[/i] one brush then.

What year is this ?.

Thread of the year 😆

Used to be a paid up member on Plenty More Fish & got fed up of receiving messages off women whom i'd absolutely nothing in common with, & it didn't take long to work out that it's the sites admins who are sending profiles out not the women themselves. So didn't renew my subscription, & edited my profile to say at the last paragraph that i'm no longer a member of the site, so can't read or reply to messages. But guess what, I still get my e-mail inbox full of ' so & so has sent you a private message'. Bollox !

However, the other week I had a e-mail off PMF which said 'V*** aged 45 from B***** has added a new photo, & she lives only 1 mile from you!' So I thought I'd log in & have a look seeing as she lives local, I may have seen her around.

Anyways, when I logged in I let out a genuine LOL, as the woman in question was an old friend of my ex-wife & me. 'Aged 45'....nah, 52 more like! ( & she's a right dirty slut as well 8) )

Solo - Member

The entire quote if you don't mind!

Met some nice men through PoF, and some strange men, and some men who just wanted a sh*g. Sounds like men/life, generally

Says something very different to what you quoted. Life is made up of all sorts of people with all sorts of motives, just like people on internet dating sites. *Sigh* people are so easily offended round here 😉

flippinheckler - Member
Thread of the year

Steady on!

Sick to the back teeth of the sites now to be honest. Taking an indefinite break. The large majority of the woman on these sites are ducking boring, and the ones that aren't live in Belgium. It would be great to meet an interesting and attractive woman in the 'real' world but they all have husbands or only like cats.....
I'm not bitter though... 🙄

I had a profile on fitness singles. Actually met a nice lady and we went on a great ride around the dark peaks. It became quickly apparent over lunch that we really had very different goals in life, and she seemed very uninterested in anything I said.

She did rather kindly send me an in-depth message the next day detailing everything I had said that she disagreed with and slating all my life choices to date. Which was nice. She did, however, say I had a very nice smile, which was the only positive!

I sent a message back thanking her, haven't logged in since.

Elzorillo would the teacher be Runcorn based?

After my partner of 20 years left, i gave it 12 months being single then dipped my toe.

POF was an utter nightmare. If you are serious about finding a future partner then beware.

I put a profile up on Guardian Soulmates and found the girl of my dreams. Been seeing her for nearly 12 months now and have never been happier. plus she lives in Snowdonia.... its all good.

Some people scoff at online dating, but to be honest, tell me a better way to meet someone. You can email, chat txt to find out if you have anything in common before actually meeting.

All I will advise is be totally honest. Never start a relationship on a lie. treat people as you would wish to be treated yourself.

Happy hunting

I joined a free one for the hell of it, ended up talking to about a dozen people who were all of interest to me, met two after about a week, chose one and they are amazing, anyone who has met me knows I can talk, a lot, but this girl can actually talk more, AND be more factual AND interesting. Unreal.

Word of warning, you'll end up with an inbox from dozens of people who are not even remotely viable, best course of action is to just put on ignore. Also remove your profile after you find someone and burn your email address otherwise you'll never hear the end of it.

My old Flatmate used to go on Plenty of Fish all the time, Loads of sex with women he met, Majority wern't too easy on the eye, rest were weirdos... his advice would be the better ones that you have to pay for, two other friend's both met current partners on Match (?) & seem happy

I met the current Mrs Bones at a 'tweetup' love her to bits

Actually met a nice lady and we went on a great ride around the dark peaks.

From friends and suchlike, the Guardian Soulmates one does seem to be worth the effort, if you like that kind of person. Some of the others are clearly more for, er, fishing, but it depends what you're after.

I used to do it before we all had computers and email; it was just somebody in an office who had some kind of matching up system. Trouble was, as you worked your way through their list of possible candidates in your area they got increasingly reckless and began sending you more and more rubbish, further and further away from home.

My most successful, er, [i]date[/i], was as a result of giving my phone number to a girl who was in a relationship at the time. Shortly afterwards she kicked him into touch and we embarked on a six month sex marathon, which was good fun.

A mate used them but spun so much BS about himself that when he finally met them they ran a mile. Shame, as some of the girls he met were actually very nice.

I used Match.com, & after sharing a few emails had a blind date with the lady who's now my wife. Its our 10th anniversary this year.!!!

I used to meet girls off of MySpace. One turned out to be 4'6" - that was never really going to work.

Been on the online dating thing for a bit and met a couple of girls, one of which I'm seeing at the moment. Very early days but things seem fine.

Go with recommenations on web sites, some of them can be a bit dodgy. Not heard good things about Matchaffinity.

EHarmony only sends you people it thinks you match with so not so much choice.

As said I'd try one of the more main stream ones like Match, lots of people on there.

One note though, if you are looking for a relationship and not just sex then be mindful that a lot of people on these sites play the odds and have several on the go. I don't do this but you could well be one of many on the list of people to see or currently seeing.

on these sites play the odds and have several on the go

I knew someone who used POF for a couple of years - she did the same, always had a number on the go- say seeing (actually seeing) 3 blokes at the sametime with 'chats' with others. Every so often she'd prune one or so off and 'promote' to the inner circle. She always said she was unlucky in love/trying to find love but to me it looked like she was eating out alot and getting an enormous amount of casual sex. Literally rotating blokes every night- meal then back to hers.

Why do people hide from the truth/what they are doing?

Personally (being honest), if I was single I'd do it one at a time- see how each relationship goes. [s]I've got the bedroom energy for multiple[/s] I'm a sexual tyrannosaurus however you'd spend most of your week servicing all these multiple relationships. Madness and a fulltime job in itself- you'd have no quiet time/relax after work etc. Are some people 'lacking something mentally'?!!!

I'm never going to be able to look at a map of Norway without giggling now!

Did think about dating sites, but was too scared in the end. Don't need to now

Elzorillo would the teacher be Runcorn based?

No mate.. Notts.