online dating experiences

I’m thinking of this after a while of singledom, also needing cheering up as back to work tomorrow.

I’m not sure if I CBA given the proliferation of desperation, so please let’s have your hilarious experiences and site recommendations.

Too many to go in to now (as off on a date shortly) but try POF

Used to use love at Lycos and I’m now married to her. She posts on here and she’s not bad on a bike. Not a funny story but it might give you hope.

No real hilarious ones.
Met a couple of nice people and a few proper odd ones before finding Chloe, have now been together over 3 years and got engaged a month ago.
that was on fitness singles, but bear in mind that was 3 or so years ago. But it was easy to use and you could spot the nutters.
Good luck!

guaranteed shag…

I met a woman who thought I was 32 (when I was 25). She was mortified, I just thought it was funny, especially as she realised all her topics of conversation related to the person she thought I was, but had accidently sent the original message to me instead of some other guy.

Met a nice girl, went on a few dates, unfortunately being the run up to christmas we were both busy a lot so we agreed to meet up in the new year, she seemed dead keen but suddenly stopped answering texts etc. nevermind thinks I, send her a last message through website, just to make sure she’s not lost her phone or anything, apologise for appearing stalkery or whatever…
then move into the back to back terrace that backs onto her house. I knew she lived round there somewhere!

Met another girl, got married. Thats not funny though.

Female friends have loved it and enjoyed dating lots of men, one or two even succeeded in pinning down a good ‘un.
Male friends have said that it is “cheaper than hookers”.

HTH.

I’ve just posted this on another thread:

I did register with Plenty of Fish. Got dozens of offers of sex – “fun” was the euphemism.

Bloke: Would you like to meet up for some fun?
Me: Great! Shall we go to Brands Hatch to see the Touring Car racing?
…
never heard from him again.

but the best one was:

Jake: Hi, my name’s Jake, I’m 19. I have a ferret and I can wheely the whole length of my street. Let’s meet up and I’ll give you a night you won’t forget.

It was amusing at first, then very boring – there were no genuine offers of a date/meeting so I cancelled my profile.

Flash, your friends use hookers?

I am disappoint.

Karin it was your post on the other thread that inspired this one!

Al, not since they stopped being allowed to claim it as a legitimate business expense. 😉

Used one site for a bit. Ended up married! Our paths would never have crossed otherwise. Wife told her pal about it when we started out and now her pal is married to the bloke she met.

Someone I work with has lots of “fun” via Plenty of Fish. Don’t think he’s into the long relationship thing, just likes dipping into something new every couple of weeks.

No idea why, but every girl i remotely like the sound/look of, is pretty much at the opposite end of the country to me?????

I can see Kof9’s point, but IME most women just put a few pictures up, and then expect men to chase them, no decent description maybe just a few generic clichés and adjectives (ie claiming to be educated and funny, without actually saying anything intelligent or amusing) before the ubiquitous “be original when contacting me”.

Sifting through all the crap, to find the one decent profile that is still actually active is just far too frustrating.

If you are going to try it, just go for the lowest initial outlay first off, don’t be tempted by 6 or 12 month deals, its like a gym membership most won’t use it after the first week.

Guardian soulmates is the one I find to have most genuine profiles on there.

maxtorque – Member
No idea why, but every girl i remotely like the sound/look of, is pretty much at the opposite end of the country to me?????

that’s what you get for living in scotland…. 😉

a mate has been active for the best part of a year since coming to Munich and finishing it with his bird.

“a fun way to meet new people when you are new to somewhere” was his official line. turns out he has been stringing a few birds (with benefits) along for some time now. but why not….?

he even got me on in a double date, which was a laugh till i had to go home to my GF…. 🙂

Met a few nice women, but lots of weird ones.

And the nicest ones are ALWAYS miles away.

Don’t forget to do the most local search you can first, the profile of someone you know is often so far off your perception of that person it opens your eyes!

The high spot of 2011 was being best man at my mate’s wedding, think they used match.com 🙂

Not sure what it’s like now but 5 years ago I used the Guardian Soulmates site and would have definitely recommended it then.However my wife reminds me regularly it was the biggest mistake of her life 😉
Coincidentally a colleague of hers also used it and ended meeting and marrying a guy who lived less than 400 yards away who otherwise she probably would never have met.

i had 6 months of “fun” not all instigated by me, there are some voracious ladies out there, i got bored of it if i’m honest and did some growing up, found a lovely girl online after that and this year will be our 6th together 🙂

so worth it in the long run, but all depends what you want out of it

my work mate also met his now wife via a dating site and they are expecting their first child in March

oh, and http://www.mysinglefriend.com was useful to me but you need to get someone else to write your profile, which is a nice twist

I’ve dabbled in a couple but the more, erm, specialised (!) sites like fitness-singles etc tend to have a fairly limited “pool”.

I’ve tried eHarmony loads more people and have been on a fair few first dates but never followed any of them up (or had any offers of “fun”!!). A couple of those first dates have been shockers – just really awkward and nowt in common!!

Only tried once but it ended up as 18 months of sex heaven! Never known anything like it.

But she was nuts.

went on a date with a woman through fitness singles- it was okay, but clearly nothing more so that was that. mostly, my experiences of FS was that it’s full of dreamers, liars and women with totally unrealistic expectations.
after almost the whole 12 months of being a member of match.com, i went on a date (the first one) with my now girlfriend, who joined up less than 2 weeks before my account expired. that was almost 3 years ago.
so, mostly a total waste of time but also the best thing i ever did. weird really…

found a lovely girl online after that and this year will be our 6th together
hmmm..
*is sure roCkEtdOg was in the Stw/swingles photo(from 2010) I posted on the other thread*

Only tried once but it ended up as 18 months of sex heaven! Never known anything like it.

But she was nuts.

Think i met her too – literally begged me for it on the second date & for the time we were seeing each other probably the best (at least sexually) relationship I’ve had 🙂

literally begged me for it on the second date

Must’ve been a different person, I didn’t have to wait till the 2nd date.

*is sure roCkEtdOg was in the Stw/swingles photo(from 2010) I posted on the other thread*

true, i was there by special permission of CG who let me ride even though i wasn’t single, I didn’t proposition you did i? I thought i was on my best behaviour 🙂

I met my fiancee on Zoosk we get married in December

I tried a few agencies and found Fitness Singles to be the best one in my experience. NB This was four years ago now. Met several really nice women on there and finally found someone special, who I’ve been seeing for the past four years. In fact, so special I proposed to her yesterday, luckily she said yes….

nice one footflaps

I was on Fitness Singles and although not a fitness fanatic, was at least looking for a common thread with cycling or running.

I thought there were rather a lot of people who seem to a bit hyperactive and dare i say obsessive with it all. They should spend their time on forums instead.

I remember one opening line on Match.com along the lines of ‘I want to settle down, get married and have children…’

true, i was there by special permission of CG who let me ride even though i wasn’t single, I didn’t proposition you did i? I thought i was on my best behaviour

Ah yeah, I remember. I just didn’t tell my wife (hey and look where I am now!), but was there just to document the event 🙂

sugardaddie.com. Don’t ask. And no, I am not.

Some good entertainment on there, some frightening individuals but actually some are ok, and not what you’d expect at all.

Awaits abuse….!

After deliberating for a while about online dating I gave it a go. First girl I went on a date with after meeting online I have been with since and now engaged, etc.

So I guess it worked for me!

Dipped my toe in and out over the years.

Over-riding impressions of online dating are there are LOTS of boring people out there!

There’s also LOTS of girls out there waiting for “the right one” and to be “swept off my feet”. 😕 Sorry girls, but it works both ways… There’s got to be some mutual attraction, and some effort on your part too!

Anyway… Gave it all up years ago, convinced myself being single was ok… Cue suddenly starting to get interest from girls I’d meet (funny that!). Got with my ex, then when we split up, had a bit of a bad period not knowing what to do with myself. My best mate gave me a bit of a proverbial slap round the face one day, and told me to get back on a dating site, just to at least “have a bit of fun” (euphemism intended) at least to cheer me up.

5 months later I’m still seeing the first one I met, she’s still quite a bit of fun, she’s just bought a mountain bike, and she seems to really quite like me for some strange reason. She’s also the same age as me, has lots of similar values, is prepared to put effort into seeing me (in fact, she puts more effort in than I do to be fair, but then I do have more commitments of my time), and it’s all going pretty smoothly indeed…

The key is in the not looking I think!

luckily she said yes….

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

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

She helped erect it 😉

NW Alps Jeyer aka Boz – Member

After deliberating for a while about online dating I gave it a go. First girl I went on a date with after meeting online I have been with since and now engaged, etc.

So I guess it worked for me!

and you’ve not ridden with us since! 🙁

CaptainFlashheart – Member
Female friends have loved it and enjoyed dating lots of men, one or two even succeeded in pinning down a good ‘un.
Male friends have said that it is “cheaper than hookers”.

LOL thats what our Male friends said even some said they didn’t even
have to buy them a drink 😐

For what its worth me personally if I was window shopping i’ll
be doing clubs and bars etc.
You just cannot be conversation

She helped erect it

The key is in the not looking I think!

this is true.
i’d decided that it wasn’t worth the effort continuing with dating sites when my gf suddenly appeared on the radar.

online dating experiences

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we got engaged a month ago, she’s ace.