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And best of all, you won't get any viruses from her
And best of all, you won't get any viruses from her
still... you can never be too safe.
still... you can never be too safe.
Awww...only those 3 fingers get any use? You poor thing. *evil grin*
Did the Russian mail order bride thing not work out?
I don't know about Match.com but surprisingly MR has been quite the dating god for some.
For one reason or another 'meeting' on the internet and subsequent dating has worked in recent years so I can't really knock it, but on general principle it has a distinctly pitiful connotation with it. But whatever works, eh?
I don't know about Match.com but surprisingly MR has been quite the dating god for some.
For one reason or another 'meeting' on the internet and subsequent dating has worked in recent years so I can't really knock it, but on general principle it has a distinctly pitiful connotation with it. But whatever works, eh?
I met my boyfriend on Yahoo!Personals. I was dared to sign up by a friend, I emailed him, more than 5 months later, we're happier than ever.
It can happen. It will always happen once you stop being really serious about finding someone. I met someone great, but chances are, having perused the options...you will be kissing a lot of frogs, so to speak.
I think the impression is that internet dating is comprised of desperate people. That's not necessarily true. There are people in the mix who are just really busy and not meeting the people they'd like in their own situation. After I met my boyfriend, I realized we'd probably seen each other dozens of times before, as we frequented the same gym and Starbucks...but we never would have actually met.
One of the keys to online dating-- DON'T IM first. Toss a few emails back and forth, then meet. Don't swap phone numbers until after that, once you're sure this is someone you'd like to talk to. Chatting first is the BEST way to give yourself too many expectations about a person you don't really know.
It can happen. It will always happen once you stop being really serious about finding someone. I met someone great, but chances are, having perused the options...you will be kissing a lot of frogs, so to speak.
I think the impression is that internet dating is comprised of desperate people. That's not necessarily true. There are people in the mix who are just really busy and not meeting the people they'd like in their own situation. After I met my boyfriend, I realized we'd probably seen each other dozens of times before, as we frequented the same gym and Starbucks...but we never would have actually met.
One of the keys to online dating-- DON'T IM first. Toss a few emails back and forth, then meet. Don't swap phone numbers until after that, once you're sure this is someone you'd like to talk to. Chatting first is the BEST way to give yourself too many expectations about a person you don't really know.
Match.com is full of.... well.... sad ppl. Use eHarmony or another site. Stay away from Match.com
I met my girlfriend on match.com. She winked at me, I emailed her, she emailed back, we started iming, then texting, then talking. After 3 hours of what turned into a 4.5 hour phone call, she asked me out. We talked for another 4 hours the next night. I was away on a business trip, and the weekend I came back we hung out.
6 months later we're still going strong, and are really happy together. So for every bad experience, there's a great one too.
6 months later we're still going strong, and are really happy together. So for every bad experience, there's a great one too.
For what it's worth, I had better luck on Yahoo than on Match for the brief period I was a member of both. Yahoo had a broader range of people, probably because it's substantially cheaper.
Oo. I think I'm about to knock the convention in this thread.
I'd been on Match for about two years. Starting when I lived in San Jose, where the bar scene SUCKS, and folks just didn't seem to want to get out much - well when compared to NYC, LA or Chicago IMHO.
Anyway, after many dates, some with really interesting results and stories, I do find the experience to 'cheapen' the dating experience.
1) You pretty much know those you are looking at are interested in doing something unlike a bar where the pretty girl's boyfriend is in the bathroom for the moment.
2) If one doesn't meet your needs immediately and obviously there's always more to choose from, just waiting, like a shopping list.
3) A composite result of points 1 and 2, there's a feeling like you don't need to try. No pursuit at the beginning, so no cost to end. And the other person can feel the same way, so relationships can become 'disposable'.
And now for something completely different, some hope: I cancelled my membership because I did indeed find someone - or rather, she found me. She's a legal resident in the US, from Poland.
It was the best first date of my life, and we've been going strong ever since then.
So I guess the lesson is this: Do what your comfortable with. Dating isn't easy, never will be. No matter how you do it, online or off, or even both (that would be me), patience, and hope, is the real secret.
She's cancelled her Match too...
I'd been on Match for about two years. Starting when I lived in San Jose, where the bar scene SUCKS, and folks just didn't seem to want to get out much - well when compared to NYC, LA or Chicago IMHO.
Anyway, after many dates, some with really interesting results and stories, I do find the experience to 'cheapen' the dating experience.
1) You pretty much know those you are looking at are interested in doing something unlike a bar where the pretty girl's boyfriend is in the bathroom for the moment.
2) If one doesn't meet your needs immediately and obviously there's always more to choose from, just waiting, like a shopping list.
3) A composite result of points 1 and 2, there's a feeling like you don't need to try. No pursuit at the beginning, so no cost to end. And the other person can feel the same way, so relationships can become 'disposable'.
And now for something completely different, some hope: I cancelled my membership because I did indeed find someone - or rather, she found me. She's a legal resident in the US, from Poland.
It was the best first date of my life, and we've been going strong ever since then.
So I guess the lesson is this: Do what your comfortable with. Dating isn't easy, never will be. No matter how you do it, online or off, or even both (that would be me), patience, and hope, is the real secret.
She's cancelled her Match too...
If you go do a quick search in the galleryview you have a few options on the right of each photo. One of them is the "wink for free" all you have to do is click the smiley face and you can send a wink without vewing a profile. Pretty vain if you ask me but it is possible to send a wink without viewing a profile.
Well in the UK, Match.com are offering 6 months free subscription if you don't find true love in 6 months
is that a sign of their success rate then
[but i do know my brothers just signed up
but if you can't find love, buy a new Mac
The success rate is probably outstanding! Most of the time when a company offers something free they do their best to make sure you're successful so they don't have to give you that free offer.....duh
Cheaper always doesn't mean better. I would rather be on a site that is a little more pricey because that means people are more serious. Someone who shells out 101.94 for 6 months probably will do their best to get their moneys worth and more than likely are a little more serious
Well, I didn't see the time stamp until after I posted.
I tried Match ages ago - like 10 years ago - when I was just wanting to meet some guys and have some fun since I lived in a new town. It was good for that
I actually met my husband via Yahoo!personals. We will have been married 5 years come this August and have two lovely little boys
I actually met my husband via Yahoo!personals. We will have been married 5 years come this August and have two lovely little boys
Although not on match.com, I've had some good experiences and some bad experiences with internet dating services (see below for examples). Some of the dates I went on were with girls that just wanted someone to take them out for drinks or dinner- they weren't really serious about finding someone, they just wanted something to do that night. Which is fine, but at least make that clear in your profile.
Bad experiences:
-ending up at an after-party on what was a really good first date where everyone was snorting coke, including my date. Not my scene.
-picking up a girl for the first date at her house. A girl answered the door, and I was about to ask her if her sister was home when she said: "Hey. Nice to finally meet you. Let me get my coat and we can go." She did not look anything like her picture. That's not cool.
Good experience:
I met my wife on an internet dating site. We would never have crossed paths otherwise. I proposed after 6 months of dating.
Our 4 year anniversary is next week.
Clearly, I am a proponent of (at least trying) internet dating.
Bad experiences:
-ending up at an after-party on what was a really good first date where everyone was snorting coke, including my date. Not my scene.
-picking up a girl for the first date at her house. A girl answered the door, and I was about to ask her if her sister was home when she said: "Hey. Nice to finally meet you. Let me get my coat and we can go." She did not look anything like her picture. That's not cool.
Good experience:
I met my wife on an internet dating site. We would never have crossed paths otherwise. I proposed after 6 months of dating.
Our 4 year anniversary is next week.
Clearly, I am a proponent of (at least trying) internet dating.
I have two friends that have met on match.com and they have been together for quite awhile and I've even heard them drop the "m" word...
Wow, this is definitely an old thread that's trying to regain footing.
Almost six months after my last posting in this thread I found the most wonderful guy through Match (I stuck it out for a lot longer than I'd originally planned). In two days we'll be celebrating 6 months together. I know it's not really an "anniversary" but it's a big deal to both of us. Within a week of meeting we both went in and cancelled our memberships and haven't looked back since.
Almost six months after my last posting in this thread I found the most wonderful guy through Match (I stuck it out for a lot longer than I'd originally planned). In two days we'll be celebrating 6 months together. I know it's not really an "anniversary" but it's a big deal to both of us. Within a week of meeting we both went in and cancelled our memberships and haven't looked back since.
What to do about this
I'm new in this forum, so inform me if I'm out of line. But has anyone ever considered the possibility of a "Class Action" lawsuit against such entities? Have their cooporate lawyers been clever enough to include clauses to cover their arses reguarding false advertisment and marketing to steal your money by tricking you into a subscription? IMO, such scemes are no less corrupt than the IRS, and seem to feel they have the right to change the rules to fit their own aspirations.
Is VonSinister out to help save your wallet and the world from crooked entities if possible? You bet! But can one person do it alone? Anyway, vote for VonSinister for president............It's time for a leader that keeps his campaign promises!
These people are smart enough to know "there's a sucker born every day". So be smart enough to spend your hard earned money elsewhere on something worthwhile...........or you deserve to be ripped off. Unless you have lots of money and nothing better to do with it. Otherwise, be a philanthropist and select a cause worth donating it to.
I'm new in this forum, so inform me if I'm out of line. But has anyone ever considered the possibility of a "Class Action" lawsuit against such entities? Have their cooporate lawyers been clever enough to include clauses to cover their arses reguarding false advertisment and marketing to steal your money by tricking you into a subscription? IMO, such scemes are no less corrupt than the IRS, and seem to feel they have the right to change the rules to fit their own aspirations.
Is VonSinister out to help save your wallet and the world from crooked entities if possible? You bet! But can one person do it alone? Anyway, vote for VonSinister for president............It's time for a leader that keeps his campaign promises!
These people are smart enough to know "there's a sucker born every day". So be smart enough to spend your hard earned money elsewhere on something worthwhile...........or you deserve to be ripped off. Unless you have lots of money and nothing better to do with it. Otherwise, be a philanthropist and select a cause worth donating it to.
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I met my wife on Match.com. Despite that, I'm not that huge a fan of their site in general. As others mentioned, there are way more guys trolling on there than women who are genuine. I saw some bizarre things on there, including:
- A woman who claimed to enjoy being a surrogate mother. She was very pregnant in all of her photos.
- A few MTF transsexuals, at least one of whom did not mention it in her profile.
- Many profiles that looked like prostitutes looking for customers.
- Many profiles that looked like Russian mail-order brides looking to dupe an American man into bringing them to the US.
- A dwarf.
- Several women that described themselves in blatantly racist ways.
Despite all of that, the site is reasonably good at filtering out such people. Most of the times I saw these were people contacting me. It's also somewhat discouraging for guys who are genuinely looking for more than a hookup, since it's difficult to stand out among all the sex-seeking messages that most of the women on the site get every day. At times I sent out 20 or more messages in a row to new people before getting a response from one, a far lower success rate than I had in "real life".
I did meet a number of nice women on there before I met my future wife. And they were women that I just didn't click with. None of the ones I met were weirdos or anything.
To some extent it is what you make of it. The way I looked at it, I gained access to a far bigger potential dating pool than I would have otherwise. And for the times when I didn't feel like going out somewhere to meet someone, browsing online while watching TV or a movie isn't a bad way to spend time. Whether a person will think it's worth the time or expense is a crapshoot though, just like dating always is.
- A woman who claimed to enjoy being a surrogate mother. She was very pregnant in all of her photos.
- A few MTF transsexuals, at least one of whom did not mention it in her profile.
- Many profiles that looked like prostitutes looking for customers.
- Many profiles that looked like Russian mail-order brides looking to dupe an American man into bringing them to the US.
- A dwarf.
- Several women that described themselves in blatantly racist ways.
Despite all of that, the site is reasonably good at filtering out such people. Most of the times I saw these were people contacting me. It's also somewhat discouraging for guys who are genuinely looking for more than a hookup, since it's difficult to stand out among all the sex-seeking messages that most of the women on the site get every day. At times I sent out 20 or more messages in a row to new people before getting a response from one, a far lower success rate than I had in "real life".
I did meet a number of nice women on there before I met my future wife. And they were women that I just didn't click with. None of the ones I met were weirdos or anything.
To some extent it is what you make of it. The way I looked at it, I gained access to a far bigger potential dating pool than I would have otherwise. And for the times when I didn't feel like going out somewhere to meet someone, browsing online while watching TV or a movie isn't a bad way to spend time. Whether a person will think it's worth the time or expense is a crapshoot though, just like dating always is.
Can't speak for this site but I am marrying the girl I met off eHarmony (free weekend) this August so I can say that site works
My partner and I met through Match in October 2008 and are still together, going strong. We just bought a house together last month and are settling into our new home.