Anyone joined a dating site what are your experiences?

In a small town in the mid west a bride was interviewed by the local newspaper about this being her fourth marriage. Her first three husbands had all died. Her first husband was a successful attorney, the second was a ringmaster for a traveling circus, the third was a minister and her new husband was an undertaker. When asked about the diversity of all of her husbands she explained: " One for the money, Two for the show, Three to get ready and Four to go!"
 

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Kyle said:
I like the idea of such dating too. I’m long past the age of meeting girls in bars, but the desire to connect and find like-minded people is still there. The only thing is, I keep postponing taking the first step—there’s a fear that it will all be fake or just another scam. But with all the opportunities technology offers today, maybe it’s time to finally give it a try?
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Good luck with that.
 
Kyle said:
I like the idea of such dating too. I’m long past the age of meeting girls in bars, but the desire to connect and find like-minded people is still there. The only thing is, I keep postponing taking the first step—there’s a fear that it will all be fake or just another scam. But with all the opportunities technology offers today, maybe it’s time to finally give it a try?
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Why not, Kyle? It's not like she's going to get your money without your consent unless you hand her your bank card and tell her your PIN number for some reason. If she is trying to scam you it will probably be obvious fairly soon when she tells you her mother needs an operation and Medicare won't cover it.

I think if you limit your choices to women who live in easy driving distance and remind yourself that you have the right to say no, there's not really anything to lose.

I wish you (or Dilettante) would try it and tell us about it as it goes along.
 

I joined two dating sites four years ago. Overall, it was not a good experience for me. The one guy I met for coffee, didn’t look anything like his picture. He didn’t seem like a bad person but it felt too much like the old bait and switch.

Many tried to get me to go off site and give them my email address. The worst was a guy that sounded too good to be true. He was. I did an image search on him and found out the pictures he was using were of some high level diplomat from Denmark. All the pictures were lifted from this guys FB page.

After finding this out, I sent a message to him that said, “WHO ARE YOU?” And then poof! His whole profile disappeared off the site. Then something similar happened a second and third time. This started to be really scary so I quit both sites. Even so, I kept getting emails from other dating sites claiming some guy expressed an interest in me. Like someone else said, dating sites freely share your pictures with other dating sites.

I know people who’ve met good companions on dating sites. I am sharing my experience as a caution. Never ever give out personal information until you know for sure who you’re dealing with.
 
Dave03 said:
I've never been to a dating site, but I read this thread out of curiosity.

It sounds exhausting.
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At least in your case a good looking guy , I have looked like Frank since my late 30's so I guess I could say I haven't aged , oh man lol .

'' Everybody Loves Raymond | Best of Frank and Marie''

 
Louie said:
At least in your case a good looking guy , I have looked like Frank since my late 30's so I guess I could say I haven't aged , oh man lol .

'' Everybody Loves Raymond | Best of Frank and Marie''

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Nothing wrong with looking like Peter Boyle if you're a guy, but my husband went to a match making group (before he met me and before the internet) and said the woman looked like Peter Boyle. She kept calling him for months afterward wanting to help him work on his fear of commitment.

Dave03 said:
I've never been to a dating site, but I read this thread out of curiosity.

It sounds exhausting.
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You're still cute, Dave, but yes all dating is exhausting. Sometimes I think that's why people get married, so they won't have to date anymore.
 
Della said:
Nothing wrong with looking like Peter Boyle if you're a guy, but my husband went to a match making group (before he met me and before the internet) and said the woman looked like Peter Boyle. She kept calling him for months afterward wanting to help him work on his fear of commitment.


You're still cute, Dave, but yes all dating is exhausting. Sometimes I think that's why people get married, so they won't have to date anymore.
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I do amateur comedy aka not paid but get something like dinner , etc and one of my jokes parallels what you have said .

' Women get married so they do not have to interact with other women and as vile as we men are they still prefer us to other women so there goes that Sisterhood theory '
 
Della said:
Nothing wrong with looking like Peter Boyle if you're a guy, but my husband went to a match making group (before he met me and before the internet) and said the woman looked like Peter Boyle. She kept calling him for months afterward wanting to help him work on his fear of commitment.


You're still cute, Dave, but yes all dating is exhausting. Sometimes I think that's why people get married, so they won't have to date anymore.
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'' Nothing wrong with looking like Peter Boyle''

After I got out of Army / Draft I was a Hippie and a balding Hippie in tie dye and all , lol .

I am in some old youtube video and only balding Hippie there but it is highly political so know rules here are none of that .
 
Della said:
Nothing wrong with looking like Peter Boyle if you're a guy, but my husband went to a match making group (before he met me and before the internet) and said the woman looked like Peter Boyle. She kept calling him for months afterward wanting to help him work on his fear of commitment.


You're still cute, Dave, but yes all dating is exhausting. Sometimes I think that's why people get married, so they won't have to date anymore.
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lol!
 
MsP75 said:
... Overall, it was not a good experience .....
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I agree. I have had contact with about 20 people. These are "friendship" contacts, not "dating" contacts. I now have only contact with 2 of them. A single woman and a married couple. It seems to be going well but I don't yet know if it will develope. Of the 20 only one contact was local, all the others were from abroad. I had planned to make personal contact with the local one but then I realized she was semi-homeless so I backed out and I never met her.
 
Della said:
..... my husband went to a match making group (before he met me ...) and said the woman looked like Peter Boyle. She kept calling him for months afterward wanting to help him work on his fear of commitment.
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Trouble, for sure. I met one on the internet. It started out well but she began showing a neurotic side to her personality. I was tolerant. Then she started reading things into my words that didn't exist and she accused me of things that were not true. I tried to ignore it but she continued. Finally I told her that she should realize that it was she who was accusing me of things ..... not me accusing her of anything. She replied, "Oh, you want to play the blame game!" I blocked her immediately.
 
NotCompSavvy said:
'' Nothing wrong with looking like Peter Boyle''

After I got out of Army / Draft I was a Hippie and a balding Hippie in tie dye and all , lol .

I am in some old youtube video and only balding Hippie there but it is highly political so know rules here are none of that .
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..but you can post the link to the video....(y)
 
It's been awhile but I have met nice partners ( female / male ) online. Only one in person meeting had to pass. No attraction. Same with encounters at Nude Beach.
 
Over here they stand on a busy intersection island. A rainproof sign.
Maybe a shopping cart. Homeless, work for food, 3 child's no roof.
That sort of thing.

Some of the Ladies seem young and attractive, any truckers out there?

Caution. Park and wait. Watch what they walk to and drive away in.
They work 4-hour shifts at those corners. Some walk a mile to the place.
Check for bottles of water, do a quick appraisal.

If the limp seems fake, is the wheelchair properly parked? Does the wheel
chair fit the shopping cart? Are the clothes, especially the shoes look new.
Check the backpack, does it look new, have a axe in it or AR-15. That stuff.

You know what you're doing now. The Car ahead has 2 single old ladies in it.
They hand him a $20. Most 70's relationships are desperate.

Does your car and house only accept your thumb prints to open?
If you have a Trust, you can protect them the rest of their lives.
Set one up so they never have to Panhandle again.

The above is meant to seem humorist.
 
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Who_so_ever said:
I went on a dating site as a dare. My friend bet me $5 that if I posted a headshot and intro, someone would contact me. I bet $5 that they wouldn't. I even wrote that in the intro. DH messaged me, "You lost". :ROFLMAO: Turns out, I won. We've been married since 2008.
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What dating site was that? I should try it. LOL.
 
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