Who's tried online dating?

[Natasha23]

Anyone have any interesting online dating stories? 

I've been IM chatting with this guy for a week now and we just talked on the phone tonight.  It was so tense and so many awkward pauses.  I'm supposed to meet him on Sunday and now I'm not so looking forward to it.  Anyone else having this problem -- you email or IM with someone but the phone/in-person conversations are so awkward and unenjoyable?

[The Dog]

Anyone have any interesting online dating stories? 

I've been IM chatting with this guy for a week now and we just talked on the phone tonight.  It was so tense and so many awkward pauses.  I'm supposed to meet him on Sunday and now I'm not so looking forward to it.  Anyone else having this problem -- you email or IM with someone but the phone/in-person conversations are so awkward and unenjoyable?

don't feel compelled to meet him if you're really getting a bad vibe.  tell him tomorrow that something came up and you have to reschedule and you'll call him later.  going on a date you know you're not going to enjoy is just a waste of both of your times...

[Ax?lle]

yes , but mine turned out good?

Like a year a half ago i kinda stranded on the gnrstrip. Made some new friends ect ect...Also an Italian guy named Dave. I'm better known as Ax?lle for those who dont know? anyway...We started to pm each other and i can still remember the first chat on msn we had..The day after i went to work and found it strange i cudnt stop thinking about a guy i chatted with for just one night? I didnt even know how he looked like ! The same night i rushed home to see if he was online , he was and so we chatted some more , sended a few pics to each other and it turned out he was gorgeous !! After a week i told him what was going on , that i never had this before and how this cud happen , we lived 1500 km away from each other ( he's from Italy and im from belgium ) He told me he had the same problem ! He was suprised a thing like this cud happen. So i suggested him we'd meet ! GNR was comming to belgium and i thought this was a fine oppertunity. If i didnt go well the meeting ,we just had to stand each other for 1 weekend and then we cud get on with our lives but we had to know if what we felt was real. In the meanwhile we kept chatting and calling and texting for 2 months untill the gnr meeting. He came over with the plane and it was a compleet hit from the moment we saw each other? I was deffo compleetly in love with this guy ! We had the best weekend ever ! To make a story short lol...after that we planned meetings every month ! I flew over to Italy or he came here to belgium. We saw each other maybe 3 days in a month if all went well...so now after a year and a half i can tell you all we live together ! He left it all in Italy and moved in with me? Its been 7 months since he's here...He likes his job and we cudnt go any better , we adore each other !!
So yeah i know a few ppl had bad exspiriences too but i can also tell you , you just have to meet the right guy ! If you look for it you'll never find it...for us it just happend ! we werend looking at all...
He's the love of my life?

Ax?lle

ps : If any strip ppl are here they know all about it?

[Genesis]

Good for you, Axelle! Anyway that's kinda rare. I feel online dating is too risky. For all you know, the guy might be a serial rapist or something. Reminds me of a quote I heard:

"On the Internet, guys are guys, girls are guys and kids are the Feds"

[Jim Bob]

Anyone have any interesting online dating stories? 

I've been IM chatting with this guy for a week now and we just talked on the phone tonight.  It was so tense and so many awkward pauses.  I'm supposed to meet him on Sunday and now I'm not so looking forward to it.  Anyone else having this problem -- you email or IM with someone but the phone/in-person conversations are so awkward and unenjoyable?

don't feel compelled to meet him if you're really getting a bad vibe.  tell him tomorrow that something came up and you have to reschedule and you'll call him later.  going on a date you know you're not going to enjoy is just a waste of both of your times...

no, don't make excuses.  just say upfront that you are sorry but dont feel comfortable.  that simple and you don't have to lie and be deceiptful.

[Ax?lle]

Good for you, Axelle! Anyway that's kinda rare. I feel online dating is too risky. For all you know, the guy might be a serial rapist or something. Reminds me of a quote I heard:

"On the Internet, guys are guys, girls are guys and kids are the Feds"

yeah so true ! It took us about 3 months off chattin before the meeting so i kinda felt like we knew each other ( atleast a bit better ) but i was very nervous the first day , you dont actually know the person and anything cud of gone wrong...I guess i was lucky

[horsey]

id try it but im to chicken.im afraid of people i think the worst all the time.ive had guys over the years chatting but it leads to nowere.because i don't let it.right now i have one who keeps im ing me about meeting.i should just be honest and tell him i don't.cause everytime i see him im me,i hide anymore.i think most of them are perverts and that's funny coming from me huh.

[The Dog]

Anyone have any interesting online dating stories? 

I've been IM chatting with this guy for a week now and we just talked on the phone tonight.  It was so tense and so many awkward pauses.  I'm supposed to meet him on Sunday and now I'm not so looking forward to it.  Anyone else having this problem -- you email or IM with someone but the phone/in-person conversations are so awkward and unenjoyable?

don't feel compelled to meet him if you're really getting a bad vibe.  tell him tomorrow that something came up and you have to reschedule and you'll call him later.  going on a date you know you're not going to enjoy is just a waste of both of your times...

you don't have to lie and be deceiptful.

but thats the best part about being single/dating!!!   

[Natasha23]

Anyone have any interesting online dating stories??

I've been IM chatting with this guy for a week now and we just talked on the phone tonight.? It was so tense and so many awkward pauses.? I'm supposed to meet him on Sunday and now I'm not so looking forward to it.? Anyone else having this problem -- you email or IM with someone but the phone/in-person conversations are so awkward and unenjoyable?

don't feel compelled to meet him if you're really getting a bad vibe.? tell him tomorrow that something came up and you have to reschedule and you'll call him later.? going on a date you know you're not going to enjoy is just a waste of both of your times...

It's not that I got a bad vibe, like he's dangerous or creepy.  He just didn't seem very lively.  And he was the one who wanted to talk on the phone.  It's like he had a hard time talking, even though I was working my ass off to keep the conversation going. 

Do you think someone can be bad on the phone but interesting in person?

[D]

People who meet people online are pathetic.

[Back Off Bitch]

Well, it's hard for some people to meet people because they're shy or busy or for whatever reason... Not everyone goes to school...

[Dr. Blutarsky]

People who meet people online are pathetic.

It's a better alternative than the drunken whore at the end of the bar at 1:55AM

[Ax?lle]

People who meet people online are pathetic.

It's a better alternative than the drunken whore at the end of the bar at 1:55AM

indeed 

People who meet people online are pathetic.

I'd say your right...for ppl who are really looking for it , there are pervs everywhere ! But for me , i was going out with friends , met guys while doing that ect ect ,I dont think im ugly , it JUST happend...I'm from belgium , a small country nobody knows. If you tell ppl i met him online they look at you like your an alien  I dont see myself as pathetic , i see myself as one lucky gall who never thought this cud happend and who met the greatest guy 

[DeN]

why pathetic ? it's the same people you can find in the restaurant, in a bar, at your work, at school.
it doesn't change a thing because you meet them with your PC. there is no "people" and "online people".
just people. who has computers. big deal.

so yes, it's more easy to talk, and it's quick.

and for the pervs thing, don't be so paranoid, there's more like teens like you online than dangerous perverts,
don't trust T.V so much. and it's not because you like sex than you're a perv.

to Natasha23, you don't feel it yourself, so don't go.
you'll find another guy who make you feel comfortable, with a good sense of humor, don't loose your time with someone you don't feel.

[Natasha23]

why pathetic ? it's the same people you can find in the restaurant, in a bar, at your work, at school.
it doesn't change a thing because you meet them with your PC. there is no "people" and "online people".
just people. who has computers. big deal.

so yes, it's more easy to talk, and it's quick.

and for the pervs thing, don't be so paranoid, there's more like teens like you online than dangerous perverts,
don't trust T.V so much. and it's not because you like sex than you're a perv.

to Natasha23, you don't feel it yourself, so don't go.
you'll find another guy who make you feel comfortable, with a good sense of humor, don't loose your time with someone you don't feel.

I actually did go and although he seemed like a nice guy, he's not for me.  he didn't creep me out, but it was awkward-uncomfortable, not exciting-uncomfortable.  There just wasn't any chemistry whatsoever.  But I gave it a try.

[Ax?lle]

well good for you , atleast you know now..


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[Dr. Blutarsky]

I actually met my wife via online dating. However I did meet several crazy people before her though 

[DeN]

why pathetic ? it's the same people you can find in the restaurant, in a bar, at your work, at school.
it doesn't change a thing because you meet them with your PC. there is no "people" and "online people".
just people. who has computers. big deal.

so yes, it's more easy to talk, and it's quick.

and for the pervs thing, don't be so paranoid, there's more like teens like you online than dangerous perverts,
don't trust T.V so much. and it's not because you like sex than you're a perv.

to Natasha23, you don't feel it yourself, so don't go.
you'll find another guy who make you feel comfortable, with a good sense of humor, don't loose your time with someone you don't feel.

I actually did go and although he seemed like a nice guy, he's not for me.  he didn't creep me out, but it was awkward-uncomfortable, not exciting-uncomfortable.  There just wasn't any chemistry whatsoever.  But I gave it a try.

just read your answer. i'm not surprised
but well, it was nice from you to go yes.

[GeraldFord]

Met my current gf on hotornot.

[D]

Im actually engaged to a girl I met right here on Here Today Gone To Hell.

I wasn't being serious in my earlier post.

Online dating is awesome and I recommend it highly. As long as both people are honest its a great experience.