It's not all bad. I was a normal man in my early 20's, meeting and dating girls I met from clubs, parties, groceries, etc, etc. But, I met my eventual wife online. We have been together for over 7 years, are happily married, have a 22-month old son and just celebrated our 5th anniversary on Friday. I know two other couples, who have been together for years (1 of them married), that met their partners online as well.
Just as a precaution in the future, maybe you want to ask your cyber date, "Your not my Mom are you?" ( I guess the dude must have known , infact been cruising for chicks 20 years his senior. I hear if your drunk enough a gummer is the height of ecstacy)
Well, obviously it does work for some people (congratulations RM95, mogrod, and Manny). Just depends who you are. I wouldn't prefer it, but that's me. As long as you're prepared to put up with the odds not being very good, you're OK. It probably helps to be honest about your real identity fairly early on and send some pictures that actually do belong to you. Then all this could have been avoided.
I think the vast majority of people on there are honest about who they are and what they look like. You've got to be bored and have extra money laying around to shell out the monthly fee only to lie about who you are or what you look like. On the whole, you're getting to pre-screen people based on their likes and dislikes (I'm glad I found someone who shares my affinity for thunderstorms ) as well as their looks. Compared to other ways one can try to meet that special someone, the odds are very good, IMO. I had dates with four people online before I met Renee, not to mention one I had with a really cool girl that I had to break because I knew the first time I spoke to Renee that she was going to be something special. All four were great girls that, even though that romantic spark wasn't there (well, with three of them), there was absolutely nothing weird about them. I'm not saying it's the hands-down best way (I think that's up to the person) to meet your significant other, but it's not any more of a crapshoot than the traditional ways.
It seems fake to me too. you're going to go meet a guy/girl and you don't know thier first and last name?? If they lived 6 miles apart, wouldn't they try to find common friends or places? Or where they lived?
I wanna see a picture of his mom first. And btw, this sounds like one of those porno stories I used to read a while ago.
Didn't they share their ages. I would have ditched my wife, if I found out she was persuing someone else.
I hate to point this out because I wish it was true for hilarity's sake, but the article is from the Weekly World News, and if any of its other headlines are to be believed then the world is headed for a the greatest depression ever, when clean water and bread will become the "coin of the realm" and people will need clubs with spikes for protection.
As for how to meet people - for me, likes and dislikes aren't as important as how we interact together and whether we connect/ think the same way. Those things are hard to figure out just by seeing what someone types. If it works for you, great, but I guess I just take a different approach to relationships. (and nothing may ever work out for me, because maybe I just don't understand how the whole thing is supposed to work, but I'll hold out for someone else who doesn't understand either ) As for the MILF - maybe she lied about her age? (since she misrepresented what she looked like) I would just say "maybe he likes them older or the age didn't matter", except the article seemed to specify that he was looking for young ladies. Can young at heart count? As for the dad - look, man, either make things better for the wife or divorce her. Don't just tell her not to do that computer thing again. She'll get mad/ upset and will just look for outside fulfillment some other way. (or on a site/ from a computer that you won't know about)
i knew that was coming!!! i was thinking of the "not as much as you, you see...but i still love technology" song.
