I tried match for a couple months, but wasn't interested in any of the women that contacted me and the ones I tried to contact didn't respond. I tried okcupid off and on for a few years and went out with one woman from there, but I wasn't really interested in meeting again. I've given up on dating for now.
Actually it's the opposite, rather than having to be in the right place at the right time it ensures that you can pretty much meet whoever you want whenever you want without having to camp out in some bar for a night or waiting for your friends girlfriend's forlorn single pal.
As long as they don't ask for like.. penis length or something, I'd give it a shot if I were single and advancing in years. Time and money should be nothing compared to finding the potential love of your life. And yes, I'm Asian.
In addition to it being real, make sure to not post deceiving emo pics where the camera is set above the face and you facing down or some crap like that. People have been fooled by that before and the person turned out to be like 300 lbs when they actually meet.
I've tried it, more than once, and it didn't work for me. Can't speak for everyone, but for me, the best way to meet women is to get involved in something you really enjoy(music, athletics, cooking, whatever) and then you will meet women that share your common interest, giving you plenty of things to talk about. Incidentally, I've recently started dating a lady blues musician that I've known as a friend for 10 years! It's going very well and we are having lots of fun, plus there is never a shortage of conversation! Funny how life works out, eh?
Online dating is much more worthwhile for white men and non-black women according to a study by OkCupid because the response rates are significantly higher. Furthermore, if you aren't a white guy, it is a very low probability play to message white chicks because 55% of them (compared to 20% for non-whites) prefer to date within their race. OKCupid Study Based on personal experience with OKCupid and Match.com, my response rate was terrible. Maybe 1 out of 10 would reply and maybe 1 out of 25 we would end up going out on a date. In my opinion, it was a waste of time to write thoughtful messages with such a crappy response rate. And when I would meet up for dates, the women NEVER look anywhere as good as the pictures. Usually they are 5-10 years older and/or 15-25lbs heavier. In some cases, I didn't even recognize my date. When I ask out women in person, my conversion rate in getting digits is much higher (at least 50%) and at least I can verify the quality of the goods. But maybe if I was a white guy and my response rate increased by 100% then I would be a bigger fan of online dating.
For a guy its tough to find a good looking girl on the internet just because for every girl there is atleast 10 other guys interested in her so u have to offer something special for a girl to actually respond. Well that is how it works in Sweden and in France for the states I don't know. Dont u usually hook up girls over Myspace? How do u hook up with someone on Facebook? I've never found a way on that site to be honest. Finally as u get older it gets tougher to "itneract" with girls on the internet my opinion..
I have a good friend who met her husband through eHarmony or match.com or something. They both have good careers (hers real good) but couldn't find people through conventional methods. She went on 8-10 dates before she met him I believe.
"Data doesn't lie: 'MySpace angles' are the best for hookups" <- key word there. Not long-term relationship or marriage. So based on her experience... that company's rate of success is anywhere from 11.11% down to 9.09% good?
That was pretty similar to my experience and in general I didn't like it. I also got cyberstalked for awhile by one of the women who I wasn't interested in. Ironically during the nine months or so I was using Match.com I met as many women without using the internet and ended up dating someone I met outside of the internet. Some of my friends though had great expereinces with Match.com and other sites including a few who met their current spouses so online definately works for some.
That is interesting and I'm wondering if that was part of why I didn't like online dating. I wasn't interested in a long distance internet relationship so I stuck pretty close to where I live and it didn't seem like there were a lot of Asian women on those sites for Minnesota and Wisconsin. On the other hand I recall getting a bunch of contacts from women in China but I wasn't interested for the distance reason and also because I suspected a fair amount of them might not be real.
One of my friends in NY uses Jdate as some fun on the side. He probably hooks up with 1-2 girls a month...one of which was his girlfriend for a couple years. Good girl, pretty hot...but my friend cant keep his schlong in his pants, so he moved on without her. He even had a 3some with some girl on there. Good times for him.
