To me, it's completely acceptable.. I haven't done it (yet).. but I will whenever I get to the point where I feel like I want to be in a relationship. I'm not going to go seeking one out because I'm perfectly fine being single right now.. but if that time comes and I haven't happened to meet someone randomly, then sure, online dating it is
Man I'm in a pickle.. So I've been chit chatting with a girl from match for a few weeks. But have yet to meet her in person. But we are scheduled to meet up Friday at the astros game... Before today I've only seen pics on match, today I see her facebook. and girl is huggggggggge .. stupid freaking headshots.. Would you waste a freaking Yankee/Astro ticket on a girl you have 0 intention on seeing again and be a gentlemen or say screw it and tell her or just ignore the issue. ahhh online dating its a hate/love affair
The answer is just say no, you are wasting both of yours' time. Have experienced this phenomenon. Trust me.
Trying to find? Why not just go there and hang out...? And just ask someone to help you fin something... study... dude, get creative...! Go to the library... ask a librarian to show you the studying place... etc., etc., why is that so difficult...? Especially if you're as shallow as you are, Hal... of course [online dating]'s a HATE/love affair... I rest my case. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG! Spoiler
Don't waste the ticket on her. You'll be miserable and end up not enjoying the game. Be wary of the fuzzy profile pics and the odd-angled snapshots. People w/ nothing to hide will usually put up more than one picture.
I AM trusting you. I just don't understand that...if you're in H-Town, and want to find people at UH, why can't you just GO THERE? Is it too far for you... you don't live nearby... oh, it's the GAS prices, in't it...? I kid, man. Just TALK TO PEOPLE, jeez. It's not difficult.
There are nothing but homeless people at the library stinking up the place. They smell like my socks after a hot freaking day hooping and ballin scoring triple doubles at the park.
Swoly, I don't understand your logic. He says he is looking into meeting someone through the internet. You say that he needs to go out and look for people in actual PLACES: libraries, universities, whatever. He says "I've tried so many times, I want to try something different." You once again tell him he needs to GO to actual places. How is this helping? Face it, sometimes people want to try something different if they're having no luck out in the "dating world." Just because you're nice and cozy with your family and your wife who you had the good fortune to meet at a parade doesn't mean everyone will have that good fortune. It's sort of rude to say/imply that people are lazy when you're not even in their shoes. Just sayin'.
Well, I see him saying he tried and that's grand... I have not called him lazy at all. I asked "why is that so difficult?"... and we didn't start dating until WAY later, so that took some work from me. There. No, it was a cocaine trade bust. She was so hot. She knew you, though. Just sayin'
I've done online dating, and probably will again now that I am single again. Nothing wrong with it...especially if you are older and have a career and a busy life, like I do. Just like with everything else...be careful out there.
I tried online dating and didn't have a good experience. During the time I was dating online I met as many women who were in general more attractive and more interesting through bars, parties or other real world methods. I'm not going to say that online dating doesn't work and I'm going to chalk up much of my lack of success on online dating to me. One of the things that might've hurt me was that my expectations out of it were too high and suffered some dissapointment that women that I thought would be interested in me weren't which was a bit of a slap to my ego. The other problem was that most of the women who were interested in me I was not. It also didn't help that some of the women that I met online I had seen or known before in other circumstances and if I / or they weren't interested then once we found out who we really were we weren't interested in either. So online dating didn't work for me but I don't think that means it doesn't work for everyone and I've had friends who have had great experiences with it. I think a lot of it though has to do with what your expectations are and also how you best interact with people. For me I seem to do best either in very informal settings or with someone that I've known for awhile so that we know each other well enough before getiting romantically involved. Someone who is more comfortable with a formal setting and has the ability to concisely describe themselves and what they are looking for will likely do better online.
