Internet dating

Australia
March 27, 2007 6:24pm CST
Whatever happened to the 'old-fashioned' or traditional way of meeting? All the singles I know seems to be looking for that 'perfect someone' via the internet. I remember the days when you met someone in a club, bar, even school. Am I getting old and behind the times? Do matches made on the net work?
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8 responses
@angelsa (10)
• Australia
5 Apr 07
yes i think internet dating works i met my fiance online and we have been together for a year and a half its not always easy cos hes overseas but its been a really good way of getting to no him heaps of ppl seem to be internet dating its just part of moving with the times
• Canada
3 Apr 07
I have friends that have done this as well and they say it works . I would be nervous to do something like this as you can be anybody on the internet so you wouldn't know who they truely were until it was too late . You never know for sure if the person is being completly honest with you and as in the old fashioned way , we can at least find someone who knows the person so you can find out a little more about them but on the internet , you don't know anyone that knows this person personally to be able to do a little background check on them . I guess I am just a little more leary of how trusting one should be with someone you have never met :)
@hoghoney (3747)
• United States
28 Mar 07
good luck to the ones that do find someone on the net but I dont think that it is safe at times. I have a friend that met someone over the net before and moved to the state that he live in and when she got there after the first month she found out that he was a woman beater and he hit her many of times and she then moved back home. be very careful who you meet online.
@naty1941 (2336)
• United States
28 Mar 07
I don't know but I think meeting soeone on the internet is more difficult than meeting someone in real life. Every man that I have met on the internet is either younger than I am or much older. The problem I have encountered is that I can't read their body language so I con't know if they are telling the truth or not.
@itssteve (18)
• Australia
3 Apr 07
always remember a pic i seen of a really really large naked guy working on his computer, tried to forget this image but its stuck!!! so i don't know if i would ever go down that track
@wachit14 (3595)
• United States
28 Mar 07
I have a very good friend who met her husband through internet dating so it shouldn't be discounted. It's a great time saver and you have a much broader selection of people from internet services. I remember meeting people in bars and I can't think of any great relationships that came out of that. I say try an internet service. Most of them have free trial memberships and there are some new sites that are free all the time. It's probably the next best thing to being set up by a friend.
• United States
27 Mar 07
Yes, they do work. I have been married to my husband for almost 7 years and we met on the net over 8 years ago. My brother has been marreid to his wife for over two years and they met on the net. If you don't go to clubs and you aren't still in school, where are you suppose to meet people? A lot of old fashion things would be nice, but I think the days of that are gone. Great topic idea !
• Philippines
28 Mar 07
Dating has taken a huge leap since the beginning of time where individuals meet personally in a variety of events and places. In the advent of new technology such as the internet, dating has been molded to a different form. Despite the efficiency of traditional dating process, there are a lot of advantages that internet dating can offer. It can save a lot of time, effort and investment on both parties since they just sit in the comfort of their own homes wihtout ever having to physically see the person. As some people are more confident behind the technology as opposed to personal meeting, they can easily express themselves. Ultimately, embarassment can be avoided. Meeting people in clubs and other places could either turn out as a fairy tale or a nightmare in an instant. Although internet dating is a good way of establishing firm relationships, to a certain degree it has taken the whole essence of the getting to know process to a new level of being impersonal.