A new poll from the BBC World Service found that approximately 30 percent of individuals online sought companionship through online dating services such as Match.com and eHarmony.
Of 11,000 internet users surveyed, the majority that reported a ‘yes’ for online dating, India and Pakistan were found to have the most love-seekers in the world. Ghana and the Philippines came in a close third and fourth, respectively.
Although prevalent in these particular areas of the world, the United States only reported an approximate amount of 21 percent to claim that they use online dating services to meet a potential mate.
Years ago I found myself on a dating site after I endured a pretty bad breakup with a former fiance and actually found a really nice guy to hang out with. He was about an hour and a half away (close enough to visit, far enough away to run if he turned out to be a total creeper) and we hung out several times. He was a nice, normal, young professional and he was attractive to boot. This particular experience opened my eyes to an entirely different way of dating. We eventually stopped seeing each other — the hour-plus travel was just too much at that younger age where both of us had maintained our own respective social lives in our own home states — but we still remain in contact occasionally.
I never facilitated such a site after that — not because I had a bad experience, but I had met my husband within a year of the experiment — but would definitely recommend it to anyone who’s looking for a change of pace. You don’t always end up with the love of your life by reforming a barfly, you know.
Have you guys ever used a service similar to the ones stated above? If so, do you have any funny, scary or inspiring stories to share about your experience?
I have used the internet for 2 sexual reasons. 1. to get laid (easier than going out where you have to listen to their life story) and 2. I used to go on chat websites, lure chicks onto msn and put pictures of my ex up, then get girls to take their clothes off, thinking I was a nice guy.
NOT a nice thing to do. bad me.
But fuck me it worked a treat.
I don’t think I’d ever do it if I were single. There’s something just a tad too creepy and weird about it for me. And I guess Lady Goo Goo’s story doesn’t make it any less so.
well, if you are going to take off your clothes on webcam then you may as well do it for me as anyone else I say. I’d never do it!
I did, however, have a 6 months lovely relationship with a man I met when I was coming out of my 1st marriage. We met for sex (i need to have sex at least every 5 weeks. Its mandatory, or I go insane) and ended up being together and having a great time.
Another guy I met wondering if I would sleep with him was totally creepy and he told me that by meeting him the agreement was implict that I would have sex with him. Meh. So I told him where to go and never saw him again.
Another guy that I spoke to on the phone ended up fully stalking me from the UK, which must have cost him a fortune and was worth its weight in entertainment value, as he was really gullable and used to believe that I was my sister, my cousin, my aunt and that I couldnt come to the phone for the most rediculous reasons.
over all I would say that if you are a hard bitch who wants sex, no strings, and are not bothered by taking one look at a person and saying ‘nah… not interested, see ya’ then do it. Its totally better than getting a pub guy who might be too drunk to be useful.
Its useless for picking up chicks, its hard to find a chick who wants to get it on then get lost before your fav tv show comes on.
I imagine it would be good for awkward people who like to ‘get to know’ other people before they watch movies together and their hands touch or whatever those people do.
But its full creeps.
“well, if you are going to take off your clothes on webcam then you may as well do it for me as anyone else I say. I’d never do it!”
I’d never do it either, incidentally. My inner prude is very firm on that point.
I’ve never used a dating site, but I actually did meet my guy on-line.
We met by playing a game on Yahoo. We eventually added one another to messenger, progressed to exchanging pictures, then phone calls. It took 7 years before I finally got the nerve to actually meet him, but it has been wonderful and we have never looked back.
I think that meeting someone online first is actually better in some ways, especially if you WANT to get to know someone.
I think that I actually knew him better than I did my ex BEFORE we spoke on the phone. When you invest that amount of time, you get to know someone mind-to-mind before you are distracted by things like appearance.
I think that you can liken it to sort of old-fashioned pen pals who progress to love letters.
My husband and I met on a Marilyn Manson message board. Then there was the e-mailing that progressed to phone calls that progressed to the first visit…
He was the first person I was ever in love with before the the first time we had sex. That was pretty awesome. If we’d met in person first, we’d have had sex before we were actually in love.
I love how boh you met our husbands – and it is true, the internet would enable much getting to know you!
I met my husband because I found his dogs after some drunk let them out of their yard. We didn’t even go out for 6 months but it was love at first sight.
I wrote his name on a list of people I was going to marry that I had going as a joke on my wall. He came third, after his dog and my housemate who wrote her own name up, so he was really first!
Did you have any Manson songs in your wedding?
No, we eloped so there wasn’t any music going on. If we’d had a wedding, there would’ve been some Marilyn Manson.
But I did walk down the aisle to the Imperial March…
I think Cake and Sodomy would be a good tune at a wedding.
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I have to agree with her, Sasha. I would love to cuss out boring personally, as well as officially.
Hehe. Plus, if we’d already had this we could check on Rhonda.
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