I Tried Online Dating

I tried online dating and it didn't work for me. I'm not an ugly guy (quite the contrary) but the only interested women were the desperate ones who probably haven't had sex in years. The ones I was interested in and whom I tried to prod, either rudely responded or just plain didn't react.

The only successful love stories in my life thanks to online communication grew naturally and progressively, just like how most couples end up being together. With the first girl I just flirted and we had sex the first day and with the second girl I had a meaningful relationship of a couple of months, but I had also developed the relationship into existence by gradually showing her I was interested in her.

With the way people nowadays think (they want quick results), I am not very hopeful for the online dating people out there. For example, on apps like Tinder there are tons of sex-hungry people.. However, there are enough success stories but they seem to be the exceptions..

If you want better success, you should try the paying sites, since they offer quality and authenticity from the members (no a fake profile, real birth date, real picture and what not). I would think the chances are at least better than the free dating sites.

There was this writer who was bound to find out what was really going on in these websites and he wrote a comprehensive article about it, describing his 4-month experience with online dating sites:

http://jonmillward.com/blog/attraction-dating/cupid-on-trial-a-4-month-online-dating-experiment/

In it, he talks about his fake accounts with a very hot guy, a very hot woman, a very ugly guy and a very ugly girl. It's quite revealing to read.

In summary:
- try the paid sites that have the best reviews
- if you choose the free ones, be original if you like (since this is generally attractive)

I think it is a good way to meet people you would never of met in your life before, but the scammers, and players ruin it 99% of the time. So trying to find that 1% becomes tough!

I live in a very rural area and to be honest the local Hill Billy thinkers don't mix well with me, so I depend on the internet dating sites to find a woman that wants me as I am without changing anything! So it is a fine line between necessity and sincerity that I find toughest. It is easy to weed out the undesirables for me, so I remain optimistic!

I am pretty sure most of us have at least invesatigated ,(not many will admit it) lol i have to concur it seem to me to be one extreme to the other, some were women who wanted marry on the second date, others were pretty much just a good time .. just sayin

By definition it lends itself to very superficial and one-track minded interactions... however, it's a large population and good choices and good men are available.

Someone i know irl married a guy from a dating site and i think hes a creep

Engaged to someone I met online
..and its great. Ive did the online dating thing for a while and i always meet great people and have long fulfilling relationships.. Im not saying you won't meet weirdos or crazy people.. Because you will...every so often...just like you could in person..ya know... But meeting people online is a great way too find what ever it is your looking for... There are a ton of options and endless possibilities..

So far it's been a bit of a disappointment for me...

I did quite a lot 8 to 15 years ago and it was very good, whether the scene has changed since then I don't know because the last person I met, I'm still with now. I can give you a whole load of stories good and bad and nothing dangerous ever happened to me but even as a man, you have to be careful.

For me online dating is a lot easier than in real life. People online feel so much more approachable.

People seemed to be more serious about finding a relationship on paid sights than on free ones I found.

I just take my cat everywhere... and he does all the hard work..