Has anyone had a good experience with internet dating?

just wondering.. been bored in my lunch break and went through some online dating sites but found it's quite expensive to join. are they worth the money?

Has anyone had a good experience with internet dating?
a couple months ago i moved in with a girl i "met" over a year ago on yahoo answers.
Reply:I guess it is worth it if you're into that sort of stuff.
Reply:i can really recommend match.com. met my wife on there
Reply:no but give it a wide birth darlin
Reply:Just go to mix and mingle night. You pay like 20 bucks and it includes coctails, and hor dourves. Its usually set in a museum or some cultural site and professionals in their 20's get together and just meet other people. I'm sure they have that in your city.
Reply:Going on personal experience I have met about 10 guys in the last 18 months through internet dating. Three of them seemed really genuine but after a few weeks it was obvious they were all the on the rebound and were looking to numb the pain of ex-wives or long term girlfriends.





My sister met about 5 guys who were either bitter or on the rebound but then she met her partner. Be careful and take it all very lightly. If I started up again I would go in not taking anything on face value. A lot of guys (also heard from friends) are there for casual relationships (and maybe women too). I wish I had been more careful it would have saved me a lot of heartache.
Reply:i heard of some people but i never met them.


those sites are not worth your money. try the real life first. if it doesn't work for you, then...try it on line :(
Reply:Join girls date for free. Like the name suggests it's free for women and you get the same men here as you do on the paying sites. I would warn you though, watch out for the creeps and idiots, but you get those on every site. You just need to learn to ask the right questions and listen to how the guys answer you to know if they are worth meeting. I am in Yorkshire and am very choosy about who I meet, but have found it a great advantage to meeting guys in pubs and local outlets. At least this way you get to know if the guy has anything about him other than his appearence.
Reply:In one answer, No. Its not everyones cup of tea. It might suit you, you will never know until you have tried. I think you need to be outgoing and easy going taking the rough with the smooth. If your even a teeney weeney bit sensitive forget about it. You need body armour to protect you from the married and the engaged and the not so genuines.
Reply:I sincerely doubt it.
Reply:I personally have never tried it, but my father has been for years, and he's actually formed very substantial and satisfying relationships from internet dating. The first woman that he met (and dated) on the internet, they stayed together for 2 1/2 years.. were even contemplating marriage before other issues spoiled the relationship. They are still friends. He currently is dating another woman he met on the internet for 4 months now, and they are enjoying each other to the fullest.





Like in the physical world, there are crazy people out there too, so you should still be cautious.. but I've definetely witnessed some great things come of internet "dating". Good luck.
Reply:i have not tried any of these sites myself but as long as you are carefull they can be good my friend got married last year after meeting her now husband on a dating site and my sister is getting married next month after meeting her future husband on one too good luck
Reply:I did it for a while 18 months ago. I went out on several dates and found the men followed a trend of serial dating! However I did meet a lovely man and we have now been living together for over a year and have just returned from a great holiday in Jamaica! They are not all bad out there.........but you have to kiss a lot of toads to find your prince!





Good luck and always date where you are safe and someone knows where you are...thats my advice!
Reply:Met my man in a chatroom. Still together and going strong.
Reply:If your good looking and fun to be with, you may strike lucky!





Where do you live?
Reply:no it is not worth it plentyoffish is free but no one answers
Reply:ive joined a site and even though ive replied to msgs x ive never had a reply back ahhh x so to me its been a waste of money x im a "normal" person and honest in my profile x it annoying when someone msgs and then nothing not even a "didnt think much of the profile"
Reply:I would save my money if I were you. They don't really do anymore for you then regular chats with people. Three years ago, I just happened to enter a Yahoo chat room. (Something I had never done before) I was lucky enough to met a guy that is truly a very sweet! We talk everyday and share a lot of the same interests. Over the past years we both have been through some difficult times and were there for each other.





So, my answer is save your money. There are a lot of really interesting and great people out there. Just give it time and be careful.
Reply:I know alot of people who got married and are still together through internet dating!
Reply:There is a free one: www.plentyoffish.com
Reply:lets just say a certain part of my anatomy is hurting so bad from overuse since i started this internet dating.
Reply:Just be careful. I did it twice and it turns out the guys were not who they presented themselves to be. One kept pressuring me for sex until I left.
Reply:ive had a few good dates from internet dating.........sum are more expensive than otheres but there are a few cheaper sites which are just as good. also some sites do a daily pass which is good coz u can try it out and if u dont like it u can try another!!
Reply:Didn't really do internet dating but I did meet the man I spent 8 years with in a chat room.





My brother met his wife online as well but through chat.





Would I recommend it, not too sure on that one now, this was in the good old days when you could trust people and believe they were who and what they said they were.
Reply:why should you pay to met someone you don't do that down the pub or club or any drinking establishment so why pay ??? LAURA C is correct www. plentyoffish .com is totally free and you can set what type of person you are looking for ie must not be married ,must not do drugs , list yourself at first looking for friends see how it go`es then change your settings, mind you the one called BIG STICK is typical of some of the idiots on there, chances are its 5 inch`s with cobweb`s.....go for it girl