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03 February 2011, 10:33 AM
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As for your spelling of skewed.... well.... for someone so 'clever' it is a bit of a let down. Stick to the 'cut and pasting' like your chum
03 February 2011, 11:03 AM
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My best m8 is now married due to dating direct.
Was quite funny at the wedding as my opening line for the best man's speech was "Scott and Caroline are proof that on-line dating works".
Neither Scott's or Caroline's family knew they met on-line
Ho hum
Was quite funny at the wedding as my opening line for the best man's speech was "Scott and Caroline are proof that on-line dating works".
Neither Scott's or Caroline's family knew they met on-line
Ho hum
03 February 2011, 11:27 AM
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I separated from my wife a couple of years ago & moved back to London as that is where my work is & no longer any point in commuting.
Since I had originally left London (1999), most of my friends had moved on/got married/left London & all my other friends were "ours" & in Suffolk, so other than work colleagues I didn't really know that many people in London and the opportunity to meet new people was limited. I'm also not the sort of person to just wander into a bar and attempt to chat someone up.
So I thought I would try Internet Dating. I joined match.com, finally worked up a profile, found some pictures of me that were "ok" and started writing emails. Most were ignored but sometimes I got a "view" then I got my first email. Unfortunately no romance came of that but I made a very good friend, who I still see. After the first email came in, things got easier and I went on some dates & over the course of time "hooked up" with a couple of nice ladies. For whatever reason, it didn't work out with them and we went our separate ways.
Over about 15 months, I met a variety of people from many different backgrounds and had (on the whole) a very good time. I have made a number of very good friends as well, which has made the whole process even more worthwhile. There have been some scary people too, some scammers, some gold-diggers, some decidedly odd people, some people who were just not my cup of tea, in fact, the whole smorgsbord of life is represented there online.
In May of last year, I met my girlfriend. She thought she would dip a toe in online dating & browsed my profile, so I had sent her an email. She was very shy and nervous about it but we started emailing regularly, found we had a lot in common and eventually she sent me a picture and agreed to meet on a date. We got on like a house on fire, hit it off and we're now living together. She is stunning, sexy, caring and I would normally have said totally out of my league but we absolutely click on so many levels, its quite un-nerving sometimes, we are both extremely happy.
There's no way on earth I would normally have met her were it not for online dating. I've been quite open about it and its amazing how many people within my office have also tried/are trying it as well, mostly with positive results. Its like everything on the internet - treat it cautiously as not everything is as it seems but there are genuine people out there looking for the same as you, so definitely worth trying.
Since I had originally left London (1999), most of my friends had moved on/got married/left London & all my other friends were "ours" & in Suffolk, so other than work colleagues I didn't really know that many people in London and the opportunity to meet new people was limited. I'm also not the sort of person to just wander into a bar and attempt to chat someone up.
So I thought I would try Internet Dating. I joined match.com, finally worked up a profile, found some pictures of me that were "ok" and started writing emails. Most were ignored but sometimes I got a "view" then I got my first email. Unfortunately no romance came of that but I made a very good friend, who I still see. After the first email came in, things got easier and I went on some dates & over the course of time "hooked up" with a couple of nice ladies. For whatever reason, it didn't work out with them and we went our separate ways.
Over about 15 months, I met a variety of people from many different backgrounds and had (on the whole) a very good time. I have made a number of very good friends as well, which has made the whole process even more worthwhile. There have been some scary people too, some scammers, some gold-diggers, some decidedly odd people, some people who were just not my cup of tea, in fact, the whole smorgsbord of life is represented there online.
In May of last year, I met my girlfriend. She thought she would dip a toe in online dating & browsed my profile, so I had sent her an email. She was very shy and nervous about it but we started emailing regularly, found we had a lot in common and eventually she sent me a picture and agreed to meet on a date. We got on like a house on fire, hit it off and we're now living together. She is stunning, sexy, caring and I would normally have said totally out of my league but we absolutely click on so many levels, its quite un-nerving sometimes, we are both extremely happy.
There's no way on earth I would normally have met her were it not for online dating. I've been quite open about it and its amazing how many people within my office have also tried/are trying it as well, mostly with positive results. Its like everything on the internet - treat it cautiously as not everything is as it seems but there are genuine people out there looking for the same as you, so definitely worth trying.
03 February 2011, 11:47 AM
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Not a dating site (did not exist then!) but I met my wife via a chat room 14 ish years ago! Them were the days! Back then people really did think it was strange meeting someone online!
03 February 2011, 11:50 AM
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I'm great to see peoples experiences on here.
It was almost 10 years ago when I met Mr P, and it was almost unheard of.
Sometimes I used to lie and say we met in Oswestry (a middle ground between where we lived).
Now it seems a bit more common, I am not at all worried about telling people.
I admit some people are still shocked, and ask if I was scared in case I met a weirdo.
It will be our 10 year anniversary in November!
It was almost 10 years ago when I met Mr P, and it was almost unheard of.
Sometimes I used to lie and say we met in Oswestry (a middle ground between where we lived).
Now it seems a bit more common, I am not at all worried about telling people.
I admit some people are still shocked, and ask if I was scared in case I met a weirdo.
It will be our 10 year anniversary in November!
03 February 2011, 01:03 PM
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I love this. Last Best Man speech I did I opened with "Welcome to the wedding of Hitan and Sadhana", When Sadhana was the name of his first Wife. There was a huge gasp and some dirty looks.
I made a huge play of having accidentally mixed up this speech with the one I gave at his last wedding, pulled out another piece of paper and continued with "Welcome to the wedding of Hitan and Laura".
People quickly realised what was about to happen and laughed long and loud as I absolutely slated him to death for the following 10 minutes.
I loved it!
03 February 2011, 01:04 PM
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03 February 2011, 01:11 PM
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I separated from my wife a couple of years ago & moved back to London as that is where my work is & no longer any point in commuting.
Since I had originally left London (1999), most of my friends had moved on/got married/left London & all my other friends were "ours" & in Suffolk, so other than work colleagues I didn't really know that many people in London and the opportunity to meet new people was limited. I'm also not the sort of person to just wander into a bar and attempt to chat someone up.
So I thought I would try Internet Dating. I joined match.com, finally worked up a profile, found some pictures of me that were "ok" and started writing emails. Most were ignored but sometimes I got a "view" then I got my first email. Unfortunately no romance came of that but I made a very good friend, who I still see. After the first email came in, things got easier and I went on some dates & over the course of time "hooked up" with a couple of nice ladies. For whatever reason, it didn't work out with them and we went our separate ways.
Over about 15 months, I met a variety of people from many different backgrounds and had (on the whole) a very good time. I have made a number of very good friends as well, which has made the whole process even more worthwhile. There have been some scary people too, some scammers, some gold-diggers, some decidedly odd people, some people who were just not my cup of tea, in fact, the whole smorgsbord of life is represented there online.
In May of last year, I met my girlfriend. She thought she would dip a toe in online dating & browsed my profile, so I had sent her an email. She was very shy and nervous about it but we started emailing regularly, found we had a lot in common and eventually she sent me a picture and agreed to meet on a date. We got on like a house on fire, hit it off and we're now living together. She is stunning, sexy, caring and I would normally have said totally out of my league but we absolutely click on so many levels, its quite un-nerving sometimes, we are both extremely happy.
There's no way on earth I would normally have met her were it not for online dating. I've been quite open about it and its amazing how many people within my office have also tried/are trying it as well, mostly with positive results. Its like everything on the internet - treat it cautiously as not everything is as it seems but there are genuine people out there looking for the same as you, so definitely worth trying.
Since I had originally left London (1999), most of my friends had moved on/got married/left London & all my other friends were "ours" & in Suffolk, so other than work colleagues I didn't really know that many people in London and the opportunity to meet new people was limited. I'm also not the sort of person to just wander into a bar and attempt to chat someone up.
So I thought I would try Internet Dating. I joined match.com, finally worked up a profile, found some pictures of me that were "ok" and started writing emails. Most were ignored but sometimes I got a "view" then I got my first email. Unfortunately no romance came of that but I made a very good friend, who I still see. After the first email came in, things got easier and I went on some dates & over the course of time "hooked up" with a couple of nice ladies. For whatever reason, it didn't work out with them and we went our separate ways.
Over about 15 months, I met a variety of people from many different backgrounds and had (on the whole) a very good time. I have made a number of very good friends as well, which has made the whole process even more worthwhile. There have been some scary people too, some scammers, some gold-diggers, some decidedly odd people, some people who were just not my cup of tea, in fact, the whole smorgsbord of life is represented there online.
In May of last year, I met my girlfriend. She thought she would dip a toe in online dating & browsed my profile, so I had sent her an email. She was very shy and nervous about it but we started emailing regularly, found we had a lot in common and eventually she sent me a picture and agreed to meet on a date. We got on like a house on fire, hit it off and we're now living together. She is stunning, sexy, caring and I would normally have said totally out of my league but we absolutely click on so many levels, its quite un-nerving sometimes, we are both extremely happy.
There's no way on earth I would normally have met her were it not for online dating. I've been quite open about it and its amazing how many people within my office have also tried/are trying it as well, mostly with positive results. Its like everything on the internet - treat it cautiously as not everything is as it seems but there are genuine people out there looking for the same as you, so definitely worth trying.
03 February 2011, 01:21 PM
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Tony, at what point does the plethora of people telling you you're a ****, both about this and many other subjects, begin to hit home? Eventually it wears you down. You'll see.
03 February 2011, 01:25 PM
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Have been with my Missus now for over 13 years. I used to tell people that we met on the Net, just for the reaction. Then I tell them the rest of the story, as below.
Back in 1997, two mutual friends of ours thought it would be good if we got together, so unbeknownst to me they gave my Wife to be my email address and she started to send me anonymous emails (they were from her Uni account and back then was just a random number as opposed to a name).
These emails were about me and what she knew about me, but of course I had no idea who this person was.
Assuming that it wasn't a genuine internet stalker I confronted all of my friends about it and the rest is history. Now, it's not strictly correct or incorrect that we met on the Net, but it makes a nice opener to the story of how we met.
The point is, I stopped telling people quite a while ago that we met on the Net, as it just stopped getting the shocked reaction it used to.
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Back in 1997, two mutual friends of ours thought it would be good if we got together, so unbeknownst to me they gave my Wife to be my email address and she started to send me anonymous emails (they were from her Uni account and back then was just a random number as opposed to a name).
These emails were about me and what she knew about me, but of course I had no idea who this person was.
Assuming that it wasn't a genuine internet stalker I confronted all of my friends about it and the rest is history. Now, it's not strictly correct or incorrect that we met on the Net, but it makes a nice opener to the story of how we met.
The point is, I stopped telling people quite a while ago that we met on the Net, as it just stopped getting the shocked reaction it used to.
Asif
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03 February 2011, 01:55 PM
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03 February 2011, 02:12 PM
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Friend Of mine met a nice girl On plenty of fish.
He has alot Of girlfriends but he met them all from going into town and all air head bimbo's .
He seems happy now
He has alot Of girlfriends but he met them all from going into town and all air head bimbo's .
He seems happy now
03 February 2011, 02:21 PM
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I met my wife though J4ckos mate, his sisters mate, this was twenty years ago so no Internet then but if I was having my time again and it was available I would be on it like a Rat up a drainpipe ! I would be chasing Cougars like a piece rate fur trapper
There are perpetually single lads at work, they wont go on it for pride reasons, I just tell them to swallow their pride and take whatever opportunities for happiness you can, nobody will think they are any less sad and tragic than we do already.
I find everything is easier to obtain via the internet so why not women !
There are perpetually single lads at work, they wont go on it for pride reasons, I just tell them to swallow their pride and take whatever opportunities for happiness you can, nobody will think they are any less sad and tragic than we do already.
I find everything is easier to obtain via the internet so why not women !
03 February 2011, 02:56 PM
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The match.com thread(s) over on Pistonheads has some hilarious stories
I've met loads of women via various online sites - Scoobynet provides the most bunny boilers, plenty of fish provides slappers/one night stands, eharmony provides the type of person who is suitable for long term thing.
Personally I tell everyone I met my girlfriend when I arrested her for shoplifting in Primark - which isn't true - however I suspect she'd prefer me to say we met online
I've met loads of women via various online sites - Scoobynet provides the most bunny boilers, plenty of fish provides slappers/one night stands, eharmony provides the type of person who is suitable for long term thing.
Personally I tell everyone I met my girlfriend when I arrested her for shoplifting in Primark - which isn't true - however I suspect she'd prefer me to say we met online
03 February 2011, 06:11 PM
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Being serious for a minute saying your experience was bad is fine, but implying it is degrading and sad etc. is not really very nice to other posters who have chosen to use such sites is it?
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A mate from work swears by plenty o fish and to a lesser extent shagbook.
He's not fussy though and is just in it, at the mo, for a short term hook-up.
Depends on what you are after. Things have moved on and I don't think that there is much of a stigma attached to using these sites-depending on which you use.
People are busy,have instant access to the net and can't be bothered with the weekly pub/club trawl.
It can't hurt,so go and try it!
He's not fussy though and is just in it, at the mo, for a short term hook-up.
Depends on what you are after. Things have moved on and I don't think that there is much of a stigma attached to using these sites-depending on which you use.
People are busy,have instant access to the net and can't be bothered with the weekly pub/club trawl.
It can't hurt,so go and try it!
03 February 2011, 06:46 PM
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I'm not one to blow my own trumpet and the vibe is that you need to be really fake to get the initial contact going. I didn't like that.