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This afternoon, I was at the Bass Pro Shop buying some hooks and bait and the cashier was a pretty little thing. Very nice girl and I thought about asking for her number but she could be way too young. Also, I figured she probably gets hit on a lot by all the rednecks that go through that store
I guess, I am used to meeting people through online dating and I much prefer to meet people in real life but what if I asked for her number and she was 18? At least online, you can search people by age. Do you prefer to meet people online, real life or a combination of both?
This afternoon, I was at the Bass Pro Shop buying some hooks and bait and the cashier was a pretty little thing. Very nice girl and I thought about asking for her number but she could be way too young. Also, I figured she probably gets hit on a lot by all the rednecks that go through that store
I guess, I am used to meeting people through online dating and I much prefer to meet people in real life but what if I asked for her number and she was 18? At least online, you can search people by age. Do you prefer to meet people online, real life or a combination of both?
Umm...when I use an online "dating" site, I do meet the people in real life.
I don't consider having an online communication as anything more than just that. The whole point is, to actually MEET them face to face. Online dating sites are simply one method to find prospective dates. Really not much difference to me...just that online suits my lifestyle better.
This afternoon, I was at the Bass Pro Shop buying some hooks and bait and the cashier was a pretty little thing. Very nice girl and I thought about asking for her number but she could be way too young. Also, I figured she probably gets hit on a lot by all the rednecks that go through that store
I guess, I am used to meeting people through online dating and I much prefer to meet people in real life but what if I asked for her number and she was 18? At least online, you can search people by age. Do you prefer to meet people online, real life or a combination of both?
Personally? Online. Why? It's easier. Online you know what the girl looks like, you know what her interests are, and you know that their available. Not to mention that you can flip through an assortment of 'ready and willing' women.' at your conveniance and disposal. The one disadvantage is that actual process. Choosing, messaging, talking and meeting up is lengthier here whereas if you're lucky enough to meet a datable woman in person, everything is sort of instatenous, and occurs in miliseconds. You have their attention immediately, you can get their number immediately and you can reconnect probably within a week. The online way is far more drawn out.
Seriously, though, online dating (actual dating websites) is not my favorite. I have done it before, but with no real success. I don't think I will try it again. I'm not someone who likes to date multiple people at the same time, so I really don't need to search a bunch of profiles and talk to numerous people.
I'd rather just meet one person I'm interested in and who's interested in me and get to know them. I hate dating!
On line seems to be the wave of the future. After all, you know someone on a dating site is available, interested in dating, etc. Frankly, it's possible to meet people on line who you'd never have a chance to meet in your everyday life. The odds are better simply b/c the numbers are greater.
Most people who "meet" on line are comfortable with the coffee date - into meeting and know the deal: public place, short first into, & take it from there.
Well, I've met some interesting men online, but not on dating sites. I've met them through their blogs, special interest forums and social networking sites. What I've found is that people are more likely to just be themselves outside of a dating site. With dating sites, it's always the "hard sell" and "here's what I want ..." I suspect that people who use dating sites also eliminate a lot of good people once they get click-happy with the detailed search functions. "I want someone with black hair, who's this tall, within 10 miles of me, like sushi, doesn't even drink ..." You get the drift.
I went out with a guy I met on a dating site. One date, total wash. Then, oddly enough, I happed across his social networking profile, and I thought, "Now, there's a guy I want to know." He was witty, free-flow and spoke his mind candidly. If I'd seen that first, I would have been far more interested in him.
A lot of people just do not translate very well over the Internet. I met my last S.O. in person, but his email communications were egregious. He had a lot of features that I would have considered dealbreakers, e.g., living in a different city, had I seen his profile on a dating site. He wasn't my physical type and had bizarre hobbies and interests that would have made me think, "Uh ... nope on 'Star Trek'-obsessed dude."
And yet I moved here to be with him and tried to make it work for three years. The chemistry was instantaneous and overwhelming. There's something to say about meeting IRL first and getting to know someone.
I have always met men in person. I personally like the whole face to face thing.
Hate the whole online thing. Just not for me.
It does make meeting people harder because not a lot of men approach me, but when one does, it is major props for that guy because he had balls to go out on a limb. And I like that confidence about a man!
Well, I've met some interesting men online, but not on dating sites. I've met them through their blogs, special interest forums and social networking sites. What I've found is that people are more likely to just be themselves outside of a dating site. With dating sites, it's always the "hard sell" and "here's what I want ..." I suspect that people who use dating sites also eliminate a lot of good people once they get click-happy with the detailed search functions. "I want someone with black hair, who's this tall, within 10 miles of me, like sushi, doesn't even drink ..." You get the drift.
That's how my guy and I met. In fact, his then-girlfriend was in the process of moving out, I was writing dating rants in my blog, and we lived several hundred miles apart. But we belonged to the same bird group. He said something about one of my birds, and over the course of seven months we wrote back and forth about everything but dating. When I mentioned I was coming to the area to look at potential places to live, he suggested we get together and that was that.
Dating sites, however, are a joke to me. Whoever said that it's a way of knowing that the people you find attractive are available and looking to date is living in a fantasyland. There are a lot of married people on those sites who are just looking to get laid--male and female. There are also a lot of liars, and they are dishonest about everything from their height to their age to their weight to their lifestyles to their religion to UGH, just about everything. I've heard stories about people using their kids' photos, pulling photos off the Internet, the whole bit. I, myself, ran into a few men whose photos were obviously taken 15 years earlier.
But, you know, everyone on those services is active, with athletic/slim/fit bodies and lifestyles that include regular hikes, bike rides, and ski trips. They've all traveled the world, and they all make at least $75,000 a year. They're looking for "THE ONE," and of course, they don't believe in playing games.
Right.
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