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View Poll Results: What most closely describes your online dating experience
Very good, found the One or met people that exceeded my expectations. Highly recomended 3 11.54%
Met a few nice people and would do it again 7 26.92%
Met some people who exagerated but were eh still ok. May or may not online date in the future 7 26.92%
He or she misrepresented theirselves to the point of turning me off to online dating 6 23.08%
The people I met were complete liars. The pictures were not even there own. 2 7.69%
Went on date with Psychopath and may have been risking my life 1 3.85%
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Old 07-12-2011, 10:08 AM
 
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I could say I've had a number of all those experiences. I've had LTR's result that were great while they lasted, met some cool women that we just didn't have a connection, and met some that didn't look like their pictures and ended rather quickly.

It's a mixed bag. Ultimately, I won't go back. I weigh personality and attitude very high among other attributes, and I used to think with online dating I could tailor my search to women that shared those same values and I was sorely mistaken. Even if they spell out "this is what I believe" in their profile it isn't always true. Everyone wants to describe themselves as honest and happy but the fact is many people aren't. That, and as a man the online dating situation is not to my benefit. I found myself lowering standards and accepting dates with women that I later realized was a mistake to meet with. I just wanted to get out there and date and/or get my money's worth for paying a monthly fee.

I don't like to date just anyone and I'm not looking for just ANY relationship, so online dating doesn't fit a guy like me.
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