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I was looking at Craigslist and there were a number of lonely people who wanted a date for that night. Many were not necessarily interested in sex but were just restless and did not want to sit at home watching television. They just wanted someone of the opposite sex to talk to and do something with.
If you were single would you ever consider throwing caution to the wind, connect with someone via email and make arrangements to meet that evening? A rush rush blind date? (I am not talking about sex or prostitution, but just two lonely people who get together and hope for the best) You would meet in a public place to ensure safety.
Or would you require a long period of emailing and phone calls before you would dare get together? What do you think?
Last edited by Weekend Traveler; 05-21-2009 at 11:50 AM..
I was looking at Craigslist and there were a number of lonely people who wanted a date for that night. Many were not necessarily interested in sex but were just restless and did not want to sit at home watching television. They just wanted someone of the opposite sex to talk to and do something with.
If you were single would you ever consider throwing caution to the wind, connect with someone via email and make arrangements to meet that evening? A rush rush blind date? (I am not talking about sex or prostitution, but just two lonely people who get together and hope for the best) You woud meet in a public place to ensure safety.
Or would you require a long period of emailing and phone calls before you would dare get together? What do you think?
I'm a pretty adventurous person, but my safety is a big concern of mine. Especially as my gut instinct isn't always 100% correct. I personally think there are a lot of better ways to meet people with common interests, even in my city where I feel like an alien compared to most people here.
Would I never do it? Not necessarily. I'd try Plenty of Fish before I ever tried Craigslist though.
I wouldn't advise it,
People are not that lonely or else they would go to a mall and stroll around, take in a movie'
take a class, read a good book, go to group therapy..
there are a lot of evil and perverse people out there ,why would anyone want to take a chance
with their life ?
If they are that lonely they will find something to do without your help,
If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything
my $.02,
I was looking at Craigslist and there were a number of lonely people who wanted a date for that night. Many were not necessarily interested in sex but were just restless and did not want to sit at home watching television. They just wanted someone of the opposite sex to talk to and do something with.
If you were single would you ever consider throwing caution to the wind, connect with someone via email and make arrangements to meet that evening? A rush rush blind date? (I am not talking about sex or prostitution, but just two lonely people who get together and hope for the best) You would meet in a public place to ensure safety.
Or would you require a long period of emailing and phone calls before you would dare get together? What do you think?
If you are careful it works just fine....but they key is like you said, e-mailing, phone calls, pictures, and meeting in public...
I could, if I'm intrigued for some reasons. Nobody's gonna eat me up in a public place. The chances of coming across an intriguing add are extremely low, though.
Btw, if you cross-reference CL to the other dating sites you'd find a lot of overlap, so it's not any worse really!
I'm a pretty adventurous person, but my safety is a big concern of mine. Especially as my gut instinct isn't always 100% correct. I personally think there are a lot of better ways to meet people with common interests, even in my city where I feel like an alien compared to most people here.
Would I never do it? Not necessarily. I'd try Plenty of Fish before I ever tried Craigslist though.
I'm not trying to be rude but are there no evil people at the mall, in group therapy, or in a class? They represent a sample of the population. It might be inaccurate though.
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Originally Posted by yhwhshalomjr
I wouldn't advise it,
People are not that lonely or else they would go to a mall and stroll around, take in a movie'
take a class, read a good book, go to group therapy..
there are a lot of evil and perverse people out there ,why would anyone want to take a chance
with their life ?
If they are that lonely they will find something to do without your help,
If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything
my $.02,
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