meeting people online what do you think

ando

tried it once out of curiosity. The 'attractive looking girl' she described herself as turned out to me a middle aged whale. NEVER AGAIN

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ando wrote:

tried it once out of curiosity. The 'attractive looking girl' she described herself as turned out to me a middle aged whale. NEVER AGAIN

Most people will send you pic of them these days. fair enough, theres a risk it mightn't be them - just have be able to spot the bullsh1tter.
From what I've seen on the hot or not site, there are few worthy of the minger thread :eek:

AngryBadger wrote:

Lmao that's a dam good idea, look for the guy in the Superman costume

I've gotta see this, pm linkage

dbnavan

I met my wife on yahoo messenger, she flew from america to meet me and never went back, except with me on holiday,


although on other side of coin about 3-4 years ago i met someone online, and chatted for months and texted her also till i found out she was really 14 and not 19 as she had told me, she had sent fake photos, and was very intellegent so i had now way of telling, èven spoke to her on the phone,

she letter told me, that she had started it messing, and it just got out of control and didnt know how to finish it, cause she had strong feelings for me, I was pretty cut up, so was she age gap was far to big obviously so we just ceased contact.

Made sure wife had webcam before she came over, and had spoken to her whole family too. *LOL*

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dbnavan wrote:

I met my wife on yahoo messenger, she flew from america to meet me and never went back, except with me on holiday

:v: Is that true now?

If it is fair fcuks to you both. I've never had a bad experience out of it.
The key is building up a good friendship before meeting, theres too much pressure otherwise. By then you will know each other well enough to just go have a laugh.

You had a good chance to do that with the distance and all. What part was she from?

I've a friend in NY - having be chatting for ages now. Met on yahoo, but both use msn now.

SexeeAussie

dbnavan wrote:

I met my wife on yahoo messenger, she flew from america to meet me and never went back, except with me on holiday

Can I ask, how long did you 'chat' before you actually met in person....

This may be very relevant to my life at this very moment!

dbnavan

100% true, people who I personally know one boards can verify this, how long this sounds unbelieveable but true, 3 months.........she was coming to work for the summer anyway.

actually spent twice the amount on phone calls in 3 months as she did on airfare! If only we had skype then!

SexeeAussie

awwww, I can sympathise.....my 'man' is coming to see me in Aus in April, we have been chatting since October.

I met him online, but not on a dating site....lol.

I like to think that he and I know each other better than anyone I met randomly in a pub etc.

April will tell the story tho......( We are VERY optimistic!)

dbnavan

SexeeAussie wrote:

I like to think that he and I know each other better than anyone I met randomly in a pub etc.

Well I wish you all the best and yes when all you do is talk on phone and online you do know why more about someone, i think i knew her better before she got her, then I did my ex who I was with in person for 6 months,

Hope it all goes well for you's

franksm

Meeting people for "dates" is one thing, but meeting people in general over the web: I'm a great believer in it.

I moved to Dublin from Belfast a while ago, not knowing anyone in Dublin at all.

Most of my mates I met from the internet - people interested in specific things - cars, music, etc. Others I know from work, but most of my mates I originally met on the web.

I wouldn't put it down - especially the poster who said "it's sad". Rubbish. I find that while you might need to get to know someone in reality before they open up, on email or web people are more likely to open up straightaway. Yeah, maybe some people might be more inclined to be tell lies, or sarcastic or magnify some other normal part of their personality by some factor of x10, but yuo can quickly weed out those types.

ClareBear

Who cares where you meet people? If they become the love of your life from meeting them on the net then great. It's never happened to me but I know of people that have met their partners online and they couldn't be happier so I don't have a problem with it. I'm not sure how I'd feel about online dating personally, I prefer getting chatted up in person rather than over my keyboard but I've made some good pals from the net so I'm all for meeting people online. Each to their own.

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Most people will send you pic of them these days. fair enough, theres a risk it mightn't be them - just have be able to spot the bullsh1tter.
From what I've seen on the hot or not site, there are few worthy of the minger thread :eek:

embee

Met my current boyfriend for the first time in Cork in 2001, in a net cafe. He was studying in Cork, I was living there. Nothing happened then though - we were both with other people, but I got to know him to see and have the odd chat to.

Fastforward a year, and we were both using the same chatroom. They had a meet-up in Carlow. I went along, so did he, and we are together since.

Its not how you meet the person thats important, its how compatible ye turn out to be.

Chinafoot

Well I met my boyfriend at an IRC/boards.ie meetup. We had been chatting over IRC for about 3 months and got to know each other pretty well. When we met in person we just clicked.

Been together 7months at this stage and its going great.

I personally have never seen a problem with it. As has already been pointed out, the net is just another way to meet people. Of course there are risks....people lie all the time. You just have to hope that the people you like are being as genuine as you are. I was lucky in that he was.

Rockee

kensutz wrote:

Rockee are you really that desperate to know how other people met girls/guys? You've been insistent on wanting to find out how and where they did meet up.

Not really, Im perfectly happy the way I am(single) As I said...just curious

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There are alot of success stories. nice to hear

IvaBigWun

I still dont know how people can get the right vibe/chemistry for someone that you'd get in real life. Maybe Im too old fashioned as there seems to be a good few success stories

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IvaBigWun wrote:

I still dont know how people can get the right vibe/chemistry for someone that you'd get in real life. Maybe Im too old fashioned as there seems to be a good few success stories

Does that mean you haven't tried it then IBW? :v: