Dating In Waterford

newportwex

Here goes, deep breath....

I am currently single and ready to mingle n Waterford. I was wondering where people meet people around here. I do go Harveys and those type of places, but find that the best looking women are a bit snobby and hard to talk to, and any women that do talk to me frankly aren't up to scratch.

Is there any other places where I could meet people? If any of ye met people in Waterford, where was it?

Serious answers only please as I'm a bit sensitive and this alone was a big step for me....

holy guacamole

Online dating sites are the way forward mate, loads of free sites out there so get looking!

newportwex

Hmmm I don't know there's alot of weirdos out there...

have you tried it yourself? Any joy?

daenerysstormborn3

There's also a lot of weirdos in pubs and clubs.

I met my boyfriend online and we've been together a long time.

My sister met her now husband online. They've been together 5 years this year I think and married since last Summer.

My reason for going online was just out of curiosity after my sister met her boyfriend and I just happened to get lucky.

holy guacamole

Yep I met my current girlfriend on a dating site, been going out with her for four months and she's a great girl.

The majority of people on dating sites are just like you in that they're tired of the pub/club scene and want the chance to talk to someone and get to know them without the aid of alcohol.

In my experience it's a far better way of meeting women than any class of a night out, you get the opportunity to actually build up some sort of rapport with the women before meeting them as opposed to scoring with someone in a drunken stupor and then trying to get to know them via text the next day!

Chris P. Bacon

newportwex wrote: »

Hmmm I don't know there's alot of weirdos out there...

have you tried it yourself? Any joy?

There is a thread in the ladies lounge forum about dating sites from the womans view,I'd start there it's probably your best bet.And good luck i know how you feel buddy

newportwex

holy guacamole wrote: »

Yep I met my current girlfriend on a dating site, been going out with her for four months and she's a great girl.

The majority of people on dating sites are just like you in that they're tired of the pub/club scene and want the chance to talk to someone and get to know them without the aid of alcohol.

In my experience it's a far better way of meeting women than any class of a night out, you get the opportunity to actually build up some sort of rapport with the women before meeting them as opposed to scoring with someone in a drunken stupor and then trying to get to know them via text the next day!

Go way that's fantastic, where did you end up meeting up, how did it all happen?

SUNGOD

you'd have a better chance if you took off the balaclava

holy guacamole

newportwex wrote: »

Go way that's fantastic, where did you end up meeting up, how did it all happen?

Just got chatting to her on the site and found that she lived nearby (her in ferrybank, me in town) so after a week or so of messaging and texting each other we arranged to meet up in the park for our first date.

Pretty much hit it off straight away and found that we were both normal non weirdo psychopathic people despite meeting through a dating site.

Like I said earlier it's not just people that can't get a date elsewhere that are on dating sites, a lot of people are there because they're fed up of all the whole meat market mentality of night out in the pubs/clubs etc. You'll tend to get lots of professional people on there who don't have the time to spend a Saturday night trawling for potential dates and would prefer to chat online to someone, online dating sites are not full of dogs I promise ya.;)

The Good Doctor

I met my first wife through a dating website and my second wife the old fashioned way -on a bus. while i got plenty of dates from the website approach - alot of these ladies where not how they portrayed themselves when you met them in real life including the one i married but lets not go there.

If you want to find a nice lookin girl the answer is public transport - trains, busses etc. you can get results from sharing taxi's home after a night out also. Its a fantastic way to meet someone who is attractive because if you sit in beside someone they have to talk to you for the duration of the journey and if you dont like them you can always move seat- it pretty perfect.

I often travelled the length of the country twice in one day using this method. I met my beautiful wife on an ulsterbus between belfast and newtownards on Valintines day in 2006. So my advice is get your travel pass in order young man and remember to take in all the scenery

dazftw

You're actually some legend Doctor fair play to you haha.

Some load of peope have met their OH online I thought I was the only one, Im going out with my girlfriend 4 years now. I met her through myspace though

decies

Bloke near me met his wife through knock marriage service . Within 6 months of meeting he married her. Still married after 5 years , there both evenly matched mind you.

snuggles09

when you say the women you meet "aren't up to scratch" what do you mean by that? Looks wise or personality wise?

Vanman1

Surely all of this is a wind up? In one post he's looking to buy a balaclava, rope, goggles etc and in this one he's looking to find a date? Quite freaky if you ask me.....

ziedth

Trolling aside,

it's actually a decent idea for a thread. Like, friends set myself and mrs ziedth up and we're been together for going on 8 years since but if I was single in the morning I wouldn't know where to start.

I actually don't envy people anymore lookig for an OH because something I noticed in a pub/club setting (that really wasn't there I think a decade ago) was that a guy or girl(I've seen it happen to both) could go up to someone and not be leery or anything just be nice trying to chat them up like and the object of their effection goes out of their way to make a show of them.

It's a horrible thing to do.

PTH2009

i would do anything not to be single at this moment in time. Waterford is such a hard place to find a partner. Masons would always be too packed, Harveys older age group and Escape would be younger age group.

So man if u get pissed off at not finding someone youre not alone. It can be very fustrating lol just drinks loads instead lol

jayboi

i sense a boards singles night coming up...

wagtail99

I am told by a reliable source that Hillwalking is the way to go, plenty of firm calves & thighs, boots are also worn if you're so inclined, the balaclava may also be useful, but you'd need to advance to mountaineering to use the ropes.

Also Bookclubs but then you might have to read some terrible Chicklit or something to actively participate.

shadowcomplex

ziedth wrote: »

Trolling aside,

it's actually a decent idea for a thread. Like, friends set myself and mrs ziedth up and we're been together for going on 8 years since but if I was single in the morning I wouldn't know where to start.

I actually don't envy people anymore lookig for an OH because something I noticed in a pub/club setting (that really wasn't there I think a decade ago) was that a guy or girl(I've seen it happen to both) could go up to someone and not be leery or anything just be nice trying to chat them up like and the object of their effection goes out of their way to make a show of them.

It's a horrible thing to do.

Thats Irish Women for you

Chris P. Bacon

The Good Doctor wrote: »

I met my first wife through a dating website and my second wife the old fashioned way -on a bus. while i got plenty of dates from the website approach - alot of these ladies where not how they portrayed themselves when you met them in real life including the one i married but lets not go there.

If you want to find a nice lookin girl the answer is public transport - trains, busses etc. you can get results from sharing taxi's home after a night out also. Its a fantastic way to meet someone who is attractive because if you sit in beside someone they have to talk to you for the duration of the journey and if you dont like them you can always move seat- it pretty perfect.

I often travelled the length of the country twice in one day using this method. I met my beautiful wife on an ulsterbus between belfast and newtownards on Valintines day in 2006. So my advice is get your travel pass in order young man and remember to take in all the scenery

Brilliant post ,what did the wife think when you told her you travelled the country on a bus to find her?

The Good Doctor

Richie Cranium wrote: »

Brilliant post ,what did the wife think when you told her you travelled the country on a bus to find her?

Ah you see she doesn't know the full story to this day so keep stum - I believe my cover story was that I was on my way home from breaking up with my scottish girlfriend Mackenzie and had just put her on the a plane in Belfast - In my haste to get home and not fully concentrating due to the events of the day I had mistakenly taken the bus to Newtownards - I then procceded to enlist her help to get me out of Newtownards and back on the road to Dublin.... long story short we are living happily ever after- It's funny actually she acts very jealous around Scottish women to this day!

Mysterious&Shy

I met my Fiance online, I'm from Cork myself and he is from Waterford! We met and hit it off instantly!

We are due to get married in 2012:D

ex_infantry man

have met my girlfriend also on an online dating site, we,re with eachother nearly three months now and getting on great, its a good way to get to know a person before ya meet em so its highly recommended, just as long as your honest and not a freak you,ll be guaranteed to get a date

Chris P. Bacon

ex_infantry man wrote: »

have met my girlfriend also on an online dating site, we,re with eachother nearly three months now and getting on great, its a good way to get to know a person before ya meet em so its highly recommended, just as long as your honest and not a freak you,ll be guaranteed to get a date

Fairplay to you boy,i didn't think the online dating scene in Waterford was that big well maybe not big,but i have have tried POF and it seems to be not many from Waterford on it,and although i might come across as a freak on here but i am actually a nice normal fella ,but it is hard to transcend your real life persona into an online profile with sounding like a dope,if that makes any sense

Mysterious&Shy

Richie Cranium wrote: »

Fairplay to you boy,i didn't think the online dating scene in Waterford was that big well maybe not big,but i have have tried POF and it seems to be not many from Waterford on it,and although i might come across as a freak on here but i am actually a nice normal fella ,but it is hard to transcend your real life persona into an online profile with sounding like a dope,if that makes any sense

That's where I met my Fiance on!

jayboi

Ah well i might as well ask as im sure everyone is probably dying to know at this stage so here it is...what are the names of these magical websites?

Mysterious&Shy

ex_infantry man wrote: »

have met my girlfriend also on an online dating site, we,re with eachother nearly three months now and getting on great, its a good way to get to know a person before ya meet em so its highly recommended, just as long as your honest and not a freak you,ll be guaranteed to get a date

Definately agree with you 100%! Glad that it is going so well for you! And it is a great way to get to know someone!

We got engaged 12 months after meeting! And are only together 2 years on the 22nd of next month!

Chris P. Bacon

jayboi wrote: »

Ah well i might as well ask as im sure everyone is probably dying to know at this stage so here it is...what are the names of these magical websites?

Plentyoffish would be the most popular one

Mysterious&Shy

Richie Cranium wrote: »

Plentyoffish would be the most popular one

I recommend highly!:D

ziedth

Mysterious&Shy wrote: »

Definately agree with you 100%! Glad that it is going so well for you! And it is a great way to get to know someone!

We got engaged 12 months after meeting! And are only together 2 years on the 22nd of next month!

Ah I wouldn't worry about things like that, we moved in together after 11 months. Granted we were 7 years together (to the day) when we got married.

Mysterious&Shy

ziedth wrote: »

Ah I wouldn't worry about things like that, we moved in together after 11 months. Granted we were 7 years together (to the day) when we got married.

We moved in together after 4 months!:p