Internet Dating?

[SirNik73]

OK. So I took a trip to the river this weekend with some friends. We were all talking about the usual stuff that 18-22 year-olds talk about. And the conversation moved to how the internet is almost the normal way to meet people today. With sites like myspace... so tonight I have a date with a girl I have never meet in person... it's kind of weird. I don't even know what her voice sounds like...

I was wondering if anyone else has ever had a date from the internet? How has it worked if you have?

[JimShine]

Yeah, I admit I did it. They were all 'hook ups' if you know what I mean. Go out, meet at a restaurant or club, neither one of you are what the other expected, you have a few drinks, top the night off with a little something, and thats it. Though the last girl I met online and I did have a little thing for a while. We dated, then after a few months moved in together for a year and a half. That was my last time doing it. I am sure others had good luck. It just isn't for me.

[Blown70]

Yea, met my ex wife that way......

[Charger1970]

I have had two friends meet their wives on eHarmony.com

I hate to admit it but both couples were perfectly matched. So it works well for some people.

Let us know how your date turns out. 

[SirNik73]

The part that sucks most about this is i'm driving my Toyota... and my other cars are parked at my dads house... mornaly when i'm nervous about a date I spend my energy polishing up the car... but you can't polish a turd... and my $80 investment in lower fuel bills just doesn't work.
o well

[Steve P.]

It's all up to you, Nik. You can polish your turd or polish your __ob!!   


       Get the wax..

[Ponch ®]

that's how I met Vainglory 

[Ponch ®]

The part that sucks most about this is i'm driving my Toyota... and my other cars are parked at my dads house... mornaly when i'm nervous about a date I spend my energy polishing up the car... but you can't polish a turd... and my $80 investment in lower fuel bills just doesn't work.
o well

id say make it look as turdy as possible. if she's turned off by it, dump the materialistic whore on the spot.

[greenpigs]

that's how I met Vainglory

You can do better Mojo.

[Steve P.]

that's how I met Vainglory

You can do better Mojo.

Agreed, even with NIKS Toyota....

[Ponch ®]

that's how I met Vainglory

You can do better Mojo.

I'll have to. He's leaving me soon. 

[mikepmcs]

internet dating and blind dating are the same in my opinion, i've explored both although i've never went on an internet date(almost).  I had an experience one time after i broke up with my ex GF and my friends tried to hook me up with a supposed hottie, and then again just last week my buddies daughter tried to hook me up with this lady at red robin(restaurant) and i said no thanks immediately, i mean come on, there has got to be at least some sort of physical attraction, and i know i'm not crazy on this one.  well let's just say, woman's taste are different than men's sometimes, i'm sure she was a nice lady, with her 6 tats ands bags under her eyes like she just went on an all week bender. call me shallow but i'm almost 40 and i'm looking for an arm trophy cause why, well i drive a charger of course.  I have a feeling that my new bud jim shine and me are gonna have no troubles picking up girls i'd say around june 25th at oxford plains speedway .  at least this way we get to see them first and we are under no pressure, that is what i don't like, the pressure that is put on both the girl and the guy.  Dating just ain't for me and i'm too busy anyway, i gotta see/meet someone through being at a friends house or whatever and then really get to know the person, but my first thought is come on every guy knows this one.... would I(you finish the sentence).  I'm not saying every guy in the world is like this but majority are, most just won't admit it.  
Well i'm admitting it, i want a hottie.  I'm still waiting for Kathy Ireland to call me. she's getting kind of old now, i'll take jessica simpson any day and shakira, marisa tomei.......
You just don't know but i can tell you this go in there confident expecting nothing and just have a good time regardless, whatta you got to lose.  Could be the one! just not for me.

I guess i'm just more in to my cars and they all know where i live.

[mikepmcs]

It's all up to you, Nik. You can polish your turd or polish your __ob!!   


       Get the wax..

man that was funny!

[JimShine]

"I have a feeling that my new bud jim shine and me are gonna have no troubles picking up girls i'd say around june 25th at oxford plains speedway . "

hahaha, just stand next to me dude. I make everyone look better. Tip, come in uniform. You will have no problems.

[Steve P.]

"I have a feeling that my new bud jim shine and me are gonna have no troubles picking up girls i'd say around june 25th at oxford plains speedway . "

hahaha, just stand next to me dude. I make everyone look better. Tip, come in uniform. You will have no problems.

Uhhhh,, I don't get it. Aren't YOU (JIM SHINE)? 

[JimShine]

Yeah, its a joke. So long as he stands near me...ugh never mind.

[mikepmcs]

Oh yeah i forgot the best part of that red robin night. the whole time my 20yo waitress was telling me i was shallow and she hated the fact that i told the truth, within an hour about 6-7 waitstaff(all girls of course) were hangin out the table, 2 even sat down to chat for a while, they were there til we left (about 2 hours), they would rotate to their tables and then come right back over, it was hillarious. shallow, right, i got their number, ok i didn't get their number but you get my drift.

Jim i'll bring 2 uniforms for both of us(i need help), just start talking all that car knowledge and throw in some guitar stuff and hook me up. LOL. just kiddin we'll have a blast.

[hemi68charger]

I went on SO many I finally had to stop going out to dinner and meet them at Starbuck's.. If we hit it off, we went to dinner or whatever.... It's a neutral place.. I met my wife that way.....

Troy

[Darkness]

I've had a lot of bad experiences with internet dating myself. I don't think I would go for it anymore but, to meet girls as friends then I might be cool with it. Who knows I'm not the type to quit easy exactly or at least IMO. Anyways, at least I met some cool guys on the board here like Manny, Russ, and Nic. Now, if I could only meet a nice woman perhaps hmmmm...  Nah, anyways internet dating is a hit and miss. It works for some and for others like me and Tom well... it doesn't work so great or at least so far. Anyways, just my piece of the cake for this thread.

[TruckDriver]

My ex wife left me for a guy she met online, then left him 2 years after leaving me for the guy she is with now in Florida who she met online.

[dkn1997]

The Boardy Barn is way easier than internet dating....

[Steve P.]

The Boardy Barn is way easier than internet dating....

Wait,,,, that sounds like maybe you're into cows and goats!!     


You do realize you are signed onto a CAR SITE!!

[Silver R/T]

It works for some people, doesnt work for some. If you meet right person, it doesnt matter if she/he is from other end of the world. As long as you got the connection, thats all that matters.

[Chryco Psycho]

I just checked a site & Here there are 98775 Guys looking for women & yeah you gessed it under 8000 females looking fo rguys
great odds 12+  guys for every female , I guess canaduh must be like china where we kill all the females

[hemihead]

I went out with a woman I met online,once.Never again.She was NOT what she said she looked like.
Also, did you ever notice one of the first things they ask is how much money do you make? or What do you do for a living?I bail right there.
Women only are looking to marry money today.

[4402tuff4u]

The Boardy Barn is way easier than internet dating....

Wow, that place is still around? I thought it went out when the OBI left LI!

[Old Moparz]

I'd have to say that the internet wouldn't be that much different from any other type of service for dating, but then again, I haven't tried either. Mainly because I'm married, & have been since before the internet became part of life. If I weren't married, I'd give it a try without any problem. I've met all kinds of people on line & in person, & it doesn't take long to tell whether you have something in common with them or not. I have a friend who used a dating service & ended up marrying one of the women he met through that service. They've been together a long time & seem happy.

In all likelihood, it probably comes down to the people involved with the date. If you lie about yourself on line, chances are you lie about yourself in person. If you're shallow, then you'll end up with a shallow person as well. If you try to present the appearance that you have money, then guess what? You'll attract someone who's after money. I'd like to think I'm the same person on line that I am in person, but then I don't have conversations with myself or use the instant messenger to get my own attention, so I'm not 100% sure. I do know that I've made a few mistakes asking out certain women, & after getting to know them, learned that I didn't like them.

With my wife it was different, she asked me out. We had worked at the same place & had known each other a while before we dated. That meant she knew I drove a $400 car, didn't have a high paying job, & apparently, it wasn't relevant to her. Of course that could also mean she's some kind of wackoloon.   

[greenpigs]

Well I have never went on a date with someone I met on the net, But if the person did not have photos I passed and kept trolling. Looks are one of the main issues...this means many things..and if they don't appeal to you why bother. That may sound ass-ish but if you think the person fell down an ugly tree hitting all the branches and they said they were hot, well.

1) They lie
2) They want to impress
3) They have low self esteem
4) They desperately want someone

If you wanna play THAT game you could, but no thanks.

I have meet someone that my sister mentioned to me so I didn't need to do the internet dating thing, but I am not against it. Just like so many put on the descriptions..."NO GAMES"

[Silver R/T]

I went out with a woman I met online,once.Never again.She was NOT what she said she looked like.
Also, did you ever notice one of the first things they ask is how much money do you make? or What do you do for a living?I bail right there.
Women only are looking to marry money today.

well you gotta understand they dont want some joe shmoe working at BK for min wage

[hemihead]

All I'm saying is the amount of money one makes doesn't make one better than another.There are just as many morally corrupt rich people as there is poor.Maybe that is why there is such a high divorce rate?Money doesn't make a better person.

[Darkness]

hemihead,

      Do you have a correct analogy there. However and this is only base upon what I learned in Psychology Class but, the studies the Psychologists have done show that women look at two things in a man above all else. One is attraction and number is two is wealth. Don't how many women they tested and what not but, that's what I learned. But, anyways just another piece of the pie to add to the cake.

[Arthu®]

All I'm saying is the amount of money one makes doesn't make one better than another.There are just as many morally corrupt rich people as there is poor.Maybe that is why there is such a high divorce rate?Money doesn't make a better person.

True but money does mean an easier life... I don't blame them I probably would do the same thing. Actually I am still looking into marrying a rich girl, but the problem with rich girls are they are usually no fun. I always seem to end up with party girls (it has its pro's and con's).

Arthur

[Mike DC]

True Story:

A good friend of mine did the big profile thingy on E-Harmony, and they fixed him up with his EX-WIFE!




 
 

[Old Moparz]

True Story:

A good friend of mine did the big profile thingy on E-Harmony, and they fixed him up with his EX-WIFE!

So, did he go out with her? 

[Mike DC]

Heh, heh, heh.

No, but the whole thing was a pretty amazing incident.  He'd been through the nasty divorce only a few months earlier, and he was on E-Harmony in the first place just to try to find some new women and remind himself that not every woman on earth was like his ex wife.  So having the outside source do the extensive search and pick HER for him was precisely the last thing he wanted to hear.

It was one of the "Man, I don't know whether to laugh or cry!" kind of things.  We were laughing about it for weeks.



. . . and his ex's profile was full of lies, too.

 

[Orange_Crush]

that's how I met Vainglory

You can do better Mojo.

I'll have to. He's leaving me soon. 

I wish I could quit you, Vain...

[Ponch ®]

that's how I met Vainglory

You can do better Mojo.

I'll have to. He's leaving me soon. 

I wish I could quit you, Vain...

we'll just have to go 'fishing' twice a year.

[Steve P.]

that's how I met Vainglory

You can do better Mojo.

I'll have to. He's leaving me soon. 

I wish I could quit you, Vain...

we'll just have to go 'fishing' twice a year.

Sounds like another movie.. "BROKEBACK LAKE"   

[dkn1997]

The Boardy Barn is way easier than internet dating....

Wait,,,, that sounds like maybe you're into cows and goats!!     


You do realize you are signed onto a CAR SITE!!

It's just a bar on eastern long island.   the name for the best time you will ever have on this planet.  4-8pm every sunday memorail day to labor day. I attended sunday services there  for years.  .  If you cannot get laid in that place, just cut your penis off and mail it to Hillary Clinton. 

[Silver R/T]

I think you are shy or desperate person if youre looking for girls on internet. Theres plenty of girls around most of guys, so finding a girl shouldnt be a problem. Unless youre really shy then you need someone to set you up with girl

[Arthu®]

I think you are shy or desperate person if youre looking for girls on internet. Theres plenty of girls around most of guys, so finding a girl shouldnt be a problem. Unless youre really shy then you need someone to set you up with girl

Uhm not when you are a lil older than you and me Silver. Not a whole lot of places people in their 30's/40's after their first (or more) divorse can go to. The internet even though not flawless does provide a decent alternative. I personally think the i-net dating could have worked out way better if people would just loose the desire to lie about who they are.

Arthur

[Mike DC]

 
I agree.  Once you get past your 20's the situation changes dramatically. 

Nobody's in school anymore. 
The bars get old fast (and they're mostly meat markets aimed at people younger than you).
You've finally got a decent job, but that means your new co-workers are usually older & married. 
Your friends are all suddenly married too. They start wanting real houses pretty quick when the pregnancies come, so you don't know anyone in cheapo singles apartment buildings anymore. 
And married friends are themselves  no longer dating, so they don't have the constant revolving-door of new aquaintances for you to meet like they used to . . .


It's a cumulative effect.
   
   

[Shakey]

 
I agree.  Once you get past your 20's the situation changes dramatically. 

Nobody's in school anymore. 
The bars get old fast (and they're mostly meat markets aimed at people younger than you).
You've finally got a decent job, but that means your new co-workers are usually older & married. 
Your friends are all suddenly married too. They start wanting real houses pretty quick when the pregnancies come, so you don't know anyone in cheapo singles apartment buildings anymore. 
And married friends are themselves  no longer dating, so they don't have the constant revolving-door of new aquaintances for you to meet like they used to . . .


It's a cumulative effect.
   
   

So then you start flirting with your married friends Wives, nail 'em, get caught and there are 4 more divorced people on e-harmony.   

[nh_mopar_fan]

Rule of thumb for finding someone on the internet:

The odds are good but the goods are odd.

[Johnny SixPack]

Rule of thumb for finding someone on the internet:

The odds are good but the goods are odd.

Ain't dat da trut! 

[Darkness]

I completely agree nh.

[dkn1997]

 
I agree.  Once you get past your 20's the situation changes dramatically. 

Nobody's in school anymore. 
The bars get old fast (and they're mostly meat markets aimed at people younger than you).
You've finally got a decent job, but that means your new co-workers are usually older & married. 
Your friends are all suddenly married too. They start wanting real houses pretty quick when the pregnancies come, so you don't know anyone in cheapo singles apartment buildings anymore. 
And married friends are themselves  no longer dating, so they don't have the constant revolving-door of new aquaintances for you to meet like they used to . . .


It's a cumulative effect.
   
   

not for anything, though, if you are 40ish and just want to get some strange, the internet is excellent.  My brother in law's wife F'd some guy she met on the web, and left my brother in law for him.   after a few months, my broinlaw started going on some internet dating sites.  Although I don't see it, female aquaintences tell me he'sa good looking guy, so that's something.  Anyway, he got more ass than a public toilet until he met someone who he ended up moving in with.  One thing about 40 ish women, they have been down the dating/marraige/kids road and they just want to F all day!!  they have no dillusions of holding out so some guy will respect them and want to marry them, they want what they want.

I met at least 3 of the girls he met on the net and each one was hotter than the next.  All of them were pretty up front that they just wanted sex, even in front of the whole crowd we were with.  One in particular was a very neat professional office manager and all it took was a few drinks and she flashed the DDD's. spectacular.

So all you guys 40-50, it may be hard to find someone, internet or not, but when you do, bring rubbers....lot's of 'em.

[General_01]

I think meeting people on the internet through e-Harmony and such is all right. You can meet the person and date if you want too. I don't like it when guys meet someone overseas and bring them here to marry them. Knowing someone on the internet is different then knowing them face-to-face, imho.

My Brother-in-law is doing this right now. He met a girl in China on the internet about 4 months after his wife left him (divorce wasn't final). He talked on the internet for about 4 months with her. He then flew to China for 2 weeks. He gave her a promise ring(divorce still not final). They talked on the phone and internet for 4 more months and finalized all of her papers and his divorce and now she is here in the states. Now they are getting married by a Justice of the Peace so she can get her green card and get a job. A very odd situation as far as I am concerned. Also, we have two kids and I don't like them thinking it is alright to meet people you don't really know on the internet. His reasoning for marrying someone from China is that "All American women want is your money". Pretty funny. Wonder why someone from China wants to marry an American?

[greenpigs]

Wonder why someone from China wants to marry an American? 

Not the sharpest tack in the box is he?

BTW pre-nup agreement

[Old Moparz]

not for anything, though, if you are 40ish and just want to get some strange, the internet is excellent.  My brother in law's wife F'd some guy she met on the web, and left my brother in law for him.   after a few months, my broinlaw started going on some internet dating sites.  Although I don't see it, female aquaintences tell me he'sa good looking guy, so that's something.  Anyway, he got more ass than a public toilet until he met someone who he ended up moving in with.  One thing about 40 ish women, they have been down the dating/marraige/kids road and they just want to F all day!!  they have no dillusions of holding out so some guy will respect them and want to marry them, they want what they want.

I met at least 3 of the girls he met on the net and each one was hotter than the next.  All of them were pretty up front that they just wanted sex, even in front of the whole crowd we were with.  One in particular was a very neat professional office manager and all it took was a few drinks and she flashed the DDD's. spectacular.

So all you guys 40-50, it may be hard to find someone, internet or not, but when you do, bring rubbers....lot's of 'em.

What, no links or pics to post??   

[dkn1997]

. Pretty funny. Wonder why someone from China wants to marry an American?

French Fries?  Road rage?  Frivilous lawsuits?   so many to choose from