If you were (or are) single...

[gt7301b]

I met my DH online and my BF met her FI online. It was a million times easier than talking to some creeper at a bar. My husband refused to tell his parents we met online, I think it is about time they know the truth.

[luvmagoldn]

May 17, 2012 19:58:37 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

May 17, 2012 19:32:06 GMT -5 darthxtater said:

Yep! Met my husband online and we have been together almost 10 years now.

I saw his picture and new I was going to marry him...did not even read his profile.

This is almost exactly what happened with us....one night a bunch of internet friends and I were chatting and trolling love.aol (later merged with match.com), and we found my DH's profile. We all agreed he was yummy and that I should email him, but I didn't. I signed up on that site later and 3 months later, HE emailed ME. I knew on our first date.

Oh man, Love @ AOL. That's where DH and I met too! Most people have never heard of it.

[bronxgirl]

May 17, 2012 17:23:19 GMT -5 v said:

Absolutely. Certainly no worse than meeting a guy at a bar. And New York has such an infuriating singles scene that I think it has to be one of the best ways to meet a decent person.

All of this. I met my husband online and almost all of the weddings I've been to in the past several years were people who met online.

[Deleted]

Yes.

[mrs.spunky]

Well I met my husband on match.com, soooooo...
I think it's a great idea. She doesn't have to respond to the creepers. At least on match you can see the percentage match with the person based on your wants. Anything under 60% gets deleted immediately. Between 60 & 75% gets a maybe, over 75% gets considered most.

[petitefrite]

I met DH on Match. He's awesome and pretty hot. I recommend it to anyone that is single.

[vamoose]

Yes. It is very easy to sort through the flood of interested suitors.

I met my husband on match five years ago as a young, cute professional. Most days I got a flood of messages and "winks" and I would spend half an hour or so looking through their profiles and responding or declining. The investment for a pretty woman is very low. She just has to say yes or no and pick out dates from a pool of eager men.

[thumper55]

I met both of my serious boyfriends (5 year and 1 year relationships)

Then I met DH ..we moved in together after 3 months, were engaged after 9 months, and are now married 8 years with 2 babies

[jdbyogi]

I am single, and I'm not "actively" trying to date, I suppose, so I'm not doing any online dating. I did in grad school briefly, and it was completely unsuccessful. Not only did I not find a relationship, I don't think I even meet anyone I wanted to go with for a second time. Maybe I wasn't doing it right...

[juris11]

I have friends who have done it, and I would if I were single. Most of them have had a pretty good experience. One hasn't, but she is kind of desperate to get married and so she ignores red flags.

Just make sure you meet them in a public place and all that.

[heliocentric]

I met DH online 10 years ago, so I obviously say yes. I find pretty much everything I like online, so why not a partner?

I also liked it because I could email a few times before we went out. It can take me awhile to warm up/relax in person, so my true fabulous self didn't always come through on a first date , but it did through writing. Plus you already have some topics to talk about. I hate small talk and that's pretty much what most first dates are normally.

On the other hand, one of my BFFs tried it and only met weirdos. But that wasn't much different than her offline dating in NYC.

[Deleted]

I never did but if I was single now I would. In fact I actively encouraged my sister to sign up with match. She hasn't found the one yet but I really hope she finds a great guy & soon (she's 31 & wants kid's). She wasted 10yrs on a guy (she was engaged to twice) & is so ready to move on.

[kzoomaggie]

I know a ton of people who have done really well with online dating. I would definitely consider it!

[ReenaP]

I would have been open to it for sure. I actually know at least three married couples that met online (two met on Friendster!).

[karinothing]

I would have been open to it (and I MAY have dated a boy or two off AOL back in the day). But honestly, I am pretty social and hav eno problem meeting people IRL.

[carfar]

E harmony success story, here! Also one of my close friends is married to a guy she met on e harmony. i also know a few match couples as well, so I say yes.

I think having to pay helps get rid of some of the creepers and as PP have said you don't just browse profiles on e harm, you have to be matched first, then communicate. I wish I was hot enough to worry about being inundated with creepers ha.

[SuziSaysDa]

I would totally do it. It seems like a great way to see what is out there, kind of like the job interview process. I think it would take a while to get a good process down, but once you do it should be easy to weed out the weirdos. She just has to be willing to put in the effort.