Every morning while I am getting ready for work I listen to Good Morning America. This week they did a part of the show about internet dating. Specifically Yahoo personals. Has anyone ever tried this? They made it seem like it was the "new way" to meet people.

Not sure what the "haha" is for in your title, but anyway. Yeah, I'll be the first to admit I have tried internet dating. I know many people that have had great success with it and even found their marriage partner. I,however, got nothing out of it other than a headache and about 30 new people on my AIM buddy list. I think the internet is a great resource that can be utilized for something like this. I just think the best way to "meet people" is face-to-face. Nothing can compare to how two people get along in person, the internet can be VERY deceiving sometimes and provide a false facade. I don't object to it though. Just don't get your hopes up and be prepared for let-downs because noone is the same online as they are in real life. I would suggest that if anyone does try internet dating to not talk online for too long, rather trying seting up a time the two of you can meet in person. Talking to someone too long online causes one to "create" this image of the other person and that image is usually false or misrepresented which makes for a huge letdown, hence why I suggested not talking online for too long but rather meeting in person asap if your that interested in the other person.

Actually, PhillyBlog and PhillyBlog gatherings are a great way to meet new people!

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I said "haha" in my intro for the simple fact that there is a stigma attached to the idea of internet dating. It is a new concept of meeting people that has before this point been something only "freaks" do. I was just wondering if anyone on this board has has success with it. I am not trying to meet new people..well not 100% trying too. I know phillyblog meetings would be a nice place to meet people. I just wanted to know any horror stories or if anyone had success with it.

"freaks?" LoL I wouldn't necessarily have used that word but yeah i get your point.

so word sensitive mofo...I hear what you are saying that no one is who they really are while on line. look at you your coming off all tough j/k, but with all the nights you get to go out to bars that are crawling with people your age it just gets tired. Online dating would be a interesting way to go about it. But, I would be the one who would end up on the 6'oclock news murdered, with my friends and family saying "she was such a nice girl, why did she turn to the internet for a date?"

There is totally a stigma w/ that. I would probably only browse, people in general are VERY bad at giving accurate self-assements, most of the time they aren't lying, they actually think that they are in shape, attractive, smart, or good conversationalists.

That's what I think would make Internet dating such a hard thing. How many average looking people are willing to say they're average? Not many. How many overweight people are going to say, yeah...I'm overweight.

I would think that guys would be more truthful b/c we don;t care what people think of us as much. But then guys lie all the time to try to score!

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Guys lie to score. haha that's cute. Browsing dating places is similar to just being a guest on this blog. You can only look around. I "browsed" before, and for that one boy who was pseudo interesting (or so he says....) you need to register and all this other stuff to learn more about the person. they lure you in one way or another...

Actually I know someone who met her quite normal and cute husband on Loveataol.com about 4 years ago. She took the aforementioned approach--she set up a bunch of mini-dates. That way, the rejection on either side wasn't that bad.

I had another friend who met this guy off internet chess (which is surely WORSE in my opinion than internet dating) and he was everything she was not into, but she was terrible with rejecting someone. So she ended up dating him for about a year. People like this should NOT internet date because it's like finding a needle in a haystack.

I have a gay friend who is "dating like it's [his] job". He says everyone is doing it--straight and gay--and that it's really the only way to meet people if you work a lot, and don't want to meet someone in a bar or at work. I tend to agree that there aren't many places to meet people and it really does seem like everyone is doing it. I just read this thing that Yahoo Personals did a contest for the "Faces of Yahoo Personals" or something like that--they have completely attractive, real single people from many different cities, rather than the models that apparently the sites usually use.

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Okay--I don't agree that guys are more truthful with weight, etc. You'd think they wouldn't because it would be given away the first time you met them. HOWEVER, I have guys in REAL LIFE routinely claim they are 50 lbs. lighter, or 2 inches taller than they really are. Meanwhile, since I was the tender age of 12, I have been 5'11 3/4" exactly. [I claim the 6' mark though.] Guys will tell me that it's not THEM who's shorter--they say IIII must be 6'2" or something. Ridiculous. I can only imagine that whatever guys say online, you need to take at least 2 inches off their height, add 20+ to their weight, and when they "just want to be friends", they'll be plying you with alcohol to get you into bed.

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