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ZK:
Heya

I am not sure if this is quite the right place to post this topic, however I am curious to know if other people have tried and what success they have had.

So far I have been out with three guys, I don't know what you do in your country but over here we tend to meet for coffee (always at cafe never ever at someones house a) because of the safety aspect but b) an invite for coffee at someones house means more than just coffee) and then take it from there. Cafes are a safe environment and if you don't like the looks I guess you can do a runner.

To date (excuse the pun) I have met three guys, the first guy well lets say we had nothing in common and though it was an ok chat over a cuppa. Coffee number two, well it lasted 42 minutes precisely and after 5 minutes I could not get out of there quick enough. Number 3 was over a wine at a nice pub, well I have gone flatting with him (sharing an apartment and just to clarify separate rooms) and the count is out on where its going to go. He's a great guy (and I mean really really great) but we're not dating.

Incidentally there are two main websites here, one is clean and friendly (where I "met" coffee/wine number 3) but has very very few people on there. Whilst the other website is such a mix, its a small percentage used for dates, partly for chat and the rest well lets just say its more of a hook up rather than a dating site. Lots more people on there but for a large extent they lie about their age (I mean whats the point in that)  and as for a face pic if you're lucky (more often than not a pic other than their face and that makes me run a mile) then some of the face pics were taken when disco ruled. I don't know why they do that, sorry but I am straight up, what you read and see is what you get with me.

delalluvia:
They are so depressing.  I guess I think so because I've known two people who tried them, both were not very attractive, hence their problems dating in real life, so they tried online dating.

One was a male friend, he put himself out there, found 3 women he wanted to meet and...

None of the 3 women he wanted to meet wanted to meet him, and no one responded to his profile.

The other was my sister.  She put herself out there, and either got no responses or responses from men who were obviously trying to have internet sex or just be disgusting.

Talk about double-rejection.

ZK:
It would appear that gay or straight online experiences can be similar. I am really happy with my profile however for the most part the messages I seem to get are of a sexual nature too and I cannot be bothered even telling them where to go

brokeplex:
for grins, DL and I both put offered profiles to a service that "chemically" links a seeker to his/her mate. the responses were hillarious!

DL had these Twinkie bunnies jumping out of their socks for him, me I got these godawful farts who right off the bat were telling me their estimated annual incomes. how romantic!  ;D

somehow that dating service, in looking for compatability, missed the fact that attraction can come in the most unexpected combinations, opposites really do attract.  I don't think the sites particularly work, and have never known anyone who got more than a boring date out of them.

ZK:
Living in a city of only 400,000 with only two bars (neither which are me) leaves very little options to find someone other than online.  The most interesting series of messages I got was from a lady who lived in another city, wasn't enough to turn me straight though!!

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