The internet has more and more created dating sites. You chat with someone and swop pictures and sometimes see them through the webcam. People find it easy to flirt from home and not always have the time to do it face to face because of other commitments. Do you think it is a serious way to look for a true love?
2006-12-23 05:17:24 · 27 answers · asked by ladysorrow 7 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
It depends on both parties. Sometimes it turns up to become serious. Some of my friends have found their love relationship through internet and later they met.
Advancement in Communication is good and admiring but good things can also be used for bad purposes.
I think we need to be carefull in order not to be directed to a wrong corner.
Good Luck
2006-12-23 05:25:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I spent some time using internet dating after my separation and divorce, just like any form of dating i met some lovely people and some horrible ones, some who were out for a good time and others looking for "the one". I did date someone I met on the internet for some time but it did not work out. I met my present partner on the train in what was ultimately a far more romantic scenario than the internet and we now live together and have a baby on the way.
I think there are many people using the internet dating scene to act out there own psychological problems, there are others only wanting someone with "no baggage" (there is no such thing...unless we are talking about a newborn baby) because they have a fear or 'real committment' and others again who are using it as a serious form of introduction to a prospective partner when looking for a relationship.
I believe if you are in the latter group to make this plain about yourself in your dating description, to be as descriptive and true to yourself as you can and sell yourself and your interesting or unusual points. However as a another answer has said be careful and take precautions when meeting people, trust your instincts.
I do know of internet success stories as far as dating is concerned but again like non internet dating it also has its failures. It is one of many serious ways to look for love.
2006-12-23 13:42:43 · answer #2 · answered by jonathan s 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can be. This question could be as broad as "how serious are singletons looking for a relationship" It all depends on the individual, but a serious way to look for true love? Maybe. - It's just a modern method that's not traditional - that doesn't mean it's not valid, but that also doesn't mean that everyone 'looking for love' on the internet is to be taken seriously, in fact, they could be a dirty perve looking for no more than a bit of fun, or worse, his next stalk-victim.
Take care, eh? Just like in the 'real world', you need to use intuition and take precautions to make sure you don't end up with a virtual wanker.
merry christmas :)
2006-12-23 13:23:15 · answer #3 · answered by tasha 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe anyone that take the time to look and post a profile on a dating site is serious. Trouble is that a lot of people do not find what they are looking for, simply because usually that "truly ideal" person is not going to be found on a dating site.
2006-12-23 13:39:45 · answer #4 · answered by curiousJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can meet someone on the net and develop a relationship. There are lots of perverts & weirdos & crazy & dangerous people on the net but you also have the same right with the people you interact with every day in your daily life. It depends on the people. The guy I'm talking to NOW, I met him on the Internet. We've been talking strong for about 6 months. We developed serious feelings for each other and have (or HAD) plans to meet in person after the New Year. But lately we've been falling out & things haven't been so great, so I don't know anymore. But I still have strong feelings for him & I only THINK he still has them for me, but like I said, I don't know. It's VERY possible to find relationships on the Net, and not ALL of them have to turn out to be bad.
But please .... be careful. Be VERY careful.
2006-12-23 13:38:29 · answer #5 · answered by Lala 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is NOT a serious way to look for true love!!! I thought it was when I joined. I have come to the conclusion after three years that it is a great way of meeting people you would not otherwise have met.................however, whereas a lot of the women are looking for a relationship, the majority of men have their brains in their trousers.
They have ruined what started out as a great idea. I have left the dating site I belonged to as I have met so many losers.
2006-12-23 13:29:23 · answer #6 · answered by gillykp 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LadySorrow...in 2001 I met a gal online and we began Emailing and exchanging comments on a msg board (excite.com). We soon moved to chatting on Yahoo Msgr, and after about a yr or so, we exchanged phone numbers. We discussed how we wanted to meet the person on the inside before knowing anything concerning physical attributes. Now it didn't take but one phone call for me to realize that this gal had a super sexy voice, I was in Austin, Texas and she was in North Carolina and that drawl was sexy and enticing, I was hooked. She was a single momma and I was a single daddy with custody of 3 kids she had 2, that was a big thing for me, I didn't want someone without children because that person wouldn't know how to handle me having children, anyways, after about 2 yrs we exchanged pics, and after about 2½ yrs we started webcamming. From the first time I saw her on my screen, the hook was set! We finally met in 2004, face to face, I bought her a ticket to Texas in Sept. and again in December and we married on Jan. 1st 2005. I have since moved me and my kids to NC and we have a happily ever after life..fairytale you say? If it is then I hope the fairytale never ends!
Donna is everything to me, and we believe that God brought two people together for a purpose and we thank him everyday for it!
So...is it a serious way to look for Love? I would say yes!
2006-12-23 13:44:51 · answer #7 · answered by justbuddy67 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some of these people are so rubbish! I was seriously looking for love online, and am now, and I was totally honest! I know you will always get some people wholie, but I found it a great opportunity to completely be myself, and if blokes didn't like it, I didn't care! Seriously people, online dating is really fun- it;s a great way to start chatting to people, and so many people really are looking for love. I'd much rather meet someone online, than just some drunk bloke in a bar!
2006-12-23 16:55:10 · answer #8 · answered by jowigley 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is best to meet potential dates through friends, family and personal experience as a prior friend. You will have a better idea of a person's background and behavior. Internet and bars just throw you into a random world that can be very nasty. Join social clubs like skiing, or something that attracts both men and women.
2006-12-23 13:25:16 · answer #9 · answered by Jesse2k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well one day about 5 years ago, I left a message on a message board and this guy sent me an email and told me that he liked my spunk and my courage to stand up for this single mom that people were trashing on this message board...We were both in relationships that sucked and continued to email each other for a while...Then something happened and we lost touch for a few months...Then one day I sent him a "do you remember me" email and he responded and told me he had missed talking to me...So we emailed and then IM'd each other for about a year or so and then finally started talking on the phone...then eventually we started webcamming and he asked if I wanted to meet...Of course I did, so he sent me a bus ticket to Austin, TX in
September of 2004 and we met for the first time at the bus station...OMG it was so wonderful to finally meet the man I had been talking to for 2 years. I spent the week there and while i was there he asked me to marry him...So in December, he sent me another bus ticket to Texas and we got married on January 1 2005...He moved up to NC where I'm from and now we live happily with the help of God with our 4 children...his 2 and my 2...
We believe that God brought us together, knowing that we both needed someone to love and needed to be loved back...
We are perfect for each other and love each other very much...
I think it works so good because of God first thing and then because we met the inner person before actually having physical contact with the other person...
2006-12-23 15:26:59 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ωέςтєяиΝСģαζ♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋