I don't personally do it, but I know many people who do. I always thought of online dating as lazy and pathetic. Because people won't go out to meet new people.
What do you think?
2007-06-13 16:43:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
I think it's a great way to MEET people - but that is where it should end. "Chatting" is not Dating.
If you are looking for someone with certain interests (say Hockey) - or even a particular sign - then all a dating site does is shows you the people that you are looking for.
Once you have sparked up a dialog, that is where the two of you should get off the internet and get out into the dating world.
It is sooooooooooooooo easy to lie online - slightly more difficult on the phone - and much harder in person.
How can you "date" someone who you've never even spoken to? Or actually met in person?
2007-06-13 16:52:19 · answer #1 · answered by kr_toronto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't be so judgmental unless you have experienced it yourself. Not everyone has someplace to go to meet people. I met my husband and a few others I dated online and they were all terrific. I don't drink or go to bars, I don't have tons of friends with people to introduce me to. I did it because I had no other place to meet men I choose. You can do it slowly, on here, then the phone, then you meet. Being lazy has nothing to do with it, that is just ridiculous. You are the only pathetic one for judging something you know nothing about. Why would you care who dated online or why. If you don't "approve", don't do it.
2007-06-13 23:49:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think online dating is TOTALLY cheating the whole romance/relationship process. The BIGGEST thing you have to do to know if someone is right for you, is to go on a date with them. Many online daters are not actually dating. They're seeing text on a screen that might not even portray who the person they're talking to really is. You're not seeing how they act in a public or a private place, and you're not actually seeing how they handle certain situations such as etiquette, gentlemanliness, or even changing a tire in the snow. I despise online dating through and through. I would NEVER do it.
2007-06-13 23:50:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it is lazy and pathetic sometimes it just happens from a small conversation. While I have never done it I think it is an option and it works for some.
2007-06-13 23:48:01 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That was my experience. a bunch of losers who are mostly able to take shots at people to avoid rejection themselves esp. men who cant get anyone and wont go out taking shots at women who would never go out with them. Throw in some stallkers, some sexual predators and some wierdos and you have 'negative effect'. As far as dating? Its not dating, its meet and greet and reject.
2007-06-13 23:49:53 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work at night at clubs so to me online is just a way to met people. I don't have time to go out and met people so i met them online and talk to them enough to see if i want to see them. In my experince I have found people to be more honest about themselves than in person at first.
2007-06-13 23:49:42 · answer #6 · answered by Tisa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is 2 sides of coin always. Nothing harm in trying. But be careful...
2007-06-14 15:36:58 · answer #7 · answered by Jenni 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is the digital age dude and online dating is probably the fastest way to meet anyone these days.
2007-06-13 23:47:38 · answer #8 · answered by specialistics 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i meet my soon to be husband on the internet, some get hurt, some hate it, some have found friends and true love like myself, but one thing everyone has a reason to it!
2007-06-13 23:47:35 · answer #9 · answered by Sassy H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it is really sad that someone cant get a real bf or gf and they have to realy on someone who they dont even know. so sad and pathetic
2007-06-13 23:50:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋