match-making sites....

This is my experience so far: one weirdo after the other!!! When you chat with them and you cannot see facial expressions nor body movement......they sound nice and proper. Then you meet face to face, only to discover in the first 10 minutes that "something is wrong with this dude". All cases of men that I have met so far have been very VERY problematic.
I am so ready to find somebody special. I am looking for this special person in every pair of eyes that I meet. Unfortunately, all my friends and co-workers are married so my circle of "single friends-possibilities" has closed. I have thrown myself into dating using a web-site. Sad, I know. The thing is that with every date-disaster I find myself at lower levels of low, each time! It's just failures everywhere. Is there any hope with on-line dating or should I end this?!!

I've never trusted them......but that's me. I'd rather meet a guy face-to-face.

Hi valexand

I've tried online dating sites......the men seem nice online.....meet them in person.....and most of the time they are totally different than online, creepy, and for the most part only want to "hook-up".

Well, here's my take. My sister met her husband on Match.com. He is a wonderful man. A year and a half later they married. It was this past Fourth of July. I have never seen her happier.
Some experiences are bad, yet others can lead to joy and happiness. Try Match.com it works!
I did the (local) phone dating for awhile. I tried out I think 5 different dating lines before I found the right one. I met someone I was with for almost 2 years. He was military and when 9-11 happened he was shipped out and it put a lot of strain on him and our relationship.
So it just depends on the site and the Phone dating line you decide to go to.
YES! a lot of men out there were looking for only one thing, but then again there are some really good men out there, that are looking for more then that. You just have to weed them out.

Just to let you know, I thought I had to find someone to. Then I decided that I would stop searching and started focusing on myself. Wouldn't you know it, a relationship came my way GO FIGURE!!
Good luck in your search.

Yes, I think there are a lot of ppl out there who don't have it together... but do we all have it together? hehehe There are some good ones, I'm sure, you just have to sort through..or use more of the delineators available on those sites... which means, get pickier with what you want and that will limit your bad eggs. TC

I haven't tried online dating myself though I might try it at some point. One of my close friends tried it, and she met a nice guy with whom she's been in a relationship for several years. She also met a bunch of weirdoes before him! But she kept on trying and ultimately met her new love, and they're very happy together. I think they'll get married eventually. But it took her quite a while and she went through a bunch of scenarios where they sounded okay in writing but turned out to be freaks in real life. I guess that's just part of it.

Sorry it's such a drag. I'm single too and can sympathize with the fact that there aren't many single folks around. Most of my friends are in couples too. :-( I'll eventually try dating again though right now I'm not even up for it. :-(

Sidony

I believe that online dating is 99.9% for those whom are looking for a short term commitment. People that try too hard to find someone usually never do (and even if they do, they are more than likely sub-par). I'm a man who appreciates the way people used to meet before the comming of the internet. Meeting people has become impersonal.

Go out with your friends every once in a while, have fun being single, stop trying so hard, and love will find YOU. It never fails. Best wishes!