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Are there any online dating success stories?

23 replies

goldengirl785 · 15/10/2022 20:58

Always see loads of negative stories about OLD and wondered if anyone has actually met anyone decent on there... someone give me some hope! 😂

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supersalmon1 · 15/10/2022 21:00

Met my partner on Tinder(!) when it first launched in 2013...9 years later we have 2 children together. I did have some pretty disappointing dates before meeting him though.

BlancmanegeBunny · 15/10/2022 21:07

Met DH on Match. com

We married 7 months after meeting, first dc born 10 months after wedding😁

Married for 18 years now.

2anddonefornow · 15/10/2022 21:11

Absolutely worked for me. Wonderful DH and 2 amazing children.

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Geranium1984 · 15/10/2022 21:12

I met my husband on tinder and we have a son and another due in a few weeks.
Go into each date without any expectations. The first date with my now husband was the first after a breakup and I had lost a bit of confidence and was finding it harder to meet people at parties/bars so thought I'd get a bit of practice in with some random tinder dates.

Ringonrighthand · 15/10/2022 21:12

Yes! I’ve been married one month today after meeting on POF nearly 3 years ago :)

doodlepoodlenoodle · 15/10/2022 21:27

Met my partner on Plenty of Fish almost 3 years ago, we've been married just over a month and are currently trying for a baby Smile

Had to go few a fair number of frogs to meet my prince though.

hugznotdrugz · 15/10/2022 21:29

I met my dh on tinder in 2014- 2 kids and an international move later we're still together

Luncheonmeatsandwich · 15/10/2022 21:29

Met DP on Dating Direct in 2006

ABrotherWhoLooksLikeHellMugYou · 15/10/2022 21:31

Love of my life is sitting next to me right now and I found him on Bumble when I was just ego dating as part of my post-break up recovery. He knocked me off my feet though

user50and · 15/10/2022 21:34

Met MY DP on Plenty of Fish 10 years ago..

Newmum738 · 15/10/2022 21:34

Met on Plenty of Fish. 6th wedding anniversary yesterday! I have friends who met their husbands in the same way too.

RandomMusings7 · 15/10/2022 21:39

Spent almost 3 years on tinder sifting through (mostly) trash before I finally found a keeper. Been together 3 years and things are going really smoothly. He's lovely and the relationship is entirely confortable and drama free. I was 28 when I met him and terribly frustrated with my dating life. Many a night spent crying to friends about being ghosted again but I'd say it was worth it. I also know 2 married couples who started out on OLD.

Don't lose hope, OP.

youlightupmyday · 15/10/2022 21:40

Met DP on Tinder 18 months ago. Je was my 17th date... I knew I loved him three weeks later, he said he knew the first date. So ridiculously happy and we go from Strete strength. His family had welcomed me with open arms as have mine him.

My kids love him too. All is great, cannot believe my luck. He was the man I couldn't find in my 20s.

I was his first ever Tinder date. He was on it for 48 hours...

cherrybakewell24 · 15/10/2022 21:43

Yes met DH on plenty of fish 10 years ago, now married, house, cats & 2 children Smile

Mollymolloy · 16/10/2022 18:58

In the same boat, Goldengirl! Can anyone recommend any dating websites?

Bottomofthepileasusual · 16/10/2022 19:09

Met DH on POF. Married and been together 10 years

JangolinaPitt · 16/10/2022 19:14

Lovely couple I know met on Hinge last year b and another long standing happy couple met on Tinder about 4 years ago.

minimalwaterdamagee · 16/10/2022 19:22

I met DH on OLD in 2012, now married.

Had to sift through all manner or dick pics and weirdos though. Even then it was a cess pit of pervs and creeps.

It was worth it to find him in the end, but fuck me it was hard work. I probably went on dates with 20 men and most were either complete deviants, looking for a shag, misogynists that wanted a barbie doll, and one was a secret furry.

KezzabellaB · 16/10/2022 19:24

Met my DH in an MSN chatroom in 2002, we married in 2004, and are still happily together Smile

HelloCanYouHearMe · 16/10/2022 19:28

I met DP on Tinder at the beginning of 2020. We now live together and have been discussing marriage.

A good friend of mine met her now DH on Match

losingit31 · 16/10/2022 19:29

Met through Lovestruck (don't even know if that's still going) back in the days when there were dating websites and apps were not yet a thing. Been together almost 12 years, married for 6. No kids because we're too old!

Redlorryyellowlorryblue · 16/10/2022 19:29

Met my now DH on eHarmony 11 years ago. I had just come out of a rubbish 2 year relationship. We have 2 kids.

Alfredo674 · 16/10/2022 19:30

Met DH on Match.com in 2011. Married since 2017, 4 kids together and extremely happy. It's not all nightmare stories, in fact I know a lot of people who met their partners online.

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