...to still be a bit embarrassed DP and I met through a dating website?

[CinnamonSwirl31]

We have a beautiful baby daughter and are really happy, but I don't always admit to people how we met! It still seems stereotypically not a cool thing to do. Have a feeling I'm being a bit silly! Any other dating website success stories from 'normal' people?

Agree no need to be embarrassed, dh & I met internet dating, celebrating our 9th wedding anniversary today! I find people are usually fascinated to hear the story.

I was friends with dh sister she introduced me to dH it was supposed too be a one night stand we got married six months later nine years and two kids later still going strong my dsis met her dh in the local nightclub sixteen years later with two kids still very happy there is nothing wrong with internet dating its just a/way of meeting people .

Cinnamon another one here who met someone online - my now DH - on Match. I had some awful dates from there though including the guy who spat little splashes of saliva when talking, 'say NOT spray'

DH and I found we did know some people in common though (friends from school)

I met DH when he contacted me through my website, about a mutual interest. We ICQ'd (bet none of ya remember that!) for ages before we met - he came to swap my 14k modem for a 28k one (yeah, we're really that old ). Been living together 14 years ....

Yes, very. I struggle to think of couples I know who met by any other method!

I met DP on a Myspacey type thing, totally by chance. I was hammered after Xmas party, I joined this forum/social thing because my friend had. He sent me a message at 1am saying he liked my poster in my picture and where did I get it from, and I was hammered enough to look past his "jokey" profile picture and chat to him. We stopped talking at 4am when I passed out through tiredness and he messaged me the next day.

We were both out of long term relationships and neither of us were looking for anything other than to piss around online to make ourselves feel better. I met up with him a week later and found out he was pretty cool and three years later, we have a house together.

It wasn't a dating site at all, so when people ask how we met I just say Facebook usually. Had I not been drunk and had it been a dating site I wouldn't have responded, probably

I understand why you would think that, but internet dating is very normal now, so I think things have really changed. With long working hours and more young people living in cities (where I think it's harder to socialize casually with new people), meeting someone online is just as convenient now as meeting at the hunt ball would have been 20 years ago.

In our marriage preparation class, 5 of 6 couples had met online. We were the only couple that hadn't, although we were introduced by a mutual friend who we had both met through special interest groups organized on the internet who met up in real life (different groups). So you could say all of the groups had met through the internet in some way.

I met DH 13 years ago on Love @ lycos, anyone??

Op I do get it, even after all this time when people ask, I sort of stumble then just say it. It's got easier now that od has become more mainstream/acceptable!

How you meet someone is completely irrelevant in terms of relationship although maybe relevant as a sign of the times my grandma and a and grandad for example met walking up and down in a local park on a Sunday afternoon young men on one side young women on the other side if they liked each other they indicated this this was in the 1930,s my mum and dad met at a local dance hall in the early 1970,s my dsis met her dh in a night club imet dh through his sister so internet dating is just a sign of the times if its going to work out it will work out however you meet .

I met my DH in a pub. We were both totally pissed, ended up snogging, and then I went home cos I though I was going to puke. Not sure that is anymore romantic than internet dating.

Let's face it, boy meets girl, girl falls off chair, boy snogs girl, girl goes home before she voms, is hardly going to get made into a romcom!

I trapped off with the DJ at a nightclub
17 years and 3 DC's later I'm still quite impressed I lived a cliche...

I met DH on match affinity nearly 5 years ago. We hit it off right away!

I have no issue telling people where we met, however my Mum will insist on telling people that we met in the queue at Starbucks!

It's our second Wedding Anniversary next week and we have a beautiful 16 month old DS.

Nothing embarrassing at all. I met my DW on a gay website called The Pink Sofa. Best thing I ever did was sign up to them. We have been together for 10 years, gorgeous woman. I would never have met her otherwise, we used to live at opposite ends of the country!

I met my DP at a speed dating event. Most people i tell find it quite interesting and want to know how that works.

Oh wow, some blasts from the past there - Love @ Lycos! I remember that well, I sacked off college to chat with a guy I liked on there. ICQ - I remember it well...one of my good friends was a girl I met on there because we both liked Casualty

I know lots of online couples. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Thought has never crossed my mind. I guess maybe older generation who are happily married might find it odd, but no one else.

I met my DP on MySpace. I was embarrassed about it at first, but after nine happy years together I don't care anymore, it obviously worked for us!

mumtosome61 glad someone else remembers it!!

met my boyfriend a year ago next month on plenty of fish. never ever been happier, through years of dating and marriage. we are perfect for each other, as vom inducing as that is. I love that we met online, as its still not all that common in my circle of friends (first to divorce, theyre all childhood sweethearts or together since early 20s types) I enjoyed Internet dating, did it back in the days of msn chat rooms too. though there were some shockers and im glad im no longer doing it! I was boyfriends first proper go at it. hes a jammy git.

You and Capt same here! Only it was random (non-dodgy) RP on an RP server

Nothing wrong with meeting online :) I met husband through friends but if I hadn't I would have tried internet dating. What is there to loose?
Also how the hell are you supposed to meet someone if you're a bit older (I'm talking anything older than a teenager) you work in the same place with the same people, you live in the same town with the same friends and go to the same places. Internet dating just gives you more options, I have a few couple friends that met online and they're all loved up :)

We I met DH online too. Nobody of our generation bats an eyelid but we have never told the truth to our families because it would be very much frowned upon.

I like to say we did it before it was cool!

I met DH through an old-fashioned dating agency. We both share a hobby but it isn't one that lends itself to meeting people - dating agency specialized in our hobby. Otherwise we'd likely never have met anyone let alone each other!

However I find it embarrassing so I say we met online

I met my DH through a dating site 7 years ago. I'm very happy to admit it to anyone in RL. Way back when we met I did not know anyone who had done OD (much more common now) so I was happy to let friends know that it had worked for us and I was also kind of proud of my self that I had taken some pro-active steps to try and get what I wanted out of life.

I met my dh clubbing...I find that embarrassing.

I don't think Internet dating is embarrassing though.

Congratulations to all the couples with new babies!