Anyone doing or done the internet dating thing?

[MrsSnape]

Getting sick of spending all my time alone. I never go out anywhere to meet anyone though so at the moment it seems this is the only way to go.

Have tried it a few times before but never had much luck, I've never put much effort in though and have always done half arsed profiles and usually no pic

i said wait til tomorrow

i think i am getting anti social

Good luck to all that have dates

I got a bit scared off with pof, I set my friend up with an account and saw a guy who looked nice so I added him to her favourties, he then noticed so messaged her and he gave her his number to give to me, I didn't use it but the next day he started getting on my friend's case that I havn't contacted him and got really abusive, she had to block him in the end, not even 24 hours had passed so I managed to filter out one weirdo straight away

lol @ using friends to filter out the loons!

good luck lou x

I met my man on parentsalready.com (specifically for SP's) and we are getting married next year. He was the 1st person i sent a message to and it only cost about £8 for a 2wk membership (I only paid for 2 wks to test the water). It was the best £8 I ever spent!

Good luck xx

was a second date, wont be anything serious but a bit of fun is fine too

Lou, You are the dating star, sorry to be over familiar but I lurk a bit on lone parents and reckon your advice is spot on.

ooh, blimey thanks!

No probs

am stumped for words for once!

Cannot believe that Lou you always have an answer.

lol not this time!

oh lordy! i ended up going the whole way with my Will Young blokey, on our 3rd date, oops.

think he is v keen though, maybe keener than me. He has already mentioned wanting to have kids a few times and how much he loves kids etc etc..

Has texted me about 15 times today already.
Hmm part of me is holding back now as he is so keen.
The sex was very nice but he's not very manly, he is so girlie-looking that i keep thinking he is gay?!
He dresses in really tight vest tops and he just looks gay!
Am i being unfair???!!!!

Only tried it once, was kind my error of judgment to be fair, BUT i did learn a valuable lesson there are Predatory blokes out there who actually look for vulnerable women post dvorce/ split with kids!

then again one of my friends has just married a man she met through internet

i'd be more put off by the having kids tbh

i reckon thats freaked you and you are picking on other things to help put you off

i wouldnt worry about when you had sex with him, so what? you had a bit of fun, you hadnt promised to marry him first, or anything

there are predatory women too

actually no, i was a bit freaked out by the gayness before he even mentioned kids! but it has made it worse!
i did tell him that i was going to get sterilised and he looked gutted! and i have known him since friday!!
Though, good points: he is very sweet and caring, i do still like him a fair bit.

Although i have to say, on about my 5th date with ex-dh we talked about having kids together, and we got engaged after a month!!
And it did work well for 5.5 years

lol

i'd run for this hills with anyone who talked about having kids so soon tbh

just use him for sex

.. and shopping ..

oh yes, that too

Well I have just given up on POF again and deleted my profile.

I had more messages from normalish guys this time, some I even liked, but I think the whole thing reminds me too much of how I met xp and got sucked into a relationship with him.

I think in my case, as I never go anywhere to meet any blokes in rl, I just need to learn to accept that I will probably always be single now. Alot easier said than done though, especially when being alone forveer more is one of my worst fears.

i am about to lecture you on msn now lol

Met my DH in a chat room (Grapevine, if anyone remebers!) nearly 10 years ago!

Well at least youre not afraid of commitment Nutty.

i run a mile as soon as anything related to "settling down" is mentioned.
i cant imagine being with the same person forever.

why should you have to settle down right now though?

you are allowed to just have some fun