Has anyone had success with dating sites ?

[squittypolitti]

hello lovely ladies,

just wondering whether any of you have actually started a (so far) successful relationship via a dating site and what are the tips/suggestions for a good experience with these - I tried b2 and match.com but the guys all seemed a little odd so I took my profiles down on them after a couple of days. Now on lovestruck and they seem much nicer and more genuine guys - use the word 'seem' in the loosest sense as havent met up with anyone - please share any tips / experiences !!!!

I met my husband of 8 years on Dating Direct (don't know if it still exists!) so it can work! Just typed a really long reply, OP, but timed out ... grrr!

Anyway, the most important thing if meeting someone is obv security, but I'm guessing you already know that? Can give details if you need them... I guess my top tip would be not to spend a lot of time on-line, but if someone seems OK, meet up ASAP - the sooner you move it into the real world, the better. Don't worry if they don't seem like potential "long term" guys, just meet for coffee and give it a go - the more guys you date, without getting involved (ie: having sex!) the more desirable you become - it really works. You give off a better aura or something!

I met (just dates) 7 or so guys before meeting husband, and none of them were any weirder than any random sample of the male population - most were v good company. Let me know if there's anything more specific you would like to know!

My 7 week old DD would testify that it can work! I met DP on matchaffinity. He was the second person I met up with, but we chatted online then on the phone for a couple of weeks before meeting. No tips as such except to keep an open mind. My DP is nothing that I thought I was looking for, but turned out to be great for me. Good luck

My mother is married to a man she met on a dating site I'm the only person who knows this, officially they met walking the dogs

I think she used coco moon (might be a local site I'm not sure), but either way, she is very happily married to a normal human being

I am 6 months down the line from meeting my BF on OK Cupid. I met a few beforehand, some brief 'relationships' but this one is likely to last because it's love (aww). I kissed a few frogs, but I found a decent one, just have to separate the wheat from the chaff!

?Just typed a really long reply, OP, but timed out ... grrr!?
Maria, a tip is to write in Word then cut and paste onto here. It saves losing all your typing :)

I second the view that it?s best to meet potential good ?uns ASAP as there are plenty of men out there who are just after a flirty pen pal, and they can be a massive waste of time. Anyone who is serious will want to meet quickly anyway, and will understand that the only way to see if there?s chemistry is to go on a date. I didn?t have any luck with dating sites but wouldn?t rule out trying them in the future if I became single.

My sister in law met her husband on a dating site, I believe. They're a really nice couple :) they just had their first daughter. It can work.

I met my last 4 long term boyfriends from dating sites, Oh and my present one - greedy or what

I met DP on the Times Encounter dating site 6 yrs ago, we are getting married this summer. My best friend met how now husband at the same time, they've been married 3 years.
Can't really give any tips as I had lots of 'rules' about who I would and would not connect with and DP broke them all!
I enjoyed it, it was very good for a laugh. I went on very few dates, I was super picky about getting to know them a bit before I dated. In fact DP was only the second man I actually went on a date with...

not 'how' but 'her'

I don't want to derail Squitty's thread but I have a question. (I asked it on Chat but everybody ignored it!).

A friend of mine is a top executive in her industry and is pretty wealthy in her own right. She is in her mid-forties. She does not live in London.

Can anybody recommend any good websites or agencies, which might be suited to somebody with her profile? She would probably be prepared to pay a bit more for a higher quality of services.

Thanks.

One of my best friends is getting married shortly to her dating site boyfriend - he is absolutely lovely; they are incredibly well-suited.

I am just about to celebrate 5 years with my lovely most of the time man. We met on Friends Reunited Dating :)

Rat: My friend has a similar profile to your friend and spent a ridiculous Ten grand on joining an agency so you could be set up with similarly wealthy men. The agency was awful and set her up with awful men that didn't suit her profile at all apart from the fact that like her, they could afford the fee! She's now trying to sue them. There are agencies that exist for wealthier people but she needs to really check them out first.

Thanks, Sammisatt. Ten grand is an enormous amount of money, even more so if nothing good comes of it. I don't think my friend would consider spending that much but I can imagine that you start with the agency and get caught in a spending spiral.

It is not easy to suss out how good 'exclusive' dating sites actually are. My friend might need to try and get recommendations from other friends or acquaintances, who are in the same league as her. Me, I am more in the second division .

I have joined several, lots of interest but from all over the UK not just my County (Cornwall) which isn't much good. I tried POF and not a thing! Uniform Dating is okay but it does send winks etc from people that obviously don't exist (must be sent by the firm). Must see if Dating Direct are still going, remember them from a few years ago. Trouble for me is I put my proper age - 40 - and only attract interest from that sort of age group even though I look and feel early 30s. Not that I want an 18 year old! Maybe it's good to tell a white lie. Oh I tried Match - they have a good reputation but charge you to see who has sent messages/looked at you. Never heard of other sites doing this - they ususally let you look at others for free.