If you met your partner from a dating site.. What site was it?

[Chickens0up]

Was it a mainstream one, or one you paid for?

Tinder, 7 years ago

Tinder. IME, even if people used paid sites they were also on Tinder. Met some right weirdos but eventually found my DP and we've been together 5 years now

Guardian Soulmates (paid) nearly 8 years ago - I think Tinder had only just started and was still seen as mostly a casual dating / hook up app. They closed down Soulmates last year I think, makes sense but part of me was wistful - there were some really lovely people on there

Tinder. I liked the fact that you couldn't have a large profile. Let's face it, if you meet someone in real life you don't get a long blurb about them before you decide whether you like them or not.

Tinder too!
Together over 7 years, married for 4 years, 2 kids.
First person I met face to face on there after constant badgering from friends to try it.

We met on Tinder. We were both on Bumble too but didn't come across/notice each other there.

Tinder nearly 5 years ago

Tinder, 7 years ago, married for 4 now

Loving the tinder feedback 🥰🥰🥰
It’s got a lot of people which is the primary benefit I guess

First man I swiped on bumble. I'd seen him in a paid site though and felt a pull.

Meet my better half on tinder 6 years ago, the best swipe I will have ever made in my life.

Bumble, I had my distance quite local and she popped up with a message (She was 60 miles away). We chatted for a few days, then we fell out because she tried to ring me at 12 am. I refused to answer the call, too late, she thought I was an arse, so she disappeared.

2 weeks later I sent her a daft text, then asked her out, she obviously said yes, we moved in together about 8 weeks after meeting.

I'd used both Tinder and Bumble, met hundreds and chatted to thousands. It was fun...

Tinder
Baby on the way and planning a wedding ☺️

POF. Met 6 years ago, married 4 years ago and our baby girl is 6 weeks old today ♥️

In the dying days of Guardian Soulmates - they offered up free contact for the last month if you still had a dormant account - I had given up and just hid the account. Decided to give it a go, and amongst all the snipey messages from pensioners I got a "like" from a tall, blonde, bearded bike riding mountain climber and thought "fuck it" and liked him back. Eighteen months later, and it looks like he's a keeper.

Bumble. Though I had also seen him on Tinder but he was very good looking, not much in his profile, so I thought he'd be a fboy, so swiped left. Then saw him on Bumble a month later and was in a 'just want casual fun' phase so matched with him - figured he'd be good for that. I asked him out after exchanging all of 3 messages, slept with him on the first date and fully expected to never hear from him again. Turns out he was the furthest thing from a fboy and we got on like a house of fire. So 2 years later I'm still with him. So much for casual....

@Incywinceyspider

Tinder. I liked the fact that you couldn't have a large profile. Let's face it, if you meet someone in real life you don't get a long blurb about them before you decide whether you like them or not.

Agree with this. Tinder and Bumble felt like the most natural to 'meeting in a pub/real life' type scenario. You fancy them, get basic info on what they do/where they live, a few messages on basic interests to see if you have enough in common to go for drinks - and the rest is just natural chemistry. I really liked that almost all the guys I know are on Tinder/Bumble so it's the widest selection, and they can only contact you if you match with them. Must admit, not really a fan of Bumble as it's too much hard work for them women and the 24 hr start chat limit is a pain! So my bf was only the 2nd date I had off there - the rest were all of Tinder and I didn't notice any difference in the quality/type of guy between the two apps.

Tinder. Been together a happy four years now

FabSwingers

Tinder

5 years or so ago, now married & with a dd

No story of my own but finding it reassuring that people found their long term partner on tinder. There's hope for me yet

Elite, not free.

Tinder 7 years ago...2 kids later and very happy. I did make it clear on my profile that I wasn't up for a one night stand!

OkCupid, met 7 1/2 years ago, married 3 years, and now have a 4mo DD 😁

Alt.com
Both of us were just looking to hook up for casual kinky sex. I definitely wasn’t planning to meet the most decent and respectful person I know, albeit with a dark kinky steak.

This was a good few years ago before internet dating was acceptable and my dm remarked to him over tea that she had assumed you’d only meet perverts and weirdos on the internet. Indeed.