Internet Dating - What's Your Experie...

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Wed, 07-13-2005 - 8:17pm

Internet Dating - What's Your Experience?



  • Done it -- and we are in love!
  • It is a great way of meeting people and I still have hope
  • It's okay for other people, but I'd never do it
  • Tried it, but it's not for me
  • Something else (share below)


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Registered: 02-19-2004
Wed, 07-13-2005 - 9:36pm
Combo answer: I tried it and fell in love but got my heart broken (nobody's fault, it just turned out that way) and I would try it again when I'm ready to date again.

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Registered: 05-25-2004
Thu, 07-14-2005 - 6:20am

This Thursday July 14 at 9pm, ABC will air a five part documentary series examining online dating.

In the first episode, the focus is on three professional women who reside in Manhattan.

One woman is excited about her date until she meets him in person and discovers that he used a 15 yr old photo for his online profile.

One woman meets a guy who seemed really good on paper - but alas there were no sparks in real life.

One woman's strategy is to remain mysterious online. And...when she reveals some truth about herself to her date...well, he doesn't take it too well.

These women are all hopeful that they will find love and get really excited about the possiblities...even when those hopes are often dashed.

Should be interesting to watch.

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Registered: 02-19-2004
Thu, 07-14-2005 - 9:11pm

Ok, so I'm watching the show ("Hooking Up") and it's making me not want to start dating again. So depressing that these women can't find anyone! And I'm only 9 minutes into the show! Is this the benefit of being alone, I can post on commercials?

I was laughing at the one woman who said she doesn't post a picture with her profile because of her profession and she needs to be discreet. She didn't even email the one guy a picture before they had their first date. But SHE'S ON ABC!!!!

It's back on....

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Registered: 05-13-2005
Thu, 07-14-2005 - 11:02pm

Thanks for the update. I just got home from a tour de france party at a bike store - with a friend.

She gave me hope - she knows 5 women who met their husbands online - one of them is her cousin and she said the cousin kept her profile hidden and would search and email the ones she liked. That does seem like a more sane process - you don't experience so many dodos that way.

Give us a report on the show!!

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Registered: 04-02-2003
Fri, 07-15-2005 - 1:05am

If you'll recall in one of my posts, I mentioned that's how I did it too. I would single out the ones I thought were interesting and then send them a link to my profile. That way, I wasn't free game for all of the undesirables out there!

Although...I have to say, my SO picked me out of the crowd, during one phase where I did post my profile.

good luck!

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Registered: 02-19-2004
Fri, 07-15-2005 - 7:11am
The show was okay, nothing about online dating that I didn't already know. I can tell you though, I would not want my first date or dumping someone or me being dumped to be on national TV.

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Registered: 05-13-2005
Fri, 07-15-2005 - 10:16am
AGREED!!
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Registered: 04-02-2003
Fri, 07-15-2005 - 5:43pm

I watched the 2nd half of the show and I thought it was a total waste of time.
The guy with the birthday cake? That would totally creep me out if someone did that much for me on a 1st date! That was a first date right? Maybe I missed something in the 1st half.

I thought one of the women was kind of rude and had a huge stick up her butt which she will need to remove if she ever expects someone to get to know and have feelings for her. But then, how can you really truly be yourself when you have a camera infront of your face? What if you're boring? Gotta add a little bit of drama to make it interesting.

I guess maybe I shouldn't be forming such heavy opinions after only seeing 30 minutes of the show...however, I doubt I'll be tuning in for the rest of it.




Edited 7/15/2005 5:43 pm ET ET by orange_clouds
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Registered: 05-25-2004
Sat, 07-16-2005 - 7:49am

Here is a full-blown critique of that show from the online dating board:

http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-rlcyber&msg=9644.1&ctx=0

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Registered: 07-13-2003
Tue, 07-19-2005 - 10:25pm

PPPPPPPPPBBBBBBBBBTHHHHHHHH!!!!

I spent two years trying the OLD. I met one guy I dated for 5 months. All seemed right with the world, until it came to the point of are we going to make a committment or not. The answer was not, because he still has hopes that his ex-wife who has been married 6 years to the man she left him for may change her mind. Beyond that, the ones who contacted me either needed serious psychiatric intervention, or thought that since I was a single mom, I was desperate and they would get lucky on the first date. The ones I contacted either said they weren't interested in a woman with kids, or fell into the second category above. I have met better quality of people sitting in my car with the top down at traffic lights.

Just my experience.

Kelly