Would You Date Someone That You Met Online?

[Tone Capone]

Would you date someone that you met online?

[camo]

Hell no. I don't believe in building up some feelings for images on my monitor and trying to imagine that I'd like someone I've never met.

[Pres Zount]

Have, would, am, yes.

[camo]

Hows that working out then? Yay, nay?

[DipDipDive]

Hell no. I don't believe in building up some feelings for images on my monitor and trying to imagine that I'd like someone I've never met.

Is that a worse offense than building up feelings for someone you've met because you find them attractive, and trying to imagine their personality doesn't suck, and that it might eventually be just as appealing as their looks?

[DipDipDive]

Have, would, am, yes.

Samesies.

[camo]

Is that a worse offense than building up feelings for someone you've met because you find them attractive, and trying to imagine their personality doesn't suck, and that it might eventually be just as appealing as their looks?

Well, yeah I see what you mean but I suppose I'm just a being a pessimist.

[ms.peachy]

No I would not date someone I met online. I think it would really upset my husband.

[Guy Incognito]

No I would not date someone I met online. I think it would really upset my husband.

LOL.Same here. Well i mean it would upset my wife not your husband.:D

A girl i know met her fiance on that World of Warcraft game. She used to live with another fella who also used to play that game and she was kind of having an online affair with this dude in that game before kicking the other fella out of her house and the new guy moved in. Mental.

[mate_spawn_die]

yeah. i'm more comfortable talking to someone i know already. i'm to damn shy to meet new people. breaking the ice sucks. unless the person online is captain howdy of course.

[gbsuey]

supposing i was single-it would only be ok if i'd known them "properly" like face to face for a while first. same as any other time really. it's just another way of meeting people but i would no way do that anonymous thing-for all i know it could be a 12 yr old!! like marrying somone on death row you've never actually met

[mate_spawn_die]

someone type in "captain howdy" in wikipedia. that picture of that thing from the exorcist freaks me out so damn much... i can't even read anything on the page because that fucker scares the shit out of me. i hate it when he flashes on the screen when the lady turns on the light in the movie.

[gbsuey]

no. i'm too scared

[Bob]

Hell no. I don't believe in building up some feelings for images on my monitor and trying to imagine that I'd like someone I've never met.

i think online dating generally involves meeting the person

[gbsuey]

not for some folk-you read these stories about people who cyberdate and then discover they've having e-sex(!) with someone really quite nasty-

[Bob]

not for some folk-you read these stories about people who cyberdate and then discover they've having e-sex(!) with someone really quite nasty-

well that's just weird

[gbsuey]

totally!!

[mate_spawn_die]

no. i'm too scared

just take a quick glance. i've never been more scared of a picture in my life. i feel like that face is gonna be in front of mine when i wake up in the middle of the night in my dark room.

actually... when i was little, there was this painting in my grandma's basement of jesus. it was just his upper body and he would always scare the piss out of me. his blank stare. i would run past the painting every time i went downstairs cause i couldn't stand him looking at me. i eventually just took the damn thing down.

[roosta]

i wouldn't date anyone who even uses the internet. ew!

[kll]

Since I met my b/f on here and we've been together for over 5 years and living together for 3 1/2 years, I would say yes. However, meeting on here gave us a common interest that grew into a relationship, whereas meeting someone off of a dating site may be a totally different experience.

[afronaut]

I am, and we've been together for over two years, and we're about to move in together.

The last girl I dated was not from the internet, and she turned out to be a total bag of whores. Everyone else from around where I live that I have had a chance of a relationship with has definitely not been right for me.

And then I did meet someone that was right for me, and I wasn't not going to pursue it just because of the internet. And I'm certainly glad I did.

[Guy Incognito]

i wouldn't date anyone who even uses the internet. ew!

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The last girl I dated was not from the internet, and she turned out to be a total bag of whores.

2 x LOL:D(y)

[Loppfessor]

Hell no. I don't believe in building up some feelings for images on my monitor and trying to imagine that I'd like someone I've never met.

I don't think he means date via the internet...just met on line

[DandyFop]

I met my last boyf and a few before that online. It gets to a point where you don't even remember that's how you met. I've attempted a bit of it out here in LA but eh it's a pain in the ass.

[insertnamehere]

i woudlnt rule anything out, but the idea of it does weird me out a little. i think it would have to be something like this where you sort of get to know the person like you would in real life, not a dating site, or just some random person that sends me a message on facebook/myspace.

im sort of scared to meet people irl that i know online. like, anyone from the board is a good example. i've got a touch of social anxiety disorder and even though i've talked to you guys for years and told you very personal things about myself, i dont want you to, you know... see me. or hear my voice. plus i feel like anyone i meet online, if they develop an interest in a relationship, they'll be like, disappointed when they actually meet me.

i went to school with this guy that moved away in 9th grade and we've kept in touch ever since (8 years) on aim. he now lives about 45 mins from me but i wouldnt dream of meeting him in person.

i went to a gala event last summer and sort of failed to mention it to anyone so i woudlnt have to meet up with them. i also got info on where to stay from the board, so i know for a fact that i was staying in the same place as some other people. also, i was with a friend of mine and i didnt want her to know what i loser i am and how much time i spend online.

i did invite jabumbo to take me out to dinner while he's in NC this weekend but he'll be nowhere close to me.

in summation: i would, but probably never will

[Lyman Zerga]

i would if that person doesnt live too far away and shit got a chance

i in fact rather meet a robotic onliner over a realistic person!

[Echewta]

If you click with someone, regardless if its over a keyboard, dance floor, friend, work, whatever, what does it matter? How can dating someone from the web be any less or more of a chance then anywhere else?

[Documad]

i went to a gala event last summer and sort of failed to mention it to anyone so i woudlnt have to meet up with them. i also got info on where to stay from the board, so i know for a fact that i was staying in the same place as some other people. also, i was with a friend of mine and i didnt want her to know what i loser i am and how much time i spend online.
Ha ha. I have met dozens of people from the board. When I go to concerts alone I'm likely to met board members because I'm in line early and I'm a talker. When I bring a friend, I'm likely to lay low, in part because I don't want the friend to come 'round here and check up on me. It feels weird when you see a board member and don't say anything so I usually do. I absolutely had to meet Razorbladekiss even though I was with a friend.

[insertnamehere]

i was worried that someone was gonna recognize me and run up to me or something, but ive not posted many pictures so i doubt that would happen.

i sort of tried to avoid looking around too much, but im sure i woudlnt recognize anyone anyway. i dont often venture into sure shots, and i have really poor facial recognition abilities. if i see someone outside of the environment that im used to seeing them, it usually doesnt click... like someone im in a class with, if i see them just walking down the street im pretty oblivious.

i once walked into a store to visit one of my friends who worked there and didnt recognize him with a hat on. i asked him if he was there :confused:

[paul jones]

I have done.

[b-grrrlie]

I met my fb on TSOOL forum, except I had been there so little I had no idea who he was until he wished me happy birthday
and we were going to a same gig that Friday. I ended up sitting on his lap at the afterparty... :p
He's been the longest relationship I've ever had, mainly because it really ain't a "relationship"...

[Dorothy Wood]

I voted yes because I've done online dating, but in truth, it's never worked out for me. the only people I've had relationships with were from real life.

it's very scary for me to meet internet people, but after the first few it's not so bad. still scary though.

[silence7]

No, for one simple reason.....

Chris Hansen (http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/Ethired/1184367762037.jpg)

[russhie]

supposing i was single-it would only be ok if i'd known them "properly" like face to face for a while first. same as any other time really. it's just another way of meeting people but i would no way do that anonymous thing-for all i know it could be a 12 yr old!! like marrying somone on death row you've never actually met

er, you can fuck up with age in person too. People lie, omit, whatever.

A guy I know almost ended up sleeping with a 16 year old he met in a bar, and he was almost 26 at the time - she told him she was 21. People are liars, online or off.

[insertnamehere]

No, for one simple reason.....

Chris Hansen (http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/Ethired/1184367762037.jpg)

hahaha

ive been watching the to catch a predator marathon all day

but if you dont go out looking for 13 year old girls you should be ok

[na§tee]

sure, if they're not stopped by immigration for an unreasonable amount of time when they land in the country :mad:

[P of R]

I met my girlfriend online.

[Caribou]

I would and I have. Via this very MB.

[QueenAdrock]

Sure, I initially met Brett here. We met in real life and hit it off, so we dated, but we first knew each other through here.

Meeting from online and then dating in real life, sure. I do find it weird to decide to date online first and then meet, but that's just me.

[Lyman Zerga]

Sure, I initially met Brett here. We met in real life and hit it off, so we dated, but we first knew each other through here.

Meeting from online and then dating in real life, sure. I do find it weird to decide to date online first and then meet, but that's just me.

i totally remember when he made a bulletin post about meeting you in realz for the first time

awww!!1

[sjp]

i have yes, and prefer to date someone i meet in person or through a friend seems to work out better.

[camo]

Yeah, I meant that I couldn't date someone virtually. But meeting someone online and then taking it offline as it were seems fine.

[befsquire]

only if they speak in chatspeak.