Do you date online?

Do you date online?

  • Yes

    Votes: 6 14.3%

  • No

    Votes: 31 73.8%

  • I might..

    Votes: 5 11.9%
  • Total voters
    42
Nope. Frankly I think it's silly, but everyone's entitled to their opinions.

I'll be honest, though, and tell you a story.

Once upon a time, I was 16. Between the two previous times I was part of PC, I belonged to another forum. A DBZ forum. I fell in love with a mod there, but he had a girlfriend, so that didn't work. In my silliness I thought to myself, 'I'm gonna move to Georgia someday', as that's where he's from. Little did I know at the time that I actually would.

Then a guy at school asked me out, so I got my first boyfriend and forgot all about that other forum and that guy for about 2 years, during which I also returned to PC.

Late in the summer of '07, after stuff with that boyfriend fell to pieces, I was feeling nostalgic and went looking for that mod guy again, and found him. He was single, and we fell in love, plus I was trying to think of where to go for college at the time, so that September I moved to Georgia. The relationship didn't work out in the end, but I go to an awesome school in a beautiful state, so it's all good :3

After that, though, I grew out of getting attached to online people like that. You can't exactly snuggle or kiss your boyfriend if he's hundreds of miles away, and that's something I can't deal with |D
 
MasterofSoccer said:
I'm 13, so no. LMFAO!!!!
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...I've dated at 13 o_o

Anyways, um...No, I don't ever think I could date anyone from over the internet. I don't think I could deal with the distance away from that person, or the fact that the only contact we could have with each other would be talking through a screen.

Plus, I have a girlfriend that I see on an almost daily basis, and I don't ever see myself leaving her for anyone else, especially not someone I've met online.
 
No I don't date online, and probaly never will. It's just not for me.

I once heard a very good piece of advice before, from someone who met their husband online though. They had said something like "You can go online and meet a guy that lies about everything to you. However, what's the difference between that, and meeting a guy in real life at a bar? He can lie to you about everything there too. The only difference is the appearance, since people can obviously lie about that online only."

However, I would hate to meet a guy online that turned out to be a girl or something. x_x;;

Plus there's the whole thing about commiting.. I just think it would be a hundred times harder to commit to that person if you were dating through the computer, rather than seeing them in person and making your bonds closer.
 
I truly believe that some internet relationships work. On another forum I frequently visit, two members fell in love over the internet and have now been happily married for several years. Like real life relationships, some turn out successfully and others turn out to be a dud.

And of course, there's a factor of trust. Who knows if the other person could be lying? So yes, it can be risky if meeting up comes up - which it likely will.

As for myself, I've never dated online, nor do I necessarily intend to. I'm not one of the people that could actually make it work out, since I'm a face-to-face person. I've had one crush online, but you could go as to say that it was more of admiration. Either way, nothing came from it. =]
 
I've had online crushes before (and now) and a couple years ago me and this one girl came close to becoming official. Since then I've learned the long distance, let alone online relations are destined to fail, but I wouldn't rule out online dating for me just yet.
 
Sometimes but i NEVER give away ANY personal information except my name...but i only date online if i really like the guy.
 
No, I could never date online to be honest. It just doesn't seem... "right". I can't stand not meeting the someone that I'm going out with.
 
Not me, but one of my dad's friends does did.
A little warning, don't leave yourself logged in to your profile while there is a bored 12 year old in the house.
It was a guy, by the way.
Now, do the math
 
No. I think it is stupid an pointless. There is no point in a relationship full stop, let alone an internet one.

If I ever did, it would just be to play around with the sad people who have to rely on an internet dating service to find love. It may be harsh, but I get a kick out of it.
 
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I kind of disagree with all of the people who say that it's horrible or pointless. Even though I don't date online now, I've had a crush online and I have to say that it's hard to think of the dating as "stupid" or another one of the adjectives used. Now, I think that online dating isn't the smartest or safest thing in the world. But when you like somebody and they like you back, it's near impossible to believe that it's stupid.

I guess that's just me. I liked a kid a couple years ago in a different forum and he like me back. We were almost kind of official, and I felt on top of the world when I talked to him. It's a feeling that's now made me see that online dating isn't the most horrible thing in the world. After our "relationship" fell apart, I decided that I'd never for real date online, but whatever. It's all about what works for you. :]
 
At the moment, I'm not partial to them. It's not the fact that I don't trust people or anything, it's just that long distance relationships aren't my cup of tea.

Who knows, though? This opinion could change at some point.
 
Michii said:
I kind of disagree with all of the people who say that it's horrible or pointless. Even though I don't date online now, I've had a crush online and I have to say that it's hard to think of the dating as "stupid" or another one of the adjectives used. Now, I think that online dating isn't the smartest or safest thing in the world. But when you like somebody and they like you back, it's near impossible to believe that it's stupid.

I guess that's just me. I liked a kid a couple years ago in a different forum and he like me back. We were almost kind of official, and I felt on top of the world when I talked to him. It's a feeling that's now made me see that online dating isn't the most horrible thing in the world. After our "relationship" fell apart, I decided that I'd never for real date online, but whatever. It's all about what works for you. :]
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It isn't "stupid." I've had online crushes before, but I would never actually pursue those crushes. I mean, even if you tell the person how you feel about them, and they feel the same about you...where are you going to go from there? What, are you gonna continue to have a "relationship" with each other from over a computer screen from several hundred miles away? Are you gonna plan to meet up with someone you barely even know, that you've never actually come into contact before by going out of you way to get a plane ticket to see that person? I don't know, I see how it could work for some people, it's just a hell of a lot more convenient getting with someone who you first met in person =/
 
Well, I cant say I think dating online is my thing, but I did have a big crush on this Australian girl whom I know. Started out as sort of resistant to eachother, then one day we just both simultaneously were nicer. Then after a while I developed a crush on her because she had almost all the same interests as me, she's really pretty, and we got along really good. I think she returned interest, but I never felt like asking as it makes me feel akward.

Now we're just passing "hi"'s and "night"'s and thats it really. Sort of lost interest because I knew it'd never work.
 
Many people call it weird immediately but I happen to know quite a few people who met online and have been together for years. Myself included. (I'm not talking about online dating services though)

I know one couple who's actually about to have their first kid together.
 
Uh, no.
I'd rather meet someone in life and uhh show them what i am IRL instead of online, because some people change online to RL :P
I might have done once though but not on an actual meeting thing.. >.>
 
While I do indeed partake in internet relationships, I'm not looking for a girl to actually 'date' online. IRL, I really don't have either the time or resources to date. Besides, I'm a free roaming type of guy, I don't want to get committed and stuck in a relationship while I'm chasing my dreams. It's not that I don't want love, it's just that I want to find it on my own time, my own terms and find it when I'm good and ready to have a lady in tow. xD

I'm just old fashioned like that I guess. I don't want any part of dating IRL if I can't easily support myself and the one I care about. So, I tend to be rather emotionally detached IRL.

That's why online relationships work for me. Besides, if I score lucky and a relationship online lasts through all my preparations, then it definitely does deserve to be elevated to a meeting, and possibly a real life relationship. I don't rush things anyway, it should all come naturally. If by the time I'm ready to actually date IRL, no relationships online have worked out, well at least I can say I've got a little experience in what girls want.
 
I consider one person in particular to be an e-girlfriend of mine, but she apparently doesn't feel the same way when I asked her what I was to her. But we do plan on moving into the same apartment and going to the same college after we graduate from high school. I don't know what will happen after that, but right now, apparently we're just really close friends.

But actually dating online isn't something I believe would be successful.
 
Haha, no never. No offense to anyone who does, but I just think it is one of the stupidest things you can do on the internet.
 
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