A recent date horror story from a friend led to entertaining story for all of us, but an awful experience for her which probably led her to be even more weary of a friend of a friend of a friend setting her up.
Without going into too much detail let’s just say he was drunk before she even arrived, put down her ambitions, the area she lived in and bragged about his successes all within the first half hour. Seeing as how he was much older he was than her one would think that he would have some class and in the least some tact when trying to make someone interested in him. I guess this is one of the things you learn in the dating arena age doesn’t mean maturity or even respect.
After this story we starting discussing the ever so popular world of online dating and much to my surprise many friends and many people our age had tried it out. A few years ago I thought that online dating was only for people who were either desperate or just old, but I was wrong. None of my friends that had tried it out developed a relationship from the experience, but they did get out and meet a lot of interesting people.
After this conversation we became more curious so we thought we should ask you guys:
What are your thoughts on online dating?
Have you or anyone you know had success with it?
Do you find a lot of young people who participate?
Do you think there is an age that is too young to try it out?
For some lighter thoughts on online dating here is a great April Fool’s prank that Google did www.google.com/romance they probably should create a dating site since they have mastered everything else then they could have total internet domination…
And some thoughts from a comedian about the subject:
“I’ve tried this online dating thing, and it’s so weird. The worst thing about online dating is everybody puts the same hobbies down. You know what the most popular hobby in New York City is? Hiking and biking. We live in New York — where the f**k do you hike? Are you, like, rappelling down the side of your building in the morning?” - Veronica Mosey
Tags: dating, online dating
I like the concept, but the only guy I’ve met online and went on a date with smelled of desperation. Fail.
Oh online dating. I’m just not sure I can take it seriously. I have found that a lot of people our age use it. None of the people I know have had much success. It’s surprising to me. I’m not completely opposed, but I just don’t see myself doing that right now.
I’ve heard so many success stories regarding online dating. It’s not like everybody doesn’t surf the internet. I think it’s totally legit!