Thread: Anyone tried dating sites?

Just like the hundreds of people you can pass on a daily basis you have to shift through the many people on dating sites and it can be extremely tedious, but not unfun. Of course the more info/pics you have of yourself the more interest people will take in you. It's pretty easy to be descriptive without being personal, don't use your name, or not your full name, be very skeptical about your date of birth and area you live in, never ever ever put your exact house address. Most of the time it asks about your interests, which I don't think is too big of a deal. I use nicknames and pen names a lot.

I've gone through about five different dating sites, I've met a good 15 - 20 people in person(couldn't tell you how many I've just spoken with via pms, ims and emails), most of them are one daters, but a couple I saw a few times, and two of them I dated for awhile.

My current bf whom I've been with for 5 months I met from a dating site. Mind you I'm not the type to "settle" I hunted for him, there were certain qualities that if were in the individuals profile I wouldn't even waste my time with for instance, doing drugs, very active, very religious, as I am none of those.

Amusingly, my bf got through my filters, at 20 I'm not exactly looking for a guy with kids, but he has a daughter, and he smokes another thing that bugs me. I've fallen head over heels for his daughter though, and the smoking he's very considerate about (doesn't smoke around me, doesn't kiss me after he's smoked, always smokes outside).

However, regardless of that I encourage sticking to your guns, there's a ton of people on those sites so you gatta make your personal filter really tight to pick out the few potential ones. Oh and you really really gatta get over the shyness. ;P The main reason most people use dating sites is cause it takes less courage to message someone, than to confront them face to face. I admit I'm a panzy when it comes to talking to new people, but messaging someone on a site and possibly not getting an answer is so much easier than face to face rejection lol.