"omg! get a real bf/gf!" Internet dating is OKAY.

Have you dated online?

Yeah, it didn't work out though.	19.2%	[ 6650 ]
Nope.	36.3%	[ 12587 ]
Yes! And things worked out great.	11.0%	[ 3813 ]
I didn't choose to date online, I just fell in love.	14.3%	[ 4945 ]
Poll whores, click here!	19.2%	[ 6634 ]
Total Votes:			[ 34629 ]

[Omega Abyssal]

[I am teh Haruka]

Nakita_the_nekogirl

Well I'm not the one who responded to my post and who STILL keeps PMING ME!

"Like you say, it's the internet!"

Seriously now. The ED, which is where you are right now, is a place for debating/arguing.

We argue here. We debate. So I have the right to debate against you. If you don't like it, go to another thread.

Heh, I'm on your side. She should leave ED, Cursing is'nt what we do here. Now please leave us alone before I report you to a moderator.

[CAPTAIN Plixy[Stix]]

Omega Abyssal

[I am teh Haruka]

Nakita_the_nekogirl

Well I'm not the one who responded to my post and who STILL keeps PMING ME!

"Like you say, it's the internet!"

Seriously now. The ED, which is where you are right now, is a place for debating/arguing.

We argue here. We debate. So I have the right to debate against you. If you don't like it, go to another thread.

Heh, I'm on your side. She should leave ED, Cursing is'nt what we do here. Now please leave us alone before I report you to a moderator.

It's okay! Things have settled down now.

Actually, we can curse here, it's not against Gaia's TOS. ^_^;

[Choclat]

internet dating is so much fun though!!!

[Omega Abyssal]

[I am teh Haruka]

Omega Abyssal

[I am teh Haruka]

Nakita_the_nekogirl

Well I'm not the one who responded to my post and who STILL keeps PMING ME!

"Like you say, it's the internet!"

Seriously now. The ED, which is where you are right now, is a place for debating/arguing.

We argue here. We debate. So I have the right to debate against you. If you don't like it, go to another thread.

Heh, I'm on your side. She should leave ED, Cursing is'nt what we do here. Now please leave us alone before I report you to a moderator.

It's okay! Things have settled down now.

Actually, we can curse here, it's not against Gaia's TOS. ^_^;

Oh ok, thats cool. Well thanks for the PM. I thought that was really kind of you.

[CAPTAIN Plixy[Stix]]

Omega Abyssal

Oh ok, thats cool. Well thanks for the PM. I thought that was really kind of you.

:3

You're welcome!

[Omega Abyssal]

Internet dating shows that you can hold a relationship, and that you have patiance. These are a few of the many reasons that hold a physical relationship.

[Donnacella]

interstella001

Internet dating is one of the most idiotic ideas I have ever heard of.
O.K. , I said it. Are you going to flame me now?
I view falling in love on the internet just plane...retarded rolleyes
Meeting a person online is not safe. They could be one person online, and a rapest in real life.
The biggest flaw in online dating is that it's so easy for a person to pretend to be something they are not.
Besides, I'm sure there plenty of girls/guys who are single and looking a for a gf/bf. Why turn to the internet? Why not just talk to some one in your school? Or some guy at the park you think is hot?
Sure, it's nerve racking. But it's worth it.
Really though, internet dating does seem like a coward's last resort.

No, I'm not going to flame you, dear. It would require much more effort than your post is worth. However, I will point out that you are MUCH more likely to be raped and or murdered by someone you meet locally (say in a bar) than someone you meet on the Internet. I'll also point out that it is easy to pretend to be something your not in a "real life" relationship as it is online - especially in the early stages of a relationship.

Finally, I'll just say that I am a very social person. It is not nerve WRACKING for me to talk to people in "real" life. I fell in love with a man I happened to meet on a message board. That doesn't make me a coward. I am a 33 year old woman I am highly educated, I have an excellent job, I have two children. Amd my online relationship was not a "last" resort. It's just something that happened. And I'm blessed to have found him.

[Donnacella]

Nakita_the_nekogirl

I totally agree with this Title. Internet dating is for guys and girls that live hours apart.. who live in trailers and can't get a girl/guy in real life. They have to watch pornos and read them to get off. LMAO! They can only dream about getting lucky. They're ugly and obviously desperate. I mean I did it when I was inmature. But now I have a real Boyfriend and it's so awlsome. To bad for guys and girls that live in trailers that have no life. And they think they're cool because they live in little towns in the middle of nowhere and work as cheifs and they think they own the world because they made about 5 dollars and hour....and it's really sad when they're 18 and still a virgin! XD! OMFG! That's so halairous. And I'm only 14 O.o Still a virgin though ^.^

Oh my Lord. Where to start?

First of all, I was somewhat relieved when you said you were only 14. That means at least there's a small chance a decent education will erase some of your ignorance. Secondly, I do not know why you associate online dating with unemployment or living in trailers. Let me just say I make more than a comfortable living working in the state university system. And let me also warn you that if you don't improve your grammar and your general writing style, YOU will be the one making 5 dollars an hour. Oh, and I don't have to "dream" about g"getting" lucky, thank you very much. I have two children. I didn't get them through cyber sex. Oh, and since I am an adult who is financially secure, my boyfriend and I can actually afford to fly to see each other. I get pretty lucky then too.

Oh, and by the way - there's nothing at all wrong with being a virgin at 18. There is however, most certainly something wrong with the way you think.

[Lily Raine]

I think that internet dating would be too hard. I, for one, love having someone there that I can hold. I love having someone there that I love, so I can look in his eyes. I can't take just a few online conversations and a phone call or two. No matter what someone says online, they could just think it's a joke and have another girl behind your back, or rather, behind your computer screen. There's a reason long distance relationships, generally, do not last. It's because you want to be WITH the person you're in love with. You want to hold them, and love them physically (don't take that the wrong way, be mature) rather than just over a computer. You can't hug or kiss a computer screen. Well, you can, but it can't hug or kiss back. I just don't agree with loving a dream. The person you know, or think you know, you've only seen through pictures they've sent you. And you only know them from what they've told you online. You don't know if they're really someone completely different from what they've told/shown you. That's why I like being able to SEE my boyfriend, and talk to him in real life. I can tell when he's lying, but he never lies to me. I can look in his eyes and tell it's true when he says he loves me more than anything else. And I know he's not lying when he says he'll never hurt me. I can see the truth of it in his eyes, and I know that's a bit cliché, but it's true.

Honestly, I don't mean to be harsh here, but I think online dating fills the need for someone to feel loved. These people want someone they can say loves them. They want to feel like someone cares, and when no one does in real life, they try for it over a computer. I'm not saying they're desperate, or degrading ANYONE. I'm saying they're filling a basic human need. The need for companionship. That's all.

[CAPTAIN Plixy[Stix]]

Lily Raine

I think that internet dating would be too hard. I, for one, love having someone there that I can hold. I love having someone there that I love, so I can look in his eyes. I can't take just a few online conversations and a phone call or two. No matter what someone says online, they could just think it's a joke and have another girl behind your back, or rather, behind your computer screen.

Same goes for offline relationships.

Lily Raine

There's a reason long distance relationships, generally, do not last. It's because you want to be WITH the person you're in love with. You want to hold them, and love them physically (don't take that the wrong way, be mature) rather than just over a computer. You can't hug or kiss a computer screen.

Not everyone needs to get physical here. If they do love eachother that much, then they will take it offline and do all that.

Lily Raine

Well, you can, but it can't hug or kiss back. I just don't agree with loving a dream.

You're not loving a dream. You're loving a person. A real person who is just not next to you.

Lily Raine

The person you know, or think you know, you've only seen through pictures they've sent you.

I think I know people quite well when I have been talking to them over a year online. It gets harder to make up lies and get fake pictures of someone else as time goes on.

Lily Raine

And you only know them from what they've told you online. You don't know if they're really someone completely different from what they've told/shown you.

You only know your guy by the way he acts. By what he says. Same goes for offline also.

Lily Raine

That's why I like being able to SEE my boyfriend, and talk to him in real life. I can tell when he's lying, but he never lies to me. I can look in his eyes and tell it's true when he says he loves me more than anything else. And I know he's not lying when he says he'll never hurt me. I can see the truth of it in his eyes, and I know that's a bit clich�, but it's true.

That is someone taking a chance to be in this kind of relationship. Just that it's a bit harder and needs more trust.

Lily Raine

Honestly, I don't mean to be harsh here, but I think online dating fills the need for someone to feel loved. These people want someone they can say loves them. They want to feel like someone cares, and when no one does in real life, they try for it over a computer. I'm not saying they're desperate, or degrading ANYONE. I'm saying they're filling a basic human need. The need for companionship. That's all.

No.

If you fall in love, you know it. And I do mean that.

EDIT: There is a MAJOR difference between a lover and a friend. And I'm sure those who have a boyfriend/girlfriend knows what I mean. I'm not talking about the physical stuff, I'm talking about emotionally.

[Donnacella]

Lily Raine

I think that internet dating would be too hard. I, for one, love having someone there that I can hold. I love having someone there that I love, so I can look in his eyes. I can't take just a few online conversations and a phone call or two. No matter what someone says online, they could just think it's a joke and have another girl behind your back, or rather, behind your computer screen. There's a reason long distance relationships, generally, do not last. It's because you want to be WITH the person you're in love with. You want to hold them, and love them physically (don't take that the wrong way, be mature) rather than just over a computer. You can't hug or kiss a computer screen. Well, you can, but it can't hug or kiss back. I just don't agree with loving a dream. The person you know, or think you know, you've only seen through pictures they've sent you. And you only know them from what they've told you online. You don't know if they're really someone completely different from what they've told/shown you. That's why I like being able to SEE my boyfriend, and talk to him in real life. I can tell when he's lying, but he never lies to me. I can look in his eyes and tell it's true when he says he loves me more than anything else. And I know he's not lying when he says he'll never hurt me. I can see the truth of it in his eyes, and I know that's a bit cliché, but it's true.

Honestly, I don't mean to be harsh here, but I think online dating fills the need for someone to feel loved. These people want someone they can say loves them. They want to feel like someone cares, and when no one does in real life, they try for it over a computer. I'm not saying they're desperate, or degrading ANYONE. I'm saying they're filling a basic human need. The need for companionship. That's all.

Actually, I don't think you're being harsh at all. I think that you stated your opinion very well.

And you are right to a large extent; online relationships are hard. It requires a special kind of sacrafice and committment and never once in this thread have I said it was easy - because it's not. There have been tmes in mine that I've had thoughts of walking away - because it IS so hard. I want to see him everyday. I want to hold him and touch him. I want to be able to see the look in his eyes when we are talking about something serious. Most og all though, I don't want thing to be hard for HIM. I don't like the thought of him being loney because I'm so many miles away.

BUT - you know what? We love each other. And as hard as it is and as much as we've proably both thought it would be easier to just walk away, neither one of us are able to - because our love holds us together. And our love is no less real or valid just because we met on a MB and not at a party or in class. And you klnow what else? I can tell when he's being less than honest with me or when he's holding something back. Just recently, he had something to tell me that he knew I wouldn't want to hear - and I know him so well that I already knew what he was going to say before he even said it. And I think he knows me just as well.

My online relationship is a mature and adult one. We usually talk every day and we see each other as often as we can. And yeah, like I said, it's hard - but it's very worth it.

And I did not start this relationship because I was looking to fill some void of love in my life. I am well loved and very blessed. I met a man. We got to know each other. We fell in love. We just happened to do it a little differently than most people.

[Shadowblade5]

i think interenet dating is okay in ur own area not liek in a different country

[CAPTAIN Plixy[Stix]]

Donnacella, you can write whatever I want to say, but I am not able to. That is exactly what I feel right now. Thanks!

[Oo+Nerd.Next.Door+oO]

Heavymetal55

I think you are the dumbest person on earth internet dating is really for ugly people or people that are not liked. IF ANYBODY OUT THERE IS HOT YOU WOUL HAVE A GF/BF BY NOW! not siting on a computer waiting for it to happen!
so online dating is crap to be truthful

I am 6' tall with big, almond-shaped, olive green eyes, long, honey blonde hair, pale skin, and, according to my friends, the perfect hourglass figure. I am also in GATE and an honor roll student. I am not ugly, and I am not stupid. Yet, I still choose to have an online boyfriend. Go figure.

*mutters* ******** dumbass.....

[Oo+Nerd.Next.Door+oO]

interstella001

Internet dating is one of the most idiotic ideas I have ever heard of.
O.K. , I said it. Are you going to flame me now?
I view falling in love on the internet just plane...retarded rolleyes
Meeting a person online is not safe. They could be one person online, and a rapest in real life.
The biggest flaw in online dating is that it's so easy for a person to pretend to be something they are not.
Besides, I'm sure there plenty of girls/guys who are single and looking a for a gf/bf. Why turn to the internet? Why not just talk to some one in your school? Or some guy at the park you think is hot?
Sure, it's nerve racking. But it's worth it.
Really though, internet dating does seem like a coward's last resort.

Not everyone online is bad. Get that through your skull. Honestly, though, how many rapists do you think are patient enough to build up a girls trust in him before raping her? Why not just go out on the street and kidnap a girl who knows nothing about him?

I live in a town of about 4,500 people. My high school has around 700 kids. I have already gone out with the guys I get along with. Online dating might be a last resort, at least in my case, but it's not because I'm a coward.