At 01:31 PM 1/28/2003 +0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>* Did you found the love of your life online? Or..
Since I'm single, I guess that that's a "No."
>* Do you have an online dating horror story you wish to share?
Met a girl OnLine in real life after only a few letters and one phone call.
We got together, and she literally was almost incapable of holding a
conversation. We stopped for Lunch after seeing a Smithsonian together,
and she ordered chicken wings! Now, I'm from Buffalo and was raised on
wings, but even I know not to order chicken wings on a date, let alone a
first date! Its the only date that I ever waited to mercifully end.
>* Do you have advice that you would like to give those poor, young souls
that
>are venturing into the wild frontier of the Internet dating sites?
For most things, be as honest and up-front as possible. If you deliberate
create a misconception in the mind of your date, your chances of your
relationship going somewhere are slim.
That, and meet in real-life as quickly as possible. Quite simple, there
is no substitute for real-life interactions, that use of telecommunications
just can't match.
Also, make sure you learn from the process. Think about those profiles
that seem interesting to you, and make you want to start writing, and then
think about your own profile and how to make yourself seem interesting to
those types of people.
Lastly, don't get frustrated. Probably 1 out of 3 people you write on the
'Net won't write back, and of those, maybe 1 out of 3 won't write to you
for more than a couple weeks. And then, once you get to a first meeting, 1
out 4 or so will end after that first meeting. In other words, internet
dating isn't a direct path to a dating relationship, let alone marital
bliss, but it can definitely help expose you to a far larger pool of
individuals than you might meet otherwise.
>* Incidentally, if anyone out there knows of any particular website that may
>have information on how "Online Dating" got started (a history of sorts),
I'll
>appreciate it.
Most dating sites have a list of success stories that are often mildly
interesting.
JDG
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