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is it safe to go online dating?

i’m planning to join some online dating sites and i’m not sure if this will work out. has anyone tried online dating yet? people tell me it’s lame.. anyone with any online dating stories to share?

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scary doll offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (7 minutes after post)

Two friends got married as a result of visiting match.com - one to a millionaire!!!

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scary doll offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (14 minutes after post)

Yes, really. But they did arrange to meet them in very public places and were careful to not give much away about where they live, etc. beforehand.

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3 months, 1 week ago (15 minutes after post)

i don’t know.. do you know any sites that are good? I joined a dating site once but all the attention i’ve got was from older men, some with the age of my father’s! I’m just in my twenties.. :)

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (16 minutes after post)

My friends met their husbands on match.com

I have not tried it myself, but told it is good.

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ℓινιηg4уσυ offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 831 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (23 minutes after post)

sorry but im my choose i dont trust online daters..

beacuse i had pass from a bad times beacuse of online dates.

1.He lie about how old he was
2.Lie that he was not another relasinship
3.he lie that he dont have children
4.he lie about loveing me
5.he just want the date for RAP ME!!

HATE DATES ONLINE!!

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ℓινιηg4уσυ offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 831 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (26 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:

ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
sorry but im my choose i dont trust online daters..

beacuse i had pass from a bad times beacuse of online dates.

1.He lie about how old he was
2.Lie that he was not another relasinship
3.he lie that he dont have children
4.he lie about loveing me
5.he just want the date for RAP ME!!

HATE DATES ONLINE!!

omg

some people cant be trusted

Yes.
Its difficult to pass from it..
I cant forget what happend.
But thanks god i’m ok..now..
after ahard pass times..

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ℓινιηg4уσυ offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 831 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (26 minutes after post)

i dont want to think about that..
beacuse when i remeber what happend i really got hurt..

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (28 minutes after post)

ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
i dont want to think about that..
beacuse when i remeber what happend i really got hurt..

Not everyone is same…..

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ℓινιηg4уσυ offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 831 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (32 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
*me hugs living4you*

Thanks
HUg to you Anonymous #

❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:

ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
i dont want to think about that..
beacuse when i remeber what happend i really got hurt..

Not everyone is same…..

I know but after all the pass that i had to pass,i cant trust poeple on dating chat..
sorry.

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ร๏๓ƹฬђƹг offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 125 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (33 minutes after post)

I knw……But, not everytime….

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An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (35 minutes after post)

❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
I knw……But, not everytime….

i knw..but i cant trust some one else agian..

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ร๏๓ƹฬђƹг offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 125 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (37 minutes after post)

ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:

❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
I knw……But, not everytime….

i knw..but i cant trust some one else agian..

i knw…..Being hurt one time, is hard to recover and i agree with you over online dating.
But, i’m talking about ‘Love’ in Online…not just dating!!
Its lot different than dating…

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ℓινιηg4уσυ offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 831 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (41 minutes after post)

❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:

ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
I knw……But, not everytime….

i knw..but i cant trust some one else agian..

i knw…..Being hurt one time, is hard to recover and i agree with you over online dating.
But, i’m talking about ‘Love’ in Online…not just dating!!
Its lot different than dating…

Yes,i knw in your case its alot different..
I know..

But for me i prefer die insted of dating or love some one online..

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (44 minutes after post)

ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:

❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
I knw……But, not everytime….

i knw..but i cant trust some one else agian..

i knw…..Being hurt one time, is hard to recover and i agree with you over online dating.
But, i’m talking about ‘Love’ in Online…not just dating!!
Its lot different than dating…

Yes,i knw in your case its alot different..
I know..

But for me i prefer die insted of dating or love some one online..

Yea, Everyone has their own view ……

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ℓινιηg4уσυ offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 831 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (45 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:

ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
[quote Anonymous]*me hugs living4you*

Thanks
HUg to you Anonymous #

thanks
xx

:)
Who are you? Can you add me as a friend ??
Glad to know you :)
nice to meeting you..

Hugs ^_^ to you.

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ℓινιηg4уσυ offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 831 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (48 minutes after post)

❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:

ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
I knw……But, not everytime….

i knw..but i cant trust some one else agian..

i knw…..Being hurt one time, is hard to recover and i agree with you over online dating.
But, i’m talking about ‘Love’ in Online…not just dating!!
Its lot different than dating…

Yes,i knw in your case its alot different..
I know..

But for me i prefer die insted of dating or love some one online..

Yea, Everyone has their own view ……

i know i know..
every one has own view..
not one is the same..

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Jarcey offline Verified User (3 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (49 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
what site r u thinking of joining?

Well, if she knew that she wouldnt be asking, i think its any random site. tbh xx

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Jarcey offline Verified User (3 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (50 minutes after post)

ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:

❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
I knw……But, not everytime….

i knw..but i cant trust some one else agian..

i knw…..Being hurt one time, is hard to recover and i agree with you over online dating.
But, i’m talking about ‘Love’ in Online…not just dating!!
Its lot different than dating…

Yes,i knw in your case its alot different..
I know..

But for me i prefer die insted of dating or love some one online..

Yea, Everyone has their own view ……

i know i know..
every one has own view..
not one is the same..

Everyone has different veiws yes, but some people might have the same veiws as you, but not all the time dear.

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linuxya offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 15 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (51 minutes after post)

I think online dating can really suck if you spend too much time messaging. You really have to meet the person in a public place relatively soon and get to know them. Then you’ll be able to judge if they live up to their profile.

I’d have to say most profiles are really badly written. Girls often write a long list of demands or things they hate. That is a real turn off. I have also found, strangely enough, that I got a lot of hits on my entirely honest profile from girls whose own profiles should have disqualified me… what I mean is they required things I didn’t have and so I didn’t bother with them and yet they were interested in me.

Be brutally honest in a profile. Don’t take yourself seriously. Meet people relatively quickl (a week maybe) in a public place. Make sure other people know where you are going and when and with whom. You can get them to come after you if you don’t do a check-in phone call at a certain time or have them call you at a certain time.

Personally, I far far far prefer meeting girls in social groups where I see them week after week and get to know what they are like. I find the internet stuff and phone calls etc are a waste of time and the coffee date is painful.

Go to meetup.com and find social groups in your area.

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Jarcey offline Verified User (3 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (54 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:

Jarcey wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
what site r u thinking of joining?

Well, if she knew that she wouldnt be asking, i think its any random site. tbh xx

well sorry
i was trying 2 help

LOL… Its fine. LOL
Wasnt mean to cause offence.
xx

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SqueegeeeBeckenheim offline Verified User (3 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (8 hours, 27 minutes after post)

Is it safe to cross the street? Only if you look both ways. Same rules apply to the internet and dating websites. Just be careful and never give out anything too personal. The site itself should be a launching pad for a date, not a means of relationship - so keep that in mind.

Snar offline Verified User (2 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 30 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (9 hours, 2 minutes after post)

why not?

People lie just as much in real life, just take precautions.

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STE3L offline Verified User (9 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (11 hours, 9 minutes after post)

Snar wrote:
why not?

People lie just as much in real life, just take precautions.

yaa, what he said.

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Cell offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 63 #
Winnipeg, MB, CA | 3 months, 1 week ago (11 hours, 33 minutes after post)

friendfinder and all its affiliates r shady sites. Don’t trust them.

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Joy. offline Verified User (3 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (14 hours, 46 minutes after post)

I met my boyfriend of over a year and a half now on myspace but we talked on myspace for months then graduated to talking on the phone for a few months then we met in person(at a location that was not either of out homes…just in case) it was somewhere very public like walmart. Then we dated for 2 months then he moved in and we are still together.

oh and we knew mutual people so I kinda new he was who he said he was.

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ร๏๓ƹฬђƹг offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 125 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (15 hours, 38 minutes after post)

Joy. wrote:
I met my boyfriend of over a year and a half now on myspace but we talked on myspace for months then graduated to talking on the phone for a few months then we met in person(at a location that was not either of out homes…just in case) it was somewhere very public like walmart. Then we dated for 2 months then he moved in and we are still together.

oh and we knew mutual people so I kinda new he was who he said he was.

So, everything went good?

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An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (16 hours, 5 minutes after post)

❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:

Joy. wrote:
I met my boyfriend of over a year and a half now on myspace but we talked on myspace for months then graduated to talking on the phone for a few months then we met in person(at a location that was not either of out homes…just in case) it was somewhere very public like walmart. Then we dated for 2 months then he moved in and we are still together.

oh and we knew mutual people so I kinda new he was who he said he was.

So, everything went good?

Yeah actually come to think of it some of the best relationships I have had I found them over the internet(they lived localy of course, like town over)

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online Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 544 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (22 hours, 11 minutes after post)

If the two of you decide to go deeper then get to see each
other as soon as you are ready. Everything is a risk.

I met my boyfriend online and he is coming next month :)
It’s going to be our first date face to face ever and looking
forward to see how it will be.

Good luck :)

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ℓινιηg4уσυ offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 831 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (1 day, 3 hours after post)

Jarcey wrote:

ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
I knw……But, not everytime….

i knw..but i cant trust some one else agian..

i knw…..Being hurt one time, is hard to recover and i agree with you over online dating.
But, i’m talking about ‘Love’ in Online…not just dating!!
Its lot different than dating…

Yes,i knw in your case its alot different..
I know..

But for me i prefer die insted of dating or love some one online..

Yea, Everyone has their own view ……

i know i know..
every one has own view..
not one is the same..

Everyone has different veiws yes, but some people might have the same veiws as you, but not all the time dear.

Thnkas for understand..

☆miss lilies☆ wrote:
If the two of you decide to go deeper then get to see each
other as soon as you are ready. Everything is a risk.

I met my boyfriend online and he is coming next month :)
It’s going to be our first date face to face ever and looking
forward to see how it will be.

Good luck :)

Wooooooooooooooooooooow
Good LUCK !!

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carpe_noctem offline Verified User (9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 12 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (1 day, 3 hours after post)

over 88% of online daters lie on their profile.

ibrahim20009 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (1 day, 6 hours after post)

hi how are you
fu **** er
.

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coffeefire offline Verified User (3 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (1 day, 6 hours after post)

risky.

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carpe_noctem offline Verified User (9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 12 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (2 days, 1 hour after post)

ibrahim20009 wrote:
hi how are you
fu **** er
.

who was THAT for?

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bonaki offline Verified User (4 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

Why not? You perfectly safe with online dating!

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Jarcey offline Verified User (3 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

ℓινιηg4уσυ wrote:

Jarcey wrote:
ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
ℓινιηg4уσυ� wrote:
❤ℓινιηgJst4u wrote:
I knw……But, not everytime….

i knw..but i cant trust some one else agian..

i knw…..Being hurt one time, is hard to recover and i agree with you over online dating.
But, i’m talking about ‘Love’ in Online…not just dating!!
Its lot different than dating…

Yes,i knw in your case its alot different..
I know..

But for me i prefer die insted of dating or love some one online..

Yea, Everyone has their own view ……

i know i know..
every one has own view..
not one is the same..

Everyone has different veiws yes, but some people might have the same veiws as you, but not all the time dear.

Thnkas for understand..

☆miss lilies☆ wrote:
If the two of you decide to go deeper then get to see each
other as soon as you are ready. Everything is a risk.

I met my boyfriend online and he is coming next month :)
It’s going to be our first date face to face ever and looking
forward to see how it will be.

Good luck :)

Wooooooooooooooooooooow
Good LUCK !!

Maybe soo.. but i do think that everyone is entitled to there opinion weather or not you agree or disagree. thank you very much.

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