It seems like a good amount of people think its sad and pathetic. I really don't think there's anything wrong with thinking that but I also don't think there's anything wrong with online dating.

Any crazy drunk hoe i've met at a bar was never someone i wanted to take home to meet the folks. met my lady online. best relationship i've had so far.

Hm. I met my husband online, too. Honestly, it's a better way... I have a pretty good BS meter and catch inconsistencies pretty well. I've met people from online (for dates and not) for over 15 years, and I've never met anyone truly creepy. It's so much more common now, it's attitudes like this that make people hesitate to tell others. But when my husband and I tell people that we met online invariably we hear a story about somebody else who met their spouse/etc online.

I recently started speaking with a guy i met online. We speak everyday but have not met yet. We seem to have a lot in common, and i hope when we do meet, things will work out. any advice?

I think it's sad that society has become so dependent on technology. Where's the romance in entering all your personal information on a website and having it calculate who your best match is? What the hell do you talk about on a first date when you already know all the basic get-to-know-you stuff from reading a person's profile? I just don't understand how internet dating can be exciting at all.

And as for the whole people can lie to you in real life thing, it's a lot easier for people to lie online before you meet them. Until you see the person face to face for the first time, you can't even be sure they're really the same sex they say they are, or if it's even someone just playing a prank. I'm probably prejudiced against dating sites as a good friend of mine met a guy on there and fell hard only to find out four months later it was just some teenagers being assholes. You also have dating sites popping up that cater specifically to spouses looking to cheat. Online dating makes it a lot easier to sneak around.

I ended up dating a girl I met on myspace for a while. Granted, I had seen her before we started hanging out. And we knew some mutual people. As far as where it's better to meet someone, bar or internet? I'd probably go with the bar. True, some girls act a fool at bars. But when you find a girl that's not acting a fool, you know she's not an idiot when she gets drunk which is a huge plus for a young adult. Also, myspace doesn't always provide pictures depicting how a person looks in reality. If you know photoshop and camera angles, you can take some pretty misleading photos. If you meet someone in reality -drunk or not- you pick up on mannerisms and quirks much faster than online. Mannerisms and quirks are the biggest turn ons and turn offs for people with me. And finally, the deal breaker, being able to have fun is a must. Young people at bars generally have a great time in a social atmosphere (you know the one where you can seem them react around others versus just talking to them online), you can never tell if a person is fun on the internet. Unless you're way into something like second life or the sims... That's all.

LydiaMarie, just becasue you dont like Internet dating doesnt mean its bad. I met my GF on Myspace. We sent tons of messages and emails and IMs and talked on the phone before we made it official. Dont knock something or diss others because you dont like it.

I met my fiancee on LiveJournal community dedicated to Harry Potter.

Hey, meeting people on the internet isn't for everyone, but as you can see many people have found partners that way and seem really happy. So don't be too quick to judge. ;) I met my boyfriend through my best friend via MSN. We've been together for eight months and we live a four-hour plane ride away from each other. It's long distance, but we've visited each other a few times. So far it seems to be working out well, he isn't some creepy stalker like most people thought when I first told them about him! Haha.