Internet Dating

? I met my OH on an internet dating site - is that positive enough?!

Words of advice - you have to kiss a few frogs before you find a prince.

Its so common now, me and husband met on the net, it wasnt a dating site but a chat site, my best friend who is getting married in June next year met her partner through a dating site, it is the most popluar choice for meeting someone now I hear, ok so you get your od bods but you do down the pub, so I dont see the problem, I would tell her to go for it, keep an open mind and dont be put off if if the first few weeks or months she gets some tinternet weirdo's its all part of the process. Fingers crossed!

I met my OH on a dating site too, almost 2 years ago.

With a house, 3 month old baby and a wedding in 1 month, ours is a positive story.

WSS. You can't go into thinking the first man you meet will be "the one". Obviously, it might well be for some, but i'd say that is rare, so try not to be disappointed if you don't find true love straight away.

I met my husband on a student forum. I think we're the 3rd couple from there to get married, and we're going to the wedding of another couple next month!

We didn't actually used to get on that well online, but we really hit it off once we met at a big get-together. Most of my friends still don't actually know how we really met though.

I met my OH on facebook...we were playing a game together and started chatting....I was married at the time and so was he but things happened and we both decided to try to make a go of it....he flew to england 4 months later and we spent 6 wonderful months together....he proposed and we plan to get married next june....now everyone thought i was totally mad to go to heathrow to meet a total stranger....but we had spent so much time talking on line and skyping that we felt we knew each other well enough....just have to be careful as there are some weirdo's out there!

Me & My Husband met on a chat site 7 years ago :-D

I think the best bit of advice it'd give is don't judge a book by its cover, when i first starting talkin to H i didnt really think he was my type so i stopped speaking to him, then maybe 6 months down the line we started talking again & the rest is history!

This is kind of a backward story, as I didn't meet my OH online, but bear with me.

Soon after I started going out with H2B I found out he was a lapsed member of a well known dating site as they kept emailing him asking for more money! I asked if he'd ever found anyone he liked on there, and said he'd never found anyone which was why he gave it up. He then showed me his online dating profile. I did a bit of ? and said well I wouldn't have dated you. Oooooooh dear. The profile he had written was mainly factual, it tried to be a bit amusing in the middle but just sounded kinky, it did say some positive stuff, but it actually ended up making him sound like a complete freaky stalker bloke. When I explained what I was reading into it he looked genuinely bemused, as most men just do not read between the lines like women do. He doesn't do chat rooms or forums, so he was not used to interpreting informal emails or messages, he was only used to work emails and still to this day his emails read like an office appointment booking!

My point is, he is the most kind, generous, loyal, happy, funny, loving, wonderful man I could have ever hoped to marry. He was on a dating site for a year, looking for a serious relationship - just think of all the girls who missed out on having him as their husband as they were too scared to give him the benefit of the doubt when his profile could have been better worded.

So I would say to your friend, don't look for the perfect profile, take a few risks (not risks with your safety, risks with a not perfectly written profile), expect to go on a few less than perfect dates, but somewhere out there is the perfect bloke, who just doesn't quite have the best way with words!

We didn't meet online but we did meet speed dating so I'd fully recommend that as a way to meet people! Was a brilliant night, really funny. There were a few odd ones there ("this is my third time and I've not met my wife yet" - there was no hint of irony and "let me tell you about me" - cue him talking constantly for three minutes without stopping to find out anything about me) but in general people were normal and everyone had a good night - a bunch of us went out to a bar after the main event and we all continued to get to know each other there.

Hello, my friend me her husband through the Times online dating site - a bit traditional maybe but it worked for her...

Aww! How lovely!

Hi I'd say I have a positive story to add to the others......I met my now Husband on a dating site (not one of big ones like Match.Com or POF) and we have been together 3 years and got married this August ?

I would agree that you have to have an open mind and kiss a few frogs along the way but there are some lovely men out there. I met a few online who continue to be my friends to this day they just weren't 'boyfriend material' for me. I had all but given up on the dating lark when I met OH he was going to be the last date I went on. And it was but for all the right reasons! ?

One of my friends met her other half on a dating site called fish, they are still happy together and have just had their first baby x

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Me and OH met through a dating site, although i agree with some of the others on here, you do have to kiss a few frogs - or rather toads before you find the one! and i changed the internet website, as one was just full of toads! he he

Somany positive stories ? i also know someone who met her 2nd husband on a dating site

I met my OH on facebook of all places! Dated for a bit using uniformdating and a couple of other sites.....best way to meet busy people to be honest! Good luck to her!

We mailed each other on match.com Jan 2009, Met feb 9th 2009, and moved in together Oct 2009. Wedding in two weeks!

I'd tell your friend to go with subscription sites. I met a fair few toads using Dating direct who were only after one thing, if you know what I mean.

I met my OH on a dating site i actualy went on to close my account as i had had bad experiences on there but he messaged me just before i closed it and i thought i would have a look to see what he said and now look we are planning a bright future ? my word of advice dont give up you can meet the one online

I meet my OH on a dating website in 2007, and we get married next year.

For me it was a great way to meet someone as i had two young daughters, which made it difficult to get out, I went into it with no real hope, but thought at the most it might mean a few nights out. After a few dates i meet my OH.

There are a lot of odd balls out there, however a lot of really nice people, you just need to spend some time sorting through them, and you can come up gold!!

That's where I met my OH, and my ex too.

I also used plenty of fish, where i met some people who are now really good friends.

WSS EXACTLY!!!

Crikey, there's loads of us!

I met my OH on Plenty of Fish - in fact we were just organising our meal out last night to celebrate 2 years since he first contacted me and then when we first met (I keep both dates in my diary - sad or romantic!?)

And I absolutely agree with the others, there's a lot of odd bods out there, but just take a chance and see who you connect with while chatting, and then who makes the effort beyond that.

I met one man a couple of weeks before my OH from the same area as him, and said the only place equidistant was the motorway services! We met there but not only was the venue disappointing but he'd arrived early, got himself a coffee and started it wihtout me and didn't even walk over to the services on my side of the road!!

So when my OH discovered a wonderful country pub for a gorgeous meal, and arrived in time to wait for me in the car park, he'd scored a few brownie points before we'd even hugged or kissed. It all adds up to the person they are - look for the clues, that'd be my advice.

Tell her to go for it, but with the usual safety advice of someone always knowing where she is and her checking in with them.

Caroline

I met my H on a chat site called ICQ I don't know if its still going, it was 11 years ago so a bit odd at the time,neither of us told many people at first how we met, I was quite a novelty among my friends at the time!

We chatted for about 3 months then graduated to phone calls before we met, but it was definitely the best thing i ever did, hes the love of my life, and we are celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary tomorrow

me and my hubby to be met on Zoosk nearly 4 years ago, we have just bought a house and getting married next year................

I met OH on a dating/chat site over 3 years ago. I wasn't really looking for a date, I'd just moved to a new town and wanted to meet a new circle of friends and people who I could do pub quiz with. I saw his profile and thought he was cute but discounted it as he was separated with children - definitely not what I was looking for - and lived in the place I'd just moved from. But he messaged me and we got chatting and found out we had loads of random things in common and the rest is history. There are definitely some oddballs out there and you have to be careful, anyone whose first question is do you have a webcam is probably to be avoided!

Yup another one here, met OH online but had already seen him IRL before I saw him on match. OH was the only 'normal' guy who I met online though, I had some pretty odd messages before him. A friend of a friend just married a guy she met on one of those 'wink' or 'flirt' type games that used to be on fb!

I met my H2B on a dating website 3 and a half years ago, from the first date I knew I'd found my future husband (mega cheesy I know!) We bought a house together after a year and got engaged after 3 years, best thing I ever did!

I met my OH on My Single Friend, it's great your friend writes your main profile for you so you don't feel silly writing about yourself. I had lots of fun going on dates with guys I'd never meet IRL, most of them were frogs but my OH was a keeper! Just remind your friend not to take any silly risks when meeting guys