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Online Dating
DrSammyD
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Hey has anyone ever dated someone online. How far did it get. What happened, and if it ended, why? Not to be nosy I just need some sort of personal interview on online dating for a paper.
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Are you looking for people who have used sites specifically intended for date-finding (like OKCupid, lavalife, etc), or are you talking more about people who have been in online relationships in general? If it's the latter, I'd be happy to contribute my input.
It sucks.
I met my current girlfriend through an book discussion email list. I'm from Ohio, she's from South Africa. After many years of just being friends we took the plunge, but for over a year we were boyfriend/girlfriend online, without ever having met in real life. It sucks not being able to be with someone you care alot about.
Now she's moved to the US for school and we have an apartment together so it's all good. But that first part sucks. ALOT.
how did you get from each stage, and how long did it take sort of thing.
Could you explain a little more what that chart is supposed to mean?
actually, just screw the model could you just say how you got together, and a few of the key decisions that made you come closer together?
you already did that shorn, and I've already used you in my paper.
Of course, you'll probably describe this as "personal communication," even though it was nothing of the sort, and your prof will be none the wiser.
Other than that match.com is awesome, that's where I met my ladyfriend.
Let's see....
Dated 5 girls.
3 of them were great.
2 sucked.
I almost dated one more, and I think she would have been great too, but I met my wife on the same site a couple days before we went out.
So match.com=5 dates, 1 wife and now 1 kid. Good luck
Wouldn't that also make them great?
See what I did there?
So we met and chatted online, sent emails and stuff for a couple days, then talked on the phone. Lots of question and answer stuff, finding out our personalities, likes, dislikes, stuff like that. It was like we did dates 1-3 online I would say. After about a week and a half I drove to her town (just an hour away) and we did dinner and a movie. By that time we actually had a good idea of who the other person was, so it was a lot more natural than a blind date....we already knew we had a lot in common, and it was very relaxed.
After that I drove up at least 2-3 times a week and did all the usual date stuff. Rather quickly (I won't say how quickly, she might be embarrassed) she succumbed to my animal sexuality :winky: and I started staying at her place on weekends, plus a couple nights a week (geeze, I was always so tired!).
A few months after that, she moved from her town to my town, we lived together for a few months then I proposed. Got married in another few months, had a kid about a year later.
Your diagram confuses and frightens me, so I don't have much to say about it. If you have specific questions, please ask.
Then, of course, Quid. I found him on OKC and started talking to him about a band; he came to visit a few months later (he lived two hours way) and we dated for a while; we broke up. We got in contact again almost a year later and talked when he was in Iraq; we then dated and saw each other every weekend when he got back and now we're married.
So... uh... yeah. There's a lot to get into. If you want to PM questions or something I'm more than willing to answer in greater detail.