I have gone on one date with a girl I met on line. Correction: I went on more than one date with that girl but she's the only girl I've dated who I met on line.
So there is something I can do, besides scream like a woman?
Wesley ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laga - May 26, 2009 10:16:45 pm PDT #11060 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 26, 2009 10:23:07 pm PDT #11061 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Heh. And in 'linking the discussions' stuff - I'm marrying a Girl I met online. :)
erin_obscure - May 27, 2009 12:14:21 am PDT #11062 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
had a lot of paper success with online dating. Met up with multiple real ppl through both onion.com and eharmony.com. Match.com scared me. I'd say there are plenty of actual women online, but i would be suspect of the ones with supermodel-looking photos ;P
erin_obscure - May 27, 2009 12:33:51 am PDT #11063 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
And totally with ND on the legal vs spiritual aspect of "marriage". I really believe that any consenting adults should be able to enter into a legal union (i'm fine with multiple participants, inter-species, whatever, as long as every party is fully consenting). The legal document/certificate and all legal rights should be the same for all people entering into this union regardless of civil circumstances.
If people also want to be spiritually married before god(s) through some church or other, fine, but i don't think the state should be involved in those ceremonies at ALL, nor should they provide any legal rights.
I doubt that my belief will ever be put into practice, as it would essentially overturn centuries of precedent, but i really think it *should* be the case in a nation which espouses separation of church and state. This whole government stepping into marriage has created some nasty situations.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 27, 2009 1:09:24 am PDT #11064 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
i would be suspect of the ones with supermodel-looking photos ;P
Four years on, The Girl is still grumpy about my online picture apparently not looking anything like me. It was just a good picture. I'm clearly more homely in the flesh.
Barb - May 27, 2009 2:35:28 am PDT #11065 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Heh. And in 'linking the discussions' stuff - I'm marrying a Girl I met online.
Heh. Clearly, I'm a Luddite. Lewis and I were introduced on a blind date that was so blind even we didn't know we were on it. (I went for the wings. Seriously.)
Going to be twenty years next Tuesday.
Calli - May 27, 2009 2:43:16 am PDT #11066 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'd love to think the lack of response to my online dating profiles was that I seemed so hot and perfect that the men all assumed I was a spambot. Not sure how to port that theory over to the lack of response to my in-person availability, but I have a long day at a conference booth to think about it.
sj - May 27, 2009 2:59:25 am PDT #11067 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
My cousin is in labor! I am hoping to hear word of a new ''nephew'' soon!
As far as Jon & Kate are concerned, I watch every once in a while. Kate can be a bit of a shrew sometimes, but Jon really gets on my nerves. He just wants to play all the time and doesn't want to do any of the work involved in having 8 kids.
Gris - May 27, 2009 3:35:06 am PDT #11068 of 30000
Hey. New board.
My response rate was much like billytea's. I found OKCupid to be by far the best in terms of cost/benefit ratio (I went on 2 eHarmony dates in a year, neither bad but not worth $150/date either. OKCupid, on the other hand, was $0/date for about 4 good dates in a year. And the time spent surfing OKCupid was generally more fun, too.)
Shir - May 27, 2009 4:09:08 am PDT #11069 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
The Girl is still grumpy about my online picture apparently not looking anything like me.
I'll be writing a paper on photography, and attachment of value/truth to the final product. All this to say: pictures are really, really tricky, and there's a good reason why we "don't look like ourselves".
Congrats on soon-to-be new nephew, sj!
In the meanwhile, I talked with some good, funny, intelligent people. I feel like wanting to be alive, again.
And some empathy to Sean. Not that I can relate, but still, it's some sort of empathy, or something I can't really put to words now.