Ever Do Online Dating

[Jeff H]

Anybody ever meet your match through online dating services? Just wondering if its worth it?

 

[illflem]

Click my www below for the only one worth using.

 

[Bigsaint]

I know of a few, lets say, weight challenged, women that use that type of service in my town. Let's just say that the ugly stick is no stranger to them. Not from my own personal experience, mind you, but from experience while at work, which doesn't say alot as we don't always encounter the best and the brightest .



We had to respond to a residence of a FF ( Frequent Flyer in regards to past domestic disputes). Seems that our resident would be on-line dater managed to coax a unknowning and desperate sap to her lair. When he arrived and observed that the pic. that she sent him was, uh, not quite what he saw in person, he attempted to leave, at which point she tackled him in the driveway and threw his keys in the woods. Neighbors called 911 due to the disurbance, we arrived and somehow located his keys, telling him to run fast, real fast and never look back .



Not that all on-line dates will end up this way, but I'd be real careful.



Scott W.

 

[Briar Hopper]

Other than the dangers of heffalumps as mentioned by BigSaint above, it seems to be time-intensive. Probably takes a lot of typing just to shag some.

I go through the ads sometimes. The reasonably good-looking ones (with less facial hair than your dog's butt) all seem to have a long list of requirements, like: income not under $100,000/ yr. , must have all his teeth, be capable of intelligent conversation (does a discussion of turbo map efficiency count?) and "must be able to keep up with me" (while she plays tennis, talks to her accountant on the cell phone, plays 18 rounds of golf, jogs 6 miles, then showers & has two lettuce leafs for lunch) and not only that, half seem to be flaming liberals. The politically conservative ones all seem to be heavy smokers, which I ain't.

Some years ago, my total haul (the ones that wrote back, not the ones I followed up on !!!)after one year added up something like this: five heffalumps( skinny online picture taken during their teenage years) one manic-depressive , one obsessive-compulsive, four nymphomaniacs(Yup, I confess, I met two of THOSE ) one flight attendant(I think she had one guy in every major city) and three seemingly normal types.

It seems safer and less time-consuming to shag the factory or office skank. Not that I do. I'm just trying to be funny, here.

 

[DarrellB]

A new forurm

TDR Dating Service



Young buff male seeks young slim female with large headlights. Must love to wear thong underware and work on diesel truck. Perferable rich with large heated airconditioned garage. Having large toolbox a plus but can be over looked. Must love the smell of diesel fuel and watching truck pulls and drag raaces. Having own camper a must.



Call "Young and Desperate" at (812)-555-2681



:-laf :-laf :-laf :-laf



Boy that's sad isn't it. :{



Darrell

 

[Shovelhead]

DarrellB,

Last line should be:

"Please enclose picture of garage, and maintanence records on Heating-A/C system".

 

[illflem]

If it's a wife you're looking for try this http://www.blossoms.com/ . I've known two guys who came away with Filipino wives from here. One guy was 56 years old, fat, bald, broke and toothless. Had several hundred replies, narrowed it down to ten then flew to the Philippines to check them out. These women got into an actual fist fight over him at the airport. He never even had to leave the airport before he picked out a beautiful, intelligent 24 year old. He now has three kids with her. She works two jobs while he watches the kids and fishes. The other guy wasn't as lucky but was married for seven years before his young wife ran off with a Mexican. True storys.

 

[The patriot]

ROFLMAO.

I knew this would be a good thread...

Eric

 

[KatDiesel]

Yes I have dated some people from online. Luckily none of the experiences were pyscho or anything, 60% of them were positive and the other 40% usually weren't what they said they were



Some are not what they say they are, however some are what they say they are and more. Its a gamble, sometimes ya win, sometimes ya lose, and sometimes your lucky to break even.



"SheKat" and I actually "met" online one day, and a few days later went out... ..... and we're still together and will be for a long time. Granted this isn't your everyday "scenario" of online dating because I have known her dad for 4 years before I met her. He works the same place I do, as does my dad..... gotta love the railroad

 

[Morphious]

I tried the online dating scene a while back after my divorce..... it was just plain scary... . for some reason these women don't think that you will figure out that they don't look anything like the pics they send... .





My record is pretty bad with the online dating... Quite a few mental cases out there as well as alot of hippos... .



I have made a few friends, have never met them, and don't plan too.



Now I just chat with the Freaks on the TDR chatroom.....



Morph.

 

[TxDieselKid]

Originally posted by Morphious



Now I just chat with the Freaks on the TDR chatroom.....



Morph.

There is always ONE gal in there. Sometimes 2 when . nNiki comes around.



TDK

 

[kiwi bird]

I had pretty good luck with match.com, dated for about a year with a few different girls until I met the present one by chance in a sushi bar.



I find talking to them on the phone first will weed out a lot of trouble, then a lunch meeting gives you a timely "out" in case they are undesirable.



Never had a problem with heffalumps - big girls need loving too.

 

[Fireman Dave]

I met Morph on line. :-laf

 

[TomGolden]

I also tried various online services for about 2 years after my divorce. I have 2 major strikes against me: I'm an engineer and live in a fairly rural area. Which basically means, the only women I ever see are on TV giving me the morning weather forecast while I eat breakfast. Actually met one that I dated for like 3 months. In my experience, and opinion, the ones that I found at least mostly good looking and sounded like they had something going for them would never respond to me. Oh well... .



My personal favorite site is www.matchmaker.com They offer 3 week free trial memberships, then paid if you want to stay longer. I liked them best because they let you filter your searches with a lot more options than other sites, and they ask a lot more questions of each person for your profile, which helps you get a better feel for the person. My next favorite site is webcenter.match.love.aol.com as it is a free site, but in the Sacramento area, they had far, far more listings than any other site I ever found. I just checked it to make sure I had the URL right, and now it looks like they use Match.com, which is also a decent site.



Tom

 

[nickleinonen]

there is a chat thing on this site? where is it?? i have heard of it, but i must be completely blind [slowly on my way there ] to not find it...

 

[TPCDrafting]

www.turbodieselregister.com/chat

you need your passwoid

 

[nickleinonen]

thanks

 

[Wayne M.]

Although I have never used such services (I met my Wife on a blind date) I do have a happy story. A friend of mine who was a late vow taker like myself did find a swell Bride on the internet. Here's the kicker, She is from the neighborhood and went to High School with my wife and a bunch of other friends. My friend and I didn't remember Her because we went to a Vocational school in a different area. The Internet can be spooky!

 

[Deezul1]

I always have to laugh when I see "Buff" when its supposed to mean in good shape. In the Air Force thats what we called B52 Bombers and it stood for " Big Ugly Fat F-------r

 

[WadePatton]

Yeah, I'm single too

Don't think I ever met an onliner, but know that I did some "singles line" dates.



Never went on a second one.



Thinking about doing the "Shipmates" show. Anybody look into that?