Singles dating: online VS real world?

imperfect_cupcake · 12-22-2014, 05:42 AM

*Do you (or would you) go out with someone you met online, such as from a dating site, chat room, BFP, etc.? (this can be local or long distance or both)

I have. Quite a few times. I've met people from three different forums, dating sites and chat rooms. I've had long term relationships with people I've met that way.

*Do you go out on blind dates? (set up by friends, co-workers)

Well not blind dates, per say. But I have had friends organise a social eve and invite me and someone they think I would get on with. Or they've invited me and their single friend they'd like me to hook up with to the same event. It's pretty normal in my expereince for people to do this. I think it's rather generous and kind. I met one partner this way.

*Would you go out with someone who has dated someone you know?

Considering the small size of the entire community, this would be impossible if I didn't. One of my exes in San Fran wound up being a very close friend of someone I was dating in London. There are seven dykes on the planet and the rest is done with mirrors.

I've dated many people that are known to others, and my friends have set me up on dates with their exes if they think we'd get on. I personally have no issue with someone I know or a friend dating one of my exes - as long as there has been enough time for me to get over it.

It's not *really* my biz if someone dates one of my exes. As the saying goes "not my monkeys, not my circus" and if I am truly over my ex, I can leave them to their privacy about it.

*Which do you think is better: meeting and dating people from an online source, or meeting and dating people you meet in real life?

I could say "it doesn't really matter" but to be totally honest, the relationships I've had with meeting people for romance the meat world has turned out better in that the relationships lasted much longer, they were local to where I was, we had friends in common and it was easy to upkeep the relationship.

From the net, it has usually been with some kind of distance which made easy physical contact difficult, no shared social spaces, and usually those things tended to give rise to dishonesty and more work to upkeep anything long term.

Other users milage may vary. My expereince is certainly not par for the course.

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12-22-2014, 05:42 AM	#35
imperfect_cupcake Senior Member How Do You Identify?: feminine dolly dyke Preferred Pronoun?: Your Grace Relationship Status: I put my own care first Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In a gauze of mystery Posts: 1,776 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,426 Thanked 9,711 Times in 1,611 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Do you (or would you) go out with someone you met online, such as from a dating site, chat room, BFP, etc.? (this can be local or long distance or both) I have. Quite a few times. I've met people from three different forums, dating sites and chat rooms. I've had long term relationships with people I've met that way. Do you go out on blind dates? (set up by friends, co-workers) Well not blind dates, per say. But I have had friends organise a social eve and invite me and someone they think I would get on with. Or they've invited me and their single friend they'd like me to hook up with to the same event. It's pretty normal in my expereince for people to do this. I think it's rather generous and kind. I met one partner this way. Would you go out with someone who has dated someone you know? Considering the small size of the entire community, this would be impossible if I didn't. One of my exes in San Fran wound up being a very close friend of someone I was dating in London. There are seven dykes on the planet and the rest is done with mirrors. I've dated many people that are known to others, and my friends have set me up on dates with their exes if they think we'd get on. I personally have no issue with someone I know or a friend dating one of my exes - as long as there has been enough time for me to get over it. It's not really* my biz if someone dates one of my exes. As the saying goes "not my monkeys, not my circus" and if I am truly over my ex, I can leave them to their privacy about it. *Which do you think is better: meeting and dating people from an online source, or meeting and dating people you meet in real life? I could say "it doesn't really matter" but to be totally honest, the relationships I've had with meeting people for romance the meat world has turned out better in that the relationships lasted much longer, they were local to where I was, we had friends in common and it was easy to upkeep the relationship. From the net, it has usually been with some kind of distance which made easy physical contact difficult, no shared social spaces, and usually those things tended to give rise to dishonesty and more work to upkeep anything long term. Other users milage may vary. My expereince is certainly not par for the course.