Cheap date

[JDgreen227]

Man....I wish I had not been away from TBN at the time this thread was started, I could have told you guys PLENTY of things that would keep you all laughing and laughing. An example:

After my divorce, I waited for a while to begin dating again, and for my first attempt at Internet dating, the woman and I agreed to meet at a well known local Chinese restaurant. And when we finally did meet, she admitted right out that she didn't like Chinese food, but she was so nervous about dating (as I myself was) she didn't really want to discourage me when I suggested that restaurant as a meeting place...:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Well as it turned out, we had dinner (hers wasn't Chinese) and the situation was awkward enough that we didn't really have much interest in each other for a second meeting. I drove home and went over to my neighbors backyard bonfire, where I was asked in front of a dozen people "hey I thought you had a date tonight, where is she?" and when I admitted what happened, everybody howled with laughter. It's still funny all this time later!! :laughing:

 

[Oaktree]

I tried eHarmony for three months... waste of money for me. I ended up with only a couple contacts that went all the way through open communication or whatever it was called. I'm a FB friend with one and she lives too far away so we never went out on a date. The other one was boring to me and not attractive. If you are around women in your daily travels I think meatspace is a better way to meet women.
My last three online dates had me wanting to just leave after 5 minutes. One of them I had conversed with for over a month before we could arrange a date. We got along well on the phone. Nice women but they looked different in person or as I say NO CHEMISTRY. You can't deny that in your face chemistry that happens when first meeting someone. The dating sites can also be a regional thing. My buddy lives about 20 miles from a large city and had lots of dates with eharmony where he met his wife.

I tried Eharmony too. Went on a lot of one-or-two dates with women who were nice enough, but no chemistry. A couple of real duds, but no one scary or anything. As you noted, there were several where we got along fabulously on the phone, but couldn't think of anything to say to one another in person. Had only a couple weeks left on my membership, and was starting to get burnt out with it. Got one match with a woman who didn't seem very interesting from her profile, but she contacted me first so I went thru the open communication routine. Was becoming a bit intrigued by her...very different from anyone I'd ever dated before. The intrigue deepened after our first date, and something told me I'd be a fool if I let this one get away, so I didn't. We've been married 8½ years now.

 

[EddieWalker]

I think that's the secret. You have to know when there is that something extra, and the only way to find it is to keep looking. Online dating gives you such a huge opportunity to meet a lot of people that you would never ever come across any other way. I can't imagine or think of a better way to find the person you are going to spend the rest of your life with.

Eddie