Met my bf on plentyoffish.com...LOTS of losers and aholes...but with enough patience and wedding..there are gems

weeding! weeding not wedding...ooops..freudian slip?!

its just another means to the end! i am all for it, just remember to exercise common sense to protect yourself~

Been there, done that! I think online dating is a great alternative. You can pick and choose who you want to strike up a chat with, and who you want to ignore.
That's how I met my boyfriend, and we've been dating almost 3 years!

I think it really depends on what site you're on--there are so many. I met my boyfriend on match.com and yeah, we're both ready to "settle down". But you can say in your profile whether you want a committed relationship or just casual dating, so it can definitely be used for any type of relationship. In my experience it is very hit or miss. My boyfriend is great--successful, cute, fun to be around, not socially awkward (except when he drinks, hey, no one is perfect), but I went out on a lot of awkward/annoying/boring dates before meeting him. I always encourage my friends to try it, just be very patient.

me and my fiance met online, right after I moved to the bay area. If it wasn't for online we probably wouldn't have met since we both are not into the bar scene at all.

Like said above you will meet losers and weirdos but with enough patience you'll find someone you'll love.

After a bad breakup I tried match.com in hopes of going on some fun dates - good and bad. I just wanted a distraction.

I only went on one date. And it's been 3.5 years! First person I contacted, too. I don't think that most people have that kind of luck.

For some reason, my aversion to online dating is extremely high. I just can't see ever resorting to it. I'd rather use my in-person social skills and charm to find a man.

I see nothing wrong with it from all these success stories

Not for me. My sister, who is very Christian and moral, met her equally Christian and moral husband on EHarmony, but that site has not worked for anybody else I know! Personally, I had several shudder-worthy experiences with Match.com and Yahoo! dating, and I swore it off forever. My experiences ranged from the creepy alcoholic to a guy who was definitely dating outside of his relationship.

I met my husband on Yahoo! personals. He searched for women without photos for the first time and I was his number one match. We talked for 8 hours on the phone that night and everyday afterward. We met and fell in love. So yes, do it but be careful!

I've met (and dated) some really awesome guys online! I even met my best friend online (not a dating site of course). Since I'm not into the bar/club scene and prefer a nice quiet evening at home, it'd be hard to meet people otherwise! I know some people have bad experiences, but overall, the internet has brought many couples together (including me!), so I'm all for it!

I met my husband on match.com. I also tried eHarmony once, but I think its a terrible site. We were both in the "settle down" phase of our lives, but I casually dated a lot of guys from match before I found him and it was a lot of fun. I'd recommend it for whatever you're looking for.

If it works then go for it, but i'm not so much into the idea. i have nothing against it though.

Personally I think that when you meet the right person you will be willing to settle down with them. Online dating can be for anyone. I met my husband online when we were teens and IMing was ALL we ever did.

I see nothing wrong with it. I met my dbf on Match. Sure, I dated a couple guys that turned out to be losers, but it was worth it to have met him. We are both in the settle down stages of life, both have kids, so it worked for us and even though we live close to each other, we would never have met through simple chance.

There is nothing wrong with online dating. I've done a lot of dating that way. I'm a poor grad student, so I don't like to may for something like match.com. I use okcupid, which is free, but I am tiring of it. I want to meet more people in person, but I don't. I live in the Bronx, near the school I attend and teach at. Most of the bars in the area consist of people I already know and undergrads (and jobless drunk locals). Going down to Manhattan is time-consuming and costly. Unless this year's new crop of grad students yields someone eligible (which is becoming less and less the case), I need to stick with the online dating. Meh. Still, it's better than nothing, though I'd prefer it if my life were set up in such a way that I'd meet more people in person.

I think online dating works - well, meeting someone online that is. I met my bf online - 8 years ago! Back then, we couldn't really tell people we met online because it just wasn't heard of! Nowadays, you can tell people you met online and no one will think twice of it! You've really got to be careful though - I sure did meet a bunch of scary men online [who I never met in person].

I met the man who is now my husband online. He didn't even live in the same state at the time, but would be driving through my city on his way to somewhere else. He stopped by for an hour (after we'd talked online a month) and we hit it off. I drove out to see him (650 miles away!!) yet another month later. We were long distance the next two years until I moved out to be near him for a semester. Later we got engaged, moved in together, then half a year later we got married. And my best friend met the most awesome guy she's ever dated online, they're very serious now.

i'm all for online dating. hell, i met my fiancee online. i told a friend of mine that i wanted to meet new people and he suggested a site. i made an account that night and met my now fiancee about a week later. we talked on the phone for a few days, met face-to-face, and the rest is history!

I think it's a great way to meet new people, whether it's friends or more than that. Yes, be careful and get to know the person for quite a while before you decide to meet in real life. Try and make sure you know who the person is, by perhaps viewing his/her web cam to make sure their not a 'fake' and of course they deserve the right to see you as well. This also helps them to get a better idea of what you look like to make sure there is some physical attraction there. It's a lot easier to talk to someone on the net and you tend to be honest a lot more than what you would face to face. You don't tend to get embarrassed or miss out certain details you wouldn't feel comfortable saying to someones face. Because of that, you can become very close to someone over the internet quite quickly. I waited 6 months before I met my 'online boyfriend' in real life. We've been together for a year and 9 months. Although lately, things haven't been so good. But that's because we're also a long distance relationship and I don't want to go any further into that subject!

Just make sure, when your searching through all your bachelors online that you select where they live - to make sure they're close to you. Otherwise your in for one long hard ride.

I'm for it as long as you're careful (as everyone else has said)

My BF and I met online through a car interest forum (we both have a rare japanese car), talked for four years constantly as friends, and then his dad bought his plane tickets to see me in AU. A week after he left I packed my things and moved to the UK for him! We have been inseperable ever since! It CAN work but its harder if thats what your looking for.

My ex and I met on myspace. We talked on the phone beforehand, and made sure everything was perfectly arranged. I brought my then best gay with me, because if the dude turned out to be a dud, my gay would scare him off

We were together for only five months, but we ended up being best friends, and I wouldn't change a thing. !

I met my ex boyfriend on okcupid but thanks to him I met my current boyfriend! So non traditional methods led to traditional methods. ;p

I'm a big fan of okcupid.com. I've met some really nice people through it.

Whatever works for you.

I met my hubby online over 7 years ago. And two longterm boyfriends before that.

I'm another user of OKCupid. I'd been a member for about 4 years, it all started with this personality test I wanted to take (eerily accurate, btw) and they made you sign up with the site to get the results (it's not the case anymore, I believe). I wasn't interested in online dating but I quickly got sucked into it once I started filling out my profile and putting up pictures. I'd log in to read messages, and if any struck me, I would write back. I met 3 of my bfs (inc. the current one) and a few guys who turned out to be good friends on there. So I think it's great.

I meet a guy online...we spent a lil over a year on and off with each other. There were great times....so I have no problem with online dating.. I met a good guy on there, so I'm def gona try it again if the real world won't throw a man at me haha

I met my current beau on Plentyoffish.com as well...and like CYL said, you have to do a bit of weeding through the "losers", but you could end up lucky like the two of us did
My first (and hopefully my last) online dating experience and it was a success...can't complain!

This is a new era. My problem is I think people can be different in how they express themselves in writing than in real life situations. Sometimes a man or woman can not be found in cyberspace. You're not going to meet a CEO or a doctor or a pilot fighter through love.com. That person is offline. Hopefully the online stuff is just to get a foot in the door. The rest happens after that. I never met anyone online but in this country I see it happening a lot.
People are isolated here, trapped in their houses, then cars then all over again the next day. I met my current husband on vacation. Maybe that's because I was in a different location and circumstance that I was not normally in. My suggestion would be online is OK. But get yourselves out there in new places and different circles somehow.