I have heard of many people finding their significant other on the internet. In
fact, my sister and her husband met online eight years ago. How come every time I go to a chat room everyone is talking sex? It is super nasty stuff... Even our local city chat lines are full of horny people. I know that there has to be a place where people can think past their crotches. Where are they?
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You need to stay off chat rooms. They are looking for a quick fix! Try Eharmony or yahoo personals.
1www.lavalife.com and www.plentyoffish.com
2i know lots of couples who have met on those sites
yup people are pervs in general and they get to anonymously as gross as they want over the internet! i'd try a casual social networking site. k8's suggestions are good!
3yeah chat rooms are a little sketch. i have tried both eharm and match. they are fine. a lot of couples i know have met on those sites.
4If you really take time to observe things then you'll notice that the net is a place to talk about things that society tells us to keep to ourselves. People let loose if you will. I understand completely how a person would get tired of talking about sex over the net. You also have to consider what rooms you go to. Is it mainly women's chatrooms? What are the topics... How old are you and the rest of the chatters?
Good Luck,
5Chat rooms = sex.
6I agree it's probably the rooms and websites your going to. Why not try a seemingly legit site meant for love if your looking for love. A random chat room means anyone can log on and say crazy things they would maybe never say anywhere else. I don't think you wanna meet someone in a chat room! I think chat rooms are good for people with similar interests like shopping, knitting, gossip...but to find love I don't think so. Try eharmony or an actual dating site!
7There's a huge difference between chat rooms and online dating sites. Stick with something like Yahoo Personals or Match.com for online dating. I don't recommend eHarmony as it takes forever to set up an account and you can't see what the other person looks like until you've exchanged a ton of back and forth information.
8Chat rooms are all about the sex. If you go on a site that has chat rooms for many things, you're going to find people in every room who have a one track mind. On the other hand, if you're on a subject specific site that has a chat room to deal with the content, you'll likely find fans of whatever it is. If you're looking for dating, try personals, although I truly don't believe the internet is the best place to meet people...but yes, it does work out very well for some people.
9Chat rooms let you hide. So people can voice all their dirty little perversions and not care in the morning. People can say anything without being looked at like they are bad people or whatever it is they are afraid of in the real world. They need something to hide behind. I'd stay away from chat rooms, they're pointless anymore. Just take the other suggestions to use those sites I suppose.
10I know exactly what you mean, but if you stay on there, just read and don't comment until you find someone who is there to just make friends and not making those, sick nasty comments you could meet someone who has the same feelings and philosphy as you. Just be who you really are and don't fall prey to those who are ther for that "quick" fix as someone else said. There are those on there who are honest and real. And I think half the time those that are trying to get a "quick' fix, really wouldn't do it if given the opportunity. Good luck!
11I don't do chat rooms and i wont do them in the future.
12And if they're talking about it, it's because they're not doing it.
Duh! Not here and not right now!
13Download mIRC and get into the IRC network. Online chat rooms are too accessible, and as such will end up with accessible topics->Sex.
On something like undernet, you can join a plethora of channels depending on your specific interest. If you like alternative science, animal activism, if you like MAC computers, slam poetry, whatever. There are so many of them usually that if one channel is full of immature kids, another has all of the intelligent adults in it.
If you are a bit more refined and IRC is still too much, you may have better luck with forums, depending on your interest.
14I guess it is all a matter of odds.
15chat rooms = bar
message boards = coffee shop
16okcupid.com is a nice place to meet people. Sometimes the guys are a little pervy, but that's just the nature of the online dating industry. I've had friends meet some cool people there though.
17Exactly what lintacious said!
Exactlyy.
I met my online friends through these gaming forums and from those forums stemmed an IRC channel, so it's great fun as I got to talk to intelligent people posting around the message boards. So basically that = meeting new people on the coffee shop and going on a night out later.
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