Online Dating???

Lately I have been thinking about setting up an online dating profile...but I feel like that might make me seem desperate. I know that it is more acceptable now than it was in the past but I am still not sure.





I am 23, attractive, educated, fun, ect...I am just running out of ways to meet new people. Most of my friends are married or in relationships and I just got out of a relationship with the person I was going to spend the rest of my life with.





Any advise...good/bad experiences???

Online Dating???
I met my b/f of 5 months on yahoo personals, I was a sceptic at first, so was he. I'm happier then I ever have been, and it was so much more convienent, and easy then going to those loud bars. I could sit in my PJ's with my hair all a mess, and scroll through the cuties, but yes be careful, cause before my b/f, there was a guy who had a panty fetish and held up a pair of womens underwear in the middle of a store saying quite loudly, "You should get these." It was our first date!! I said see ya later bye bye and im so glad I did, cause then I met my match!! Good Luck if you take the chance! :)
Reply:it's not "desperate" and never has been...it's simply another tool people have available to them to meet others.





Most of the guys I've dated in the last decade, are ones I met online somehow. No horrid experiences...some just didn't click at all but nobody was terribly different than they'd portrayed themselves to be online, none were scary or caused me to feel uncomfortable, and some I became quite fond of.





Do what works for you...keep meeting people offline also, but realize the internet can help introduce you to people you might never run across in your regular life. I've met people online that later became my best offline friends.





Anyone who considers it "desperate" has probably either had a bad experience or is just too fearful to try it. I've never been desperate in my life (to date) but I've met some really kewl people over the years that I wouldn't have if not for the internet. ☺
Reply:Be careful about online dating you can get a bad apple.My son meet a girl who seemed nice but then he found out she was married to someone in California and she was here in Texas.She also practiced witchcraft.Creepy.


Then later he meet another girl online he has been with her for 3 years and they are getting married in December.


So you never know except just be careful and have one of your friends meet the person of interest.Just stay in a public place.
Reply:i have trie on line dating and so some of my friends.. i have met nice men but had no chemistry so it did not work out but one of my friends is actually dating a man she met and things are working out... i have heard that men on line have encountered more women weirdos than i have encountered men.. if you are intuitive you will be able to pick up.. also if yhou are considering someone and not sure ask your friends to check out their profile and check out their email so that they can be a good judge.. meet at a restaurant.. many people do online dating because of as you there is lack of time...i barely go out too.. but up until now i still keep in touch with 2 men i have met and have become friends....with no benefits..lol.. it is safe..dont get scared......go for it! but always follow your heart and your intuition..
Reply:First of all, be careful, there are tons of perverts out there and they can all sound really nice.





Do not ever give out your cell, home, or work phone numbers, communicate by email for quite a long time. Then if you feel there might be a connection, ask for his number and call him from a married friends home.





If and when you decide to meet, do it in a very public place, a restaurant, you drive there in your own car. I would suggest that you exchange current pictures, and when you arrive at the restaurant, sit in the parking lot, arriving early, and wait for him to arrive, jot down his license plate number. Then go in and meet him. Have lunch, you can always make it through lunch.





If you just don't feel a connection and don't want to spend any more time, thank him, be on your way, but get on the freeway and go a different way than you live. Get off on an exit that is well populated, even if you have to go into a gas station.





If you see that he has followed you, call a friend to come meet you and make sure they don't follow you.





Now, all this I am saying is because i have been there, 1 terrible date, with a guy who was not a pervert, but wouldn't accept we didn't have anything in common, it was a situation that scared me.





The other was a great meeting, dating, and such - so I just say, have fun, but be careful.





Good luck to you!