Online dating

[Spinner]

What does everyone think of online dating

[Maverick]

The success rate is very low and unless you can meet up together at a reasonable distance then its a waste of time. You also run the risk of the person not being who they really are. Hiding behind a computer they can cover up so many fucked up things about themselves or their personal life you can potentially be taking to a dangerous person.

Personalities and love really can't be conveyed well at a distance. I have had an online friend though (not someone I dated) and it turned out we were just as good friends in real life as we were online. So it can potentially work out but you have to take caution and assess your odds of it working out.

Two 14 year olds one from Australia and one from Canada probably don't have good odds but maybe two 18 year olds within 100 miles of each other have better odds. No matter what though nothing online will compare to dating and forming a relationship in real life.

[AutumnDae]

As a teenager, I don't think it will work out in the way that most want it to. Most parents aren't too keen on allowing their (minor) children meet up with strangers that they have met on the internet. Unfortunately, feelings are real, whether they be for a person, or what the person claim they are. Expectations aren't always met, and both parties can get hurt.

That being said, I have seen a success story, in my own life. My brother and his now wife met online, but they were both adults, and living in the same city, so the odds were in their favor.

[dontcare97]

Basically everything everyone already said. It's very dangerous and has a low chances of success. If you are really dedicated to know this person, continue talking to them until you are legal age and maybe let in a very public, open place. Maybe it could work out if you can keep it up.

[Jess]

I don't like it much. you never know when the person you're dating is not who you think she/he is.

[prob1996]

I don't like it much. you never know when the person you're dating is not who you think she/he is.

^^^^AGREED^^^^


The potential risk is too great and at our ages, these things are fleeting at best. Once in awhile you get a successful couple but it is rare.

[Kujiro]

When it comes to online dating, there are its risk.
People can really be anything they want, or anyone they wanna be.

I'd agree that there are tonnes of risk out there in the cyber world, we dont know much about the person, and what the person tells you. Is always a biased opinion.

Especially when it comes to dating, neither am i too keen to get into a relationship online, it just does not seem viable.

But it truly depends on how your friendship with an online friend progress,
I have friends i met online, and we became gaming buddies, whom hang out together and stuff.
So does that make him a real friend or an online friend?

Being online opens the windows to meeting more people, and such opportunities do take a turn into really great friendships.
But its really a box of chocolates, you'd never know what you gonna get.

One should not be careless, but not too careful either.

[khtresaq]

My opinion is probably a bit different from most of these posts, with a few points remaining the same. It can work: I know from experience. I have been in an online-based relationship for the past year and a half, and it's gone wonderfully so far. However, even though it may work, you should most definitely exercise caution, and make sure the person behind that screen name is who they say they are.

I exercised a lot of caution..maybe a bit too much sometimes, but she understood and it all worked out. As for success rate -- I can't say much on that..but it probably helped that neither me nor her were actively looking for a relationship at the time. It just kind of happened ;)

[RockinRobyn]

Unless you can actually meet in real life its kinda pointless

[judahtics]

i think its a waste of time. for thousands of generations, people didn't need online dating, why start now?

[Upintheair]

I think it all depends on the circumstances. If you are under legal age, then it is dangerous and can lead to alot of trouble. That being said, if the two people are really compatible and enjoy speaking to one another, then when they become age, meeting in a public place is perfectly reasonable

[User Deleted]

I don't like it much. you never know when the person you're dating is not who you think she/he is.

The moment you find your "soul mate" you find they are one, not rich, two, not lean and blonde haired, not perfectly tanned, and they also just wanted you for your "money" so you just break up. Lol, okay so that's exaggeration but my point, it fails.

[Dack]

I know of a couple our age that live 5000 miles away from each other and they love each other as much as you would a gf/bf you see everyday.

[Modus Operandi]

I don't/wouldn't bother with it, but a good friend of mine has had great success with someone she met online. It works, but very, very rarely.

[Curiousasian]

absolutely stupid

[logan fields]

i never did it but i think it might be fun if you really liked the person a whole lot.

[Infidelitas]

I don't feel love through the internet. I have to see the person in person to know I have feelings for

[PoseidonX43]

tbh its some people in pain, when there upset some wish there bf was there, etc. ive been through the online dating 9 people.... but yes i do belive in online dating

[oscar14]

---Please do not post your contact info~Lexi---and online dating is for the shy in life really.

[Kdude146]

well I am dating online atm and its working out! this is the 2nd time I have dated him we broke up the first time cuz his dad did not like it when he found out. then a few weeks later I was talking with him again and one night I was planing to kill myself cuz of all the BS that was going on in my life and he talked me out of it and he told me that he was :'( when I told him that after he made me feel better he said I miss us and I said me to. then I asked him want to get back together and he said yes I was hoping you would ask me that. I love him so much cuz we are a like in a lot of ways but there are somethings that are diffrent about us too and I know we where made for each other. I am 18 and he is 16 will be 17 in December. I am planing to go see him next year sonetime cuz atm I don't have the money to go see him

[Dylan79831]

completely retarded

[SinisterMystery]

I met my ex boyfriend online, he was wonderful. I think it's okay, but it would be weird if the other person was more than two towns away. The guy I dated only lived half an hour away.

[Ambrosia]

Let's not bump old threads! :locked: