Meeting people online

[kdapik]

Hi,

How are you all?

I have a friend in school who always talk about meeting people online. He said he uses it for doing sexual stuff not for a long term relationship. He met many guys (he is gay) from there. Some of my classmates liked the idea some didn't.

What do you guys think? (this include straight, bi, and gay)

[Luminous]

Puberty for Boys :arrow: Relationships and Dating

[CosmicNoodle]

Its a bad idea to find people online with the single intent of doing stuff with them, admittedly, my last online relationship ended up with us doing stuff, but you shouldn't just look for a fuck budy online, if yoiu really want someone, try to have an actual relationship, then maybe if you actually like each other then it may happen, but don't go out with the singlen intent of sex. That's just kinda low.

[Hideous]

Its a bad idea to find people online with the single intent of doing stuff with them, admittedly, my last online relationship ended up with us doing stuff, but you shouldn't just look for a fuck budy online, if yoiu really want someone, try to have an actual relationship, then maybe if you actually like each other then it may happen, but don't go out with the singlen intent of sex. That's just kinda low.

I agree with this.

[Cognizant]

I'm fine with it. I mean, for me it's all about honesty. I've had people lie about being interested in me (romantically) just so they could try to get in my pants or so I would sext them. If your friend is doing that, that's not cool at all. But if both parties are just in it for the sex, regardless of it's in person or online, I see no issue with that.

[ImagineRepublicCity]

Uhh...In my honest opinion, I wouldn't do it due to risks.

Anything onliney is very difficult to monitor, so normally when you meet someone, you have to know them a little first and most importantly, know things like "do they have an STI?"

It's okay if you meet them first and get to know them, and it's okay if you do it with the intent to do things with them, but it is very risky business.

[Rallo]

I believe this is what the concept of Tinder is?
I personally am not very supportive of the idea of going on to chat sites or forums in an attempt to find people to do sexual things with, though if it's a dedicated site (or app) similar to the likes of Tinder which is made for this kind of thing, then I don't overly see any kind of problem in it.

[Karkat]

I'm on the fence on this one. On the one hand, I feel like online relationships of any kind can be good, but they always, ALWAYS have their risks.

But so do IRL ones. It's just a little easier to lie over teh interwebz.

[James Dean]

That you should be careful. People aren't who they seem all the time. I would get to know someone very, very well before getting to attached or involved. Perhaps do a skype call or something of that sort to avoid being tricked or getting yourself in trouble. Meet in a public place like a library or coffee shop for a first meeting to be safe.

It is almost as easy as breathing to become another person on the internet. So you need to ask yourself why someone who looks attractive on an online profile stating that they are single, can't find someone in real life. It's probably someone fake or they have a secret about them you don't want to deal with.

There are exceptions and success stories, but people often ignore or forget the other bad side of it too.

I mean just be careful and be patient about it. Above all, just be careful. :)

[ForLackOfABetterUser]

Whatever floats your boat really. Just be prepared to take the risks of your pics being shown and stuff. I personally don't see a need to do it but hey that's just me :p. If anyone was to do it I'd probably advise not to put your face in the pictures

[Sasha M]

Yeah, no. Personally, I would never do this. Seriously, there's so many ways that could screw you over. You could run into a scyopath, or a axemurderer. XD

[jordanhardy]

I dont think it's that much of bad thing if your careful about it. Depends who your meeting and what for. I've met with people online purely for sexual encounters, some have turned out riskier than others. As long as you meet in a safe public place them your fine, if you decide to do 'other' thing afterwards then make sure you know the person your meeting

[ScottieDog]

I would always be very wary of meeting people from online but I know many people do it now and things rarely go wrong, but sometimes people aren't who you thought they were. I think I would be very wary and try and get proof first that who you're talking to is legit.

[chris97]

I would do i

[Ben_Frost]

Tried it a few times, and it's not something that you'll be proud of, it's a practice full of risks and I don't recommend it if you have at least one shred of self respect left.