Anyone have an actual paid subscription to match.com? If so, and would like to help me out, PM me. I need your help to see if IM is working on my computer. Match says it is, but I'm not so sure.

 

I can't help you, but I am curious as to what you (or anyone else) thinks of match.com

I've never liked the idea of online dating since I've heard too many bad stories, but it sounds like a convenient way to meet ppl since work & school keep me busy.

 

I have never tried online dating, but the concept interests me. I'd much rather pick someone I find attractive out of a group of those with whom I have similar interests than to pick someone attractive out of a group then later find out if there interests are similar.

 

Well, I've only been on the site a couple of days, I'll report back how it works. I've known a couple of people that have had success with it, some just finding people to fool around with, and some ending up with actual relationships.

I'll take either right now ;]

But, with the mail program and the IM not seeming to work, that doesn't look likely, today anyway....

 

I've dated on match.com before. Yup! It's just like any other venue. There will always be good and bad ones. The thing about online dating is that it gives you sort of a cheat sheet (if you are looking for a mate):

1) Can you tell that woman across the way that looks good to you has 4 kids and wants more before you ask her out? NO! Does she have to disclose that in the first conversation with you, or 2nd or 3rd? NO! Match.com let's you know that info up front!

2) Can you tell that gorgeous woman is separated and only has a $25,000 a year income due to the fact that hubby carried the household? NO! Match.com let's you know that info up front!

3) Can you tell that woman you are eyeing in the mall is a police officer? NO! Match.com let's you know that info up front!

Now, even though all of this is contingent upon someone telling the truth, they can lie to you on the street as well. Plus, they are more lkely to lie to you on the street than on here, because it defeats the purpose to lie on match.com! I mean, the idea is for them to meet you right? So what do you think will happen when they meet you and find out you lied?

Online dating gives you a chance to be shallow anonymously...to shop for a date. In other words, say you only want women with a high dollar income? Select that! Nobody will know you only picking that type. Say you want women with no kids? Select that! If you just ask these kinds of things up front when you meet someone off the break, they consider the income private and won't tell you right? Here, you can shop, literally, for the perfect date! Try going out with someone in the concrete jungle on a few dates, have sex, and then drop them because they don't make enough money for a suitable mate - then your ass ain't shit! Hahahahaha! You know I'm right! But on here you avoid all of that BS and find out from the comfort of your own home!

You can tell by what I'm saying that I love that shit right? Hahahaha! But like ya boy Dark said, it ain't all good...I had a bitch stalk me before from on there! So be cool, and strap that mofo up! Remember...Match.co women are the same fine women you see everyday...they just have computers and learned to shop a long time ago while yo ass was chilling with the fellas!

Don't be scared of the women on online dating. I will tell you one thing for certain...if you are the type of dude that isn't sure of himself...you just hit the jackpot! I know I deserve some of the credit for them wanting to get buck in a hurry (you know I'm a chocolate, charming, gift of gab mofo!), but the women on there seem like they are ready to go out the gate! I told my boys at work that if you can't fuck on Match.com...you have no "fucking future"!! Like I said, part of it is me, yeah, but part of it is that they are horny as hell and tired of games. Look at how many of those profiles say tired of games. I think since a lot of emphasis is placed on "matching up", they cut to the quick faster!

Lanny...you better be fucking by next week ya heard!

Peace2fingaz!

 

Thanks Dark,

That's what my bud in Cali told me as well; you can make it a hookup or get serious, lots to choose from...

 

^^^I've done Match.com pretty extensively over the years, mixed in with set ups from friends. I agree on everything darsom1 brought up, but the caveat is that those points assume someone is telling the truth, like darsom1 pointed out. Just because it's on their profile, doesn't mean it's true. Although from what Ive heard, men are more willing to lie than women.

Match and all its copycats are just another way to meet people. There's nothing magical about it, so go in expecting nothing more than meeting someone in any other way. The same golden rule applies: You need to have chemistry, and that can only be put to the test in person. I've known lots of people who read too much into the profile, e-mails and phone calls.

 

i used to work with a guy who told me he tried match.com. he told me he couldnt get any dates or anything, even "winked" at a bunch of them. he is ugly as fuck though so i wasnt surprised.

 

what about that adult friend finder website

 

You have to remember that the old adage of the man having to pursue the woman still applies. I've talked to women I've met on there about this, and female friends who have tried Match.com. Most women receive TONS of responses. One friend told me she got so many "winks," that she didn't even bother. She considered only those guys who took the time to e-mail.

 

That's very true. It's just another avenue of approach, but the same rules apply - you have to initiate contact mostly. I say mostly because some women will try to contact you. But you will have greater success if you are assertive. I mean, even if you are shy, you can wing it anonymously until it's date time. Then you have to show and prove!

 

Ahahahaha thats fuked up bro..

 

By the way guys, Just go to beach plaza and get u as many as u want.. I would never do online dating.. I always wondered is it true that some of them hot chicks are just looking for one night stands and shit..?

 

My fiancée and I met on Match. We've been together for 2+ years and are getting married in October of this year. Just like with meeting someone out somewhere and going out on dates, you're going to meet a bunch of losers that like to either exaggerate their situation or flat out lie about who they are and what they're looking for, but once you weed through all of those you can actually find really upfront honest people that are looking for a loving relationship.

 

I met my wife and my brother met his wife through match.com. I was on there in 2004, so it may have changed since I last used it. I feel that online dating makes meeting girls so much easier once you're out of school, especially if have a job that virtually no women work at like me (construction). I agree that meeting a girl at a social gathering place is as much a crap shoot as meeting a girl who has an honest profile online, but it's certainly easier to find girls with similiar interests online than simply going to a bar and thinking, "I'll see if that cute girl over there has something in common with me." Not to mention that online, you know whether they're looking for relationship or just a friendship, whereas you could hit on a girl at a bar only to find out that "I already have a boyfriend."

 

EXACTLY!!

 

Hmmmmm...is this the Lance I know!

 

My sentiments exactly