Online Dating Sites=Waste of Time & Money!

Well maybe I'm jumping the gun after just two weeks but things are not looking good.

I registered with match.com and paid £65 ($130) for 6 months membership. My profile is certainly no worse than anyone elses'! For example, I spent lots of time on it putting down positive stuff I'm interested in, and things I like to do in my spare time. Also, I put some decent photos which clearly show I'm in good shape and above average looks...

However, barely a single message from anyone and no response at all to my messages or 'winks' (you 'wink' at others to show your interest.) And don't think for one minute I've just been looking at only the really attractive girls profiles. Even the average to slightly above average haven't shown any interest!

So far I had one solitary wink from a girl who was totally unsuitable!

Well done on joining the site- you're certainly doing better than me.

I think you should at least give it another two weeks.

Don't give up. My brother met his wife on match.com

I met my husband on OKCupid. It's the best thing I ever did. (dating-wise)

Personally I think the websites like match.com are a waste of time and money. Most of the people on there are not serious about and it's just a popularity contest. I've subscribed to that website and similar ones and haven't had any success.

I find that if you're serious about meeting people eharmony.com is much better. You don't have the pressure of having to write a paragraph about yourself, you get matched up with people and then get guided through communication. I've had much more success through eharmony.

IceLad said:

Well done on joining the site- you're certainly doing better than me.

I think you should at least give it another two weeks.

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Well things are looking a bit more positive. I got 'winked' by another girl. Perhaps again she is not my type but definitely an improvement on the last..

However, I winked one girl and she winked back almost immediately. So not long ago I've sent her a short email. Hopefully she will follow it up by the end of the weekend.

Well, I've got a date arranged with a girl after we exchanged 5 or 6 email messages.

She looks and sounds quite nice so I'm optimistic. I'm meeting her after work on Thursday.

Good luck, let us know how everything goes.

Great news..yes keep us updated.

Nice to see things have rapidly progressed for you since last week! 8)

Best of luck with it on Thursday! Like the previous two replies, let us know how it goes.

steviegerrard489 said:

IceLad said:

Well done on joining the site- you're certainly doing better than me.

I think you should at least give it another two weeks.

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Well things are looking a bit more positive. I got 'winked' by another girl. Perhaps again she is not my type but definitely an improvement on the last..

However, I winked one girl and she winked back almost immediately. So not long ago I've sent her a short email. Hopefully she will follow it up by the end of the weekend.

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Hey, I finished my date a couple of hours ago. I was sh*ttng myself all day at work worrying about it but it turned out great in the end.

I met her at near my train station and we spent a couple of hours at a pub. Then we went for some noodles before spending another couple of hours in another pub.

She was not bad looking at all, and seemed quite shy/embarrased by the whole thing. I suppose that was a good thing because it made me feel more at ease.

I think I must have done 65-70% of the talking all evening which was quite surprising! I don't think she was too bored with what I was saying either. She seemed to laugh at most of my jokes!

We agreed to meet up again this weekend.

So maybe this online dating thing isn't so bad after all!

Excellent

Nice to hear happy news on here

As mentioned in an earlier post, I've been on a second date with this girl I met on an internet dating site last week.

Today we spent the entire afternoon and evening together which was quite tough going. It had some awkward moments, but it came good in the end.

We were sitting side by side in a bar and I started to wonder whether I had the guts to make a move. It was really tough going but I managed to get close to her and put one of my arms around her...

We moved on to a different bar that was more secluded, so I did the same while we talked. She was getting nearer and nearer to me..

I eventually decided to make my 'move' and it paid off! We had a few kisses while we sat lazily on the couch in the bar. I couldn't believe my luck!

IceLad said:

Nice to see things have rapidly progressed for you since last week! 8)

Best of luck with it on Thursday! Like the previous two replies, let us know how it goes.

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Ok, so here's what's been happening. I went on three dates with this girl and on the 3rd date she came to my apartment for dinner. She stayed the night and left the following morning (after breakfast).

A couple of hours afterwards she texted me to say she had a great time and that I should visit her place the next time we meet up. I replied saying yes, that would be great.

So a day or two later I texted to find out how she was doing and received no response. I also sent her an email that evening. She eventually replied by text the following afternoon, just as I was leaving work.

Then a couple of days later I texted to see if she wanted to go for lunch on sunday but I heard no reponse.- that was last friday (05 Spetember).

I have not tried to contact her again but I have noticed that she has logged onto her dating website account.

Just a few minutes ago I went onto her facebook page and started feeling a little upset that she is ignoring me. All I ask for is a bit of honesty and if she didn't want anything more to do with me then at least she should tell me, not just ignore my emails.

However, in the past week I have been in contact with another girl through online dating. She looks really nice in her photos but is a bit older than me (32, I'm 29), and also lives only half a kilometre from me.

So tomorrow I have a date with this new girl.

I also have another girl I've been chatting with through the online dating website. There's a chance I may get a date with her too. I've asked the question and am waiting for a response.

Sadly, it's much easier (and gutless), to ignore e-mails (hoping that they will get the hint), than tell someone face to face that you're not interested. :roll:

Now it's been over two weeks, have you had any better luck with these two others steviegerrard489 :?:

cheers for this post....... I'm losing even more faith in women now! lol
don't think I'll ever be able to put trust in a woman after reading this, cause I'm going througjh something similar.
hope everything works out for you though.
oh yeah good return from torres today! lol

footballfan said:

oh yeah good return from torres today! lol

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Or bad return, depending upon which side of Merseyside you happen to support!!! :lol: :lol: