Online dating; here we go again !!!!

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Online dating; here we go again !!!!

Post: # 234581Post sarahkeast »

So I raised some £££ on fleabay and decided to launch back into the cyber dating world. The free sites are too full of flakes, cheats and weirdos.

So I splashed some cash and joined Eco Lovers :grouphug: a few interesting profiles, we shall see. I have tried other dating sites, with some success [obviously not that much or I wouldnt be looking again :shaking: ]

Anyone else recommend any sites or got any tales to tell ?

Will hopefully have something to tell soon and keep you updated :hugish:
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Post: # 234587Post southeast-isher »

Good luck, i am single too. There is this website too which may be worth checking out:

http://www.ewsingles.com/

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Post: # 234594Post MEL78 »

Good Luck my OH came from a dating page in a local paper just over 14 years ago and 2 kids later.....so it does work.....

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Post: # 234596Post chickenchargrill »

Yay! My experiences of online dating were freaks and ended up with a stalker. I did meet a guy who I thought was really nice. Still kinda hung up on his ex so we ended up chatting and kept in touch for a while. He went back to his ex, didn't work out, a few months later he was dating someone else but more than willing to cheat on her with me. Ho hum. But they were a couple of free sites.

A good friend of mine tried one (not sure which site though) 2 years on he's now married to a lovely lady he met through it and has a baby girl :)

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Post: # 234599Post Thomzo »

Hi
I met my ex through a dating site. We lasted four and half years which is an eternity compared to my normal relationships.

Last year I did some research for my OU course and joined a free dating site. They passed my details on to a number of other sites and now I get hundreds of e-mails a week from all these sites. It's a good job I used a different e-mail address from my normal one.

Good luck, I hope you are successful.

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Post: # 234617Post StripyPixieSocks »

I met my OH on Myspace... we've been together 5 years on July 21st and still going strong :)

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Post: # 234747Post southeast-isher »

Well, you wanted to be self-sufficient...

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Post: # 234759Post robertz »

hi self sufficient. yes we can date but i dont see any choices and or offers

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Post: # 237314Post sarahkeast »

Well that was a bad spend ! site was hard to use, limited members, turned out it shared my data on several other sites. No wonder I got some weird emails ! Altho didnt get very many at all and none that followed up to meeting anyone. Ho hum. Back to the drawing board [or ebay to raise some more play money]
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Post: # 237319Post MKG »

Note to Andy .... there is a need for a little corner of Ish dedicated to romantic souls.

Seriously!

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Post: # 237324Post Clarry »

StripyPixieSocks wrote:I met my OH on Myspace... we've been together 5 years on July 21st and still going strong :)

I met my hubby on Myspace too :thumbright: He contacted me the day after I joined (proper stalker type :lol: ). We've been together 5 years this Christmas.

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MKG wrote:Note to Andy .... there is a need for a little corner of Ish dedicated to romantic souls.

Seriously!

Mike
Sure, why not ? :dontknow:

Guess it is harder as you get older and know what you do/do not want, and are moving along lifes' journey at different rates.... Also can be fun if you dont take it too seriously :king:

Any adventure racer/mountain biker/trail runners out there who also like to grow veggies, make/mend stuff and be as ish as possible ? :hugish:
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I know it has been discussed before, I'll bring it up again with the rest of Admin and we'll see what we can do...
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Post: # 237815Post Shirley »

sarahkeast wrote:So I raised some £££ on fleabay and decided to launch back into the cyber dating world. The free sites are too full of flakes, cheats and weirdos.
It's not just the free sites :dontknow: I signed up on a deal but won't be renewing.
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Post: # 237818Post Zech »

I met my husband through Venus Dating. It was fairly cheap and had the major advantage that you could browse people's profiles before joining up. That was eight years ago, so not sure if it's still the same, or even if it still exists.
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