Online Dating Services

[SunWuKong]

from another post:


Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 08:44 AM
internet dating services/classifieds are not meant for everyone. but i don't agree on those that are being judgemental on others who use it as a means to mean people. though i do tend to think that it is healthier if the individual doesn't rely on internet dating as his/her only source.

in this day and age, networking and meeting people over the net is a pretty common and expected thing, right?

[SunWuKong]

regarding this. i have a colleague that has admitted that he just doesn't feel comfortable approaching women in real life, and that he prefers, and thinks that it's easier, with online dating services.

but then again, i work with a bunch of socially inept geeks. so that's expected. :P

[AliBabaIncorporated]

In general, I wouldn't date anyone I met online. However, I have been known to date girls who I was introduced to by a friend, spend all of fifteen minutes in person together, then got her screen name and actually got to know her through a week or two of AIM conversations before I finally called her up and asked her on a date. It's a very thin dividing line but I guess it's still important to me.

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by AliBabaIncorporated@May 26 2003, 07:44 AM
In general, I wouldn't date anyone I met online. However, I have been known to date girls who I was introduced to by a friend, spend all of fifteen minutes in person together, then got her screen name and actually got to know her through a week or two of AIM conversations before I finally called her up and asked her on a date. It's a very thin dividing line but I guess it's still important to me.
So on your date, did you call her by her AIM name or real name...? :D

I wonder if any studies have been done on the success of online relationships. My bet is that a couple's long-term relationship chances are low, but quick strike victories are very high :D

[golden_buns]

People's personalities change quite often from the net life to the real life. I think it's better to meet someone in person. Plus body language speaks the truth, not words, so I better see the person in front of me

[achtungbaby]

At this point, I think it's necessary for anyone who's reading this to fess up if they've utilized such services and share their successes or horror stories for the greater good... :D

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@May 26 2003, 11:59 AM
At this point, I think it's necessary for anyone who's reading this to fess up if they've utilized such services and share their successes or horror stories for the greater good... :D
i met my FTF in HK on ICQ. :D

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@May 26 2003, 09:03 AM
i met my FTF in HK on ICQ. :D
Well, thank you for that romantic rendition:) but I meant people who had used dating services online, specifically...not just ICQ or AIM...

[shy]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@May 26 2003, 08:03 AM
i met my FTF in HK on ICQ. :D
FTF... first time f*ck? just clarifying. :dance:

okay. i'll confess. i've dated dudes i've met online. never went past date number one.

one guy was so insecure that he had this whole 'romantic' date planned. he was driving me to the boardwalk but got lost and didn't tell me. he kept on driving and driving. finally, i asked him.. "um... do you know where we're going?" he admitted that he didn't... and right there and then, i was so turned off. dude could have at least told me so i could help him or we could go ask for directions.

course, i know that some guys will say, "but it's a guy's thing to not ask for direction!" :P i know... and i don't care. it's not my cup of tea... especially since he sulked about his mistake and me catching it for the entire date!

second time, this dude met me at a local pub. and within the first 45min, he asked what it would take to get into my pants. he also didn't bring enough money so i had to pay for him. i have no problems going dutch on the first date. but to go out and not have enough money is silly. or he just didn't want to pay. which is worst.

and that's it for me. didn't want to wait for 'three's a charm' or 'three strikes and you're out' because those two were bad enough!

[AliBabaIncorporated]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@May 26 2003, 10:53 AM
So on your date, did you call her by her AIM name or real name...? :D

I wonder if any studies have been done on the success of online relationships. My bet is that a couple's long-term relationship chances are low, but quick strike victories are very high :D
In general if I get a girl's AIM/ICQ/email very soon after knowing her, it's a sign it'll be either a quick strike or an utter failure. I guess cuz in either case (she wants to play around, or she is not interested at all), she'd probably rather I not be contacting her on her cellphone or apartment phone and messing with the rest of her life where all her friends can hear.

Conversely, with all three of my serious girlfriends, I didn't even email or IM them once until after we started going out.

But I think it's really weird to call people by their screennames in person :ph34r:

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 09:19 AM
never went past date number one.

I think you just put a large bullseye on your forehead.

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 09:19 AM
dude could have at least told me so i could help him or we could go ask for directions.

I think every guy has had at least one date-turned-debacle because of this. Usually in high school or college. :ph34r:

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 09:19 AM
and within the first 45min, he asked what it would take to get into my pants.  he also didn't bring enough money so i had to pay for him. i have no problems going dutch on the first date. but to go out and not have enough money is silly. or he just didn't want to pay. which is worst.

Would you have answered his first question more favorably if he brought an extra $20 to pay for you?

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by AliBabaIncorporated@May 26 2003, 09:21 AM
In general if I get a girl's AIM/ICQ/email very soon after knowing her, it's a sign it'll be either a quick strike or an utter failure.

But I think it's really weird to call people by their screennames in person :ph34r:
Have any of you other guys experienced this? What is it about the net that makes us think "porn" and "online dating" all the time...?

The thought of it cracks me up though -- or calling out your partner's screenname during sex.

Sidebar on screennames: On Friday, we were supposed to meet up with sokaliboy, but for some reason no one had exchanged phone numbers or even a first name, and to make matters worse, we got there late. moschikat, of course, was the only one who had balls to approach the one guy sitting by himself in the lobby...but I think she chickened out...

[deez nuts]

more ways to meet chicks is never a bad thing

[shy]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@May 26 2003, 08:28 AM

I think you just put a large bullseye on your forehead.

why? because the date went so bad so that i didn't want to go out with him again? sure... put a bullseyes on me for being 'overly picky' if that's what people want to label me.

I think every guy has had at least one date-turned-debacle because of this. Usually in high school or college. :ph34r:

we were neither in highschool nor college. i can understand making that mistake... but like i said. no way in hell is that MY way of doing things. my fiance knows this... it's not a surprise and it wasn't from the get-go.

Would you have answered his first question more favorably if he brought an extra $20 to pay for you?

would i have answered his question if he gave me $20? sure! why not. my answer would have been...

"nothing. there's nothing you can ever do to get in my pants!" (hey... you didn't say i had to give him a positive answer! ;)) woohoo! what an easy way to make 20 bucks!!!

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@May 26 2003, 09:40 AM
more ways to meet chicks is never a bad thing
Yeah...btw, I want your first born :D Or at the very least, you give him/her the middle name of "achtungbaby"...

[golden_buns]

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 08:47 AM
would i have answered his question if he gave me $20? sure! why not. my answer would have been...

"nothing. there's nothing you can ever do to get in my pants!" (hey... you didn't say i had to give him a positive answer! ;)) woohoo! what an easy way to make 20 bucks!!!
what if he was hot

[Faithless]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@May 26 2003, 07:59 AM
At this point, I think it's necessary for anyone who's reading this to fess up if they've utilized such services and share their successes or horror stories for the greater good... :D
I had never heard of online dating until the last few years. I would have probably made the same mistakes as others, if I had gotten into it. So thank god I missed-out.

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@May 26 2003, 11:53 AM
Yeah...btw, I want your first born :D Or at the very least, you give him/her the middle name of "achtungbaby"...
hahahahahaha

nice.

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@May 26 2003, 10:59 AM
At this point, I think it's necessary for anyone who's reading this to fess up if they've utilized such services and share their successes or horror stories for the greater good... :D
you're always gonna get the good and the bad.

it's a fact of life about dating not just exclusive for internet dating.

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 09:47 AM
sure... put a bullseyes on me for being 'overly picky' if that's what people want to label me.

Whoops, my bad, misread. I thought you meant you'd experienced only "quick strikes" that never developed into relationships :D

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 09:47 AM
my fiance knows this... it's not a surprise and it wasn't from the get-go.

Did you have to actually have to discuss this with your fiance though? Isn't it kinda...understood by now?

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 09:47 AM
would i have answered his question if he gave me $20? sure! why not. my answer would have been...

"nothing. there's nothing you can ever do to get in my pants!" (hey... you didn't say i had to give him a positive answer! ;)) woohoo! what an easy way to make 20 bucks!!!

What a blatant twist of words. I never said the guy would simply give you money for asking any question, but only that he'd pay for you (your portion might come to $2 after all), and I specifically placed "favorably" to prevent any such sinister backdoor attempts...

Anyway, the reason I asked was because I wanted to continue to echo a theme to YW Manfolk: always pay. There aren't any studies that I'm aware of correlating generousity with getting laid, but for the love of God, why take the risk?

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@May 26 2003, 10:05 AM
you're always gonna get the good and the bad.

it's a fact of life about dating not just exclusive for internet dating.
This is one of those topics people have done an about-face on though. I can remember like three years ago when online dating or even chating was thought to be desperate...the next thing I know, a close friend of mine recently married a guy she met on Match.com and my ex-roommate is dating a girl he met from Onion...!

I even friggen saw a news special a couple of months ago about tips on how to succeed at internet pimping, all the way down to how to present yourself in chat rooms and what types of questions to ask the girl when you get her in private chat...

[shy]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@May 26 2003, 09:09 AM
Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 09:47 AM
would i have answered his question if he gave me $20? sure! why not. my answer would have been...

"nothing. there's nothing you can ever do to get in my pants!" (hey... you didn't say i had to give him a positive answer! ;)) woohoo! what an easy way to make 20 bucks!!!

What a blatant twist of words. I never said the guy would simply give you money for asking any question, but only that he'd pay for you (your portion might come to $2 after all), and I specifically placed "favorably" to prevent any such sinister backdoor attempts...

Anyway, the reason I asked was because I wanted to continue to echo a theme to YW Manfolk: always pay. There aren't any studies that I'm aware of correlating generousity with getting laid, but for the love of God, why take the risk?
huh???

dude, i don't think you and are understanding each other. or meaning different things. i'm not quite sure i follow what you are saying...

don't get upset though... because if you misread what i wrote then i could misread what you wrote... blatant twist of words? um. no. just a misunderstanding.

bottom line... it's got nothing to do w/ money. why does everything have to be centred around money? i'm fine with paying my own way...

anyway, the assumption was that this was going to be a date. not a chance for us to get laid. this was understood. he knew i was just dating and getting to know people.

so his question was completely off the limits.

btw, i ended the date 15 minutes after that. it would have been sooner but it took that long to get the bill. :)

[golden_buns]

I think that on-line dating works out good overall, cuz once you graduate from college and you go to another city or country far away from your group of friends it becomes harder to meet people. plus you have your work schedule, which makes it harder to find the time to go and meet people.

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@May 26 2003, 12:12 PM
Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@May 26 2003, 10:05 AM
you're always gonna get the good and the bad.

it's a fact of life about dating not just exclusive for internet dating.
This is one of those topics people have done an about-face on though. I can remember like three years ago when online dating or even chating was thought to be desperate...the next thing I know, a close friend of mine recently married a guy she met on Match.com and my ex-roommate is dating a girl he met from Onion...!

I even friggen saw a news special a couple of months ago about tips on how to succeed at internet pimping, all the way down to how to present yourself in chat rooms and what types of questions to ask the girl when you get her in private chat...
yeah it was a stigma. not sure why, though.

but, i always thought why limit yourself to conventional dating.

if anything from my one time experience it beats conventional dating. the pressure is off, you spend more time getting to know that person for obvious reasons.

and if she ends up being a total psycho online you can always disappear!

conventional dating leaves you out there with no escape route. i beeped myself saying i have a hospital emergency to cut the evening short so many times in the middle of a bad first date i've lost count. i've actually started to feel bad about it.

i would've done it more in my prime dating days. but, the computer was just invented.

edit: oh my best friend is getting married in november to a woman he met on match.com. they're both korean, and surprisingly, the parents from both side didn't think it was a big deal about how they met online.

[shy]

Originally posted by golden_buns@May 26 2003, 09:01 AM
Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 08:47 AM
would i have answered his question if he gave me $20? sure! why not. my answer would have been...

"nothing. there's nothing you can ever do to get in my pants!" (hey... you didn't say i had to give him a positive answer! ;)) woohoo! what an easy way to make 20 bucks!!!
what if he was hot
i never said he wasn't hot! :)

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 10:17 AM
huh???

Hee hee. Sorry, lemme clarify: I misread what you wrote about encounters not getting past the first date. I had just finished reading what aliba said about quick strikes and then read your comment, and thought you meant that your experiences were mostly uhh, flings.

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 10:17 AM
btw, i ended the date 15 minutes after that. it would have been sooner but it took that long to get the bill. :)

Re: me using "blatant" and "sinister"...anytime I use those words in the same breath, I'm only kidding...I don't use rhetoric like that between peeps:P I only mentioned the extra $20 to underscore how ridiculous it was for him to ask (at that juncture of the date, anyway:P)

However, I joke a lot about money being an integral part about dating, but honestly, only in attempts to be subtle about it. I'm not saying women are gold diggers or even that money itself is that important, but I definitely think generousity can go a long way.

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@May 26 2003, 10:23 AM
and if she ends up being a total psycho online you can always disappear!

edit: oh my best friend is getting married in november to a woman he met on match.com. they're both korean, and surprisingly, the parents from both side didn't think it was a big deal about how they met online.
Ho ho ho...there are many ways you can hunt down a person online...*wringing hands together*...

Wow, that's just crazy...! Never ceases to amaze me how well people can just adapt to different trends.

I bet his parents don't go on the net too much:P

[shy]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@May 26 2003, 09:33 AM
Re: me using "blatant" and "sinister"...anytime I use those words in the same breath, I'm only kidding...I don't use rhetoric like that between peeps:P I only mentioned the extra $20 to underscore how ridiculous it was for him to ask (at that juncture of the date, anyway:P)

However, I joke a lot about money being an integral part about dating, but honestly, only in attempts to be subtle about it. I'm not saying women are gold diggers or even that money itself is that important, but I definitely think generousity can go a long way.
thanks for the clarification. i was getting really confused! :P

well, there are gold diggers out there... i can't deny that. and even though a woman isn't a gold digger, there are a lot that like it when a man pays.

i've just come to accept that i'm not one of those women (even though i've been made to feel by other women, that something is wrong with me because of that).

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 12:19 PM
FTF... first time f*ck? just clarifying. :dance:
Friend To Fuck


... or were you being sarcastic in your question? :confused:

[shy]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@May 26 2003, 10:48 AM
Friend To Fuck


... or were you being sarcastic in your question? :confused:
no... seriously... i really didn't know! i've never heard of that acronym before. just like how some one had to explain to me what a milf is ('mother i'd like to fuck'). an 18 yr old said that's what he thought of me... since i'm 20. sheesh! :blink:

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by ChottoMatte@May 26 2003, 01:01 PM
I had never heard of online dating until the last few years. I would have probably made the same mistakes as others, if I had gotten into it. So thank god I missed-out.
and what's weird to me is that online dating is actually making a profit. who would have thought? when i first discovered that these sites were charging, i thought, "what the hell? i'm not paying for that shit." but then, everybody else started paying...

[shy]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@May 26 2003, 10:48 AM
Friend To Fuck


... or were you being sarcastic in your question? :confused:
honestly, i didn't know what it meant.

thanks though.. learn something new every day! :P

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@May 26 2003, 11:52 AM
but then, everybody else started paying...
And now it's driving you into bankruptcy...!

[shy]

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 10:51 AM
Originally posted by SunWuKung@May 26 2003, 10:48 AM
Friend To Fuck


...  or were you being sarcastic in your question?  :confused:
no... seriously... i really didn't know! i've never heard of that acronym before. just like how some one had to explain to me what a milf is ('mother i'd like to fuck'). an 18 yr old said that's what he thought of me... since i'm 20. sheesh! :blink:
oops! i mean... "since i'm 30!"

20... as if! wishfull thinking on my part...

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@May 26 2003, 03:25 PM
And now it's driving you into bankruptcy...!
hah!

not yet. but i am considering it. :P
i figure it costs just as much or even more to go to a club and to buy a girl a couple of drinks anyway.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 04:42 PM
Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 10:51 AM
Originally posted by SunWuKung@May 26 2003, 10:48 AM
Friend To Fuck


... or were you being sarcastic in your question?  :confused:
no... seriously... i really didn't know! i've never heard of that acronym before. just like how some one had to explain to me what a milf is ('mother i'd like to fuck'). an 18 yr old said that's what he thought of me... since i'm 20. sheesh! :blink:
oops! i mean... "since i'm 30!"

20... as if! wishfull thinking on my part...
you'll always be 20 in my eyes. :luv:

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 01:42 PM
oops! i mean... "since i'm 30!"

You're 30 but had never heard of the phrase or idea , or just the acronym...?

Glad to know that YW is continuing to empower, regardless:P

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@May 26 2003, 05:00 PM
Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 01:42 PM
oops! i mean... "since i'm 30!"

You're 30 but had never heard of the phrase or idea , or just the acronym...?

Glad to know that YW is continuing to empower, regardless:P
not everybody is as much into "free love" as you crazy cali people!

[deez nuts]

yw can make some cheddah off online dating.

[lethal]

Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@May 26 2003, 05:34 PM
yw can make some cheddah off online dating.
You paying?

[lethal]

Who knows?

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by lethalweapon@May 26 2003, 04:36 PM
You paying?
depends on whom we're auctioning off a date with.

[shy]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@May 26 2003, 01:00 PM
Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 01:42 PM
oops! i mean... "since i'm 30!"

You're 30 but had never heard of the phrase or idea , or just the acronym...?

Glad to know that YW is continuing to empower, regardless:P
i've never heard of the acronym... familiar with the idea.

sorry... yellowworld was not the forum that taught me m.i.l.f.! :P

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@May 26 2003, 02:34 PM
yw can make some cheddah off online dating.
But who do we have to hawk off? Ourselves!

[achtungbaby]

Speaking of auctions...I installed a mini-auction that works with our forums...stll testing it. You can check it out by going to the new drop down menu at the top right and select YW Auctions.

[mr. x]

hmm auctions eh

anyone here wanna buy an obsolete pre-calcc textbook?

[iris]

I think internet dating is fine. When you're out of college, you have a smaller pool of potentials to choose from. Your next avenue of resources is thus bars and parties where you only know the shallow albeit very important physical features of a person.

Online services such as Match.com or Salon.com allow deeper glimpses into a persons psyche than a five minute drunken bar meeting would. It also allows you to screen for what you want in a person. The misconception is that young teens do this. Internet dating is mostly utilized by individuals in their mid-twenties to fifties because by then, they know what they want and what they're searching for.

The millions of users registered online for any of these services have given it normalcy. Anything new, technological or cultural, is first feared and ridiculed before accepted but think about it. Most of you have never met each other before, but these endless talks have given you a very good perception of what each other is like.

A venue that allows people to know each other through personality as well as looks and screens away the negative is actually a good thing. Many beautiful people use it too. The falsity that only "computer nerds" use computers have faded away with the nineties. The internet is a staple necessity in everyday life now. Therefore, as an essential tool to everyone, everyone is a nerd, even the beautiful people.

Given there are slight dangers associated with it, but no more than taking home or giving your number to that guy/girl in the bar you just met.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by iris@May 27 2003, 07:46 PM
I think internet dating is fine. When you're out of college, you have a smaller pool of potentials to choose from. Your next avenue of resources is thus bars and parties where you only know the shallow albeit very important physical features of a person.

Online services such as Match.com or Salon.com allow deeper glimpses into a persons psyche than a five minute drunken bar meeting would. It also allows you to screen for what you want in a person. The misconception is that young teens do this. Internet dating is mostly utilized by individuals in their mid-twenties to fifties because by then, they know what they want and what they're searching for.

The millions of users registered online for any of these services have given it normalcy. Anything new, technological or cultural, is first feared and ridiculed before accepted but think about it. Most of you have never met each other before, but these endless talks have given you a very good perception of what each other is like.

A venue that allows people to know each other through personality as well as looks and screens away the negative is actually a good thing. Many beautiful people use it too. The falsity that only "computer nerds" use computers have faded away with the nineties. The internet is a staple necessity in everyday life now. Therefore, as an essential tool to everyone, everyone is a nerd, even the beautiful people.

Given there are slight dangers associated with it, but no more than taking home or giving your number to that guy/girl in the bar you just met.
no wonder you get paid top $$$ for marketting/publicity.
it's like a natural talent. whatever you write reads like an ad. hahah! :lol:

[kboy75]

Originally posted by shy@May 26 2003, 01:51 PM
Originally posted by SunWuKung@May 26 2003, 10:48 AM
Friend To Fuck


...  or were you being sarcastic in your question?  :confused:
no... seriously... i really didn't know! i've never heard of that acronym before. just like how some one had to explain to me what a milf is ('mother i'd like to fuck'). an 18 yr old said that's what he thought of me... since i'm 20. sheesh! :blink:
I've always known it as, FTF = Friends That Fuck.

whatever... same thing anyway... also FWB = Friends With Benefits.

[kboy75]

online dating is fine. it is no more dangerous than meeting strangers at a bar or club; you don;t know a thing about that person either way. I did go on Match.com when it first started since they did offer a free trial, just to see whatit was like. Never dated anyone from there, simply cause I didn;t find anyone interesting, and anyone who messaged me was some older white chick who was very ho-hum... Actually, way back in my early days of college (circa 1993) when there was no AIM or match.com or AA... I met my GF through the "talk" function on our UNIX email servers. It was completely by accident. That lasted only a few months or so, after "talking" for two months. That was a long time ago, when meeting someone from online was unthinkable. We hid it well... but in the end, relationships and dating are all the same, online or off.

I've met more people on Asian community sites, and dated some people from there... and friends of people I've met. Even though thse sites are not "dating sites" I think most people still are interested in hooking up with sombody if they seem alright. Most people will not admit to it though.

Even though people will say it is weird, the truth and facts are that people meet ppl from online ALL the time. They are just afraid of the stigma. We all know that bars and clubs are not the best place to pick up quality BF/GF material, yet how manytimes, do we find ourselves eyeing or wanting to hook up with a certain guy/girl?

OK, enough ranting from me...


Here is an article I wrote on another web site about online dating:

Adventures in CyberDating (http://www.iistix.com/_stixandstones/adventuresincyberdating.html)

[tapestrybabe]

eh...
i just signed up for match.com
the other night cuz i was bored...

MY PROFILE:
single unemployed female... ISO single employed male... hahaha... seriously tho... i know ppl who've used online dating services and are married or... are getting married... but its not really for me... i hate having to fill out the description of yourself... and what you look like... i like to make myself to be some obese slob or something...

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by kboy75@May 28 2003, 10:22 AM
I met my GF through the "talk" function on our UNIX email servers. It was completely by accident.
oh man now that's geeky. :D

and i thought meeting chicks that post to the same threads on college newsgroups was bad...

[golden_buns]

Originally posted by tapestrybabe@May 28 2003, 06:33 PM
ISO single employed male...
ouch! :cry:

[Everglaze]

Now online dating I have no experience with that so that whole asian avenue deal is not my style. I don't want some crazy girl find out about me, who knows what she could be like. I mean, who knows what crazies lurk behind each monitor? I'm sticking with the good old-fashioned reality dating than some unreliable dating service (in my view anyway). Now I could be wrong but I'm just saying, I ain't down with that.

[DragonKnight]

Never really got the hang of the online dating thang. I met a few peeps online, a few girls. Thing I hate was when they make themselves something that they aren't just to get my attention. Then when I finally meet them in real life, they turned out to be something different than the pic they sent me.

Hey, looks aren't everything. But fugkin honesty is a huge factor whenever I meet someone. <_<

Hrm, maybe I should give this ish a try in the future tho. I'm turning 29 soon and despite my youthful looks I'm not feeling any younger. :P

[Azn Retribution]

This one girl eliminated me in semi-finals of a old PGL tournament in starcraft or something.(yes she was korean, go figure)
actually she pretty much kicked my ass(talk about humbling eh?) and somehow I started talking to her and met her from there. Didnt go on to the actual dating but I thought i'd throw in my own nerdy experience.

ive also met alot of people through asianavenue and whatnot. or through friends of other friends on AIM.
its amazing how people are connected especially asian communities within metroplexes. someone always knows someone you know.

[kboy75]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@May 28 2003, 09:42 PM
oh man now that's geeky. :D

and i thought meeting chicks that post to the same threads on college newsgroups was bad...
yeah it was. but she was ghetto fabulous... :P