tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632303676302577456.post7833476334608967614..comments2023-10-29T03:51:23.280-04:00Comments on Lost in Singledom: The Plan B of DatingMelaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126555286862036114noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632303676302577456.post-73684015468157368652010-10-01T13:12:27.705-04:002010-10-01T13:12:27.705-04:00I wouldn't say it is my LAST resort. It is ju...I wouldn't say it is my LAST resort. It is just another avenue I am using to try and find someone to share my life with. I work in a predominately female oriented field so my pickings at work are slim. I am not religious so there are no social gatherings I attend where people are looking for partners. I am also no longer in college where I am constantly surrounded by men and more apt to goEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14611472632465144188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632303676302577456.post-75040579334716144502010-09-30T19:53:43.563-04:002010-09-30T19:53:43.563-04:00I would definitely say it's a Plan B, or maybe...I would definitely say it's a Plan B, or maybe Plan C. It's an option I do while I don't have time or when I'm not finding other people out there. I wouldn't say I was like "Oh cool there's this thing called online dating." It was the shameful thing to do before. Now, it's not that bad, but not the preferred method to meet that special someone.Lissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102581211061097901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632303676302577456.post-4819032862498543012010-09-30T17:36:13.485-04:002010-09-30T17:36:13.485-04:00I totally agree with cavenderchronicles! I had be...I totally agree with cavenderchronicles! I had been looking into online dating a little, but I only signed up because they were having a free weekend. A friend convinced me that I should at least try it, and I knew I wasn't meeting any "datable" males in real life, so I forked out for a three-month subscription. Never in a million years did I think I would end up meeting my futureKassia525https://www.blogger.com/profile/03927266436972970376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632303676302577456.post-47818773192357678232010-09-30T16:46:47.004-04:002010-09-30T16:46:47.004-04:00I think part of the problem with online dating is ...I think part of the problem with online dating is that we really don't know what our perfect mate is. We can dream up this perfect mate, but in real life there is no perfect mate. If we got this perfect man, could we live up to him? I think I would have a hard time listing what I am. If you ask four people to fill out the online dating list about you, do you think they would all be the same? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632303676302577456.post-3217075969187830812010-09-30T14:42:33.343-04:002010-09-30T14:42:33.343-04:00Until recently, I would have said online dating wa...Until recently, I would have said online dating was, unfortunately, an only resort - as an introverted grad student (who has plenty of friends, and a busy social life - just none of which has ever led to dating), it's just about the only way I've met anyone to date lately. Thus, I assumed that when/if I meet someone special, it would be online.<br /><br />And yet, I finally had a friend Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632303676302577456.post-63828528413777351102010-09-30T14:27:08.357-04:002010-09-30T14:27:08.357-04:00In this day and age I do not see anything wrong wi...In this day and age I do not see anything wrong with it. Of course you have to be careful about meeting up with someone for the first time...but if you think about it, shouldn't you be cautious about meeting anyone for the first time? Kyle and I were set up on a blind date and to me that is kind of almost the same thing (even though the friends who set us up went on the date, too..so it was aMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519132813380102409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632303676302577456.post-39984733987754781442010-09-30T13:12:29.435-04:002010-09-30T13:12:29.435-04:00That's an interesting approach too...makes me ...That's an interesting approach too...makes me think of another question along this same topic. For anyone currently single who has never tried online dating, what's stopping you? And I don't mean that in a "it's so great, why aren't you doing it?!?" kind of way; I mean it as in what mental roadblocks have convinced you not to do it thus far?Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126555286862036114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632303676302577456.post-18688041425314871692010-09-30T12:47:56.191-04:002010-09-30T12:47:56.191-04:00Hmmm, good questions. I had always dated guys that...Hmmm, good questions. I had always dated guys that I either went to school with or worked with. Every time there was a break up it made it akward to be in the same room with that person. I already had a fairly large group of friends and no one caught my eye that I wanted to date. Online dating was something that I kind of did as a fluke. I just wanted to see what it was like and a month latercavenderchronicleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749576033757175345noreply@blogger.com