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True McKinnon, I'm "out there" and honestly had better luck real time since I started this dating odyssey mid december. Surprisingly the grocery store has turned into a singles club while I had my head down and nose to the grindstone!! I work for myself, I don't date within my profession, don't **** where I eat!! I can't/don't date my patients. Most of my friends in suburbia are married, so online it is. Scammers are a part of online life though, no sense worrying or getting upset about it. Now I know this about the online scammers/players. I've never been online dating before 6 months ago and this is a world unto itself. There's a lot to learn about meeting people and there's even an art to communicating with strangers on these sites. It's a real shame that some people find more amusement in playing games that go no where... when, if they put as much effort into finding someone to care about and share a life with, they might actually be happier about their lives and wouldn't feel the need to deceive. |
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Ok, I didn't read every post in this thread but read many and am wondering if I am the only person who has had good experiences on line?Dating sites are not really for me but I have made several good friends from the forums here. I did have one very intense long distance relationship that included one cross country flight to meet each other, it finally did end but after nursing my broken heart I don't regret one minute of it. I have a friend I met on a dating site, it didn't work for us as partners but we stayed friends. He met a woman on a dating site, talked for hours daily for a few months, met a few times, she is moving here to live with him in early April. Dating sites are full of the same kinds of people as populate the earth, the good, the bad and the ugly so you do have to sometimes deal with creeps. Just be smart, a little prudence goes a long way. I just wanted to say that dating sites can work and have worked for many, many people. I do think being involved in a sites forums gives you a better chance to get to know someone even before you decide to email them on a site. I am keeping an open mind on this subject because even good experiences can have difficulties that have to be worked out too, just like in real world dating. Believe you me though, that Mingle2 would be the first place we would post our happiness on our first year anniversary so that others can see that online meeting and dating can work if you work at it. |
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How can you have an open mind if you think everyone is a scammer?
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Dating sites are like going to the casino. You pay your dues ,sometimes you come out a winner, sometimes you don't. But no matter what you still had some fun, that is unless you invest way too much in which case you will learn next time. So just hope for the best and expect the worst cause you just never really know. No real way of telling except for very obvious signs. I love this casino comparison Betty, and it's always smart in any endeavor to hope for the best in plan A, but always be prepared for the worst with a plan B. |
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Well that’s just GREAT!  Now instead of thinking that only half of you are fake, now I'm wondering if the other half are aliens! The other half of us are mimes. This is how we spend our days off. darn I was going to spend mine shopping, bummer 
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How can you have an open mind if you think everyone is a scammer? I didn't say "everyone" is a scammer or a player... And I choose to keep an open mind about all this because that's how I am. Even if I get burned, I put a salve on the wound so that when it heals the scar is barely visible. Then I pick myself up, straighten out the wrinkles, and move on much the wiser, hopefully. |
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Dating sites are like going to the casino. You pay your dues ,sometimes you come out a winner, sometimes you don't. But no matter what you still had some fun, that is unless you invest way too much in which case you will learn next time. So just hope for the best and expect the worst cause you just never really know. No real way of telling except for very obvious signs. I love this casino comparison Betty, and it's always smart in any endeavor to hope for the best in plan A, but always be prepared for the worst with a plan B. I have had better luck at the casinos lol |
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You just have to be realistic. Common sense dictates that if your in a forum or chat online odds are there's going to be a fair percentage of people that aren't what they appear.
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I think that most people on these sites put on a front in one way or another. It doesn't mean that they are "scamming". It's people saying things that they think are going to impress other people. I agree with something that Cinderella said in another thread about how it's not so much about the opinions people on the forums choose to express but how they conduct themselves. Well, I think it's both actually because obviously you have to look at what they say and make a judgement about why you think that they are saying it. You ask yourself, "What sort of person would say something like this?" and you make a judgement about their character.
It's the same thing in real life. In social situations people will put on a front and try to impress other people and it's all about "keeping up appearances". |
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Dating sites are like going to the casino. You pay your dues ,sometimes you come out a winner, sometimes you don't. But no matter what you still had some fun, that is unless you invest way too much in which case you will learn next time. So just hope for the best and expect the worst cause you just never really know. No real way of telling except for very obvious signs. I love this casino comparison Betty, and it's always smart in any endeavor to hope for the best in plan A, but always be prepared for the worst with a plan B. I have had better luck at the casinos lol I hear you...
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You just have to be realistic. Common sense dictates that if your in a forum or chat online odds are there's going to be a fair percentage of people that aren't what they appear. I know that now, but I didn't know that then, having never encountered forums in the real world. With this new knowledge I'm better able to make the right choices about who I will befriend and who I will ignore. Life is a learning experience, and I'd rather face it with a positive, open minded attitude, than a negative and closed minded one. Just saying... |
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You just have to be realistic. Common sense dictates that if your in a forum or chat online odds are there's going to be a fair percentage of people that aren't what they appear. I know that now, but I didn't know that then, having never encountered forums in the real world. With this new knowledge I'm better able to make the right choices about who I will befriend and who I will ignore. Life is a learning experience, and I'd rather face it with a positive, open minded attitude, than a negative and closed minded one. Just saying... |
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You just have to be realistic. Common sense dictates that if your in a forum or chat online odds are there's going to be a fair percentage of people that aren't what they appear. I know that now, but I didn't know that then, having never encountered forums in the real world. With this new knowledge I'm better able to make the right choices about who I will befriend and who I will ignore. Life is a learning experience, and I'd rather face it with a positive, open minded attitude, than a negative and closed minded one. Just saying... |
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I think that most people on these sites put on a front in one way or another. It doesn't mean that they are "scamming". It's people saying things that they think are going to impress other people. I agree with something that Cinderella said in another thread about how it's not so much about the opinions people on the forums choose to express but how they conduct themselves. Well, I think it's both actually because obviously you have to look at what they say and make a judgement about why you think that they are saying it. You ask yourself, "What sort of person would say something like this?" and you make a judgement about their character. It's the same thing in real life. In social situations people will put on a front and try to impress other people and it's all about "keeping up appearances". Me personally, I prefer to be myself, letting my hair down, what you see is what you get type person. Rather than creating an image I have to live up too... that's too superficial for my taste... because sooner or later your true nature will surface.. and then what... |
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I don’t understand...if they’re fake, then who is typing the messages they send me?  Seriously though, I have to assume that I’m not the only person here who doesn’t pretend to be someone else, want to be someone else, or ACTUALLY BELIEVES  they are someone else.  Coincidentally, that’s the same response I give when asked if I believe in aliens. The fact that we exist ourselves is the very concept that makes life on other planets probable. Well that’s just GREAT! Now instead of thinking that only half of you are fake, now I'm wondering if thethe other half areare aliens! lmao if im either of those ill eat my underwear  
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I don’t understand...if they’re fake, then who is typing the messages they send me? Seriously though, I have to assume that I’m not the only person here who doesn’t pretend to be someone else, want to be someone else, or ACTUALLY BELIEVES they are someone else. Coincidentally, that’s the same response I give when asked if I believe in aliens. The fact that we exist ourselves is the very concept that makes life on other planets probable. Well that’s just GREAT! Now instead of thinking that only half of you are fake, now I'm wondering if thethe other half areare aliens! lmao if im either of those ill eat my underwear
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I don’t understand...if they’re fake, then who is typing the messages they send me? Seriously though, I have to assume that I’m not the only person here who doesn’t pretend to be someone else, want to be someone else, or ACTUALLY BELIEVES they are someone else. Coincidentally, that’s the same response I give when asked if I believe in aliens. The fact that we exist ourselves is the very concept that makes life on other planets probable. Well that’s just GREAT! Now instead of thinking that only half of you are fake, now I'm wondering if thethe other half areare aliens! lmao if im either of those ill eat my underwear Thank goodness eating underwear (thongs, is it?) is more of a guy thing, I think... can you imagine how unpleasant it would be if we women had to eat a pair of menz briefs... that's just too much sweet at one setting for me...
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Edited by
Toodygirl5
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Wed 03/27/13 10:30 AM
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I found Mingle through "google", because I was looking for a free site to see how they work. More scammers have contacted me here than any other site I was on previous to this. Of course, I was on secured "paid" sites and they are Costly but I met all my previous dates on them. I have a guy still calling me I had only one date with. I do not continue dating a man if he is not a real match for me, because I am seeking a future partner. Men I date have to travel here first. What I am trying to say is the saying, "You get what you Pay for" may be true in some cases of which dating sites work best.
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I found Mingle through "google", because I was looking for a free site to see how they work. More scammers have contacted me here than any other site I was on previous to this. Of course, I was on secured "paid" sites and they are Costly but I met all my previous dates on them. I have a guy still calling me I had only one date with. I do not continue dating a man if he is not a real match for me, because I am seeking a future partner. Men I date have to travel here first. What I am trying to say is the saying, "You get what you Pay for" may be true in some cases of which dating sites work best. I had the opposite happen to me, toody... I began on a paid site, and that was where I was introduced to the insincere fakes... it got so bad that I closed my account and gave up what was left of the subscription I paid for. After a few days I reopened my account but I lost the subscription privileges. Then a man I'd never met posted Mingle2's site for me to visit, he said it was free. I was curious and looked Mingle2 up and joined. That's the same way I joined another free site is by a member referral, and it's on the free sites where I found the forums for member interaction. So, I'm really grateful to those guys for pointing these sites out to me, even though I never spoke to them before or after. |
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I found Mingle through "google", because I was looking for a free site to see how they work. More scammers have contacted me here than any other site I was on previous to this. Of course, I was on secured "paid" sites and they are Costly but I met all my previous dates on them. I have a guy still calling me I had only one date with. I do not continue dating a man if he is not a real match for me, because I am seeking a future partner. Men I date have to travel here first. What I am trying to say is the saying, "You get what you Pay for" may be true in some cases of which dating sites work best. I had the opposite happen to me, toody... I began on a paid site, and that was where I was introduced to the insincere fakes... it got so bad that I closed my account and gave up what was left of the subscription I paid for. After a few days I reopened my account but I lost the subscription privileges. Then a man I'd never met posted Mingle2's site for me to visit, he said it was free. I was curious and looked Mingle2 up and joined. That's the same way I joined another free site is by a member referral, and it's on the free sites where I found the forums for member interaction. So, I'm really grateful to those guys for pointing these sites out to me, even though I never spoke to them before or after. Many men on here, who are not on these forums are on other "paid" sites because this site is Free and they leave their profiles on here for Months and Years. I run into a few profiles I seen on other "paid" sites so I know it to be a fact. Anyway, I am happy for the experiences I did have on other sites, or I would look at Online dating not so great either.
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