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Dating app/ website success stories

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I think I've reached the point in my life where I'm honestly ready to find the right woman to settle down with. I have never used a dating app or site before. I always assumed they mostly used for easy hook ups. Never have met anyone that actually found their significant other thru one.

I have zero experience as far as online/ blind stuff goes. I've mostly met girls either in real life, or thru friends.
Most girls I've dated, for me, we're never wife material. I feel like I need to narrow down my search. I want to try to take my search to the next level.

Tell me some app/ site success stories Gaf.
 
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You should try this one out. It's only in LC for now though.
 
Your profile needs work if you haven't met anyone at all.

I would call hookups "success stories" but it's the only thing online dating is consistently good for.
 
By the way, OP, I've probably met like 100 girls on dating apps over the past 3 years - including two significant girlfriends during the time (not simultaneously).

Just download and swipe.
 
Don't let what's going to happen to this thread let you down.

There's no rule to dating and how it works. If there was, everyone would be happy. But I met my partner on a dating site.
 
there is a pretty strict science to this, unless you're 10/10 hot.

met my ex on there and we dated for 3 years. If you don't feel those "butterflies" then don't bother.
 
From my experience it's a numbers game, you'll have to make an effort with so many people until you finally find someone interested in meeting who is actually checking the app and not letting the convo go cold for whatever reason, and even then the odds are slim that the person you meet isn't going to ghost you after meeting in person and establishing a decent rapport... it's almost less effort to actually go out and talk to people, seems to be a much higher success rate.
socksfelloff said:
My only advice is don't go into it looking for "the one ". Go have fun and when she's the one, you'll know it !
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yeah, this too.

Also: expect that anyone you meet with is dating multiple other people at the same time. May not be the case, but usually is.
 
polyh3dron said:
From my experience it's a numbers game, you'll have to make an effort with so many people until you finally find someone interested in meeting who is actually checking the app and not letting the convo go cold for whatever reason, and even then the odds are slim that the person you meet isn't going to ghost you after meeting in person and establishing a decent rapport... it's almost less effort to actually go out and talk to people, seems to be a much higher success rate.

yeah, this too.
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I can confirm the above. I still think online dating just isn't for me.
 
I hate online dating but still use it.
Easy to meet people.

Not looking for something super serious atm but if I were I think it would be even more useful.
Don't go in expecting to find a spouse immediately. People online are many times dating multiple people.

Use it to meet people. Then see what happens. Less expectations is good.
 
I met my wife on eHarmony. Be yourself, be truthful, make sure you have the same core beliefs and treat her with respect. It takes time, don't try to rush dating, it'll happen when it's meant to.
 
I just broke up with my girlfriend a few weeks ago but I met her through Plenty of Fish, we were together for 21 months so a not insignificant length of time so it's definitely possible to meet people through it.

Before meeting her I used it mostly for hookups or chatting to new people though.
 
I worked for Match/Meetic/OKCupid/Tinder as a product design for almost 3 years, and every months, we received ton of letters and announcements from our members telling us they found the one, they were getting married thanks to our service or sometime they were waiting for a child!

I can't speak for everyone of course, but I've seen enough to agree dating website/app can help a lot of people, since it can be sometimes really hard to meet new people when you're already having work and personal life (being with friends or family). And it doesn't stop you from talking with irl girls haha. Dating services are like a good bonus for an established plan.

Actually, both of my friends found their partners on a dating service (OKCupid and AdopteUnMec) and they are getting married in a few months.

It's worth a try for sure. You won't always find the perfect one, but it can lead to great things. :)

And for what service to use, I would suggest OKCupid, Match or Happn (it's french so I'm not sure you already heard of this one before). They produce great results.
 
OkCupid has probably produced some of the better results for me. It can happen as long as you put decent effort into your profile and conversations.
 
Had so much sex thanks to tinder. At least one one night stand per week during peak

But I'm settled now, have a gf.
 
I used OKCupid about 2 years ago to find my girlfriend. Most amazing person I've ever met. We often forget we met online because we're so perfect together. We were both about to give up, but then we got matched up with like a 92% match, and it's been magic ever since.

My advice: if you're using something like OKCupid where you match by answering questions, answer as many as you can as honestly as you can. There could very well be someone out there that answered the questions the exact same way as you and you'd never know it unless you answered them.

Also never give up. I was about to give up the night I got matched with my GF, and my life would be so drastically worse if I had.
 
I used Okcupid I met my girlfriend after being on the site for a little over a year but before her, I met someone I dated for four months. She's amazing we've lived less than 20 minutes apart our entire lives I probably would have met her in high school if I hadn't been so anti-social joining Okcupid was one of the best decisions I ever made.
 
Used Tinder for the first time a couple of years ago and met an absolute psycho who tried to drag me to hell. Gave it another try right after and met my great GF of 18 months now.
 
Met my current GF on Tinder. She was visiting from San Francisco, we had a great night, and we kept in touch for 7 or 8 months. She wound up moving to Portland (she was visiting to see if she wanted to move) and we've officially been together for a year. We're moving in together in a month. :)
 
I met my wife on Match, but it was also 12 years ago. Online dating wasn't nearly as socially accepted as it is now. For the longest time, when people asked where we met, we'd tell them where we actually met on our first date, even though we had talked through Match for a few weeks.
 
Met on Coffee Meets Bagel

Chatted!

Met in real life!

Dated!

Fell in love!

Been about a year now and she's amazing.

She likes to touch my penis!
 
Over the past five+ years I've sunken countless hours into OKC, CMB, eHarmony, Tinder, you name it. I've gotten approximately bupkis out of it. A fair number of first dates, maybe a half dozen forced second and thirds, but nothing more. I've had better luck meeting people IRL, which still seems incredibly counter-intuitive.

My experience may be atypical, but I have a hard time believing that the success stories that tend to crop up in threads like these are representative either. It's a lot easier to brag about your successes than admit to your failures; I know I very nearly didn't post this at all.
 
I got 6 replies on tinder, they all asked if I wanted some hot sexy nudes!

But real talk, I’ve met a couple but I’ve never gotten anywhere. Never felt a click, even after a couple dates. Last one before throwing in the towel I ended up staring out the window for our entire conversation. I shouldn’t give up, but it gets enotionally taxing
 
My success story: I met my SO on a gaming news site/forum almost two years ago, and we have been dating for about a year and a half. I was not looking for a relationship at the time but of course I am glad I'm in one with my SO now. I feel happy spending time with such a lovely and caring person.

There were difficulties at first, being on complete opposite sides of the continent but we made it work. He has moved closer to me now and is only away a few hours by car.

I think there is no harm in trying out dating apps and meeting new people. You might find your gf through one.
 
Ri'Orius said:
It's a lot easier to brag about your successes than admit to your failures; I know I very nearly didn't post this at all.
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Perspective man. They’re not failures, they are learning opportunities. I’ve had many MANY of them. The nice lady I went out with 3 times, but ultimately it didn’t work out? Failure? Hell no! She was fun - it just didn’t work - whatever, moving on.
 
I met my wife through Plenty of Fish about 9 years ago. I think I just got lucky. I hadn't been too active on there, but I had taken interest in her profile and clicked something that saved it to my favorites not knowing that there's a way for the people you click that on to actually see that you did it.

She noticed and sent me a message asking if I wanted to chat some time so we did, she was the most incredible person I've ever met and everything just worked out awesome. We got married a few year later and just celebrated the anniversary of our first date this past weekend.
 
As far as i know, there are two rules on dating apps

1) everybody is always uglier than the pictures (that includes you)

2) everydody is always crazier and overall more of a mess than they seemed like when talking online
 
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