So has anyone else here done the Net dating thing? I'm just curious. If you can and want to focus your attention on it my long story follows :)

I met my husband online over a year and a half ago, prior to me moving to Las Vegas (for those who don't know, I'm in the military). I knew I was moving here from the east coast 3-4 months in advance, started look online for possible dates from back in maryland. My experience was this; I got married at 18, stayed married for nearly 4 years, seperated, and got divorced very quickly. Afterwards I dated exclusively via internet. It worked very well. Meeting people at bars is bad in my opinion (most of the time) and I don't date people I work with, nor did I want to get set up by someone one. So I chose what I wanted in a guy, put up an honest description of who I was, and persued internet dating. I only had one truely bad date, lots of prospects discarded, and several real relationships, short though they were due to the fact I moved (varied from 1-6 months). I moved here, dated my husband for 2 months non-exclusively, then exclusively after that. We got engaged 28 sept and married 23 nov this year (he has been stationed here nearly 6 years and if we are married they will move us to another base together, other wise tough luck, so no luxury as a long engagementin the military). I have been thrilled with the results. I think internet dating, when done honestly and with eyes wide open, helps unite people who otherwise might never bump into eachother.
So what do you think?

I am currently close to a certain man online...the distance and the way our lives are going are keeping us from going further, but we both can't deny that there are feeling there between us...whether they are strong enough to hold only time will tell, but to be honest I hope things work out, he treats me the way I want to be treated, with respect, and down here in my neck of the woods I can't find that anywhere else. Men here suck(especially if they hang on Bourbon st...but different story)!

I tried online dating before I met my wife.

Fell truly in love with someone, I can say, but it didn't work out. We still talk once in a while, but we're both married to other people we love, so it's officially over.

When I was in another state for work and didn't know anyone, I used chat to fulfill that social need, and met up with more than a few women- it was fun, but I didn't meet anyone I'd fell in love with, and I also learned that people are VERY different than what their online persona might make them appear as.

I'm working through my chat archives to create an e-book of how to date online. I learned quite a few things during this period, and was pretty successful at it.

One thing that dating on the net allows you to do is to find people who share your interests and then see if there's any chemistry rather than falling for bodytypes and hoping for the best afterward...

I didn't use an online dating service but my husband and I met through a chat room in 1995.