The Nondating Life

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

For the U.K. readers

Not that I necessarily have any, but I've been asked for a link exchange by the good folks over at My Best Date which seems to be a reputable online dating site. So I've added them to the sidebar.

Online dating works people. Get on it.

posted by Ken Wheaton at 3:48 PM

9 Comments:

  • Interesting. They asked me for a link exchange too. I declined--I couldn't tell what they well all about. And they're in the UK. And they are for-profit (my site isn't).

    You have to let me know how it works out.

    By Blogger Jamy, at 5:00 PM  

  • Autumn... Worked for me. Besides, you do meet the online people in person, thereby making it the exact same thing as "real dating" but without having to deal with the fact that you both met while drunk off your asses in a bar and don't really remember each other all that well from the first night. ... Unless, like me, you used to cruise the Nerve.com profiles while drinking.

    Jamy ... well, my site's all about getting paid. Now, if I could just find someone to pay me.

    By Blogger Ken Wheaton, at 5:05 PM  

  • Worked for me, too.

    Met my boyfriend on nerve.com (a site recommended by Ken)...and went out with a lot of other nice guys I met on yahoo.com, too, though for some reason, I never had any luck with the guys I met on match.com.

    I found that my boyfriend and I connected in a very strong way on e-mail before we ever met. In fact, when we met, I already liked his personality so much that I didn't even really care what he looked like. As long as he wasn't hideously ugly, and there was some chemistry, I knew things would be okay.

    I think people have bad experiences with online dating because they say yes to everyone who asks and don't take the time to weed out the nutjobs (and there are more than a few).

    If a guy gives you the faintest feeling of heebies when you talk to him online, don't meet him IRL. Simple as that.

    By Blogger Trouble, at 3:14 PM  

  • "Online dating works"....for saddos who can't meet people the normal way.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:19 PM  

  • Hey, Ken, we're both saddos who couldn't have met people the normal way (i.e. picking up people in bars and shagging them).

    LMFAO!

    By Blogger Trouble, at 5:05 PM  

  • Oh believe me, I've done plenty of the "normal" thing. I think the chances of meeting someone either way are about the same.

    Karol's just mad because I made fun of her brother in another comment section.

    By Blogger Ken Wheaton, at 11:04 PM  

  • I'm not cool enough to be up on internet lingo like LMFAO but I stick to my original comment that internet dating is basically for losers. And no, I'm not just saying that because Ken made an incest comment about my brother (but, really, sooooo dead). I agree with Autumn that a grocery list of requirements in a mate isn't the way to find true love. There's nothing romantic about online dating, it's like looking for a job. I dunno, maybe this is the one thing I'm romantic over-- that eyes should lock across a room, that friendship should suddenly develop into more, that it'll all feel like fate that you ended up in THAT bar on THAT night. Going through a menu of people and then choosing a few just seems sad. Hence 'saddo'. But hey, if it's the only way that works for some people then whaddya gonna do?

    And Ken, I don't think I knew that you met your girlfriend online, so no, it really wasn't a dig.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:32 AM  

  • well, I guess it's just me that's a loser since I clearly stated, in the comments above, that I met my current boyfriend online (nerve.com).

    ;)

    By Blogger Trouble, at 9:16 PM  

  • And, to spread my personal coolness around...LMFAO=Laughing My f'ing Ass Off...

    By Blogger Trouble, at 9:56 PM  

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