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Would you be in a relationship
If it weren't for online dating, do you think you would meet enough people in everyday life, that you would be in a relationship? I am not on any dating sights, and I realize I havent had a hot make out session since August! I am out with my friends a lot, but, they are in relationships, so we go to dinner, movies, and sometimes out for drinks 2-3 times per week. I just don't meet many new people in my everyday life. So, for those of you in relationships, hypothetically, do you think you would be in a relationship if online dating weren't available?
Re: Would you be in a relationship
Yes. There are plenty of ways to meet people without using online dating sites. I met BF for the first time running a race at a local park- he's in the background of my pictures.
Volunteer doing something you enjoy, take a class, take up a hobby, join a gym. Use a site like meetup.com to join a group of people that you'll have something in common with- you don't have to join a singles group with the intent of dating.
I'm not in a relationship but have met a lot of single people offline. While I am on dating sites, I have also met men in bars while out with friends and as part of the intramural volleyball league I joined. There are definitely ways of meeting people off line.
I doubt I'd be in a relationship if it weren't for online dating. I work a lot, I work from home a lot, I'm an introvert, and I don't tend to attract much attention when I am out-and-about. Back when I was single I went out with a couple of guys that friends set me up with or that I met on my own, and they were pretty much disasters. Online dating had its downfalls too, but I preferred it. I felt like I had a better shot at meeting someone who was compatible with my lifestyle. The nerdy introverted guys don't tend to hang out in bars either, yanno?
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Do you live in a small or large city? When I am living in the US I live in a really small city and it would be really hard to meet someone without online dating. Most people are married very young and the only people out are in college or older empty nester types. It didn't really help to join a gym or take up a hobby - those were filled with married people or old people..lol. So online dating is the best way to meet single men my age.
Living in Australia I don't need online dating at all... there are single guys everywhere... through friends at work, in my building, at the cafe/pub, at my crossfit class. I imagine it would be the same in any large city.
I am planning to move to a larger US city in 6 months - 1 year!!
I think you should try to hang out with more single people...I made some fun single girlfriends in my small US city and they are tons of fun
Thanks for posting this thread - I was wondering similar as well right now
I think that there is an in-between like above joining groups IRL through something online like meetup.com. I want to start just dating as well, of course I want a partner in my life eventually, but right now if I can just expand my social circle with good people with common interests I would be happy. I am also going to start joining more community groups through church at first, and am going to a Mary Kay thing of a lady that my parents sponsored for her engagement counseling (married with semi-new baby now) tomorrow who is my age.
Just gotta get out there every once in a while with new people.
Of course!
I have never and will never date online. It isn't my thing. I met my current BF through a little local running group in my city.
You can always meet people by joining a sport's league, volunteering, etc...
They see us rollin'...they be hatin'.