Veiws on internet dating...
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personally so long as you're smart and use your head i think it can be a good tool. have you talked with your parents about this?
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kevlite2020
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I look at it as just another tool available to people to use. You can meet people through many different ways nowadays. Whatever path (or paths) you choose to try to meet people and look for a spouse, as long as you invite God in that process in your life, He will surely be with you. He is able to use anything for good, including internet dating sites.
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Many people do meet online these days, and it does seem to work. You do need to be careful I think, but you need to be careful in general, even when meeting people in person.
I would say, if you want to try it, just find out a bit about the site, maybe read some reviews.
I am not against it, being online just gives me another opportunity to meet the person I will be with.
And it is hard to meet Christian men my age here since I live in a small town.
It's a different experience, but it has been successful before.
I would say, if you want to try it, just find out a bit about the site, maybe read some reviews.
I am not against it, being online just gives me another opportunity to meet the person I will be with.
And it is hard to meet Christian men my age here since I live in a small town.It's a different experience, but it has been successful before.
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You are still young and at your age if you are going to school or something like that you may have a much better chance of finding someone by meeting them at school.
Plus you also have to remember to be careful.
But in terms of people dating on the internet. I don't have a problem with it. I met my fiancee on CF.
Plus you also have to remember to be careful.
But in terms of people dating on the internet. I don't have a problem with it. I met my fiancee on CF.
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I have talked to my mom and stepdad about it...they met online so they aren't totally against it...they just said that I can't meet the person I met by myself...they'd rather me go with either them or some friends.
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kevlite2020
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along with that, for a first meeting type situation, it may be better to meet them in a fairly crowded type place - like a coffee shop. I'd be weary about meeting someone in their home or inviting them to yours right off the bat.
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that sounds like a good plan. when i met my ex in person for the first time i had my father with me and we met at a Bible conference so it was a place where there were a lot of people around (like Kev said its a good idea to find some spot like that) and there was plenty of conversation material just from what we were being taught at the conference.
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This.
Personally, I wouldn't advise internet dating. I had nothing but massive headaches with it as well as dating in general.
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I met my spouse because of internet dating.
1. I met a woman online, it seemed great & then I relocated to the city she was in (someplace I would never move on purpose NORTH!) things were shaky and got worse. She turned out to be an absolute loon. I even had to lock myself in the bathroom and call the cops once while she was in my apt. We broke up, but in the meantime I had found a great job and I loved the church some friends from back home advised when I told them where I was moving. So I stuck around in this terrible northern tundra.
2. I met a woman at that church. We are opposites in a LOT of ways (that seem more important than they are). No way a dating site would EVER match us up. We are very happy and expect our second child to be born about a month from now.
The moral of the story: If internet dating hadn't steered me completely wrong, I would have never been in the place and time to meet this wife I love so dearly.
1. I met a woman online, it seemed great & then I relocated to the city she was in (someplace I would never move on purpose NORTH!) things were shaky and got worse. She turned out to be an absolute loon. I even had to lock myself in the bathroom and call the cops once while she was in my apt. We broke up, but in the meantime I had found a great job and I loved the church some friends from back home advised when I told them where I was moving. So I stuck around in this terrible northern tundra.
2. I met a woman at that church. We are opposites in a LOT of ways (that seem more important than they are). No way a dating site would EVER match us up. We are very happy and expect our second child to be born about a month from now.
The moral of the story: If internet dating hadn't steered me completely wrong, I would have never been in the place and time to meet this wife I love so dearly.
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haha well i knew they'd get along, and i was right. My dad wasn't a huge fan of the idea of me dating someone i met online, but once he met him he was cool with it
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PaulDavid
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with anything there are plusses and minusses to consider
Plusses -
You can cover a LOT of ground very fast with internet dating. While you can go out and make a dozen contacts on a good night in town on the internet you can make literally hundreds of contacts.
You get to know the persons mind first
It is easier to open up online
Minuses -
You can spend so much time getting to know someone, and forming attachments, then meet them in person and there is NO physical attraction.
Most of the time people online are far away and it would be inconvenient to have any kind of social life together (which kinda defeats the purpose of online dating anyways).
Moral..
Go for it, but, don't spend too much time getting to know them before you meet them in person, it'll save you heartache down the road.
Plusses -
You can cover a LOT of ground very fast with internet dating. While you can go out and make a dozen contacts on a good night in town on the internet you can make literally hundreds of contacts.
You get to know the persons mind first
It is easier to open up online
Minuses -
You can spend so much time getting to know someone, and forming attachments, then meet them in person and there is NO physical attraction.
Most of the time people online are far away and it would be inconvenient to have any kind of social life together (which kinda defeats the purpose of online dating anyways).
Moral..
Go for it, but, don't spend too much time getting to know them before you meet them in person, it'll save you heartache down the road.
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Been there, done that and it was a bittersweet ride that I will probably never do again and I sold the shirt I got from the ride on e-bay.
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I don't know.. ask God what He wants you to do and search out your motives for wanting to try internet dating.
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Or the ex being close to you in location when...oops I mean 'if' the two of you break up. That is always a very big bonus not having.
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