Your experiences with online dating?
My experiences with online dating (I am female) haven't been particularly good, so I wanted to hear from you about your experiences with dating platforms. So far, I've had some contacts with men, and either they just wanted one thing, which is sex, or they were shallow romantics who bombarded me with endless love emails, boring me with their messages. One was really extreme, trying to convert me with his religious lectures about Jesus and God :) and another, I got really scared of him. He wanted to marry me and have children without even seeing a picture of me. He was so persistent that I got really scared. Although I'm a very shy person and don't have much knowledge about men, I find such behavior abnormal. What are your experiences with online dating? Have you had any negative experiences too? Since, as I mentioned, I'm very shy, the internet is my only way to meet men. But somehow I always end up with the wrong guys. It would be great if someone could share positive experiences about their online flirts to strengthen my faith in dating platforms. Has anyone here even met their partner online and is now happy? Am I the only one getting such weird contact requests? I would really appreciate some positive feedback to restore my trust in the world of men!
Hello, I was married for 16 years and have been single for the past 3 years. I travel a lot for work and barely have time to meet someone. Plus, I’m a bit shy after such a long marriage. I’ve tried a few dating sites and apps and have gained some experience with online dating. I felt the same way as you. Most people are just looking for romance without any sense or understanding. I’ve received marriage proposals and quickly realized that they’re just after my money, which I don’t even have... hahaha... they’re worse off than I am. I read that they’re referred to as spam or scams. They pretend to offer you love and claim to have a lot of money, but they just want yours.
Then there are those who immediately send intimate photos or, worse, only want those. Sometimes I thought I was in the wrong movie. I’ve met a few people and had at least a nice dinner here and there. But I must admit, I’ve also had a few very exciting encounters.
I’ve also experienced that many are married. You can quickly tell when they don’t write on the weekends or don’t share their phone number for WhatsApp. And they mostly talk about sex.
However, I did find someone among hundreds who won my heart here on FreshSingle :) Unfortunately, he lives 450 km away from me, but that doesn’t matter. He is the one I’ve always wanted.
So don’t lose hope; love does exist online. Just pay attention to how he writes and whether he genuinely cares about you and has time for a date on evenings or weekends. Good luck with your search for a partner; there’s definitely someone out there for you too!
Well, let me share my experiences with you.
I signed up for a dating site about six months ago. At first, I had to realize that there are many 'inactive users' there—meaning users who haven’t been active for at least six months. I still reached out to some of them, but received no replies. Some respond with a promising email and then disappear without a trace. With others, you have intense chats and hot phone calls. Then, after agreeing on a meeting over the phone, you travel 50 km twice and stand there for an hour, waiting with no one calling you and no responses to your calls and texts—completely ghosted. Others send you all their contact options and, after you send a picture and sufficiently describe yourself in your profile, suddenly have a problem with your appearance, and your profession doesn't match the lady's character at all...
When you finally meet in person, you realize that the other person may have exaggerated their weight. You also notice face-to-face that they tick quite differently: for example, I was told that my build and type didn't quite match, and my relationship expectations were absurd (even though I had described myself and sent a picture, and my expectations were the same as stated in my profile). I ended that situation.
Now, here we go again...
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