Oh the Adventures of Online Dating

How many of us have turned to online dating because of our busy lives? I know I have...Here are a few stories of what I have encountered out there!!

I worked more than 40 hours a week, didn't always have the time to go out and meet people, and not to mention, I hated the bar scene.

Almost 5 years ago I had put an ad on craigslist and met someone who is one of my best friends to this day. We had fun, dated for awhile, but his work schedule was way too busy to have someone in his life.

So, once again I joined a popular dating site after my cousin talked me into it...She had many successes, meeting many people, sometimes dating 2 or 3 of them at a time! Her schedule was jam packed with dates so I figured, what did I have to lose?

As soon as my profile was up, my inbox was flooded. I got responses from all types of people, looking for all different types of things.

The typical guy "creeper" on this site as I describe it would email me and kept emailing me time after time again. Mind you, I was on this site 4 different times. I took down my profile those 4 times because I was bored of the scene. However, every time I signed up again, these people found me and emailed me. I have quite a good memory and remembered everyone that I emailed or responded to, which was very few. So, DELETE, DELETE, DELETE. If I don't respond the first time, why try three more times to contact me????

Then you had those who would email you and describe what they were looking for, which was the complete opposite of what was in your profile that you were looking for! Hello, read the headlines before you respond! DELETE

I was very specific in my profile that I was very independent, and yes, I wanted someone the same. However, those who had NO CAR, NO JOB, and LOOKING FOR A SUGAR MAMA always seemed to be emailing my inbox. Kids are ok, however, you must be able to support yourself! Once again, DELETE...Read the profile before you respond!

Did I meet anyone worth my time? Yes, I did...He was an amazing person who made some wrong choices many many years ago. TYPICAL!!! However, he was a very deep, thoughtful, emotional person who wanted the same things in life as I did. We lost touch and I always have to think "what if" the situation had played out...People change and he certainly would have made an amazing other half.

We used to trade stores on the people who would email us and our experiences with the site and vowed not to tell anyone we met on a dating site. It gave us a little bit of humor and helped us feel more comfortable with each other. I mean, after all, meeting online can be good or bad. The bad meaning you meet someone who is 100% not the person that you see in their pictures and has no personality whatsoever. He was NEITHER and if anything, more beautiful in person, both inside and out.

After that, I took my profile down for the 4th and final time. I was tired of meeting the same people and disappointed that a great person I had met didn't really turn out the way I wanted it.

We all are destined to find love...It will come into your life when you're least expecting it...