I told Jack once that if our marriage ever ended for whatever reason, I would never date again—I’d enter a convent. That convent part might have been a bit of hyperbole, but I was pretty serious about never dating again. Dating takes a lot of effort. And time. Do you know how long it takes to feel comfortable enough with someone before you don’t die of embarrassment if you accidentally let go a little wind? No thanks. I dated for a few years in my life and that was plenty enough. Been there, done that, got the tee shirt.
But even if I were interested in dating again, I would never, ever have the courage to go online. I mean, do you even know who you’re talking to?? Okay, sure, there are lots of anecdotal stories out there about people who connected online and lived happily ever after. Even I know personally of three stories where people met online and got married. But what is that against the number of failures? Women meet enough frogs who want to be kissed in real life without having to go online to meet them, too.
So, my vote is no to online dating. So far never had to, and never plan to, 
either. Women should meet guys and be disappointed—or thrilled—the old-fashioned way, face-to-face.
That’s just my opinion, What do you think?
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good points. The only use of the internet for dating that I can see is to reconnect with someone you already knew such as a high-school sweetheart or old friend. Not for meeting someone new. For as you pointed out, do you even know who you’re talking to?
It’s scary, Helen! I can’t figure out if I’m acting like a geezer for worrying about this stuff or sensible. Probably a combination. Thanks for commenting!
I agree Dee. However I am having awful trouble visualizing you in a convent.
You are?? How strange! 😉
I always say that I kissed a lot of frogs and got a lot of warts before I found my prince. Really what it was is that by dating many guys, I narrowed down what I really wanted out of a forever-man. So when I met him, I knew what I’d found, and was determined to not let him go. I tell him I’d have married him a week after meeting him. It took him over 2 years just to be ready to move in with me. Then we got married so after that–36 years and 4 kids ago.
But I might write about on-line dating. Have to talk to a few more people about their experiences first.
Fiona, congrats on 36 years!! Quite an accomplishment! I really skipped so much of the dating stuff. Met hubby when I was 13, dated him a few times (double and family-type dates) when I was 15. We decided that going steady wasn’t the right decision because we wanted to be sure about our feelings, so we dated others until a few months before we married. But we did finally marry–47 years ago. He’s still my true and only love. We’re so lucky to have found our right guys!