Experience with Online dating?

I am interested in hearing any experiences, good or bad, concerning online dating services. Are there any agencies that are better than others? Is the whole thing just a crock?

Experience with Online dating?
I found Match.com and Yahoo really good sites. I met a lot of nice men, only a couple turned out to be a little weird. I eventually met my current husband and we fell in love right away. You need to be discriminate and talk to the people online first, then a couple of phone calls before meeting them so that you can get a feel if this person is what you might be looking for. There is no way I would have met him or anybody else because I have an isolated job where I don't meet people. So, I gave it a try and I am so glad that I did. (I have heard from men that the women do post old pictures of themselves and that a lot of women are much older and chunkier than they present themselves. Also, some people are professional daters so you need to be careful of them). I didn't have this experience with the men.
Reply:I have had 2 bad experiences with them. Both girls were addicted to the sites. Even one girl I was with was for 3 years, and engaged, and I kept finding her on date sites. Its like people get addicted to them and always want to see who is out there or available to them. Its sick.
Reply:It works well, if.... you invest the needed time and energy. It works best if you use email (lots of them) to really get to know the other before you meet them. I like it because you can be yourself immediately, and hopefully the other will do the same. And that why you can make judgments about the other early on, i.e. you can move on early if there is no spark or if there is a compatibility problem.
Reply:ha noooo... get out of the house
Reply:I am dating a guy that I met on OKCupid.com. I really like him a lot! I have met other guys from there before and some of them are still pretty good friends to me. I've never paid for a dating site before though.

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