I Tried Online Dating

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By: flyawayhome

Written on February 20th, 2013

I joined OkCupid a couple weeks ago. I've never been into the online dating scene but I figured why not? I have a friend who just got married to a man she met on match.com and another friend who has had many successful dates on OkCupid. Personally, I've been sick of meeting men in bars. They seem great when you're intoxicated, but they're not so great outside of that one drunken encounter.
I finally decide to make my profile one night and was shocked by the attention I was receiving. I was overwhelmed and I don't think it was in a good way. The thought of managing multiple guys at once scared me. Knowing that I would have to reject some of them was in the back of my head and I found myself nervous.
I gave it a shot anyway. What's the harm?

In a week period, I had three dates. All of them seem like people I would like to get to know and seemed to be really into me. They are all still maintaining contact. Oh ****.

How do you girls handle this? Any of you men been in this position?

I'm not good at this!

By: flyawayhome

Age: 22-25 , Female

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6 responses

BirdsofParadise

I was in a similar situation. I had three great first dates within a few weeks of each other. Lots of communication and possible connection. However, it became confusin! :) It's going to sound odd but keep a notebook. I'm serious. My mother suggested this to me. Not a little black book like you're a player, but keep notes on what you like about each and about the stories they've told you once you get home. The last thing you want to do is comment on something that happened to guy #2 and not guy #3.
However, you should narrow you choice down within a few dates. I think that comes naturally.
Have fun and be safe! :)

Mar 25
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- flyawayhome
  Can you teach me how to reject people? lol Blah.
  
  Mar 31
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crowbar53

Thanks for the "Heads up" girl. I wanta' try this too. The bar scene is too crazy for an older guy.

Mar 23
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LifesCraziness

YO!!! How is it going?? How is the dating scene? HIT..... ME..... UP!! :)

Mar 7
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Tootsiepops

I think you seem to be the perfect age for the online dating thing. Funny, I joined OK Cupid also, and so far met one really nice guy and we may end of going out again next week. I've had 3 relationships from the online dating exprience, all pretty positive so far. I highly recommend a book called Dating For Dummies by Dr. Joy Brown. She touches a lot about online dating..the do's and don'ts. It's harder to date for women in my age bracket there. The guys I would love to date 38-48, typically want the 30 year olds. I also have a child, so I think some people may seem like that is baggage, but whatever. If I were you, I'd make a list of what you think you really are looking for in a mate. Once you meet someone you are attracted to physically and they meet your top criteria, then a romance may be a bloomin. Good luck to you!

Feb 26
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billiejeanboo

Its hard keeping everyone's profile straight, too. I try not to ask too many written questions at first because you wanna save those for the dates. I like to keep the written stuff light and casual. If u think they are creepy, dont meet up with them even if you feel sorry for them. Every okay, non-creepy guy deserves 2 dates (chances). But if u dont like them, just kinda disappear. They will assume you met someone else. Its too stressful to be sending everyone a "nice knowing you" message. I mostly have blah dates and neither of us contact each other again. But sounds like you are a great first date. One more thing... never tell them about the others even though it is understood there ARE others. We all pretend we are only talking to each other exclusively.

Feb 20
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