Last night I was watching The Bill Engvall Show (caught it accidentally - didn't know it had premiere'd yet) and the parents were getting ready to go out to a ballgame with a friend of theirs. (He'd gotten lost on the way, even though he'd been there a gazillion times, because he was following his GPS's instructions.) So while they waited they sat down with their kids. One of them said they had to write a history paper and the topic was "How did people meet each other before the internet?". (I found that amusing. :o) ) So the parents told their story.
But it got me to thinking, meeting on the internet is big business these days. But it's one of those things I just don't get - not really. I did actually meet someone from the internet once and we went out for a while but there were things that troubled me, not the least of which - we met online. He was okay with that and told anyone who asked he'd met me that way. I, on the other hand, chose to tell people "we met through mutual friends" which, truth told, wasn't entirely a lie (if you were okay with stretching the truth - out of shape even) but it sure was walking a fine line there. I knew if he ever met my friends and family, he'd spill his guts and so we never took things to the "meet the friends and/or family" stage. Plus, I couldn't see myself telling my kids one day, "Your daddy and I met online."
But I can see the advantage to meeting online because you have the opportunity to get to know someone without being judged on looks. This is assuming, of course, who you're getting to know is being honest - but then you can meet liars and skanks without going online too. I just don't think that venue is how I want to go about meeting someone though.
So anyway, the big question of the day is - how did you meet your significant other? Was it a blind date? Office romance (which was the case with me and my husband - I was his father's secretary)? Automobile accident? Visitor's day at the prison? What?
Inquiring minds want to know. :o)
But it got me to thinking, meeting on the internet is big business these days. But it's one of those things I just don't get - not really. I did actually meet someone from the internet once and we went out for a while but there were things that troubled me, not the least of which - we met online. He was okay with that and told anyone who asked he'd met me that way. I, on the other hand, chose to tell people "we met through mutual friends" which, truth told, wasn't entirely a lie (if you were okay with stretching the truth - out of shape even) but it sure was walking a fine line there. I knew if he ever met my friends and family, he'd spill his guts and so we never took things to the "meet the friends and/or family" stage. Plus, I couldn't see myself telling my kids one day, "Your daddy and I met online."
But I can see the advantage to meeting online because you have the opportunity to get to know someone without being judged on looks. This is assuming, of course, who you're getting to know is being honest - but then you can meet liars and skanks without going online too. I just don't think that venue is how I want to go about meeting someone though.
So anyway, the big question of the day is - how did you meet your significant other? Was it a blind date? Office romance (which was the case with me and my husband - I was his father's secretary)? Automobile accident? Visitor's day at the prison? What?
Inquiring minds want to know. :o)
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Well, we certainly didn't meet via The Dating Game, which I remember well (dates me huh? - no pun intended). LOL.
Office romance for us - but we were friends for a couple of years first and knew each other very well by that time.
We have some good friends who met through a dating service and have now been married for several years. They're very compatible and speak highly of that method of meeting someone (I suppose the service matters - some good, some not so good). In this "disconnected" world, we make whatever connections we can. :)
We met through a couple open dorm windows in college while his best friend was trying on one of my dresses. (Go to a school that's 80% male, you have to be kinda lenient when it comes to beauty contests.) But then we met again later at a party, through mutual friends.
I've seen good and bad results from online dating. Don't think it would ever be for me if I were in a situation where I was looking for someone again, though. I prefer the face-to-face thing.
He was a customer. He had to have his daily food fix and that's how it started.
At a Christmas party for the company I worked for - he was on a date. Luckily for me, it was a platonic date and she ended fixing us up. Still, I think I would try online if I was single, but I'd have to be very, very careful.
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