Scarlett Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I am listening to NPR right now about a site called Settle for Love. Interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawyer&Mom Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Yeah and where does one meet these people? In a bar? Meh. I think it's possible to meet someone nice in a bar, but you have to sift through lots of people who might not be interested in meeting anyone seriously. Although at that point (pre marriage) I wasn't looking. It just happened (and it happened to be someone I met on-line). Neighborhood coffee shop. If it went well we could extend into dinner at a restaurant nearby. My other go-to date was a walk around the lake downtown. If it went well we could extend into dinner at a restaurant nearby... Did actually meet DH at a bar after work for our first date. But it was daylight, and we had a table and they served food... It didn't hurt to be dating in an urban environment where I could walk myself to all my first dates and there were always, always a ton of other people around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 We met online, too, through a dating site. Interestingly, we each were the first date that we went out on from the site, and we both never went out on another. That's us, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 At least 5 couples in our small parish met online. All age groups from early twenties to mid fifties. We aren't a dominant "denomination" so it helps to have a broader region to choose from. But I also want to say that each couple shared a life interest as well as the Orthodox Christian faith, and it seems to me that is a big success factor. Edited to spell correctly the name of my Church. :::eyeroll::: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Add us to the list. Met on Internet dating site circa 2002, married 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutingmom Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 And another... met dh on a dating site for members of my church. Married 15 years now. I said yes to the marriage proposal before meeting IRL..... Sent from my SM-T530NU using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I picked my husband "out of a book" through a dating service 18 years ago. It was before Match.com and E-Harmony. We've been married for 17 years. I didn't want to mess with meeting guys at church or bars. I didn't know there were guys in books. Does it mention if they know the difference between a hand towel and a dish towel or if they vacuum well? :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Neighborhood coffee shop. If it went well we could extend into dinner at a restaurant nearby. My other go-to date was a walk around the lake downtown. If it went well we could extend into dinner at a restaurant nearby... Did actually meet DH at a bar after work for our first date. But it was daylight, and we had a table and they served food... It didn't hurt to be dating in an urban environment where I could walk myself to all my first dates and there were always, always a ton of other people around. We went to La Madeleine. I've recommended it many times as the ideal meet in-person for the first time date. For those who don't have one, you order at the counter but their goal was a Bistro. If the date didn't go well, we could have eaten a light meal and left. Since it went well, we could sit and talk by the fireplace for hours without bothering anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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