| 6/15/2008 8:41:41 PM |
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alotmarc
Cartersville, GA
age: 37
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Which do you think is the better way for meeting someone.... Now I know nothing can ever replace face to face meetings but it seems better to me to first meet online as you can weed out and be exactly who you are and if the other persons not interested then move on.
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| 6/15/2008 8:44:06 PM |
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onelife2live
Janesville, WI
age: 45
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Face-to-Face....A picture is worth a thousand words....and so is a conversation in real time...jmo
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| 6/15/2008 8:53:57 PM |
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bigrob1891
Colorado Springs, CO
age: 29
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This is a good question, however I am new at the online thing, and think that it may be a little better, then the bar sceen I have run into too many people face to face, that are fake. at least this way you can start by a email, then IM, then phone numbers.....Now with that, your going to get laid, but I think that most of us are now over that phase, and want to meet somebody for compadibiltiy, not lust............well
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| 6/15/2008 8:55:32 PM |
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shawn11
Brunswick, MD
age: 40
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ive yet to meet someone on here in person...the bar well who dont meet flies at the bar?
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| 6/15/2008 9:01:57 PM |
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tiredlogger
Booneville, MS
age: 39
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the online thing is kewl but like some have mentioned b4 there is alot on here that just dont want to meet face to face but you just have to be patient nd enjoy the time u get on here and who knows you mite just meet a real good woman on here sometime as far as the bar scene it is rapidly gettin old n alot of places and for alot of people ya ya can meet a chic get her drunk an get laid but she can also transmit you a std and then there is the other downfalls xbfs that dont know they are xs just yet or maybe she is married outot cheat on her hubby u never know
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| 6/15/2008 9:06:43 PM |
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flowergirl62
South Australia
Australia
age: 48
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Ok onelife you are so on.............I'm going to catch the next plane and be in your face!!! 
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| 6/15/2008 9:09:52 PM |
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kittyj77
College Station, TX
age: 31
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Online. Don't do the bar scene.
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| 6/15/2008 9:20:49 PM |
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tx38austin
Dallas, TX
age: 40
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Neither...
Anywhere else but the two, absolutely and absolute.
Perhaps a university; college or another, but a bar? . Anything rather than here as well, somewhere with a positive outlook.
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| 6/15/2008 9:26:02 PM |
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wantsomefriends
Tacoma, WA
age: 55
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God bless your all's hearts. I'm trying to recover from letting someone else live my life and I really have no idea where to go to meet people or friends. I'm not a drinker. Don't do it well. Now that I'm old (53) I really can't hear a thing people say when the juke box (or whatever they call it now)is on. I'm thinking the internet. So you all think that's a pretty good starting place? Any tips? 
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| 6/15/2008 9:32:11 PM |
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metu
Monroe, LA
age: 48
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It's a hell of a lot cheaper to do it on-line.............untill you start having to fly around the world! 
I'd like to remind everyone that our friend the_timer in England is getting ready for brain tumor surgery in about 4 hours...please keep him in your thoughts....
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| 6/15/2008 9:35:09 PM |
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bucktail
Poynette, WI
age: 48
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pop a top on a cold one,,,hit the on botton,,,,kick back and start posting,,,,best of both worlds
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| 6/15/2008 9:37:07 PM |
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wantsomefriends
Tacoma, WA
age: 55
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Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry! Can't say I know him or that I go to church Sundays...but I do pray for him.
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| 6/15/2008 9:38:34 PM |
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tx38austin
Dallas, TX
age: 40
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God bless your all's hearts. I'm trying to recover from letting someone else live my life and I really have no idea where to go to meet people or friends. I'm not a drinker. Don't do it well. Now that I'm old (53) I really can't hear a thing people say when the juke box (or whatever they call it now)is on. I'm thinking the internet. So you all think that's a pretty good starting place? Any tips?
Well, go to the bar for fun..not to meet someone. Go online if you're really ready for a ride and possible deception.
My two cents 
Rock on
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| 6/15/2008 9:40:11 PM |
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wantsomefriends
Tacoma, WA
age: 55
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I have never been in chat room (by the way is this a chat room?). WI you just seem plain perky. Refreshing! Thanks
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| 6/15/2008 9:40:11 PM |
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bucktail
Poynette, WI
age: 48
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 dont please,,,,
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| 6/16/2008 9:04:17 AM |
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wolfi
Albuquerque, NM
age: 45
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You cannot 'meet' anyone online.
Any further questions?
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| 6/16/2008 9:25:43 AM |
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crimsoncruiser
Huntsville, AL
age: 57
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You cannot 'meet' anyone online.
Any further questions?
I disagree. We live in a different world. Instant communication around the globe.
You CAN meet people on line. I'm a member of 3 guitar forums. I've "met" people all over the world. On one forum, there's a "Jam Zone" where one of us will make a backing track for the other guitarists to jam on. Is the music we create any less valuable because we weren't all in the same room when we created it? I consider some of the members of these forum friends, though I've never seen them in person.
3 years ago, the Gibson guitar company had it's first annual picnic and jam session. I got to shake hands with folks I'd never met in person but knew them from the online relationship. I didn't feel like I was meeting strangers. Felt like I was meeting up with old friends.
I've met a lady on this site.
We chat most days and get to know each other a little better every day.
She fulfills the part of me that wants to love and be loved better than anyone I know locally. She fills my heart with joy.
Perhaps you haven't met anyone online, but I've met a bunch.
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| 6/16/2008 9:49:38 AM |
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wolfi
Albuquerque, NM
age: 45
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You 'felt' like you met old friends?
Evidently our definitions of 'meeting' are very different........
I do not meet anyone unless I actually see them face to face in real life.
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| 6/16/2008 10:07:12 AM |
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deano1234
Pierson, IA
age: 46
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Online. The ice breaking can be done. You already know each other from talking, then go to the bar together. It's not rocket science. If you have talked at all you should have a feeling for each others likes and dislikes. I'm old school though. No matter what happens, walk out with the same woman on your arm you walked in with.
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| 6/16/2008 10:20:12 AM |
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lobo_corazon
Kingston, ON
age: 41
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You don't "meet" people online really.
It's great for identifying someone you would like to meet though!
The bar is too noisy, you have to contend with c__k-blocking friends, etc. It's a great place to pick up if you're an experienced player, that's about it.
The best advantage of dating sites is that you can see at a glance if the person is single/looking, and if they have some common interests (or some non-starters like she's an athiest and he's a fundamentalist Christian, or w/e.)
The best advantage of the bar is you can see at a glance what they really look like (no 10-yr-old profile pics!)... And beer goggles!
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| 6/16/2008 2:28:31 PM |
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onlygodknowswi
Wichita, KS
age: 31
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I dont do either. My advice is to get out and do what you enjoy doing yourself, then you find women that you allready know you have something in common with and the just introduce your self like that.
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| 6/16/2008 2:32:21 PM |
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tuesdaysgone49
Orlando, FL
age: 51
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Bar scene!!!!!! You get to see how they act (sober & drunk) & they always
get prettier,the longer you're there!
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| 6/16/2008 2:33:42 PM |
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immabluefish
Orlando, FL
age: 46
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I have had good luck with online...Don't like the bar scene and drunk men groping me...
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| 6/16/2008 2:37:15 PM |
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rlynn_1
Hedgesville, WV
age: 41
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neither
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| 6/16/2008 2:38:55 PM |
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snowbird1961
Los Lunas, NM
age: 48
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It's a hell of a lot cheaper to do it on-line.............untill you start having to fly around the world!
I'd like to remind everyone that our friend the_timer in England is getting ready for brain tumor surgery in about 4 hours...please keep him in your thoughts....
metu how did it go?
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| 6/16/2008 2:39:17 PM |
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sweetbabeblues
Hannibal, MO
age: 54
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How about we meet on line then head to the bar?
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| 6/16/2008 2:42:02 PM |
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hrtan2
Oak Park, MI
age: 41
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I MUCH prefer online. The bar scene everyone is drinking and views are skewed anyway. I have never met anyone worthwhile in a bar, but I did meet my husband of 8 years online. With a profile I am able to put everything out there without having to find the right place and time to say it. For me, this is so important. Being an Atheist with no desire for children and not being a size 6 means a guy who is not interested can keep on cruising by. I do not have to waste my time on a date where I then find out he is a christian man with 4 kids and baby mama drama going on.
I have pretty good luck getting dates online. I have more luck here than in bar for sure.
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| 6/16/2008 2:50:17 PM |
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ihave4
Palmer, MA
age: 36
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i dont do the bar scene id rather talk on here for awhile
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| 6/16/2008 3:07:14 PM |
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mrcareful2001
Chittenango, NY
age: 49
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Never do bars...and rarely go a week without a date(when I'm seriously looking) so...do the math.
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| 6/16/2008 3:15:47 PM |
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thebestman
Alpharetta, GA
age: 36
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Face-to-Face....A picture is worth a thousand words....and so is a conversation in real time...jmo
Exactly
I Would like to add with regards to online dating, I like to talk and then meet as soon as possible if there seems to be a connection. I don't do email and chat ping pong. The sooner you talk and meet, the better. Sometimes people get to comfortable with cyberspace playing email and chat ping pong for weeks. I like real time conversation and real time meeting. For me, the site is only a medium for which communication is first established.
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| 6/16/2008 3:19:22 PM |
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look2sky
Diamond Bar, CA
age: 43
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In a bar you are limited in selection by the people who happen to show up at the same place at the same time as you. On line, you have access to information about people you would potentially get to know 24 hours a day. You can rule out people based on descriptions written by themselves. Alot of the time you know immediately that you wouldn't be right just by one thing they say in their basic description. You don't wase time on the wrong people on line. I would say it's at least a more efficient way to find what you are looking for.
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| 6/16/2008 3:21:10 PM |
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rapunzal
Grimstead, VA
age: 30
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Both have their advantages but in person has always been more comfortable for me but online i've made a lot of friends too 
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| 6/16/2008 3:29:17 PM |
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alotmarc
Cartersville, GA
age: 37
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Well TY to all for the post as this was my first...To the ones that said most def in person cant ever meet anybody online... My question to you is why are you here then. I feel as most on here it is a great jump off point but if your really interested in meeting someone then it has to come to a face to face meeting as this to me is the true test.
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| 6/16/2008 3:57:31 PM |
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808_sm
Honolulu, HI
age: 42
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I prefer the bar scene.
1. Instant view of who you are talking too.
2. Body Language and instilling humor to a conversation are two things missing from online.
3. A woman you find attractive at a bar may get hit on a few times, but the same woman online get hit on a lot more. In Other words you have a better chance of dating someone you met a bar.
4. The bar scene gives you a time limit to meet. I enjoy the pressure of knowing I have an hour or so to make a move. Emailing for weeks or even months get boring. I like the instant initial interaction instead of the mythodical snail pace of online.
5. Bar scene doesn't give you that build up you get when meeting someone online.
Online does have a benefits.
1. It gives people the ability to behind a computer and meet women who don't go out to bars.
[Edited 6/16/2008 4:14:48 PM ]
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| 6/16/2008 4:22:40 PM |
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seatraveler99
Avinger, TX
age: 44
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I say the bar scene without hesitation.I know it's not the ideal atmosphere to get to know someone,but I still believe in face to face conversation and real human interaction.To me,3 months online with someone doesn't do what 1 night of interaction can do with a person in real life.Frankly,I think online dating sucks.
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| 6/16/2008 4:24:35 PM |
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sars
Morgantown, WV
age: 27
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YOu know its very difficult to trust some body on the net. Its kindda not safe. So I dont think so you reveal your whereaboout so soon. Any idea
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| 6/16/2008 5:15:08 PM |
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lzylwr
Williamsburg, VA
age: 23
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Starbucks.
Or Bestbuy.
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| 6/16/2008 5:23:09 PM |
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kittyriffic
Georgetown, FL
age: 54
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i prefer online in my pjs with a glass of wine
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| 6/16/2008 5:41:43 PM |
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keeper99
Dover, DE
age: 42
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I no longer enjoy lots of noise,but i can put up with it for an hour at the most,seen enough of drunks.I am not into this surfing profiles,but ill do it for now{interesting point of views}.Rather go fishing but thunderstorms tonight.
Still hope to make some sort of connection,but not expecting it.maybe ill make some friends.
[Edited 6/16/2008 5:42:45 PM ]
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| 6/16/2008 6:55:45 PM |
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lobo_corazon
Kingston, ON
age: 41
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Well TY to all for the post as this was my first...To the ones that said most def in person cant ever meet anybody online... My question to you is why are you here then. I feel as most on here it is a great jump off point but if your really interested in meeting someone then it has to come to a face to face meeting as this to me is the true test.
I think you misunderstood. "Meeting" implies face-to-face, so you don't meet someone online, you meet someone for a coffee after setting it up online.
That's my overall goal anyway... That and meeting my quota of lolcat image attachments!
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| 6/17/2008 8:17:59 AM |
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someguyinco
Pueblo, CO
age: 34
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I won't say never, but you'll RARELY find anyone worthwhile in a bar. most of them are too caught up in the dating scene or they are there for much bigger reasons that you'd never want to subject yourself to. the baggage you'll find there just isn't worth it, imo.
I haven't been on this site long enough to comment on the success you'll have here, though. g'luck!
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