to all regulars and non regulars dating....

How many have you have been on dates from Cs and other wise..say since you split from your last longterm lover..Just want to see how successful these sites are.
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Is that the only way to measure 'success'?
I have been on several dates Ian, one from this site and the remainder from another site wave
Lots from here (usually first and never again dates) and a good few in RL. It's not a problem meeting someone, it's meeting someone to have things in common with. conversing
I agree KN wave

Another case of 'quality' being preferable to 'quantity' wine
Hi serene, wave agree, I do give things a chance, but if I don't think we have enough in common to make things work out, than I don't see any point. bouquet
Perhaps when people have dates, or are developing relationships they're not as vociferous about it as those who complain.

People maybe don't want their most private and sensitive stuff out in public as a rule, but a good old fashioned whinge doesn't really make people all that emotionally vulnerable.
not every one gets over a ldr a quick as I do ....and some take for ever ....and some fall in love but wont tell you till they fall out ...and it doesn't matter what I or someone else say's on some one else's blog they think its a attack on them .......dancing
Hi Ian. I agree with KN here. Going on dates with people from CS is not the problem - in fact, I have met quite a few people here who live in my area - but, when face to face meetings are often disppointing (in my experience!) as they are nothing like they say on their profile, the chemistry is just not there and we don´t have as many things in common as they said they had...doh

However, I have had a couple of "successful" relationships but they were short-term.

Now, talking about "sucess" vs. "failures"... I don´t consider any of the meetings I have had complete failures as one always learns from experiences and nothing is a "failure"!scold

We just learn that we are not compatible, that´s all, and that there must be someone out there who is better suited.dunno
teddybear
"A Gentleman never tells"
but since im not a Gentlemen ,Im free to speak about it

I don`t date

not by choice...uh oh
Hi Ian, Since my relationship broke up 6months ago,I have not dated. I feel ready to Date only now but again, like what NNenagh says, I have had offers, but there is no chemistry there, and we don't have alot in common. I have had quite abit of mail from Spain too in that regard. I am reticent about being hurt again and I am strong enough to be vulenrable online... I really dont care who knows it. I am being extra careful but open to anyone nice, but not looking frantically .... does that make sensebeer
ps Vulnerable blushing Typho
Hi Ian!
I like having communication here with friends. Before I came to CS I had once been on a speed dating in Vienna. This kind of dating is based on the idea of experts stating it would only need a few seconds that a couple would realize if they suit to each other or not. Several men sit in a row, and each woman moves from one to the other. Each has a sand glass on the table and the conversation starts and ends till the sand is down. Then one switches to the next. It was fun, but didn't work out. Those who had given their visiting card to me I didn't want to meet for a second time. doh laugh
so ou browse the sites...do you women send an email or do you wait to see what comes your way..

Me...I never actually contacted any women..blushing i wait until they contact me..and boy have I had some nutters
Calleis I think that this type of speed Dating is a money maker and is very false the woman and man are basically 'selling themselves ' in a certain short timeframe. A lovely shy man who doesnot talk at 100miles an hour, or who isnot into small talk would come out badly... whilst say a very confident woman would seem overpowering... it isnot a great way at all to meet. In my opinion. handshake
@ Ian

I rarely browse profiles, I prefer to sit on my pedestal and wait for them to come to me laugh

Did contact a guy a while back, shortly after he hopped on a plane and flew thousands of kms for a two week date grin
Nada! I just keep on wishing. And the men just keep on viewing and viewing. And me wishing and wishing.rolling on the floor laughing
That does sound like fun Calleis wave


Maybe not the most ideal way to search for a partner but if people have a light-hearted approach, it should be an enjoyable experience dunno
Calleis If you find speed Dating fun that is great. IF people want to make money out of it let them ... I was making a comment, it wouldnot be for me, having said that, I am just going from T.V. Documentaries about it, showing what happens and I felt alot of the people were under pressure, guess it depends on your temperament, confidence and probably age. wine Give me an hour with somebody over a cup of Tea and a slow, chat to give me time to evaluate and feel or not feel the chemmistry...
I don't think CS - or any other similar site - can help you if you cannot make it in real life. CS only provide more opportunities and a wider selection. The rest is up to you. Just my opinion though.dunno
cheers wave
It depends how quick chemistry works... cheering
@Catfoot, you made a point: wider selection on CS! how many people can you honestly meet in real life? and then they will also not always be telling you the truth about their lives. Maybe even worse than those having a profile here. dunno love
It is very successful for me Ian. I only met two. The first one was so unbelievably interesting and beautiful, lasted almost two years (13,000 miles away), and my last with whom I am right now is so wonderful, the kind of feeling that you have never had in your whole life. The one that makes you wake up in the morning and would want to every morning of your life for the next 30 more years..And by God I feel so young and will be so.

NOTE: on both instance, I never aimed at meeting anyone and has blocked the whole world, but miracles do happen and I am so happy.

So to your question? This site works. I have 7 couples on the Poetry Corner and they're all my friends who got lucky and married and still communicating outside of CS and best friends..

Good luck to everyone..and you Ian, I am sure, you will find her as she will find you.
I only joint CS, no other dating site.
I talk with some guys from CS, some of them asked to meet in real life. if I feel there is a chemistry between us, albeit just little, I would agree to meet. But if I feel no chemistry, I would not meet them.
I met someone wonderful, and we become good friend until now. I have met him more than 3x as good friend but we could not be a couple and we respect each other as a person. he is not in CS anymore now, but we still meet some times.
Mr. Darcy and G all rolled into one? thumbs up
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