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I'm absolutely certain this topic has been covered already, but I"m too lazy to look past the first page. There's about two paragraphs of me waffling here, so feel free to skip down the questions at the end.
I've been thinking a lot about internet dating recently. It was really spurred by the thread Cyber Love (I'll edit in a link later), and the fact that on this site, as well as in real life, I seem to fall into crushes wayy too easily. Seeing as these people are generally unavailable in some fashion or another, I've been trying to find some sort of distraction. Like say, someone else to fawn over instead.
So that brings me to my main question here. Would it be worthwhile to look to internet dating sites as a distraction? I don't think I'm going to be able to stop my easy-crush behavior any time soon, so instead of focusing it at a place like here, move it somewhere where people are actually looking for that sort of thing. On the other hand, I have reservations about internet dating in general. I don't mean to rain on any of those here who've found happy relationships online, more so that I'm skeptical that I could get it to work for me specifically.
So, do these sites work? Am I doomed to failure because of my skeptical attitude? Where's a good place to go? Does it have to be a pay site to work well, or could I find decent results on a site like OKCupid? I'm happy to have anyone address my thoughts specifically, but if you have any thoughts on internet dating and dating sites, please share them as well.
I've been thinking a lot about internet dating recently. It was really spurred by the thread Cyber Love (I'll edit in a link later), and the fact that on this site, as well as in real life, I seem to fall into crushes wayy too easily. Seeing as these people are generally unavailable in some fashion or another, I've been trying to find some sort of distraction. Like say, someone else to fawn over instead.
So that brings me to my main question here. Would it be worthwhile to look to internet dating sites as a distraction? I don't think I'm going to be able to stop my easy-crush behavior any time soon, so instead of focusing it at a place like here, move it somewhere where people are actually looking for that sort of thing. On the other hand, I have reservations about internet dating in general. I don't mean to rain on any of those here who've found happy relationships online, more so that I'm skeptical that I could get it to work for me specifically.
So, do these sites work? Am I doomed to failure because of my skeptical attitude? Where's a good place to go? Does it have to be a pay site to work well, or could I find decent results on a site like OKCupid? I'm happy to have anyone address my thoughts specifically, but if you have any thoughts on internet dating and dating sites, please share them as well.