Among Friends

[Sweet_Serenity]

Share my story. Met a wonderful man from online. We live in the same area. My last relationship 5yrs ago, Decided take time before rejoining the dating scene. Highly recommend online though do suggest learning safety measures. Easy to do most dating sites explain the perils of shady individuals. John 6 yrs younger enjoys keeping up with me. Friend's tease me about being a cougar. Truth be told pushed him away at first because of our age difference. I'm so happy he persisted pursuing us.🌷

[GenXmuse]

Good for you!  I met and married my husband from match.com and have never been happier. Congratulations!

[Love my grandkids]

Good for you. I personally *hate* the term "cougar." And 6 years is no big deal.

[BellaNonna]

I am in my 60s and a few years ago I signed up on Plenty of Fish.  Was on the site for several months but not active and only glaced through profiles occasionally.  One Sunday I watched a movie on pay-per-view that reminded me of someone I dated in 1980.  We had remained friends for several years after we were no longer a couple but eventually lost touch.

After the watching the movie I decided to check out who was on POF and as I was scrolling potential "matches" a photo of a handsome man caught my eye and when I looked closer I was stunned to see that if was my BF from many years ago!  I tried to be cool and sent him an email saying, "I know this is a longshot but I think we met in 1980..."  He responded within an hour and not only did he remember me, he remembered where we met, what my last name had been at the time and many other details of our relationship.  Work and travel schedules prevented us from getting together right away so we exchanged emails and talked on the phone over the next couple of weeks.  When we finally saw each other in person, the first couple of minutes were a little awkward but it quickly felt as if no time had passed and we were still BF and GF.

We have been inseparable ever since and he is my mate for life!

[MacDUFF]

@Sweet_Serenity

I'm so happy for you, Sweet!  Wishing you both happy times ahead!

[missy1]

Even if  you don't go on a date, it's fun reading the crazy profiles.

[Imadickens]

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@Sweet_Serenity wrote:

Share my story. Met a wonderful man from online. We live in the same area. My last relationship 5yrs ago, Decided take time before rejoining the dating scene. Highly recommend online though do suggest learning safety measures. Easy to do most dating sites explain the perils of shady individuals. John 6 yrs younger enjoys keeping up with me. Friend's tease me about being a cougar. Truth be told pushed him away at first because of our age difference. I'm so happy he persisted pursuing us.🌷

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You go, girl!😉 I think it can be ideal, IF, like you said, you are very careful! When they first became popular my mom new a gal who met Mr. Right! He "lived across country so needed to relocate and find another CEO position"! Poor woman had been a wallflower her whole life, fell for it, and him, and gave him carte Blanche to all her money. You know how it ends...she lost everything! Including her retirement account she built up so many years as a clerk in a local store! At 62 she woke up broke and broken hearted! She called police, turns out he was a local guy who scammed lots of women her age!

However, my dd met our sil online! It was such a good match that 15 days after they met we were all talking marriage! They waited over a year to get married, but it was a true fit!  Being careful is key! Their first date was New Years Eve and dinner with our entire family! He agreed to all our "requests" so I knew he was a keeper!

[BalletBabe]

I would be so scared to meet someone I met online.  Too many crazies out there!  I am glad it worked out for you!

[missy1]

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@BalletBabe wrote:

I would be so scared to meet someone I met online.  Too many crazies out there!  I am glad it worked out for you!

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Meet them in a public place. They are not all creepy. I am friends with one for over a year (met on CL), but not a love connection for me,

[Susan in California]

A relative of mine's neice who is an attorney and had had several relationships, (and had been engaged at least once), met her husband on the eharmony site.

Her mother shared this with me.  We went to the wedding.  It has been two years now, and they have a little baby boy and seem well suited.  I found it amazing that this young woman who attended UCLA and then Hastings Law School still did not find her match.  I think the world is so different now.  And whatever works for people, I am happy for them.