Online dating?New Show Catfish

I met my husband online. Best way I know of to meet someone and find out their interests and personality. And it's especially useful for those not in high school or college and don't have opportunities to meet someone to date every day.

I met my husband online. My aunt met her "current" husband online (She has passed away so I guess technically they are not married anymore, but he is still my uncle).

Online relationships aren't a joke. They are very real and in some instances might be stronger than when you see what the person looks like first and ask questions later.

My hubby is cute, but he's the kind of cute that has to grow on you. He doesn't really stand out in a crowd. Had I saw what he looked like as he was asking me out on a date, there is a good chance I would have said no. Instead, I met him online without knowing what he looked like. I got to know him. Then I met him in person. Liked him so much that I gave him a chance. And I'm very happy that I did :)

I met my husband online. We talked for 5 1/2 months before meeting in person. When we met in person we were engaged in 1 month and married in 6. It's been almost 9 years and I love him more everyday. I think the key was neither of us lied to each other. We shared true pictures and were who we stated to be. No relationship can be built on lies. If you are going to lie about what you look like then what else will you lie about. By the way, when w went through pre-marital counseling our pastor was amazed at how well we knew each other. Only talking for 5 1/2 months let us get to know each other very well, but again it comes back to the honesty thing. We were both 100% honest.

lots of questions :) i haven't seen the show you reference (ugh, kinda glad!) but i can try to answer your questions.

- i have met someone online (years ago), developed feelings for them, and then when i met them it was noooo-where near what i thought. he took so long to come over, though (from England) that i had met someone in the meantime. i think i knew him probably close to 2 years before he came over. no, i was polite and tried to be nice but it was obvious "things" weren't the same once we met in real life. it wasn't deliberate, though. just the "spark" wasn't there. at all.

- i also met my husband online. the difference there was, i was on a dating website and i decided i didn't want to talk to these people for weeks or months, build up an image of them in my mind, and THEN meet them. i met him after about 2 days of talking. it was pretty much instant "WOW", and we have been together ever since.

i find in general, the less time i have to "imagine" what someone is like, the better off i am.

of course, i have never spent a lot of time getting to know someone, and then finding out their picture or profile was completely fake, either. YIKES.

i know it happens, just never happened to me. hth.

I LOVE THAT SHOW! lol When I tried out eharoney I did not ever develop a relationship over the internet or in person. I tried it out and realized it was chalk full of loosers. Sorry but it was this was almost 7 yrs ago and I tried it for a couple months. It took a long time to actually be able to email a person that you had a match with. There were a few ppl that I felt I could become friends with or even in a relationship with them if they lived near. The whole catfish show would be over if ppl would just skype! The only person I actually got to speak with over the phone was so weird. Constantly worried about liers and what I really looked like. Asking me several times to "take a picture right now and send it so i can see what you look like" at the time i thought it very rude and odd he wouldnt believe me. I also had hesitations about if I were to be in an accident or if i had a blimish, or even grow old. was he this vain that my looks were everything. then i see this catfish show and it makes more since. he had been using eharomy for awhile and apparently when he said ppl were liars they really are huge liars! his distrust really creeped me out though. i did myspace one other person from the dating site and his more recent pictures he appeared dirty and scrappy beard (i love me a beard but this was dirty looking, like rob zombie is hot and this guy looked filthy) also alot heavier and nothing like his other picture. when i called him out on it i find out that was a hs picture and he dosent even try to look like that anymore. i deleted him because he wasnt taking care of himself and looked like he needed a bath. i told him why i was deleting him and the other guy i explained to him i felt it was rude. the only one that contacted me said he wasnt intreasted i was too far and he was talking with someone else. there was one other guy who we were just about to be able to email when i gave up on that on line dating. then i found my husband.

online you dont get to hear the tone of voice. you cant see there dirty habbits and you know the person you want them to be not who they really truly are 100% its freaky!

I love the show!

I'm pretty sure I'm old enough to be his mother, but Nev is an absolute doll. He, in my opinion, is so incredibly handsome, and a really good person. He's incredibly intelligent, and I was hooked after seeing his documentary about his own "love" disaster.

I've been single for 15 years, by choice. My youngest child is 17.
I, personally, have never, ever, even attempted to engage in an online relationship. I know women who are serial online daters, and it's never a pretty ending. They keep doing it though.

I don't know anyone close to me who successfully found love on the internet, but I guess it has happened for some people. More power to those it's turned out well for.

Myself? I don't trust it.

I have met a few men online and they were nothing like I thought they would be. Men who seemed wonderfully nice online were control freaks in real life. One man turned out to be a bit crazy and a stalker. Some guys post pictures that are years old and are almost unrecognizable when you meet them.

I keep hoping there is one nice guy out there I can actually have a relationship with.