Meeting on a dating site?

[YvonneTIreland]

What’s everyone’s opinion on meeting a boyfriend/girlfriend on a dating website. I met my boyfriend online and want to tell my family. I feel so stupid for being worried about telling people but some think so badly of online dating. Has anyone had a successful relationship from meeting their partner online? Would love to hear your love story ❤️

[HollyK21]

Honestly you just have to own it. When you’re making a dating profile with the intent of finding a boyfriend, one thing you have to consider is that there will come a time when you want to introduce him to your family. People with the mindset of secrecy or not being honest about how you two met because it’s awkward or embarrassing or whatever, probably shouldn’t go that route of dating and stick to the traditional, in person method. But if you’ve made the choice to be with this guy, then you should stand by how you met him and not feel ashamed or weird about it. Online dating isn’t the taboo sort of thing it was back when it first became a thing. A lot of people do it now, especially during and after Covid lol.

[Ms_Facesitter]

I think it's stupid to find datingsites stupid. It's a handy tool used for love, it's good you keep up with the times :)

[Effably]

I think most new couples meet online now. Not an overwhelming majority but above half. It really is not very strange.

Could list dozens of friends and acquaintances with good stories of it. Myself too for that matter. It is just normal. Of course if you two prefer to say you bumped into each other somewhere else, that is one lie I am perfectly okay with it. But things beginning online is the new normal.

[Guy13]

It’s only embarrassing if it fails whether online or in person. No one likes failure although digital dating sometimes creates a visualization that is not accurate…
Face-Face and daily life interactions seem better 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[Anonymous]

Yeah it’s fine if you actually get to meet them, I did years ago and got married to them but I’m single again and now it’s flooded with scammers and fakes so you’re lucky you actually met someone