Do you believe dating sites/apps are "hard mode" to finding that special someone?

[tstarr17]

I ask because when I've looked to date people, that's been my only method. I only know one person, one of my sisters, who met their special someone through a dating site/app. Everyone else I know that's dating/engaged/married met them through some other means. I wouldn't say they don't work in general, but it's basically like window shopping for both men and women. I've had times when I went on a date with someone, I thought it went well, and that they had a good time too, only for them to ghost me. I've also had times when a woman agreed to a date with me, but then they delete the conversation and I never ended up meeting them. I also dated one person who went on like 6 dates with me, but she ended up dumping me, and ended up dating other guys who treated her like garbage, so it seems like the quality of people on dating sites/apps isn't very good either. What do you think?

[Guy13]

I met my girlfriend from friend who I met at www.meetup.com as we play soccer together.

[slatyb]

Match worked for me and my wife. Before I met her I had a couple of other long-ten relationships with women I met online.

[tstarr17]

I'm not asking if they work at all, but it seems harder to do than if you just went on Meetups or something

[slatyb]

That depends on how many compatible single people there are in your locale. If you are looking for people with minority characteristics random encounters may not work well. I was looking for 30-something secular women of high intelligence. Most of those women were in partnerships. On match about one new possibility appeared per month.

[Nikki1989]

I don't know why people bother with dating apps. The whole world is a dating site, and it's free.

[NostalgiaSenpi]

I dunno. I haven't had a pleasant experience, but I know twelve couples that met on sayings sites, all still together where one even met during a free communication weekend on Match. It's possible.

[tstarr17]

It is possible, I agree, but it seems harder to do that than just talking to a woman at a bar or going out and meeting people.

[NostalgiaSenpi]

I dunno, man. I've tried everything and failed at it all for fifteen years. Good luck to you in your relationship endeavors.

[scott04sa22]

I meet my current girlfriend from mutual friends