Ya, thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind.

It was not through on-line dating, and I wasn't even looking for anybody, but I met my current partner on line. We sometimes get funny looks from people when we say we met on the internet, and I know what they are thinking, but he has made me so happy, I really dont think its an issue. I say give it a go and I hope you find somebody you are happy with.

I have never actually registered to an on-line dating service but I have met people online. It normally seems to start off well enough but distance always seems to become an issue after a while, I guess it's because you cant really feel that you are with someone if you cant easily meet them. I met my current partner after she came out of an on-line relationship with someone from the US. I'm not saying that an on-line relationship isn't going to work, I think if you're both committed to it then that's all that matters.

You shouldn't limit yourself to someone just in the Goth / Alternative scene, there are plenty of good people out there and there difference in opinion towards things will keep things interesting, I mean if someone agrees with you about everything its sure to get dull after a while.

I've done the online dating thing, and I've had success with it. However, I haven't used any site targeted toward any subcultural group. In fact, I've only utilized three sites, two uninentionally.

One year ago, I chose online dating because as a divorced, 27-year-old woman whose only romantic prospect lived nearly 1000 miles away, I was both tired of sitting in my apartment and past my prime for the college-centric bar scene in my small city.

Through my profile on OKCupid -- which I maintained strictly to keep in touch with a few friends who were into it at the time -- I noticed I was getting propositions for dates from several local guys in addition to the myriad of propositions from men further away (one of which has ended up being a very good friend). Ultimately, OKCupid, though free and unique in its matching, wasn't right for me. The local population on the site was very small, and I found I didn't really click with any local prospects.

My intentional choice for online dating was Yahoo Personals. The service is relatively inexpensive -- especially when compared with sites such as eHarmony or PerfectMatch -- and the free preview was the clincher. Before I became a full subscriber, I was able to create a profile, receive messages from people interested in getting to know me, send IceBreakers to people I was interested in, and search for potential matches from within a 5-mile radius of my city on up to a 250-mile radius. Once I found a few people I wanted to contact beyond a single IceBreaker, I subscribed, and over the course of a year, I went on several dates -- both good and bad -- with about fifteen different, local people. I cannot say with certainty that my success rate has been better than it would have been using more conventional means, but I can say that I've met people I probably wouldn't have noticed or crossed paths with in normal life.

Most recently, I met my boyfriend via MySpace -- which I also never intended to use for dating purposes. Essentially, he contacted me because one of his underlings at work had been trying to hook up with me, and he thought I looked familiar. Eventually, we figured out I looked familiar because I had turned him down on Yahoo (to be fair, his profile was horrible).

So, in short, meeting people online -- through any site -- can be the right choice for many people, particularly people who are a bit tired of more traditional methods or who feel they've exhausted the possibilities in their everyday lives. But no one should assume that online dating eliminates the pitfalls of real-world dating. It only allows you to undergo some of the dirty work in the privacy of your own home.

I was recently involved in an online relationship. It just ended 10 minutes ago however, she left me. :/

It lasted with us a long time ago. And meeting people online can work out very well if you know what you are doing. Its how my mom met her fiancee and my about to be stepdad.

Just keep the right things in mind and be careful, it can work out. It didn't for me though, but that was because of her problem.

the next best thing (:

This particular date is a month dead and starting to smell...

Closed.

Captain Nevarre