Are gay networking sites a good way to find relationships?- Page 3

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 6:32pm

i.e. Lance Bass and his so-called SAG (straight-acting gay) posse.

[D2]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 6:40pm

I met J2 through a gay dating service called Man Mate. Our first date was on February 14, 1993 (yep, that's right) and we've been together ever since.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 9:51pm

Congratulations to all on their partnerships, long or short!

I trust it was clear I was just curious, not judgmental. My divorced sister met a wonderful guy via match.com.

(Confidential to AC: I met plenty of "Mr. Wrongs" at bars and clubs before I happened on "Mr. Right." So I know what you mean.)

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 10:17pm

At least online I don't have to stand around listening to music that's too loud and probably hate. I've met men I've mated with in all sorts of real-world scenarios, but having been online dating since the mid 90s (Back when most of my straight friends were horrified by the thought. I guess I'm an online dating hipster. I was online dating before it was cool), I couldn't imagine life without it. I'm sure I'd adapt, but it's still a mostly positive thing, I think.

When I lived in Boystown in Chicago, those GPS apps were crazy. I lived in a high rise and I'd see guys who were tens of feet away and wonder if they were on my floor or perhaps one on a nearby floor. Of course sometimes I used it just for sex, but at other times it made it very easy to go have a spur of the moment drink or coffee with someone that stumbled across me on an app.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/26/13 at 2:13am

Steve and I met online....and that was 15 years ago

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/26/13 at 11:46am

I had always dismissed online dating as something I would never try. I just had this idea that it wouldn't be for me, and for some reason this preconceived notion that it was "sketchy." A bit over two years ago, I made myself an OkCupid profile. I basically figured a) most people in bars are just looking to hook up (especially gay bars, lets face it) and b) I wasn't posting anything on OkCupid that wasn't already on my Facebook. I got a message from my now boyfriend of two plus years on the site three days after creating my profile, and I deleted it two days after our first date. And we've been together ever since.

So for me, it was absolutely worth it. I figured I had nothing to lose. And I'm very glad I stepped out of my comfort zone and tried it. I realize I'm in the minority in terms of things working out so well so fast (he had a profile for about six months and went on multiple dates, most of which were total busts, all of which never went anywhere) but I say give it a try! Why the hell not?

Updated On: 6/26/13 at 11:46 AM

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 6/26/13 at 11:56am

I met all 15,000 of my exes online.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 6/27/13 at 9:48pm

Good for you, WiCkEDrOcKS! And congratulations!

[Kad]

Posted: 6/27/13 at 10:05pm

Lance Bass is straight acting?!