Wow, This Online Dating Really Works!

BY GEORGE SIEGAL

Everybody is doing it, so I figured why not give this online dating a try. It seemed better than shopping at Costco and Sams Club, bulk dating.

After a bad marriage it was a great way to meet people. Sure there were some scary characters, people loaded up with problems or those that showed up looking nothing like their photo. I dated a few women who must have been in the witness protection program and were using their online picture as a disguise to throw people off.

On one date I showed up and the woman was a good 50 pounds heavier than her profile. This isn’t fat bashing, but if you check petite on your profile description that’s a bit misleading.

Another had an online shot of herself with long flowing hair. She showed up on the date with hair in a bun so tight it had to hurt. Not that there’s anything wrong with tight buns, but it wouldn’t be a hairdo I would pick.

One lady checked on her profile “non-smoker.” There should be a category for online dating forms that has two options: non-smoker when sober, heavy smoker after a drink or two.

But it wasn’t a total waste of time, because I ended up meeting the woman I’m going to spend the rest of my life with. When I came across her photo and profile there was something about it that said to me, “I need to contact this woman.” The first few times I tried contacting her she ignored me; maybe it was the photo of me in my prison fatigues, or the fact I had kids from a previous marriage, or that we lived in different cities. Nobody ever called me a quitter so I kept at it, and one day I slipped through the firewall and we ended up talking online, and the rest as someone once said is history.

There are a couple of lessons to be learned here. One, online dating is a great way to meet people. Two, well maybe there’s just one lesson to be learned. At any rate, I ended up meeting someone I would probably never have run into at the supermarket or a bar, and I’m very happy. In fact we are expecting a child in December.

The online dating phenomenon and the fact if actually worked for me was my motivation to start MyLoveBytes.com. It’s a website that has blogs and videos about dating and relationships. I hope you’ll check it out.