I agree with Jason. Yes, I have dated people met in 'real life' with no success (just recently breaking up with someone because we're just at different points in our lives (me - settling down, him - just starting with a semi-serious adult job), but using an online dating site does carry a stigma that I can't find dates in person or have given up on it.

About a year ago I met someone online (we'll call him Bob) through okcupid.com (promoted by Oprah about 1.5 years ago). We didn't take it too seriously, but we did meet for dinner once and that was it. I chatted with a few others I met, but never met them, and for whatever reason kept in touch with Bob. As it turns out, we have mutual friends who could have quite possibly introduced us, but through online dating we were able to see how good of a match we are and could see what we each were looking for, something out friends could've missed.

Bob & I just had our 2nd date a week ago, and a 3rd is set for tonight. Since the 1st date a year ago, we've both had a chance to establish ourselves, mature, and be in a better position to realize what we missed out by not having our 2nd date sooner.

We've developed a close relationship with the dating site as a catalyst to put us in touch, but it also allowed us to become friends first and now see if we are well-suited for each other.

I don't consider online dating a taboo, and agree it might be a good choice for people with limited opportunities to meet people in other settings.

I see a problem, though, with limiting your options. When you start to create requirements such as "taller than x”, you are eliminating a lot of people who could be a great fit. I say that based on female friends who ended up marrying guys much shorter than them, whom, if asked before they met their husbands, would say they wanted someone taller. Because they met their partners in real life, they had a chance to get to know their personalities and fall in love regardless of them not fitting their ideal "figure".

I absolutely agree with you! In our society right now there absolutely is a stigma about online dating but I also agree with you in the sense of WHO CARES how you met, if you two enjoy each other's company and make each other happy then more power to you. With everyone so extremely busy these days do people really have the time to go on 5-10 dates a month hoping that one of them will take and have an opportunity for a second date? Generation Y is full of people who have spent their entire lives synthesizing information quickly and coming up with an immediate conclusion.

I'll admit that I'm an online dater, while my success may not be that great I feel that it's no worse or better than my chances at a bar, random outing or other social scene. I also think that if I were out in public and went up to a random woman out of no where she would be more tentative then if I randomly messaged a woman on a dating site. In my case I have been in the area less than a year, my work environment consists of older coworkers whom are all married or have long-term significant others. More importantly they are all older than me and hence we do not share the same type of social scene. So I am definitely not getting any dates through work! The other day I was with a group of friends and mentioned that it seems as if everyone I meet is either through some type of happy hour or eharmony. The general consensus around me was shock and one friend even said that was a little personal to be putting out there. This astonished me as I didn't think it was a big deal!

I think as more and more people use online dating, the stigma will go away.
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