Today, I met a really nice couple at a bar. We talked and the conversation eventually drifted towards online dating. I casually commented that hooking up through the internet was sad and pathetic. Turns out they met on Myspace. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was at dinner with my boyfriend and his family. We were talking about relationships, and I commented on how online dating was the dumbest thing ever. His mom and step-dad went on to tell me how they had met through an online dating service. FML
Today, I went on a date with someone I've been talking to online for weeks. Unfortunately, it turns out they'd used old photos and misrepresented themselves, and I didn't find them attractive at all. Even I'm not that desperate. We ended up having an awkward dinner and I couldn't wait for it to be over. FML
Today, I went on a date with a guy I met online. It was going OK, until he started asking me if he should stick with the site until he finds the right person. I guess I know how he feels about me, at least. FML
Today, I made a friend on an online chat. We got along fairly well and even traded Facebook accounts. I found out that the two of us had a lot of very surprising things in common. We were the same age, we were from the same school, and we even had the same boyfriend. FML
Today, I declared I was done with online dating after several disasters. My friend set me up with a friend of her husband's. Turns out he's one of the men who rejected me on the website. He laughed when he saw me and said, "Well, this is awkward" and left. FML
Today, I finally met the guy I've been getting to know online in person for a date. When we saw each other, we both realized that we had heavily Facetuned our profile pictures. The awkward silence that followed was the longest five minutes of my life. FML
Today, I tried instant online video dating for the first time, after not having much luck on other dating sites. The first date was kind of awkward, and "ended" with a kind of fade out and I could hear her chatting with someone else. "Hella awkward." Fair enough. "But was he cute? - No." FML
Today, I finally got the chance to meet this wonderful guy I met on a dating site. She was very excited to see me, too. FML
Today, I re-joined a popular on-line dating service. I'd first signed up 3 years ago and was matched with a wonderful woman. After about a year, she broke up with me. I was devastated. After two years of trying to win her back, I'd decided it's best just to move on. Guess who they matched me with? FML
Today, I went to a coffee shop to meet an online date. I couldn't spot him, so he eventually came up and introduced himself. It seems his on-line picture must have been taken before I was born. I spluttered "This isn't going to work," and promptly scuttled out. FML
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Top comments
Zirafina 0
One out of eight marriages last year were people who met online. I met my boyfriend online and we've been together for over three years and are now engaged. What's your way of meeting people? Going to bars? I think that's a little more sad and pathetic.
adelaide_evening 0
In your defense, I used to think the same thing. Then I went on a date with a guy I met online who seemed like he had some potential. He was by far the biggest douche bag I've ever met in my entire life. I think it fails more often than it works out, but it still works for some.
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Comments (108)
glass_doll83 0
sounds like something I would say. I have dated people Ive met offlien and it has never worked out. It is pretty pathetic. And most people that do intenet dating just want to get laid.
LissaMccracken 23
Just because it didn't work for you, doesn't mean it won't for anyone else.
freddie_fml 0
Maybe you should join the rest of us in the 21st century. Everything happens online these days.
TEAZO 0
iv dated some great people from meeting them on myspace. so its not all that bad dating online. its the cheapest way these days
Roto13 0
How many of you think that the only people who lie are on the internet? How naive. I met my husband online. You deserved this for being so backwards. Welcome to 2009.
roha 0
# 7 - I met my fiance online and we are in a long distance relationship..we have been together for a long time now and we are still loving it
zebendyone 0
Relax, people, a lot of people grew up being told it's dangerous to talk to people you met online. I only stopped thinking that way because I've had a couple friends who dated people online. But if the only stories you had heard about dating online were stories of pathetic high school kids who just wanted a boyfriend and then ending up raped and/or dead, I believe you'd think online dating was pathetic too. Our society is pretty good at brainwashing. But at least now you know it's not all that pathetic. xD
wrestler_fml 0
You say this..... at a BAR! Because meeting people at a bar is so much better than online dating, right? Actually, in my opinion, they're both sad and pathetic. But you had no right to talk. And why would you care what they think, anyway? They're a couple together, who met on MYSPACE, who are drinking at a BAR, who aren't with friends, who you will never see again!!! Why is this an "FML"? It's an "FML" that you actually wrote this!
wrestler_fml 0
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veganmaureen 0
Its about time that people realize that we are living in an online world. Most of our days are spent with technology and it has almost all but taken over all forms of communication. Lots of people meet online and find their partners their. Who are we to judge how people meet, especially when it is in a way that dominates most of our daily lives. Stop judging other people...worry about yourself.
JeanNe91 0
you dont need to feel bad. it IS pathetic! and dangerous.