http://www.onlinedatingnewsletter.com/questionoftheweek/844/onlinedatingstigma-2.html Weekly newsletter for singles and online daters Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:44:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.onlinedatingnewsletter.com/questionoftheweek/844/onlinedatingstigma-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-1864 Barbara Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:30:35 +0000 http://www.onlinedatingnewsletter.com/?p=844#comment-1864 I really thought that there was a stigma around online dating. I was married for 25 years and then divorced and interested in starting to date again. I tried a few things - speed dating, hanging out at the bars, singles groups - but nothing really worked! Then I tried online. After turning down a few, or even ignoring some, I met a really great guy. When people ask me how we met, I'm still a little hesitant to say 'on line', but when I do the response I usually get is, "Oh, my (brother, sister, friend, aunt, etc) met someone online and they are still together!" I really thought that there was a stigma around online dating. I was married for 25 years and then divorced and interested in starting to date again. I tried a few things – speed dating, hanging out at the bars, singles groups – but nothing really worked! Then I tried online. After turning down a few, or even ignoring some, I met a really great guy. When people ask me how we met, I’m still a little hesitant to say ‘on line’, but when I do the response I usually get is, “Oh, my (brother, sister, friend, aunt, etc) met someone online and they are still together!”

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