Dating agencies and going on a first date,for the first time in decades

[Accy cyclist]

Just out of interest,have any of you used them and found them to be successful for you? I've put my details on line and have received a few interests. I don't know why,because when they asked me to name my most treasured possession i put down my palm tree(It's a date palm by coincidence)and when asked to put down my ambition in life i put to cycle 10 miles on my 100th birthday,should i make it.Anyway,i've received a few interests but i don't think i'll follow them up as those who've shown interest live quite a few miles away and i've no car now. I don't think turning up on my bike or on the bus will impress them. The agency keeps asking me to reply to those interested but i'm backing down a bit as i haven't been on a date since 1990 when i met Mrs Accy on a blind date. I don't fancy all that will she wont she ring me?,will her family like me?,are her teeth her own? stuff etc etc

Any dating experiences from you lot?

 

[Levo-Lon]

Id imagine she will have a great time, is she using her plastic

 

[Accy cyclist]

Id imagine she will have a great time, is she using her plastic

Well she wont be using mine,that's for sure!

 

[simon.r]

It worked for me a few years ago, to the extent that I'm now (re)married.

My advice would be to get out there, meet a few people and have a laugh. If anything happens beyond the first meeting, great. If it doesn't it doesn't.

 

[biggs682]

never used a dating agency

but i did meet my other half through the internet , just got to be careful not everybody is like the profile picture they display

 

[Levo-Lon]

As above Accy.
Ive never used a dating site but i met my Mrs at the Scrap Yard. " singles pub night" for over 30's

It just happened to be at my local and i wandered into the lounge after a long time in the bar.
She tried to get subs of me, i said only if you go out tomorrow for a meal with me..
Me and my big mouth bless her 22 years ago now

 

[Markymark]

Half the weddings I've been to over the last few years started at dating sites (e harmony etc)

 

[Crackle]

Half the weddings I've been to over the last few years started at dating sites (e harmony etc)

You've really got to watch out for you online stalkers turning up at weddings these days.

 

[Dave 123]

We have a few friends who have found love via the internet. One couple have been married 13 years.

Maybe we could tweak your dating profile between us, you know, maximise your assets. Do you still have a ladder?

 

[vickster]

My brother met his now wife on eharmony

Give it a go

 

[Crackle]

You need an affectation, Accy: Well OK, another affectation. Wot about an eye patch. It was good enough for legenday surfer Jack O'Neill.

 

[spen666]

..... i haven't been on a date since 1990 when i met Mrs Accy on a blind date.....

Imagine now going on a date with one of these and finding Mrs Accy is your new blind date

 

[Accy cyclist]

We have a few friends who have found love via the internet. One couple have been married 13 years.

Maybe we could tweak your dating profile between us, you know, maximise your assets. Do you still have a ladder?

Yes i do. Do you think that'll impress them? Any tips on boosting my profile are most welcome!

Imagine now going on a date with one of these and finding Mrs Accy is your new blind date

Like this you mean?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLom-87AmO8

 

[MontyVeda]

After my brother got divorced, he was using a few online agencies... mostly for finding one night stands. Not everyone who uses these agencies are looking for anything more than that... so be aware.

 

[Vantage]

Met my now ex wife on one. I can't say it worked out well but the first 5-6 years of marriage were successful.
Couple years after that train wreck I went on another date after talking to her for a few weeks. I think she was a few bananas short of a bunch when we met on that date.
Then I met my current fiancée on another site.
She was on the verge of giving up looking for love as a few nobbers had let her down. Then I introduced myself to her.
I didn't have a job. I didn't have a car. Didn't own my own home. I was in the middle of a war with the ex to see more of my children. I was suffering with depression, anxiety, anger issues, unstable diabetes and so on and so on. I had no real goals in life and wasn't going anywhere. In short, I was a failure as a human being. That's how I felt anyway. I made all this clear to see in my profile. Other than winning custody of my girls, f all has changed but I've been engaged for nearly 3 years and she and I get along wonderfully.
She lives 12 miles away and up until I gained my children I would ride to hers during the week to see her. She now drives up at the weekend to spend time with me and that's as far as it'll go for the time being. We're doing ok despite not being able to see each other apart from sat to mon.

Tall, dark, handsome and successful might be the dream of some women (and men probably) but there are lots out there who will look beyond all the material bullsh1t and decide that theres more to life than good looks and a fat wallet.

Be honest in you profile description but be humorous about it. I made a point in my own description that any future Mrs McFadden might have to change her name again if my leg was amputated through diabetes...I intended on changing my name to Hop-Along-Cassidy by depol and that if we went to a pub and I was the only non drinker there I would still technically be legless.
Pam said that caught her eye