Has anyone ever tried online dating through random chats? I was chatting with some guy on this live news thread on YouTube- this jazz station I listen to everyday. Is that weird?
My husband and I are going through a divorce and while I am not looking at dating yet AT ALL yet my therapist told me it was healthy to do things like that (chat, dress up and go places and be social) because I am still young and not dead yet. Lol 😂
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I don’t see a problem with it. I mean everyone on here talks back and forth as it is. Is it a bit odd? Sure, but at the end of the day you started with a conversation and it led to more.
I know folks that met their spouse in places like IRC, usenet, ICQ, or EQ/DAOC/WoW. Chatting in YouTube chat isn’t really much different!
Edit: I really am outing myself as old here aren’t I?
Get your flirt on, girly! It’s wonderful to feel liked and enjoyed. I think playful flirting is completely different from objectification or lecherous advances… Which is the kind of attention that isn’t playful or fun for the other person.
I met my ex on reddit…he commented something funny on a post, I replied, we went back and forth with jokes and then I DM’ed him and we hit it off, moved to texting. we lived thousands of miles apart so had to make it work long distance before moving in together. I don’t really recommend doing that, as the distance allowed him to hide a lot of things (namely, alcoholism) from me and then things got bad when we were living together and it was a bad ending.
BUT…all that’s to say…never second guess where you’ll meet someone. just cause my met-on-reddit story did not end in true love doesn’t mean yours won’t.
A/S/L?
Ugh remember the exhilaration you got when someone DM’d you in an AOL chat room? Like this could be my future wife (despite me being like 12 years old).
… but also hopefully not a predator.
That’s how we used to do it 20 years ago.
I randomly messaged an artist I really liked on social media (no romantic intentions) and we needed up becoming really good friends. I say go for it!
I have dated people I met off of Reddit. They chat messaged me.
No, but im surprsied at all the different outlets people use to date now. I just never thought anyone outside of like dating apps would be serious about anything serious as back in the day even getting a gf online was taboo like wow you’re going to get kidnapped or die from someone online… Even dating on games was just barely becoming a thing… now people do it through forums and all sorts of sites… *shrugs*.