![]() ![]() Anyway, the second person I went on a date with after my profile honesty refresh is now my husband, and we’ve been together for four years." -Carolyn, 30 The guy who just gets it. It made me squirm to be so honest because I worried that no one would actually want to date me. ![]() But the difference this time was I deleted all the answers to the questions and started again, and tried REALLY HARD to be as honest as possible with what I wanted and what I was looking for. "After a few years of being on and off OKCupid and dating a lot of guys who weren’t really right for me, I decided I’d give it another shot. We probably never would have crossed paths if we hadn't been matched online, and it's so crazy to imagine never having met him!" -Claire, 23 The one that ended in marriage. I almost canceled our first date at the last minute, and now I'm SO glad I didn't. ![]() What I didn't expect was to meet a guy I adored, who is now my boyfriend of several years. It became this social activity with my friends, and we'd always discuss our latest hook-ups and crushes on the app. "I signed up for OkCupid on a whim back in college, before Tinder was even a thing. Things didn't work out with The Guy, but my roommate and I still hang out with his friend on the reg." -Yours truly, 22 The pleasant surprise. The four of us spent all night talking, and it was super great. I brought along my roommate and hung out with The Guy and one of his buddies. "The first time I met up with someone from Tinder, I turned it into more of a ~friend thing~. We've been together a year and a half and just moved in together!" -Bernadette, 26 The blossoming friendship. First date coffee, second date dinner, third date drinks, and we were officially together within a month. "I met my current boyfriend on tinder and it was a very normal dating experience. We hit it off, my friends loved him, and the rest was history-more than two years later, we're as happy as ever." -Ellen, 22 The one that just worked. But he looked past my drunkenness and took me on an actual date the next night. My friends thought he was 30 and didn't know I'd met him on Tinder. I was completely wasted, brought my friends with me, and made a total fool out of myself. "A month after going on a seriously bad Tinder date (the guy was cheating on his girlfriend with me-cute), I met up with a different Tinder guy at a local bar. I actually met a guy who went to the same school as me, but without Tinder, we never would've crossed paths! We hit it off right away, and now we've been dating for almost six months." -Mary, 21 The knight in shining armor. "I used Tinder when I was studying abroad in Ireland one semester. Oh, and he still insists on buying the first round." -Shauna, 23 The study abroad fling. We're still friends and regularly meet up to grab a drink or dinner. After a few sleepovers, we came to the conclusion that we weren't ready to be in a relationship, but that we enjoyed each other's company. We sat in the back corner and took turns playing songs on the jukebox and buying rounds of drinks for each other. Two beers later-that he insisted on paying for-we hopped over to an empty bar covered in old band stickers. "After a few short messages discussing classic punk bands, I decided to meet up with this guy one of his favorite bars. We’ve been together for four years." -Val, 31 The one you can count on. We decided to meet for burgers, and we hit it off immediately. But after messaging a bit, I saw that he was cool, super nice, and made me feel really comfortable. It was a sort of do-or-die moment because I wasn’t having a ton of luck, and I took a risk I wasn’t entirely comfortable with. I'd never used that feature, but I figured I might as well give it a try. "This super hot and interesting guy appeared on my Broadcast feed-something OKCupid used to do where you could put out a 'let’s go on a date right now' live message. Below are 11 real-life stories from women who found success in the land of the casual hook-up. We asked you guys to share your online dating success stories to prove that finding true love virtually is possible. Plenty of people have found success on dating sites and apps-and some have even found lifelong partners. But if we're being honest, online dating gets a worse reputation than it deserves. Meeting a quality partner can be like finding a needle in a haystack-if that haystack were filled with bad pick-up lines, unrequited booty calls, and occasionally mortifying moments, that is. Anyone who's used a dating app knows that ~online dating love~ can be seriously elusive. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |