Who here met their spouse online or knows someone that did?

[Anonymous]

Just curious about any success stories. I signed up for one of this dating apps because I'm really bored BUT I really prefer to meet a guy in the real world. I'm chatting with a couple of guyz who want to take me out on a date. I'm dragging my feet because I'm old fashioned when it comes to dating and don't really think you can meet a marriage worthy guy online.

[Anonymous]

I would say that about half the people I know who have been married 10 years or less met online. I think it's a lot more common to meet a marriage-inclined person online now than 10 years ago, but the pool is larger, so you'll need to be pretty specific that you're not looking for a casual relationship.

[Anonymous]

I met my DH on Match 11 years ago. My sister met her DH on OK Cupid a few years ago. Another friend met her DH on OK Cupid a while ago also.

I think it is more and more common. And you collect some memorable stories along the way.

[Anonymous]

DH and I met via OK Cupid. I also met some total slugs but DH was worth it.

[Anonymous]

It's how everyone is doing it these days. In the last 10 weddings, 6 have been online matchups. Once you get out of the college sweethearts and friends pairing people up, it's really the best way to meet people.

[Anonymous]

I know at least a handful of couples who met on Match, two couples who met on JDate, and one couple who met on a website for outdoor enthusiasts.

[Anonymous]

I did - back in the 1990s when it was rare and embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

eharmony in 2010... had been doing online dating for about 5 or 6 years prior to that. I never got any grief about it.

[Anonymous]

I know at least four people who did. eharmony and other sites that are specifically for people seeking spouses, not dating apps.

[Anonymous]

I can think of 10 close friends off the top of my head, including my sister, who met their spouses online and (so far) seem to be happily married. My advice, having been through the process, and meeting my now-spouse through a friend during a phase where I was actively dating via 3 dating sites, is to let go of your preconceived notions of online dating and men who are on these sites. My observation is that finding the right person will only happen if you have a truly open mind to the process of getting there. Who cares how you meet someone anyway? We all start out as strangers and as soon as you meet, it's history.

[Anonymous]

I met my now DH on match twelve years ago. Since then, I've met several married couples that met online. At the time we met, we didn't tell anyone we met online because it was still taboo. However, I think the stigma has dissipated due to the ubiquity of the internet and smart phones.

[Anonymous]

OkC in 2012.

[Anonymous]

Uh I would be willing to bet that virtually everyone on here knows a number of people who met their spouses online. Is incredibly common these days.

[Anonymous]

Met my spouse online. Been married more than 20 years.

[Anonymous]

My best friend was 38 and had never dated a lot. He spent several years trying out old hobbies, picking up new ones, doing some volunteering, attending a new synagogue, etc with very little luck in finding potential girlfriends. He signed up for eharmony and had a few dates that went nowhere, but finally found someone who just clicked. She was recently divorced and had decided that she need a change, so she found a new job in the DC area (she had lived pretty far away from here in her former marriage). She had only been in the area a few months when she joined eharmony and although they didn't appear to match up much on paper (not many common interests), they were matched and it really was amazing how good they are for each other. It turns out that while they didn't have common interests, they did have a very similar view on many more situations, like how to live, preferences in style, openness to trying new things, sharing, attitude towards money, etc. They were engaged within six months, married 13 months after their first date and just celebrated their 10th anniversary this year.

I know at least 4 married couples who met through eharmony and probably all of them never would have thought they were compatible had they met on their own, but eharmony actually corrected predicted they were compatible and they married.