Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Met my spouse online. Been married more than 20 years.

The dot.com boom started in 2000. No dating sites in 1994. I don't even know if AOL chat rooms were working then.

Wrong. .com boom started '97-'98. AOL chatrooms existed since at least '94. IRC chat's and internet BBS's and Usenet go back to the early '80.

And there were other options before that.

I had my first "internet" date in 1987 from a Usenet discussion group. Turned out to be a Trans woman, with the male parts, which was not something I was interested in.

I met my wife in 1996 on a Jewish Singles room in AOL. I also dated off of yenta.com (which merged with either jdate or match).

Wife and I are married 18 years this month.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Met my spouse online. Been married more than 20 years.

The dot.com boom started in 2000. No dating sites in 1994. I don't even know if AOL chat rooms were working then.

New poster, but AOL chat rooms did exist 20 years ago. I was 16 and really into certain bands, and I "met" a lot of people with similar interests online (and bought bootleg tapes from them). I didn't online date at 16, of course, but I am sure that dating chat rooms must have existed as well.

Also, my best "work friend" met her husband 10 years ago on CRAIGSLIST.