What do you think of online matchmaking services? I have to say I’ve heard some very, very positive stories.
I just hope I never have to use it myself. 
My brother met his wife through a matchmaking service 25 years ago. They just celebrated 23 years of marraige.
S1 met his fiance (wedding next August) through online dating. He’s been using it since his previous long-term GF broke up with him 5 years ago. He’s met some wonderful (and not so wonderful) women and recommends it!
My BIL is getting married to someone that he matched with on a Christian (Catholic?) dating site. They seem very happy and a good pair.
I’m not really sure why one would be “against” them…
I know several very happily married couples who met through online dating site. Doesn’t matter to me how people meet someone to date.
I think it’s great to have something to get to the gist of it all for you first.
Does Tinder count as an online “dating” site? I really dislike the whole Tinder scene.
As far as more mainstream dating sites, I know folks who’ve had success with them.
I have never used one, but have many friends who have. Overall, they seem to work well.
My son met his wife online. Several of my friends’ kids have met online. I approve.
@doschicos a close relative of mine actually met her boyfriend of nearly a year on Tinder. (She’ll never admit it to most people though). I think more people meet on Tinder than you’d think, but they’re embarrassed to admit it.
Why not? The internet has simply changed how people interact – Facebook enables you to keep in touch with people it would be awkward to call or send snail mail to, Craigslist has changed how people buy and sell things in their communities, the various dating services have changed how people meet. I don’t see a thing wrong with them. I don’t know anything specific about the differences between match.com and eharmony and so forth just because I’m not in the market, but I can’t see what there is to object to, at all, as long as there are appropriate safety measures in place.
For! I wish one of my kids would sign up!
DD met her BF of almost three years on a dating site. Dear widowed friend met her partner of 6 years online. For it.
Were people for or against classified ads? I met H on the “friends only” section of a dating site. obviously we didn’t follow the rules, lol. The person I was seeing semi-seriously prior to that I met on a listserv. It’s not that different from being set up by a friend and better than meeting in a bar.
A friend of mine met her H through the New York Magazine classifieds. 
Why not? If you wait for people to introduce you to someone you could be waiting forever.
I’m for it. My daughter’s counselor met her husband online and she’s good looking.
It seems like a funny question to me to ask if you are for or against online dating. What’s there to be against? I can see discussing the pros and cons of it or experiences with it, but I don’t quite get “being against” it, especially if you don’t even use such sites.
Doesn’t do much good being “for” or “against”. At a recent company party we asked young couples to stand up if they met online and it was more than half.
I’m still trying to get up the courage to sign up!
If anyone has experience on the sites as a middle-aged person, please post your stories!
My coworker at work got married last year with someone she met online. I think she has a daughter who is about 30+, I’m guessing, she is older than 60, has been a window for a while. Her husband is about 70, has 4 sons. So it can work out. I don’t know what site she used but she said she had to read a lot of profiles.
I do not think of it as for or against. If you want to use the service, go for it. If you think you would be uncomfortable or nervous, do not get involved. I