Man of Honour
I personally have met most of the people I've dated at house parties, or parties/get-togethers, there will be friends of friends, ergo you'll probably have something in common, and it's easy to develop a conversation with them. Meeting people in supermarkets, clubs or the gym, just don't work really. Supermarkets, well unless you're smoother than a polished smooth thing, it's going to be tough unless you look like brad pitt. Clubs, forget it, people tend to either be out with their friends, or just out on the pull - not really a great way to start a relationship. Gym? I know a thing or two about gyms 
and frankly it's not really a place to go to chat people up, maybe in the hall, or the cafe (if you go to a posh gym) or outside of the gym, but actually in the exercise rooms?? No chance.
However, I can completely sympathise and understand why people would choose internet dating over daily life. At work I meet the same people, and am surrounded by people that although lovely at times I wouldnt' want to mix business and pleasure. People work hard these days, I seldom do less than 10hrs and often stray to considerably more than that, and as such my social life is slightly stunted. A lot of people have friends all over the place and not a high concentration of them in the same place, unless you're lucky to take part in team sports, in which case going out as a group you're more likely to meet friends of friends etc... however as stated people seem a lot more solitary/independent these days which unfortunately makes it harder to "break". Internet dating is a good way of breakign the social barrier, initiating conversation and getting to know someone - then you can find out if there's chemistry.
I know a few people that have developed friendships and nothing more, but as a result of said friendships have met people through them. So it's not that hopeless. I think it's a reflection of modern society, heck, in London it's jolly hard to meet people at times, in spite of it's size London can be very lonely and clausterphobic. I have yet to try online dating, but I wouldn't rule it out other than the fact currently I have more important things to worry about than being in a relationship.
People have to try and be a bit more open minded, what's the harm in meeting someone through an accepted medium such as the internet, it's not different to leaving personals in the back of newspapers, or even asking a work colleague or friend out - you've done the ground work of getting to know them, the actual "date" is late on in the game. The internet is a mechanism for introducing like minded people, that you'd otherwise never have the opporunity to meet.
and frankly it's not really a place to go to chat people up, maybe in the hall, or the cafe (if you go to a posh gym) or outside of the gym, but actually in the exercise rooms?? No chance. However, I can completely sympathise and understand why people would choose internet dating over daily life. At work I meet the same people, and am surrounded by people that although lovely at times I wouldnt' want to mix business and pleasure. People work hard these days, I seldom do less than 10hrs and often stray to considerably more than that, and as such my social life is slightly stunted. A lot of people have friends all over the place and not a high concentration of them in the same place, unless you're lucky to take part in team sports, in which case going out as a group you're more likely to meet friends of friends etc... however as stated people seem a lot more solitary/independent these days which unfortunately makes it harder to "break". Internet dating is a good way of breakign the social barrier, initiating conversation and getting to know someone - then you can find out if there's chemistry.
I know a few people that have developed friendships and nothing more, but as a result of said friendships have met people through them. So it's not that hopeless. I think it's a reflection of modern society, heck, in London it's jolly hard to meet people at times, in spite of it's size London can be very lonely and clausterphobic. I have yet to try online dating, but I wouldn't rule it out other than the fact currently I have more important things to worry about than being in a relationship.
People have to try and be a bit more open minded, what's the harm in meeting someone through an accepted medium such as the internet, it's not different to leaving personals in the back of newspapers, or even asking a work colleague or friend out - you've done the ground work of getting to know them, the actual "date" is late on in the game. The internet is a mechanism for introducing like minded people, that you'd otherwise never have the opporunity to meet.
sorry to sterotype but its true.
