04 Does Anyone Ever Meet Anyone From Here? Is This For Real Or What?
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This article is from the Internet Personals: Advice for Straights FAQ, by Dean Esmay esmay@syndicomm.com with numerous contributions by others.
04 Does Anyone Ever Meet Anyone From Here? Is This For Real Or What?
In January '95, when I posted my first ad, I received several
responses, and within a couple of weeks I met a beautiful woman who
was my lover for about six weeks. We're still friends. After the
romantic part of that relationship ended, I started re-posting my ad
every two weeks or so. During that time, I had email correspondence
with dozens of women, talked on the phone with ten or fifteen, and
had actual face-to-face encounters with a grand total of seven. In
May, a girl named Rosemary Kondraciuk (rose@syndicomm.com) answered
my ad, and shortly thereafter I went off the market again.
On August 1, 1995 I asked Rosemary Kondraciuk to marry me, and
she agreed. We were married on 15 December, 1995.
My long-term goal was to find a lifelong partner, though I suspected
I'd never find the one who was right for me. But in any case, in the
short term I was happy just to meet and get to know new women, and
this method worked very well; between January and July I had dates
with about eleven women, four of whom I met through traditional
methods (chance encounters, friends, bars) and about seven who I met
online. The women online were always interesting because you could so
quickly find things you had in common. And now, even though I would
have been content to stay single, instead I've found my bride.
So yes, it really does happen, and it's not that tough. I'm not rich,
I'm not a bodybuilder, and I don't have Mel Gibson's looks, yet I've
met some terrific women this way. And I know I'm not alone, because
I've heard success stories from all sorts of other folks. Yes, it
DOES HAPPEN, and much of this FAQ is devoted to helping you figure
out how to make it happen FOR YOU.
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