The Great 'Cheapest & Best Internet Dating' Sites

newcook

From what I can gather from friends and family (and personal experience ) Plenty of Fish is great! Its free to join, search and message and you can stipulate the distance, age etc.

I met my OH on there 4 months ago and are very happy! Ive never met anyone like him – all my family and friends like him and I cant imagine my life without him!!

My aunt met her fella on there a couple of years ago and next year I am off to a wedding of a couple who met on there!!

seaweed5254

HAs anyone tried any of these sites ?

swoopo

What is the best Online dating site in uk? has anyone been a member at matchaffinity if so what is like?

FBaby

I think you have to weight the advantages of smaller less popular sites which are likely to attract less of the 'useless' members, but at the same time, you get less choice, with going with one of the big ones and accept that many members might be perfectly unsuitable.

I went with both, had profiles on parentsalready and dating direct. I had more hope with the first because I thought I wanted a man with children so he would be more understanding of my role as a mum (which would always come first). I certainly had better communication with members from this site, yet in the end, I met my perfect partner on DD, and he doesn't have any children (but is wonderful with mine and in restrospect, I realise how a million time easier it is).

mandragora_2

On any online dating site it's worth knowing a figure I heard on the radio, and which didn't surprise me; 1 in every 3 of the members is married.

FBaby

I was on line for about 4 years I think, I never met anyone married, everyone was quite genuine and pleasant, just not my 'one'. I think you have to adopt a very selective first round appoach. To start with, I systematically ignored all the 'winks'. These mean that either the person is on a stroll and winking at everything that meets his fancy, or the guy can't be bothered which i considered to be a direct reflection of the person he might be overall. I also didn't bother with those that took ages to reply to messages, and checking when they are on-line is quite indicative. If the guy says he works full-time but then is found to be online regularly in a middle of the day, it is suspicious. Similarly if the guy never comes on in the evening etc... If you go on it with the assumption that they are indeed many mistrusting characters, you are most likely to pick them up easily and zoom them out from your view!

Saying that, after I met my man, the first thing I did is go on the 123 website (or is it 121???) anyway, the one that tells you about the electoral role to check that only his name came up at his address. He just seemed much much too good to be non attached. His name only did come up, so relaxed a little bit, and sure enough, he was all genuine, I was just very lucky that my profile caught his attention (he does say he is the lucky one, so just very well matched!).

Februarycat

FBaby wrote: »

I was on line for about 4 years I think, I never met anyone married, everyone was quite genuine and pleasant, just not my 'one'. I think you have to adopt a very selective first round appoach. To start with, I systematically ignored all the 'winks'. These mean that either the person is on a stroll and winking at everything that meets his fancy, or the guy can't be bothered which i considered to be a direct reflection of the person he might be overall. I also didn't bother with those that took ages to reply to messages, and checking when they are on-line is quite indicative. If the guy says he works full-time but then is found to be online regularly in a middle of the day, it is suspicious. Similarly if the guy never comes on in the evening etc... If you go on it with the assumption that they are indeed many mistrusting characters, you are most likely to pick them up easily and zoom them out from your view!


Im on a couple of the dating sites and I agree with all that you say, I do the same as you did. Its amazing how many disappear in the evenings and just appear in their working hours for a chat whilst at work and the wife is non the wiser:mad:

Glad you found some one genuine and its all going well for you.

SailorSam

I think you probably do get more idiots on the free sites, but then you hear it said that some of the pay sites have false profiles just to keep you there.
A suggestion to those struggling to write a profile .......... steal one !
As you're surfing and reading others, get tips from the good ones and adjust them to suit you.

tonybur

Most of the paid sites offer a free membership option, so my advice would be to give a couple of them a go.

Having actually signed up to 27+ dating sites for research into a book/blog, The only thing that is sure is that you cant rely on other peoples experiences when trying to choose which ( if any) site you are going to use, as each one offers a different user experience, that may suite Dave, but not Darren!

I have written a guide on the top 10 sites, that gives a look behind the scenes at what they offer, cost and some states around how effective they are.

Drop me a line if you want a free copy to have a red over..

All the best

llh189

I haven't been internet dating for ages and thought I'd hidden my profile, but then I received an e-mail alert saying I had a message, so I logged back in and read it, the site I was on was mostly London based, so really didn't get much interest, this guy was based in Cambridge, not too far from me, works at the University, lots of photos, seemed genuine.

His message was nice, but I did one of those free one liners to say that I didn't have a subscription but thanks.

I hate it when people are too rude to even say thanks but no thanks.

I then had another message, saying was a shame about no subscription, as he would have really liked to have chatted to me and would I think about getting one!

So stupid me, I spent £32 signing up, replied, and !!!!!! me, he's ignored it!

He has been on online all weekend, I am now £32 pound lighter! Maybe he works for them and is trying to drum up business :-)

This is why I hate internet dating, at least I remembered to disable the automatic renewal, lol!