[Solved] Moving on and having a life

Hi Ros and welcome 🙂

...Apparently the thing to do these days is to use these online dating agencies...my daughter who's 28 has been on a few dates using this method!
As you live rurally that would make it harder to get out and about...have you thought of evening classes or joining a dining club.

Good luck with your quest 😉

Hi there,

I would say online dating is well worth the effort, I did it for a while when I left my ex, met some lovely people who I am still in contact with and some not so nice people that I never met again, but more importantly on December 1st I got married and I met my now wife (still can't get used to that ) who I met online.

The bigest advice is too have fun with it and don't take it seriously, I had almost given up on meeting "that special someone" through the dating site I used (private message me if you want the site I used as it's completely free) and was just using it for social reasons and to have some much needed fun. I got a message from my now wife and I went along not reaqlly expecting much, we met (she was hung over) we talked for a while and then agreed to meet again, from then on we met most nights and the rest is history.

The sites that charge will give better matches but you pay the price for that, Just go and have some fun with it, or as NJ has said try clubs or classes, though these can be difficult too as you don't know if the other people there are looking for the same thing,

Darren

Hi dont be put off by the stigma of internet dating, I and lots of my friends and family have met this way. it can be great fun just dont expect to much then it may just well happen. my now hubby got out of his car and I thought mmm yabby dabby doo, then due to very low self confidence i thought he wont fancy me(stupid i know) so i decided to just enjoy the coffee and walk on the river. he text later and asked if i would like to see him again. I fell off my chair. off course i said yes and that was 4 years ago. my advise is to not chat for months and months as you can build up a false picture. meet in a nice place, go for a coffee a walk during the day. Dont meet in restaurants not the first time. DO NOT TALK ABOUT YOUR EX ! or your problems, that can come later. On your profile put an up to date photo be truthful, if you smoke be honest, and have fun , there are free ones and pay ones, I paid for a 3 month one after being on the free ones and met my hubby in 2 days , be prepared to hide your profile if you click with someone to see how it goes.

Plenty of fish is a giggle and there's no stigma these days about meeting via a dating web-site I met my current partner 2yrs ago and are getting married in March.

A girl told me once before that internet dating was a good way of getting to know somebody instead of the normal male in a pub/club starting down their tits and making an [censored] othemselves as they were pished. :p

I met my wife (current one, not ex) on NoMoreFrogs and I'd met 2 or 3 dates online before that. My advice is to be honest and if your potential date sounds interesting (forget anyone who only uses generated profiles) then go for it. Know what you want out of the relationship, and if it's not right, don't stick it out for the sake of it. Well worth it in my opinion.

Wee tip let them know you've got kids from the start I didnt mention it until the 2nd date and got dropped like a hot stone. You have nothing to be ashamed of as you've got a divorce and kids somethings in life just dont work out