How do you meet someone?

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I've used internet dating a good few times. Met my WAW on it, although as the "gay in the village" the chances of bumping into a special someone at the grocery store are significantly less.

My advice for it is to choose carefully, msg and talk on the phone for a shorter period of time and meet quickly. Dragging it out merely leads to larger expectations and a bigger fall when they're not who they say. And think carefully about distance. Decide how far you will travel for what reason. I personally wouldn't be driving more than a couple of hours for someone I was seriously entertaining the thought of relationship with - I don't really like long distance stuff, it is really tough to do with the shifts that I work. And as I'm really not a "playing the field" kind of girl, I don't waste time on people further away.

On the upside, I've made lots of good friends via online dating and met 2 long term partners, with no really unpleasant meetings. Some dates of course I chose not to repeat, but if you go in with low expectations sometimes you're positively surprised.

Good luck!