Quote: Matthew Stott @ October 11 2009, 6:19 PM BSTTo be fair, all my other friends ladies are lovely; but she is certainly a special case. Plus she's Bonnie Langfords niece, so she was already off on the wrong foot with me.
Say no more.
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I met someone on mysinglefriend.com and we're still together 15 months later. 
Moving in together next year.
You say "get out there and meet real world people" but the last place I want to meet someone is drunk in a bar and unfortunately that's the only place here in London (the loneliest city).
Quote: EllieJP @ October 14 2009, 12:51 PM BSTYou say "get out there and meet real world people" but the last place I want to meet someone is drunk in a bar and unfortunately that's the only place here in London (the loneliest city).
Exactly. And you also reach a point when you realise there is not much prospect of meeting someone new through work or through friends.
I have met some lovely, intelligent, talented women through a dating site. You have a laugh getting to know one another online first, then if you decide to meet and there is no spark, there is still no reason why you cannot have a fun evening. And even if you cock up totally and wind up with a nutter, it is a funny story to tell. It beats a night-in in front of the telly or a night out with the same old crowd. What's to lose?
Quote: Timbo @ October 14 2009, 1:30 PM BSTWhat's to lose?
Your anal virginity to a man call Russ?
No seriously though, I see the upsides, Ellie is a prime example, she is a very social girl, but in some circumstances it can be harder to meet people, if I wasn't with my current girl I would have no idea how to meet a nice woman who wasn't a whore off her tits on a Friday night.
Friends of friends are the best way I find.
Quote: Paul W @ October 14 2009, 2:02 PM BSTFriends of friends are the best way I find.
I might be wrong, but it seems most people meet this way.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 14 2009, 2:05 PM BSTI might be wrong, but it seems most people meet this way.
A lot of people meet through work don't they?
Only reason I didn't do that was because we have 1 woman based in our office, who's 12 years older than me and a tom boy...
Oh and she's in a relationship!
Quote: Paul W @ October 14 2009, 2:06 PM BSTOnly reason I didn't do that was because we have 1 woman based in our office, who's 12 years older than me and a tom boy...
Oh and she's in a relationship!
Only 12 years older than you? 
Nearly everyone I know has met through friends, rather than work.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 14 2009, 2:09 PM BSTOnly 12 years older than you?
Nearly everyone I know has met through friends, rather than work.
Nothing wrong with the older lady by any means!
And I had a lot of friends who worked in bars and have met girls through work, but when I come to think about it, they might have become friends and met through them.
Damn you Dolly!
Quote: Paul W @ October 14 2009, 2:11 PM BSTDamn you Dolly!
You're welcome!
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 14 2009, 2:09 PM BSTNearly everyone I know has met through friends, rather than work.
I would say at least a third of the people in the organisation I work met their partners through the job.
Quote: Timbo @ October 14 2009, 2:25 PM BSTI would say at least a third of the people in the organisation I work met their partners through the job.
Yeah, but you work for match.com. 
I've definitely heard somewhere that work is the most common place to meet someone.
But I'm sure that meeting through friends is is probably just as popular if not more. It's very hard to measure these things accurately.
Thinking of people I know, there's a bit of a mixture, but meeting at or through work is the most common in my experience.
Quote: Timbo @ October 14 2009, 2:25 PM BSTI would say at least a third of the people in the organisation I work met their partners through the job.
Cheers Timbo
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 14 2009, 2:09 PM BSTNearly everyone I know has met through friends, rather than work.
Every woman I've ever dated (and the one I married, much to my chagrin) was a co-worker. I'm in a bit of a jam now because I work in a 2-person office and the other employee is a man (and he's taken.)
I'm doubly screwed because he and his wife are the only real friends I've made since moving here 3 years ago, hence my recent attempts to integrate myself into the neighborhood social scene. The neighbor ladies are all married, but I'm hoping one of them will have an available female friend.
Quote: Paul W @ October 14 2009, 2:02 PM BSTYour anal virginity to a man call Russ?
No seriously though, I see the upsides, Ellie is a prime example, she is a very social girl, but in some circumstances it can be harder to meet people.
Exactly, I don't find it hard to meet people at all. I just don't meet the right type of guy... until I met my boyfriend on a dating website. Before I met him, I went on some great dates with others guys and one guy is now one of my best friends in London.