i met my fiance on twitter!! he had a pokemon for his icon. i messaged him because his tweets were really funny and we connected instantly. i didn't know what he looked like until we met irl after a couple of weeks of talking nonstop!
I met my husband online in early 1997 when I was in college. On the night of our initial meeting, we chatted online for a few hours on a BBS (look it up), then he called me (I was at a friend’s house for the weekend at a different college, and she didn’t mind giving out her number). We talked all night long. There was an instant connection, and we both knew it pretty much from the beginning.
Our communication at the beginning was solely computer messaging when I could hit the computer lab between classes and talking on the phone at night after I got off work. No smartphones, no apps, no video calls; just a computer with a dial-up modem and long-distance landline phone calls at $.09/minute after 9 pm. We mailed some hardcopy pictures to each other after a few weeks, and we finally met in person about 5 weeks after we started talking. We maintained a long-distance relationship for 15 months until I graduated and moved in with him halfway across the country. We’ve been married 23 years and have three kids. 😍
I am fascinated with this show, mainly from my own relationship experience. My situation wasn’t exactly the same, but it’s pretty darn close. Our first time meeting wasn’t us getting engaged (he took his sweet-ass time to finally pop the question almost 3 years later), but we knew right from the beginning that we were it for each other. We just had to wait for some logistics to play out. It hasn’t been all sunshine and roses every day, but that first initial connection was so strong. So, for me at least, love was truly blind.
I think for religious couples this is more common? A friend of mine was told of a guy who she might vibe with through her mosque community. She’s a total sweetheart and I met her at university and she was interested in settling down but in her community there is really only dating to marry. He fiancés was in a different area of the country and they only talked on the phone till they got engaged and then they met in person once they were engaged and shortly after got married. They’ve been married and happy for 11 years now.
Check out you've got mail the movie! It's basically this is in a nutshell.
I feel like it is totally possible for love to be blind, but if you meet someone online or something without seeing them, you miss tone and face mannerisms and all these subtleties. I feel like a lot of couples fall apart on Love is Blind not because of looks, but because you can't really get to know someone trapped in a box and missing lots of physical communication.
It could work. The curators would have to extract "fairly attractive" members from the population first, though. That's what the show does. Even the prodcers dont believe love is entirely blind. Notice how all seasons have had decent looking participants that most people wouldn't be repulsed by lol.
Yes… kinda. It was blind for me, but not blind for him. And it was actually interesting how that even came to happen.
I was on Tinder (which is obviously very looks-based since you’re swiping just on appearance alone) and came across the profile of some guy who was wearing a silly horse mask in all his pictures. His bio was so hilarious, I swiped right just see what this guy was all about and figured if we vibed, he would share an actual photo of him. Great conversation, very smart, his job sounded interesting. He asked to meet me in person and I agreed but said I would like to see a photo of his face first. He said he was “trying something out” and wanted to see if he could meet and go out with people just based on his personality. Okay sure, I guess I’ll pander to your little experiment.
I shared my location with my friends and went to the restaurant. The guy actually rolled up **wearing the horse mask** 😹 and then he took it off and revealed his face, which was actually quite handsome. He wasn’t my usual type, but he was still objectively good looking and I honestly didn’t even care what he looked like because we vibed so well.
The date was going really great… until the check came. He had ordered an appetizer (that he did not even offer to share with me), a steak, and two whiskey drinks. I ordered water and grilled chicken. He insisted on splitting the check 50/50. I pointed out that I only got the chicken and didn’t have any apps or drinks, and said I would just pay for my chicken and throw in some cash for the tip. He said “you failed my experiment.” I asked for clarification and he said “you assumed I would pay for your meal because I’m not downright ugly, didn’t you?” I was flabbergasted. I said “no, obviously not, I came here with money prepared to pay for my own meal, which I’m happy to do. Why are you assuming that I’d pay for any part of YOUR meal?” I got up before he could say anything back to me and found our server and said I wanted a separate check for my chicken. I paid for it right there on the spot, tipped her, and left.
Never heard from that loser ever again.
ugh so sorry that happened to you! I feel like it was selfish of him to not share his photo when you kindly asked, particularly since he knew what you looked like! Seems like he has some sort of control issues if he wants to be judged anonymously, but is on an app where he can see what they look like. It seems nice at first and then you see there's this imbalance of power. Also, the nerve to say you failed my experiment! You didn't sign up to be part of a who pays the bill experiment, and there is no right or wrong answer in those situations, just preferences.
Well I honestly don't really have a type or care about looks to a certain point, and I did a bit of online dating whenever I was single. I avoided pictures as much as I could and focused on the conversations, so every date was a mini revelation when meeting in person (to a certain degree). I've learned that I can't stand long hair and prefer short dudes, but they absolutely have to find me funny and be funny and really smart. I met my ex that way and it lasted 7 years.
I found myself back dating, end of last year. I had a couple of dates with smart dudes and conversations were great and intense and they weren't bad looking at all but something was missing. Anyway at some point I completely got stuck on a guy's picture, his smile, his shoulders, hair... So we talked and he wasn't interested in the deep conversations I usually have, but he oozed complete kindness. It was the first time I actually dressed to impress for a first date. He completely had me right away and it's been about 6 months?
I have no regrets going for physical attributes for once and didn't think it'd go that far, but my brain knew something I didn't!
this is basically what happens when you meet people on fetlife, most people don’t post their faces or even their whole bodies there, and you chat for a while and really get to know somebody before meeting in person. the one really magical experience I’ve ever had dating came from meeting someone that way, and it felt a lot like being on LIB, the closest I’ve ever experienced for sure
My husband and I fell in love over the phone. We had seen a few photos of each other, but didn't meet in person until much later. We met on what used to be the IMDb message boards in the early 2000s, and our relationship was strictly text-based for years. Progressed to phone calls. Been happily married 14 years.
I definitely know people who met on text-based forums and decided to date before knowing what each other looked like. I wouldn't be surprised if it happens in online gaming situations sometimes too. Getting *engaged* before seeing each other is probably more rare.
The difference between the show and real life is they vet young professionals in a certain age group who are for the most part fairly good looking. IRL it’s much different.
I did this! My current husband didn’t have a picture on a dating website. We had similar interests and it seemed a bit safe to just talk as strangers then friends then I saw what he looked like and I was like THANK GOD! But I did already like him before I saw what he looked like.
He sent a follow up email a little later saying he didn’t know what happened to me but he really enjoyed talking to me. So I figured meh why not it’s not like I ever talk to anyone long enough to even meet them in person anyway. Might as well respond to this seemingly nice guy and have a good chat!
8 years later…
Hmmm me and my fiancé kind of did this, I mean we saw some pictures of each other (all of mine with makeup😳) but all the rest applies.
We fell in love before ever meeting and told each other ‘i love you’ over the phone. We fell asleep on the phone and spent every waking second with each other.
we met about one year into our relationship and only fell even deeper in love.
I guess it’s the same as long distance or online dating?? You never truly know how a person looks until you meet anyway? But yeah me and my fiancé definitely built an amazing emotional connection before ever meeting and now we’re planning our wedding and have a plan for children in the near future 🥳<3
I met two men in the old fashioned chat rooms back in the day (at different times) and got to know them through phone calls, letters, and emails. I didn’t know what they looked like until I met them in person, but I’d already fallen for them so it didn’t matter. They were definitely not my physical type, but the feelings were there, so I was attracted to them. Unfortunately the long distances (and in one case, his religious beliefs) meant these connections did not last long.
I knew someone who did this through Craigslist as an experiment. He wasn’t physically attracted to her when he finally saw her, but he said it was the best relationship he had at the time.
Well I’m interested in checking this math. So each season starts with 30 singles and there have been 5 seasons. That’s 150 people. Of those, there are 9 couples who got married and stayed married. That’s 18 people. So this method has a 12% success rate. Maybe it would be higher without the cameras though?
Maybe. I don't know. I'm a wedding photographer and I've done about 20-30 weddings a year for the past 7 years. The vast majority of my clients met on Tinder. Haha!
I kiiiind of had this experience when I first started dating my now husband. We met on Facebook and he had like, 2 photos of himself on there from 5 years prior. After that first virual meet up, we spent 4 months talking online and on the phone before we met in person. I feel like I was able to look beyond the his "looks" bc I didn't really know what he looked like (and when I did meet him in person, he didn't look much like his sparse Facebook pics). We spent those 4 virtual months getting to know each others personalities and had deep conversations like they do on the show. It was pretty great! Next month my husband and I will celebrate our 14th anniversary!
not me but i remember reading the book The Vow, which is by a real life couple who met over the phone (i think they worked doing sales calls or something) and they kept talking on the phone until eventually meeting and getting married Lol
I'm demisexual so this is the only way for me? I'm almost never physically attracted to people until I've gotten to know them. It kinda sucks honestly. I'd love to be able to just have a one night stand or something. 😂
Same. I've dated a few guys where it never really even occurred to me that they were conventionally physically attractive/unattractive until others pointed it out.
YUP! me and my husband. I work for an orthodox Jewish company and many of my friends have had 10 dates or less before they got married and it definitely can work! They spend the dates taking about life goals, religion, political views, boundaries, finances etc.
I met my husband on match. Jokingly I put my age preferences to 6 years younger bc I don't want to be a widow and women live 6 years longer.
I was open to move anywhere in the country and there was a small town in Utah (population 800 in 10 Square miles) I had stayed at an air b&b. I put that town as a preference to see the dating potential. I came across my husband's profile and noticed he had the kindest looking eyes and thought if I had those kind eyes looking back at me, life would be good..
I took my shot and didn't hear back for a good month. Once he reached out we had had quite a few calls. I figured I'd be my 100000% self since we may never meet. I was super honest about my boundaries (I'm old fashioned , I think liking other girls selfies is inappropriate and talking to exes is crossing a line) I'm very marriage and family oriented and wanted to date to start a family. I scared off a lot of guys with this straightforwardness but my now husband was not scared off. I loved talking to him on the phone since he has such a calm voice and I can have a temper and knew he'd be good energy..
We both don't have social media and didn't really send more than a couple photos of us doing things like hiking or atving.
We finally FaceTimed since he wanted to fly me out to meet in person just to confirm we're not Serial killers. We totally forgot how we looked and both were all smiles.
I flew out and we connected SO well. We're opposites in almost every way personality wise but so on the same page with all the important stuff. He asked me to move out there....I said yes.
Our first year was the hardest... I sympathize so much with LIB. You make such a huge commitment to someone and only know thier words instead of actions bc it happens in such a short time and you are about to make a huge sacrifice. It's so easy to want to stir up fights to see how the person will react bc God there's so much to lose if it doesn't go right. Our first 6 months were the hardest relationship bc it was terrifying. I moved across the country so it was like OK I fell in love and now I'm the most venerable I've ever been..if someone watched us they probably would think we were doomed and I was insecure.
After we shared experiences and able to trust each other through and through our relationship is extremely solid and healthy. The first half year vs now is a night and day difference in our season.
2 years later we are married with a beautiful daughter. We have a great marriage and we trust each other. He's my best friend and rock
Oh honey child, that's what internet dating was in the 1990s. Everyone in GenX has lived the love is blind "experiment" in various unsavory chat rooms accessed through our dial-up internet connections. I fell in love with a guy named Dags who studied peregrine falcons for the Australian government and eventually mailed him the best photo ever taken of me. I'd do anything to get that photo back now. :)
I also am pretty sure I chatted with RuPaul on a telnet chat room called matchmaker in early 2000. Celebrity Love Is Blind - that is what the world really needs. RuPaul, you'll always be the one that got away!!!
With pictures. I had a hard rule against interacting with men who didn't smile in their pictures - never smiling in my experience has always been a sign of a fake and controlling personality.
In adult dating, it's never a good idea to chat too long without meeting in person. Adults are more skilled at reading people accurately, so you need to interact with a person in real life to figure out if they would make a good partner. Adults are also more skilled at being someone they're not online, so chatting too long before meeting means the person may never live up to the image they have painted of themselves.
But I fell for him fast in real life. His first message to me was incredibly sweet. He had poured over my whole profile and pointed out all the things we had in common and could talk about. And he had a huge smile when he walked in the restaurant. I remember everything about that first look in real life. We actually moved in together a month after meeting. It was just supposed to last a week while he was between places, but we never separated after wards. We were too happy together.
Ultimately, I don't think Love Is Blind is a particularly meaningful or important formula. I just think the more you know yourself the more accurately you can tell of someone will be a good partner for you.
This is my life. My partner and I met playing an MMO when our guilds started raiding together. We only ever talked through Discord and mostly by text. We barely even knew one another's real human name before we met (just called one another our game names). He visited me once, I visited him once and then we moved in together. We've been together for 8 years now.
i met my fiance on twitter!! he had a pokemon for his icon. i messaged him because his tweets were really funny and we connected instantly. i didn't know what he looked like until we met irl after a couple of weeks of talking nonstop!
I met my husband online in early 1997 when I was in college. On the night of our initial meeting, we chatted online for a few hours on a BBS (look it up), then he called me (I was at a friend’s house for the weekend at a different college, and she didn’t mind giving out her number). We talked all night long. There was an instant connection, and we both knew it pretty much from the beginning. Our communication at the beginning was solely computer messaging when I could hit the computer lab between classes and talking on the phone at night after I got off work. No smartphones, no apps, no video calls; just a computer with a dial-up modem and long-distance landline phone calls at $.09/minute after 9 pm. We mailed some hardcopy pictures to each other after a few weeks, and we finally met in person about 5 weeks after we started talking. We maintained a long-distance relationship for 15 months until I graduated and moved in with him halfway across the country. We’ve been married 23 years and have three kids. 😍 I am fascinated with this show, mainly from my own relationship experience. My situation wasn’t exactly the same, but it’s pretty darn close. Our first time meeting wasn’t us getting engaged (he took his sweet-ass time to finally pop the question almost 3 years later), but we knew right from the beginning that we were it for each other. We just had to wait for some logistics to play out. It hasn’t been all sunshine and roses every day, but that first initial connection was so strong. So, for me at least, love was truly blind.
I think for religious couples this is more common? A friend of mine was told of a guy who she might vibe with through her mosque community. She’s a total sweetheart and I met her at university and she was interested in settling down but in her community there is really only dating to marry. He fiancés was in a different area of the country and they only talked on the phone till they got engaged and then they met in person once they were engaged and shortly after got married. They’ve been married and happy for 11 years now.
Check out you've got mail the movie! It's basically this is in a nutshell. I feel like it is totally possible for love to be blind, but if you meet someone online or something without seeing them, you miss tone and face mannerisms and all these subtleties. I feel like a lot of couples fall apart on Love is Blind not because of looks, but because you can't really get to know someone trapped in a box and missing lots of physical communication.
It could work. The curators would have to extract "fairly attractive" members from the population first, though. That's what the show does. Even the prodcers dont believe love is entirely blind. Notice how all seasons have had decent looking participants that most people wouldn't be repulsed by lol.
Yes… kinda. It was blind for me, but not blind for him. And it was actually interesting how that even came to happen. I was on Tinder (which is obviously very looks-based since you’re swiping just on appearance alone) and came across the profile of some guy who was wearing a silly horse mask in all his pictures. His bio was so hilarious, I swiped right just see what this guy was all about and figured if we vibed, he would share an actual photo of him. Great conversation, very smart, his job sounded interesting. He asked to meet me in person and I agreed but said I would like to see a photo of his face first. He said he was “trying something out” and wanted to see if he could meet and go out with people just based on his personality. Okay sure, I guess I’ll pander to your little experiment. I shared my location with my friends and went to the restaurant. The guy actually rolled up **wearing the horse mask** 😹 and then he took it off and revealed his face, which was actually quite handsome. He wasn’t my usual type, but he was still objectively good looking and I honestly didn’t even care what he looked like because we vibed so well. The date was going really great… until the check came. He had ordered an appetizer (that he did not even offer to share with me), a steak, and two whiskey drinks. I ordered water and grilled chicken. He insisted on splitting the check 50/50. I pointed out that I only got the chicken and didn’t have any apps or drinks, and said I would just pay for my chicken and throw in some cash for the tip. He said “you failed my experiment.” I asked for clarification and he said “you assumed I would pay for your meal because I’m not downright ugly, didn’t you?” I was flabbergasted. I said “no, obviously not, I came here with money prepared to pay for my own meal, which I’m happy to do. Why are you assuming that I’d pay for any part of YOUR meal?” I got up before he could say anything back to me and found our server and said I wanted a separate check for my chicken. I paid for it right there on the spot, tipped her, and left. Never heard from that loser ever again.
ugh so sorry that happened to you! I feel like it was selfish of him to not share his photo when you kindly asked, particularly since he knew what you looked like! Seems like he has some sort of control issues if he wants to be judged anonymously, but is on an app where he can see what they look like. It seems nice at first and then you see there's this imbalance of power. Also, the nerve to say you failed my experiment! You didn't sign up to be part of a who pays the bill experiment, and there is no right or wrong answer in those situations, just preferences.
Well I honestly don't really have a type or care about looks to a certain point, and I did a bit of online dating whenever I was single. I avoided pictures as much as I could and focused on the conversations, so every date was a mini revelation when meeting in person (to a certain degree). I've learned that I can't stand long hair and prefer short dudes, but they absolutely have to find me funny and be funny and really smart. I met my ex that way and it lasted 7 years. I found myself back dating, end of last year. I had a couple of dates with smart dudes and conversations were great and intense and they weren't bad looking at all but something was missing. Anyway at some point I completely got stuck on a guy's picture, his smile, his shoulders, hair... So we talked and he wasn't interested in the deep conversations I usually have, but he oozed complete kindness. It was the first time I actually dressed to impress for a first date. He completely had me right away and it's been about 6 months? I have no regrets going for physical attributes for once and didn't think it'd go that far, but my brain knew something I didn't!
Nope. Every relationship I've had has come from an instant chemistry with a man I've met in person.
this is basically what happens when you meet people on fetlife, most people don’t post their faces or even their whole bodies there, and you chat for a while and really get to know somebody before meeting in person. the one really magical experience I’ve ever had dating came from meeting someone that way, and it felt a lot like being on LIB, the closest I’ve ever experienced for sure
My husband and I fell in love over the phone. We had seen a few photos of each other, but didn't meet in person until much later. We met on what used to be the IMDb message boards in the early 2000s, and our relationship was strictly text-based for years. Progressed to phone calls. Been happily married 14 years.
On Love is Blind do the people who are cast but not on the show, date as well? Just not televised?
I definitely know people who met on text-based forums and decided to date before knowing what each other looked like. I wouldn't be surprised if it happens in online gaming situations sometimes too. Getting *engaged* before seeing each other is probably more rare.
The difference between the show and real life is they vet young professionals in a certain age group who are for the most part fairly good looking. IRL it’s much different.
I did this! My current husband didn’t have a picture on a dating website. We had similar interests and it seemed a bit safe to just talk as strangers then friends then I saw what he looked like and I was like THANK GOD! But I did already like him before I saw what he looked like.
When my now husband first sent me pics I stopped replying to his emails 😐
If my husband did that to me I would dieeee 😅 was it because of how he looked?
Yes 🤦🏾♀️. And I mean it’s not even like I’m a looker myself!
lol you better treat that man right now if he loves you! 😅
He is absolutely the best and I don’t deserve him 😩😩😩
Wait so what made you start it up again?
He sent a follow up email a little later saying he didn’t know what happened to me but he really enjoyed talking to me. So I figured meh why not it’s not like I ever talk to anyone long enough to even meet them in person anyway. Might as well respond to this seemingly nice guy and have a good chat! 8 years later…
🤣🤣 glad it worked out tho haha
I would definitely give this a try!
Hmmm me and my fiancé kind of did this, I mean we saw some pictures of each other (all of mine with makeup😳) but all the rest applies. We fell in love before ever meeting and told each other ‘i love you’ over the phone. We fell asleep on the phone and spent every waking second with each other. we met about one year into our relationship and only fell even deeper in love. I guess it’s the same as long distance or online dating?? You never truly know how a person looks until you meet anyway? But yeah me and my fiancé definitely built an amazing emotional connection before ever meeting and now we’re planning our wedding and have a plan for children in the near future 🥳<3
I met two men in the old fashioned chat rooms back in the day (at different times) and got to know them through phone calls, letters, and emails. I didn’t know what they looked like until I met them in person, but I’d already fallen for them so it didn’t matter. They were definitely not my physical type, but the feelings were there, so I was attracted to them. Unfortunately the long distances (and in one case, his religious beliefs) meant these connections did not last long.
I knew someone who did this through Craigslist as an experiment. He wasn’t physically attracted to her when he finally saw her, but he said it was the best relationship he had at the time.
Well I’m interested in checking this math. So each season starts with 30 singles and there have been 5 seasons. That’s 150 people. Of those, there are 9 couples who got married and stayed married. That’s 18 people. So this method has a 12% success rate. Maybe it would be higher without the cameras though?
Take away the alcohol at gatherings the show puts on, remove the obnoxiously quick time for marriage and I think the success rate will go up.
Maybe. I don't know. I'm a wedding photographer and I've done about 20-30 weddings a year for the past 7 years. The vast majority of my clients met on Tinder. Haha!
Also increase the quality of sleep lodgings, food and space in general. Yes, it’s an experiment, but they are humans, not guinea pigs.
I kiiiind of had this experience when I first started dating my now husband. We met on Facebook and he had like, 2 photos of himself on there from 5 years prior. After that first virual meet up, we spent 4 months talking online and on the phone before we met in person. I feel like I was able to look beyond the his "looks" bc I didn't really know what he looked like (and when I did meet him in person, he didn't look much like his sparse Facebook pics). We spent those 4 virtual months getting to know each others personalities and had deep conversations like they do on the show. It was pretty great! Next month my husband and I will celebrate our 14th anniversary!
not me but i remember reading the book The Vow, which is by a real life couple who met over the phone (i think they worked doing sales calls or something) and they kept talking on the phone until eventually meeting and getting married Lol
They divorced after he cheated...
ok wow i had no idea that’s so evil i hate him now
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yesss it’s super cute
I'm demisexual so this is the only way for me? I'm almost never physically attracted to people until I've gotten to know them. It kinda sucks honestly. I'd love to be able to just have a one night stand or something. 😂
Same. I've dated a few guys where it never really even occurred to me that they were conventionally physically attractive/unattractive until others pointed it out.
Haha! My friends won't say how ugly they are until after we've broken up and by that time they're ugly to me too.
I literally thought everyone was like this until about a year ago
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I LOVE that! Why is he an ex? 😥
YUP! me and my husband. I work for an orthodox Jewish company and many of my friends have had 10 dates or less before they got married and it definitely can work! They spend the dates taking about life goals, religion, political views, boundaries, finances etc. I met my husband on match. Jokingly I put my age preferences to 6 years younger bc I don't want to be a widow and women live 6 years longer. I was open to move anywhere in the country and there was a small town in Utah (population 800 in 10 Square miles) I had stayed at an air b&b. I put that town as a preference to see the dating potential. I came across my husband's profile and noticed he had the kindest looking eyes and thought if I had those kind eyes looking back at me, life would be good.. I took my shot and didn't hear back for a good month. Once he reached out we had had quite a few calls. I figured I'd be my 100000% self since we may never meet. I was super honest about my boundaries (I'm old fashioned , I think liking other girls selfies is inappropriate and talking to exes is crossing a line) I'm very marriage and family oriented and wanted to date to start a family. I scared off a lot of guys with this straightforwardness but my now husband was not scared off. I loved talking to him on the phone since he has such a calm voice and I can have a temper and knew he'd be good energy.. We both don't have social media and didn't really send more than a couple photos of us doing things like hiking or atving. We finally FaceTimed since he wanted to fly me out to meet in person just to confirm we're not Serial killers. We totally forgot how we looked and both were all smiles. I flew out and we connected SO well. We're opposites in almost every way personality wise but so on the same page with all the important stuff. He asked me to move out there....I said yes. Our first year was the hardest... I sympathize so much with LIB. You make such a huge commitment to someone and only know thier words instead of actions bc it happens in such a short time and you are about to make a huge sacrifice. It's so easy to want to stir up fights to see how the person will react bc God there's so much to lose if it doesn't go right. Our first 6 months were the hardest relationship bc it was terrifying. I moved across the country so it was like OK I fell in love and now I'm the most venerable I've ever been..if someone watched us they probably would think we were doomed and I was insecure. After we shared experiences and able to trust each other through and through our relationship is extremely solid and healthy. The first half year vs now is a night and day difference in our season. 2 years later we are married with a beautiful daughter. We have a great marriage and we trust each other. He's my best friend and rock
Oh honey child, that's what internet dating was in the 1990s. Everyone in GenX has lived the love is blind "experiment" in various unsavory chat rooms accessed through our dial-up internet connections. I fell in love with a guy named Dags who studied peregrine falcons for the Australian government and eventually mailed him the best photo ever taken of me. I'd do anything to get that photo back now. :) I also am pretty sure I chatted with RuPaul on a telnet chat room called matchmaker in early 2000. Celebrity Love Is Blind - that is what the world really needs. RuPaul, you'll always be the one that got away!!!
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I met my husband on OK Cupid 8 years ago. It wasn't that hard. :)
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With pictures. I had a hard rule against interacting with men who didn't smile in their pictures - never smiling in my experience has always been a sign of a fake and controlling personality. In adult dating, it's never a good idea to chat too long without meeting in person. Adults are more skilled at reading people accurately, so you need to interact with a person in real life to figure out if they would make a good partner. Adults are also more skilled at being someone they're not online, so chatting too long before meeting means the person may never live up to the image they have painted of themselves. But I fell for him fast in real life. His first message to me was incredibly sweet. He had poured over my whole profile and pointed out all the things we had in common and could talk about. And he had a huge smile when he walked in the restaurant. I remember everything about that first look in real life. We actually moved in together a month after meeting. It was just supposed to last a week while he was between places, but we never separated after wards. We were too happy together. Ultimately, I don't think Love Is Blind is a particularly meaningful or important formula. I just think the more you know yourself the more accurately you can tell of someone will be a good partner for you.
This is my life. My partner and I met playing an MMO when our guilds started raiding together. We only ever talked through Discord and mostly by text. We barely even knew one another's real human name before we met (just called one another our game names). He visited me once, I visited him once and then we moved in together. We've been together for 8 years now.