Aren't you glad you didn't spend a year getting to know him, and you found out right away that he was a jerk...

That's my thing, I'm not going to tie up my heart, and time and effort into someone who is a jerkoff.

Guess i am online dating jaded, after 5 years of it on and off, but at this point if I still feel interested in them after a 15 minute phone conversation,I try to meet ASAP. I have invested a lot time talking over the phone talking only to find i have absolutely no chemistry with them in person. That can be really disappointing if you have become connected.

it was probably a little less than a month that we were talking before we met up.

I've met well over 100 people from online. Everything from meeting for coffee, to group gatherings, to standing up in a friend's wedding party as Best Man. There's SO much more to these sites than just dating. The trick is, to try to get others to see PAST that.

I met a guy on here and talked very briefly and lost touch for about a month or two. Then I was deactivating my profile and he emailed me again. We talked on the phone after that and met in 5 days. He was everything I had expected and more. He lives two hours away, I drove there the very next day to see him again. We totally hit it off!! So glad we didnt waste time talking on here much longer! Good luck to you!

I met my boyfriend and probably within 2 or 3 days of pretty much non-stop e-mails, IMs and phone calls, we decided to meet. Took a little while to get things together, but we met probably about 2 weeks after we met here. That was last September and we moved in together at the end of June.

For me, whenever I met someone I was interested in online, it was as soon as possible, if there's an interest, why wait? Just be smart about it.

I'd rather meet sooner than later.
Have met 2 from online, other sites.
I chatted with one for about 2 months, there were issues when we met.

yes and no.

id rather get to know them more first.. you learn so much more when there isnt physical stuff first. i dont know just my experience. different for everyone im sure

From dating sites? There were a couple guys. We chatted for a couple weeks before meeting.

I've waited as little as 2 weeks (bad idea -- that was the arsonist) to as long as a year (the only one of the nine on-line people I met who turned out to be real).

I would advise never rushing into anything, regardless. People are not always who they say they are. In my experience, 88.8888888% of people are not who they say they are. Your mileage may vary.

took me a month to meet my bf. we talked on the phone and webcammed. and relentless instant messages.. i would of prefered about 2 weeks but it wasnt in the cards seems when one had free time the other one didn't. I say sooner is better than later..its a different ballpark meeting in person I've had the shock of my lifetime thinking ohhh hes awesome and the one for me then i met him ugggggg! what a waste of time waiting to meet...

Would have to echo Lex on this one.

Take ur time, and i would also say CAM!! it at least shows ya the person is wat they say they r physically.

As little as one week


and as much as 8 years and going

it took me and robin about 7 months before we actually met in person.

it would have been nice to meet much sooner but what do they say about 'best laid plans'?

either way, it worked out in the exact manner in which it were intended and things are going along pretty darn good.

that extra getting-to-know-you made any trepidation i had of driving 6 hours across the desert in a truck with a guy i met online fade into oblivion.
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I've met other people from online as well. Just not from sites like these.

8 years? There's someone I've known for 5 or 6 years that I've never been able to meet yet. One day, maybe.

About a week, I tend to move quickly given how quickly interests can pass to someone else on the internet. I didn't really meet her hoping for anything aside from meeting someone new, it definatly went well and surpassed just meeting her once get to go and meet her again in a couple of weeks!

I talked to the one I met on here for 16 months and four days before we met. We got to know each other so well mostly on the phone. We IM'd some of course but most of our time was spent on the phone so we have many hours logged into conversation. The first time, we talked for nine hours and it was like we had known each other forever. Talking on the phone helped us get to know each other so much more and I'm glad it ended up taking us a while to get together because we are much more closer now and I know I am better for it. We had our trials and have become stronger because of it and after we finally got together we hit it off so well, it was unreal. Best wishes to all those still looking on here, there is somebody out there, just be patient and things will happen the way they are supposed to. Believe me. Edit note, we have now been talking for 19 months and 17 days will actually be 20 months next week since he e-mailed me on here.

I met the love of my life on the internet..........i thought he was ok and we emailed and talked through email for a month.........then we talked a few times on the phone and we met each other about 1 month and half later..............we have been together ever since...........the best part is that he wasnt what I expected and he was hotter in person..................So Yay for me...........

I'll take the offer! Ha Ha! But I have to finish school here first.