Crystal, I guess it is a matter of what the person hopes to accomplish on a site. Is it strictly a dating site? Does it offer chat rooms (forums)? I totally agree with you that the cost just to find out if you will like it is too much to ask. There are many sites out there and trying to find the perfect one can be mind boggling.

But if I may steal a few lines from the Wizard of Oz, Dorthy says that if she ever again goes searching for her heart's desire she will not go any further than her own back yard because if it is not there it wasn't really there to begin with. In other words, Mingle is the perfect place even with it's flaws because every now and then, not often, but once in a while someone comes along that will knock your socks off and help you to remember what a good feeling is supposed to feel like. And even if nothing ever comes from that feeling you will at least end up with a special friend!

Thank you, Poetry for the encouraging words :)
It's not about Mingle btw, I am here strictly for the forums as most here are not in my country. So I'm on national dating sites to maybe find love. Well, just the one site, hihi.

My garden is quite large, but never found a man here, thank goodness I might say, hihi. I do have frogs in my li'l pond, maybe I should kiss one?

I occasionally tend to look for new dating sites. Old ones tend to get stale after a while and get a lot of men seeking sex or sending sex based comments to basically anything & everything.
It is an unusual dating site, unusual set-up which is great. It used to be a wonderful dating site with quality men. But then more found out, became a member and it all went down the drain.
For instance, you can post photos of stuff that interest you, a feature called "moments", not allowed to have you or others in it. Men can react to them.
These days anything and everything elicits sexual remarks from men, almost impossible to post a photo and not get that, whether it's a landscape, a painting, my garden etc.

So I was looking for new sites the other day, became a member of two. Of course free, and then there it is: you can't do jack unless you pay.
But... I like to see if it's worth my while BEFORE I pay. It's not like they're dirt cheap.
One didn't seem to have a lot of members, and I got some messages -that I couldn't read without paid membership- from old geezers.
I decided to sod that one and removed my account.

Another one I'd been a member of before. After I'd signed up I got a message they're quitting in October :/ I deleted my account.

The other one is brand new and was said to be growing fast and to be good.
Same thing: can't do Jack without paying, and 1 months only was $10 approx. To me that's too much to see if it's worth my while.
The biggest one of the country allows you full access for a few months for $5 a month, then this smaller new one asks double?
If I'd do that to test 10 sites I'd have spent $100!

I decided to sod that one too and also removed my account.

Unbelievable that it's so hard to find a good dating site that allows you to test the waters for a small fee? Even if only the 1 month.

With your disdain and dislike of men, evident in many of your THIRTY THOUSAND messages on this site (Yikes!), why do you even bother?

I guess I should have said (for me) after Mingle is the perfect place. My bad!

You may have to kiss one. If not you may be missing out on that special one who could be your prince.

I agree with Poetry Crystal. I’ve been on many dating sites too and only wanted a decent chat and some stress free fun and I’ve found here in M2 I can get just that by contributing in the forums.

Good knows how many Profiles I’ve got floating about on random sites lol. It’s on my list of things to do to delete all my accounts.

One of the issues I found was that some sites I didn’t even know I was active on have profiled me and transferred me without my knowledge but now I know I’ve got to read the small print and untick all those boxes that you wouldn’t know are there that gives the site permission to use your data for third party apps.

It’s a can of worms which I don’t like the thought of but I’ll find me out there on them and delete them one by one and will stick with the great guys n gals I’ve met in the forums.

I just join today and I saw its good app then ever I used before.

You are a married man so why are you on a dating app?

I agree with Poetry Crystal. I’ve been on many dating sites too and only wanted a decent chat and some stress free fun and I’ve found here in M2 I can get just that by contributing in the forums.

Good knows how many Profiles I’ve got floating about on random sites lol. It’s on my list of things to do to delete all my accounts.

One of the issues I found was that some sites I didn’t even know I was active on have profiled me and transferred me without my knowledge but now I know I’ve got to read the small print and untick all those boxes that you wouldn’t know are there that gives the site permission to use your data for third party apps.

It’s a can of worms which I don’t like the thought of but I’ll find me out there on them and delete them one by one and will stick with the great guys n gals I’ve met in the forums.

With your disdain and dislike of men, evident in many of your THIRTY THOUSAND messages on this site (Yikes!), why do you even bother?

I hope you don't to expect to be taken seriously since all you do is spout negativity, offense and judgement with each and every of your posts. Anti-women, basically anti-everything and everyone.

Good job Crystal!

Not wanting a long distance relationship, even in my own country, I am just going to avoid all dating sites (besides Mingle forums) and try the "bend and snap" more often...

http://youtu.be/GQmt9W6Ky7U