110 Comments:
Ah, the rarely used "dating" tag.
'sup?
»» Submitted by »»» teucer at 12:25 PM on May 14
Many years ago I used Match.com
It went okay. I met my future wedding photographer on it. I met my husband by other means, though.
»» Submitted by »»» kc! at 12:28 PM on May 14
Based on the picture I've seen and your educational/work background, I'm seriously surprised you have had a problem finding a date!
Good luck!
»» Submitted by I can't believe you can't find a date! at 12:30 PM on May 14
They all suck at varying degrees, but I've had the most luck with the City Pages online dating...cuz you can use it for free.
I also have a friend who uses Craigslist with some luck. He is in a LTR now.
»» Submitted by »»» kc! at 12:34 PM on May 14
I like Chemistry.com.
I wouldn't recommend MNSpeak though.
»» Submitted by »»» Bixby at 12:37 PM on May 14
You'd be surprised at the number of girls I have kissed as a result of MnSpeak.
And boys, I suppose. That spin the bottle game went wildly awry.
You didn't complain at the time, Bunny.
»» Submitted by »»» justpbob at 12:39 PM on May 14
You say wildly awry, I say Awesome.
»» Submitted by »»» Ang at 12:39 PM on May 14
Whatever, Max. I'm still not bringing MNSpeak home to meet Mother Bixby.
»» Submitted by »»» Bixby at 12:39 PM on May 14
I suppose it all depends on what you mean by "date."
You didn't complain at the time, Bunny.
That's a lot of stache on stache lovin.
I used Match.com and met my husband. Several friends had luck with it too. I have had a couple of guy friends who had good luck with Craiglist as well. More casual meet ups though.
»» Submitted by mb@work at 12:42 PM on May 14
msparber: "And boys, I suppose. That spin the bottle game went wildly awry."
'sup?
»» Submitted by »»» teucer at 12:44 PM on May 14
shame this thread is just about a month too late, or I'd offer up dates with one of the most elligible batchelors in town! (ride on my handlebars, baby! let's do happy hour because I'm broke!)
»» Submitted by wayno at 12:45 PM on May 14
That's just my life. I kiss teucer on a Saturday and shoot a .357 Magnum with him on a Tuesday. It's like we ran the gamut of masculinity in half a week.
Start a blog.
»» Submitted by »»» s4xton at 12:49 PM on May 14
Me and my husband met because we both had blogs. Good stuff.
»» Submitted by »»» kc! at 12:50 PM on May 14
And speaking of geeks and chicks are/dig geeks, a post from Valleywag.
»» Submitted by »»» Bixby at 12:53 PM on May 14
FTR, cmg is a married person and is conducting this query for non-personal reasons.... or better be, else I'm telling cmg's spouse.
Now, I referred cmg to you guys, so give her some straight answers!!
»» Submitted by »»» kurtis at 12:56 PM on May 14
How about just doing activities you enjoy. Great way to meet people...
I like volunteering, bike racing, hiking clubs, etc.
Think that is a good way to go.
»» Submitted by »»» vlado4 at 12:56 PM on May 14
Start a blog actually is a great suggestion.
How about just doing activities you enjoy. Great way to meet people...
I met Coco through taking a course in improv comedy. Sunday is our 7th anniversary.
I met my wife on Yahoo personals.
»» Submitted by »»» JACC at 12:58 PM on May 14
As far as blogs go, LiveJournal is the most social. I have a couple of friends who met their spice or partners thru LJ. But I met my wife on match.com.
»» Submitted by »»» kurtis at 12:58 PM on May 14
I'm still hoping for a boyfriend fairy to drop one off at my house (because I hate first dates and small talk).
I met my wife on Yahoo personals.
Funny, that's where I met your wife, too....
»» Submitted by »»» justpbob at 1:00 PM on May 14
I met Coco through taking a course in improv comedy. Sunday is our 7th anniversary.
Should we expect a show to be put on in celebration?? I heard you have some new scripts in the works...
»» Submitted by mb@work at 1:03 PM on May 14
I'm still hoping for a boyfriend fairy to drop one off at my house (because I hate first dates and small talk).
I'm really hoping that my mom will take me up on that whole "arrange my marriage" offer. Most people's parents would jump at that chance. Except Mother Bixby who said, "No, you can find your own husband. You're an adult!" I am a lazy adult, dammit!
»» Submitted by »»» Bixby at 1:03 PM on May 14
How about just doing activities you enjoy. Great way to meet people...
You can always join the Army to meet your soulmate, as I did. These fine folks will help (again, hat tip to the Daily Glean).
»» Submitted by »»» justpbob at 1:04 PM on May 14
I met my wife at a kegger. I still recommend those sites to friends.
Wait, what? Wayne, are you dating?
»» Submitted by »»» teucer at 1:05 PM on May 14
Should we expect a show to be put on in celebration?? I heard you have some new scripts in the works...
Speed Humper should be finished by Friday.
excellent
»» Submitted by mb@work at 1:06 PM on May 14
I used Match.com and met my husband.
That's weird. I thought we met on MNspeak.
I agree with Andy on the keggers tip. It's the one site where everyone is at their finest.
»» Submitted by »»» nateek at 1:07 PM on May 14
Don't answer, Wayne, it's a trap! If you say anything, it'll be all over the Internet, and she'll be like "Wayne, did you mention on someone's blog that we are dating?" and there is never, ever a good answer to that question.
In fact, there is never a good answer to any question that has the word "blog" in it.
»» Submitted by »»» andyst at 1:08 PM on May 14
Oh, and my other husband on mnspeak. Thank you Totino's Party Pizzas and open thread days. I owe my happiness to you.
My mom and her friends used americansingles.com and snagged a couple of husbands too.
»» Submitted by mb@work at 1:09 PM on May 14
mb is rumoured to have had lots of luck flashing the "shocker" at upscale restaurants.
»» Submitted by bud jr at 1:09 PM on May 14
Godwilling I will never have to use a dating site, but I am fascinated by the whole thing. Here I am, a pretty digital guy. Not yet 40. On again, off again Twitter guy, social networks, communities, etc. and yet I'll probably never use the grand daddy of online networks -- a dating site.
If I was dating, I'd use this site and then proceed with pride to be the creepy old guy. (Partially NSFW.)
In fact, there is never a good answer to any question that has the word "blog" in it.
What the blog are you blogging about?
Arrrrgh, it burns! It burns!
»» Submitted by »»» andyst at 1:11 PM on May 14
If I was dating, I'd use this site and then proceed with pride to be the creepy old guy. (Partially NSFW.)
I heard nursing homes are the way to go...something about women outliving men almost 3 to 1.
milf.com?
Is there a male equivalent to milf?
»» Submitted by bud jr at 1:14 PM on May 14
Is there a male equivalent to milf?
Oh, yes.
match.com has worked for at least two of my friends, one of which is getting married next month. I have no first hand experience with dating sites, but have a couple formers through other types of sites, mostly with a targeted audience and a limited scope of topic.
»» Submitted by »»» Ang at 1:17 PM on May 14
i met my hubby at a fetish club. 5+ years later and we're still freaky.
»» Submitted by the wife at 1:17 PM on May 14
have met*
topics*
I blame the garlic.
»» Submitted by »»» Ang at 1:17 PM on May 14
I'm curious if there's an old fashioned matchmaking service here the Cities (and I don't mean "It's Just Lunch". Curious meaning I'd sign up in a heartbeat.
dilf? But who cares...
Doesn't the Minnesota Family Council have a good singles site?
»» Submitted by Buttsecks Revisted at 1:20 PM on May 14
I like Right Stuff Dating because nothing says attractive like being an elitist!
Smugness is H-A-W-T!
»» Submitted by »»» Bixby at 1:20 PM on May 14
I suppose that would be "dilf" - or "dork I would like to ...."?
»» Submitted by bud jr at 1:21 PM on May 14
Max, I'm so glad that shot has become your blog header...
To reiterate kurtis, the poster of this topic isn't asking for herself, rather for the purpose of research. She emailed me this morning as well, and I told her that I wasn't aware of any dating sites that were exclusively local, which is what she's looking for.
So, are there any MSP-only dating sites anyone knows of?
»» Submitted by »»» alexis at 1:21 PM on May 14
Max, I'm so glad that shot has become your blog header...
How could it not?
I told her that I wasn't aware of any dating sites that were exclusively local, which is what she's looking for.
I've seen signs around town like 'stanthonysingles.com' and 'maplewoodsingles.com', but I have no idea if they're legit.
»» Submitted by »»» JACC at 1:23 PM on May 14
There's this one, but I know nothing about it.
Whoa, "executive"!
Well, I'm out. I have taco sauce on my suit jacket, I believe.
»» Submitted by »»» andyst at 1:26 PM on May 14
on behalf of my council I'm declining to comment on my dating status.
»» Submitted by waynophone at 1:28 PM on May 14
on behalf of my council I'm declining to comment on my dating status.
»» Submitted by waynophone at 1:29 PM on May 14
There's Events and Adventures (which isn't exclusively local), except that it's a GIGANTIC SCAM and I'm not going to link it here.
Did she try Google?
dating website minneapolis
dating website "twin cities"
»» Submitted by jane_ at 1:31 PM on May 14
That link, Max, as well as any top link you'll get from a 'dating website minneapolis' Google search, is for a national website.
»» Submitted by »»» alexis at 1:43 PM on May 14
So, are there any MSP-only dating sites anyone knows of?
Is this business plan research? Because it sounds like there's an opportunity here.
Maybe a cross between SotanLife and [fill in the suburb]Singles.com?
»» Submitted by »»» ericam at 1:44 PM on May 14
what, you couldn't tell when wayno stopped complaining about how women hate him etc.?
unfortunately I, too, have been advised by wayno's counsel not to comment beyond that...
»» Submitted by vcmc at 1:44 PM on May 14
as well as any top link you'll get from a 'dating website minneapolis' Google search, is for a national website
So she's looking for a bottom link?
»» Submitted by Some Guy at 1:47 PM on May 14
Based on the picture I've seen and your educational/work background, I'm seriously surprised you have had a problem finding a date!
Yeah Christine. It's too bad all your experience is working for the government or I could have had a real job to offer you.
»» Submitted by mazasa at 1:47 PM on May 14
My guess is that it's difficult to have a local-only dating website, so one would just set up identical websites across the country. Dating/personals sites kind of run themselves, don't they? There's probably no desire to limit potential to just one market.
»» Submitted by »»» alexis at 1:48 PM on May 14
Such as the military, which is apparenlty not a government job.
Truly it is written; these are the end of days.
Then the Beast said unto me "come and see" and I saw Wayno, and he was frolicking hand-in-hand through a field with a girl. Then the angel did sound a cruel and clear note through the Last Trump and the stars began to fall.
»» Submitted by »»» teucer at 1:52 PM on May 14
You can mock, Oliver, but he's dating your mom.
People still say "kegger" or have "keggers"? Not mocking, I just thought it was only a term my older bros used. They still think Rush and Jethro Tull are the Greatest. Bands. Ever.
I think there used to be local online dating sites, but with the nationals kinda suckin' everyone up, I think it's hard to compete.
I had good, bad and "wtf?" luck with match.com - until the last dude dumped me to go back to his wife and three kids in the suburbs.
Ouch and Ugh!
The lakes have been fairly successful for me this year - nothing long term, but fun. Well, except for the bacon t-shirt dude, well, he did make me laugh... at him. He was just sad, poor dude.
But I think it really depends on what and who you're looking for as to what site will be the best fit.
»» Submitted by Cat_ at 1:53 PM on May 14
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: a waste of desert sand;
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Wind shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
Yeats: "Wayno and the Lovelie"
»» Submitted by »»» nateek at 1:55 PM on May 14
This too is one of the Seven Signs.
»» Submitted by »»» teucer at 1:55 PM on May 14
dating sites? Yeah I heard of this this really big one like 50,000 some "visitors".... I think they call it "dinkytown"????
»» Submitted by RL at 2:03 PM on May 14
oh evan it's always so embarassing when I remember you read this.
»» Submitted by waynophone at 2:12 PM on May 14
What comes after the end of days? Because I'd be way beyond those.
»» Submitted by »»» mnblrmkr at 2:13 PM on May 14
Hm. In Judaism, some believe God will sacrifice his pet Levianthan, who currently frolicks in the deep, and stretch his skin over Jerusalem like a canopy. Then the dead will rise and travel to Jerusalem for a thousand year banquet on Levianthan's flesh.
In other words, party!
does leviathan taste like chicken? oooh, I hope it's kosher ...
»» Submitted by waynophone at 2:24 PM on May 14
I think it's whale. I don't know what whale tastes like. Strictly speaking, whale isn't kosher, but if God hands you a hunk of whale meat, who are you to say no?
Really? Are other aquatic mammals not kosher? What if I had a hankering for a hunk of walrus?
»» Submitted by »»» richg at 2:29 PM on May 14
If it's god-pet warus, it's kosher.
"I think it's whale. I don't know what whale tastes like. Strictly speaking, whale isn't kosher, but if God hands you a hunk of whale meat, who are you to say no?"
....and the inherent "woody allenism" that courses through all jews shows up yet again.
»» Submitted by rl at 2:31 PM on May 14
I think I'll just go back to lurking on this thread just to see if any ideas pop up that might get me a date before the next millennial party.
»» Submitted by »»» mnblrmkr at 2:32 PM on May 14
(Which I really would like to not miss, since I missed the last one)
»» Submitted by »»» mnblrmkr at 2:33 PM on May 14
local businesses opportunities... I'm setting up a local fetish dating site, mnspank.com.
»» Submitted by »»» kurtis at 2:36 PM on May 14
Fimoculous.com.
»» Submitted by »»» rex at 2:42 PM on May 14
It's not enough that your site comes up when people try to get MnSpeak?
"...but if God hands you a hunk of whale meat, who are you to say no?"
sez Max, at a kegger.
»» Submitted by »»» justpbob at 2:46 PM on May 14
I know! Julio just posted about it. Hahaha.
»» Submitted by »»» rex at 2:47 PM on May 14
Obviously I need to start posting more Julia Allison posts.
C'mon now. I did one and no one (in Minneapolis) will live me down for it!
(It's the only reality tv show that I could end up on.)
»» Submitted by »»» rex at 2:51 PM on May 14
People still say "kegger" or have "keggers"? Not mocking, I just thought it was only a term my older bros used. They still think Rush and Jethro Tull are the Greatest. Bands. Ever.
First, I didn't say people still say "keggers." I'm just saying that when I met my wife the term was well in style.
And Rush kicks ass.
»» Submitted by aeklundonrespite at 2:51 PM on May 14
C'mon now. I did one and no one (in Minneapolis) will live me down for it!
Well, it could be worse. I did Instant Fashion Show.
Btw, I only hook up with girls via Jdate.com now.
BEST.
»» Submitted by »»» rex at 2:54 PM on May 14
(Sorry, I'm going crazy with this thread...)
I dare some of you to try this as your new hookup tool! IntelligentPeople.com. You have to pass an IQ test to get in. I actually dated a girl on it!
»» Submitted by »»» rex at 2:56 PM on May 14
I used a similar site, but they measured the size of your genitalia. I was rejected for being too large.
Obviously I need to start posting more Julia Allison posts.
Why do you hate America?
»» Submitted by »»» Bixby at 2:58 PM on May 14
Intelligent People is not Right Stuff Dating. You have to pass tests to get into that too! Well sort of...And it's RSD is probably full of a bunch of a-holes.
»» Submitted by »»» Bixby at 2:59 PM on May 14
I have enough intelligent, pretty people in my life. I need dumb and hot, sheesh!
»» Submitted by Cat_ at 3:05 PM on May 14
Come on by any time, Cat.
I need dumb and hot, sheesh!
And preferrably mute and computer illiterate.
Nobody's mentioned OKCupid? It's totally hipster/tool/old married man hook-up central, but a friend of mine met his girlfriend through it and they've been together for years.
A blog? For dating? Hmmm.....
»» Submitted by esquared at 5:27 PM on May 14
I heard nursing homes are the way to go...something about women outliving men almost 3 to 1.
Plus, chicks with parkinson's give great handjobs.
»» Submitted by kevin at 9:46 PM on May 14
I heard nursing homes are the way to go...something about women outliving men almost 3 to 1.
Plus, chicks with parkinson's give great handjobs.
»» Submitted by kevin at 9:46 PM on May 14
Oh man I can't believe I double posted. Sweet.
»» Submitted by kevin at 9:51 PM on May 14
It was funny enough for a double post!
And Rush kicks ass.
Does this mean you'll be hangin' with my bros at the Rush concert next week? They are way too excited to see them. Sad, really.
»» Submitted by Cat_ at 8:44 AM on May 15
I haven't need to try it in several years, but The Onion has good personals that for me seemed to contain many like-minded people. It looks like the City Pages but I'm not sure if it's just the same engine or in fact the same site.
The people on match.com just seemed a bit too...vanilla...for my tastes. Lots of girls out of school and have their first job and a townhome in Blaine but there's one thing that's still missing to patch that enormous hole in their lives. They enjoy going out or staying in, walks around the lakes, and spending time with friends and family. It would be so nice for them to finally find someone to share this all with. You know, boring people.
»» Submitted by »»» EagerOwl at 1:56 PM on May 15
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