Sometimes, socially, never.

How pathetic is online dating? Perhaps not pathetic at all.

When one signs up to date online, is it because he has exhausted in person, because he is lazy, or is it because there really is just no one to meet in his city/area? I think in my case there just really isn't a place to meet guys. Sure, there are some bars in some other cities close by, but what if I don't like meeting people in bars? Do I have to suck it up and do it anyway? Perhaps.

That said, I set up a online profile (took around 1.5 hrs) that included all kinds of info about me and then tons of info about who I wanted to date. This took the longest amount of time. I kept thinking that by not choosing a type in a category I was weeding out Mr. Right without even knowing it. For example, the system asks about smoking. I chose "not at all" but could have also chosen "sometimes", "socially", "every day", etc. and the system lets you choose one or more of these. I really didn't want to date a guy who smokes, period. but I caved when I thought about missing out on "the guy".
Each category- race, body type, education, income, children, etc had multiple selections. On almost every category I selected them all. I'll weed the guys out when I can see their entire profiles. More to choose from that way.

I wonder who is missing out on seeing my profile because I said I never smoke, have an average body and like to go hiking?