Off topic - ready to move on..

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I know this is going to sound nuts, but I met my hubby online in a divorce

chatroom. I do know a couple of people who have placed a personal ad in the

paper though. Either way if you decided to meet a person this way just make

sure to take a friend with you the first couple of times and never give out

your address...always drive yourself. Having your own car makes for a quick

get-a-way if needed..lol. Do you have a cellphone? Those always work nice

when you're in a pickle...Just say " pottytime " and make a call to a friend.

They can come to where you are and make sure you can sneek away quietly and

safely.

You just never know what kind of nuts are out there...

Just my pov...

[Guest guest]

ok I have an off topic question for all you out there. I was wondering if any of

you have ever placed a personal ad. If so, has it worked for you. Also do you

think that is a safe way to meet people. I am thinking about it. Everyone in my

circle of friends that i know is either married, engaged gay or has bad teeth...

lol...I want to go out and have fun. I miss hugging and kissing and feeling

loved. Don't get me wrong, I love myself and am comfortable with being single

I am just rerady to Move on...move to the next step in life..I have come to a

point where I am ready to have someone in my life again. I have

accomplished all of my goals that I have set for myself. Things that I wanted to

do for me before I was ever in another relationship. like getting my bachelors

degree in Graphic design, like gettting my own place and being able to stand

on my own two feet without any help. Also I wanted to land a great job in

graphics in a great company who provides all the perks like full paid medical.

Well, I have done all of this. Now I am ready for that certain someone. Any

advise... Danvers, MA

[Guest guest]

,

I have never placed a personal ad. However, I do know several people who have. 2 of them are now happily married to people they met on-line. It is definitely the way to go these days. There are many on-line single sites. I believe that Yahoo has one. Just remember to be safe. Do not give out your home phone # or your address until you have communicated with someone for sometime and have met them in a public place [preferably with a friend near by]. I have done this with one of my friends several times. We usually go to and Nobles, she meets the guy and has coffee and I sit near by flipping through books... I have not had the courage to do this myself, but it does seem to work for others..

Joni - Dr. Thayer 11/27/00

-----Original Message-----From: r2e2d2@... Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:52 PMTo: OSSG-NewEngland Subject: Off topic - ready to move on..ok I have an off topic question for all you out there. I was wondering if any of you have ever placed a personal ad. If so, has it worked for you. Also do you think that is a safe way to meet people. I am thinking about it. Everyone in my circle of friends that i know is either married, engaged gay or has bad teeth... lol...I want to go out and have fun. I miss hugging and kissing and feeling loved. Don't get me wrong, I love myself and am comfortable with being single I am just rerady to Move on...move to the next step in life..I have come to a point where I am ready to have someone in my life again. I have accomplished all of my goals that I have set for myself. Things that I wanted to do for me before I was ever in another relationship. like getting my bachelors degree in Graphic design, like gettting my own place and being able to stand on my own two feet without any help. Also I wanted to land a great job in graphics in a great company who provides all the perks like full paid medical. Well, I have done all of this. Now I am ready for that certain someone. Any advise... Danvers, MA

[Guest guest]

,

Well I met from a personal add that I had placed on aol. My friend

and I had decided that we wanted to meet some new people so this is what

we did. was the first person who answered my add....However he was not

the first person that I went out with....But apparently it was fate, cause we

are still together, and engaged 2 years later.

(((HUGS)))

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

While I've never placed a personal ad, I did meet a few females

online...Actually, I just got married, and I knew my wife online for a

couple years before we started talking voice and met. I find it easier to

get to know someone online without preconceived judgements based on

appearance. One thing about personal ads though, is that you're usually

meeting people with the intention of starting a relationship and it takes

alot of bad apples before you find the one you finally click with. But hey,

that could be fun too I guess. Hehe...My advice would be to find some local

chatrooms online and just start up some conversations with people and if you

click with someone then pursue something. I have a friend who placed some

personal ads and really didn't like any of the people who responded to

her...Then again, she's a bit wacky so...Hehe. On another note, what type

of graphics do you do where you work? Print? Web? Something else? I have

my own little freelance graphics/web design company...In fact, maybe you can

check out my new design I'm working on and give me some pointers?

Hehe...the url is http://www.tinymangraphics.com/new/ . I like it better

than my old design at www.tinymangraphics.com .

BTW are you post op? If so, how long?

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Off topic - ready to move on..

ok I have an off topic question for all you out there. I was wondering if

any of

you have ever placed a personal ad. If so, has it worked for you. Also do

you

think that is a safe way to meet people. I am thinking about it. Everyone in

my

circle of friends that i know is either married, engaged gay or has bad

teeth...

lol...I want to go out and have fun. I miss hugging and kissing and feeling

loved. Don't get me wrong, I love myself and am comfortable with being

single

I am just rerady to Move on...move to the next step in life..I have come to

a

point where I am ready to have someone in my life again. I have

accomplished all of my goals that I have set for myself. Things that I

wanted to

do for me before I was ever in another relationship. like getting my

bachelors

degree in Graphic design, like gettting my own place and being able to stand

on my own two feet without any help. Also I wanted to land a great job in

graphics in a great company who provides all the perks like full paid

medical.

Well, I have done all of this. Now I am ready for that certain someone. Any

advise... Danvers, MA

[Guest guest]

,

So funny that you should mention this. I just had lunch with a friend

today and suggested to her that she join match.com. I've had 4

friends go this route and end up getting married in the past couple

of years. The service is pretty cheap (less than $25 a month) and

it's a good way to meet people. Of course, as others have suggested,

you need to be cautious. Match.com does not do any screening of

people so you're on your own there but definitely check out the site

and see what you think about it. Good luck!

Anita

> ok I have an off topic question for all you out there. I was

wondering if any of

> you have ever placed a personal ad. If so, has it worked for you.

Also do you

> think that is a safe way to meet people. I am thinking about it.

Everyone in my

> circle of friends that i know is either married, engaged gay or has

bad teeth...

> lol...I want to go out and have fun. I miss hugging and kissing and

feeling

> loved. Don't get me wrong, I love myself and am comfortable with

being single

> I am just rerady to Move on...move to the next step in life..I have

come to a

> point where I am ready to have someone in my life again. I have

> accomplished all of my goals that I have set for myself. Things

that I wanted to

> do for me before I was ever in another relationship. like getting

my bachelors

> degree in Graphic design, like gettting my own place and being able

to stand

> on my own two feet without any help. Also I wanted to land a great

job in

> graphics in a great company who provides all the perks like full

paid medical.

> Well, I have done all of this. Now I am ready for that certain

someone. Any

> advise... Danvers, MA

[Guest guest]

I too met Bill online...I moved from WV to MA just to be with him...it

was a rocky first year together, but now almost 3 years later we are engaged

and getting married on July 21st. I couldn't be happier!

Kim in Methuen

SpellBound1974@... wrote:

,

Well I met from a personal add

that I had placed on aol. My friend and I had decided that we wanted

to meet some new people so this is what we did. was the first person

who answered my add....However he was not the first person that I went

out with....But apparently it was fate, cause we are still together, and

engaged 2 years later.

(((HUGS)))

[Guest guest]

,

I may be way off, but I'm being truthful. I got the " willies " while reading

your question...but...here it goes...

I had a traumatic experience with someone I met through a personal ad a few

years back. I'd NEVER do it again, nor wish my worst enemy to do it either.

Don't get me wrong, there are MANY success stories, but my $.02 is not to do

it.

Dawn

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My friend also had a bad experience with meeting someone thru a personal

ad in the newspaper. Things were pretty good at first and then after

after a few months, he became very violent and beat the you know what

out of her. You have to be very careful, there are alot of nuts out

there, but there are also people who have had good experiences with

personal ads. Just be careful.

Lori Brien

pre-op 4/2/01

Dr.Thayer NWH

,

I may be way off, but I'm being truthful. I got the " willies " while reading

your question...but...here it goes...

I had a traumatic experience with someone I met through a personal ad a few

years back. I'd NEVER do it again, nor wish my worst enemy to do it either.

Don't get me wrong, there are MANY success stories, but my $.02 is not to do

it.

Dawn

[Guest guest]

Wow, we're quite the club! I, too, met my boyfriend online when I

moved home from Buffalo! It's been over 3 years.

- AA

Hazzy wrote:

>

> I too met Bill online...I moved from WV to MA just to be with him...it

> was a rocky first year together, but now almost 3 years later we are

> engaged and getting married on July 21st. I couldn't be happier!

>

> Kim in Methuen

>

> SpellBound1974@... wrote:

>

> > ,

> > Well I met from a personal add that I had placed on

> > aol. My friend and I had decided that we wanted to meet some

> > new people so this is what we did. was the first person who

> > answered my add....However he was not the first person that I went

> > out with....But apparently it was fate, cause we are still together,

> > and engaged 2 years later.

> > (((HUGS)))

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hey . Thanks for the pointers. i think I will start snooping around tho=

se chat

rooms...hehehehe...As for what kind of graphic design I do, I am a graphic =

artist for Verizon and work in the Yellow Pages. I design Yellow Page ads. =

I

also do a little freelancing on the side. I specialize in print and do ever=

ything

from ads, letterhead, logo design, brochures etc...I have dabbled on the we=

b

though. i use to update customers websites. It was soooo... fun.. It's just=

not my

strength. I would love to take some courses in it though and get more

comfortable with it. I could make some great money freelancing web design. =

Actually a client of mine just asked me if I could do a brochure, letterhea=

d

business card for him and he wanted to know if I could redo his website too=

.. I

was honest and told him that it wasn't my strength and that it would probab=

y

be best to find another professional who specializes in that area. My probl=

em

with the web thing is that I'm not sure of the whole process and all. I mea=

n I

can create the pages and all but from there I have no clue what to do next.=

Also the specs for web are different from print I'm sure. What format shoul=

d

things be in so that all can see everything...ya know what I mean? Maybe yo=

u

could give me some pointers in that area. As for checking out your website=

, I

did a while ago and I even emailed you about what great work you do! Your

work is really great!!! Illustration seems to be your forté. Hears a questi=

on for

ya, how do you go about getting new clients. I'm finding it kindof tough. I=

got

my last client by doing his yellow page ad and he liked it so much he asked=

me to do all his other advertising stuff.

As fo surgery, Im scheduled for March 19th, 8am. I CANT WAIT!!! Do you go t=

o

the NWH meetings??? Are you going Tuesday? I will be there. Maybe we can

chat a little business then. If not feel free to email me privately.

See Ya

> Hi ,

>

> While I've never placed a personal ad, I did meet a few females

> online...Actually, I just got married, and I knew my wife online for a

> couple years before we started talking voice and met. I find it easier =

to

> get to know someone online without preconceived judgements based on

> appearance. One thing about personal ads though, is that you're usually

> meeting people with the intention of starting a relationship and it takes=

> alot of bad apples before you find the one you finally click with. But h=

ey,

> that could be fun too I guess. Hehe...My advice would be to find some lo=

cal

> chatrooms online and just start up some conversations with people and if =

you

> click with someone then pursue something. I have a friend who placed

some

> personal ads and really didn't like any of the people who responded to

> her...Then again, she's a bit wacky so...Hehe. On another note, what typ=

e

> of graphics do you do where you work? Print? Web? Something else? I

have

> my own little freelance graphics/web design company...In fact, maybe you =

can

> check out my new design I'm working on and give me some pointers?

> Hehe...the url is http://www.tinymangraphics.com/new/ . I like it better=

> than my old design at www.tinymangraphics.com .

> BTW are you post op? If so, how long?

>

> --

>

>

>

> Off topic - ready to move on..

>

>

> ok I have an off topic question for all you out there. I was wondering if=

> any of

> you have ever placed a personal ad. If so, has it worked for you. Also do=

> you

> think that is a safe way to meet people. I am thinking about it. Everyone=

in

> my

> circle of friends that i know is either married, engaged gay or has bad

> teeth...

> lol...I want to go out and have fun. I miss hugging and kissing and feeli=

ng

> loved. Don't get me wrong, I love myself and am comfortable with being

> single

> I am just rerady to Move on...move to the next step in life..I have come =

to

> a

> point where I am ready to have someone in my life again. I have

> accomplished all of my goals that I have set for myself. Things that I

> wanted to

> do for me before I was ever in another relationship. like getting my

> bachelors

> degree in Graphic design, like gettting my own place and being able to

stand

> on my own two feet without any help. Also I wanted to land a great job in=

> graphics in a great company who provides all the perks like full paid

> medical.

> Well, I have done all of this. Now I am ready for that certain someone. A=

ny

> advise... Danvers, MA

>

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