Free Dating Sites: Good Advice

“You should try free dating sites.”

That is what a friend told me to do about two years ago. The first thought that ran through my head was of course, “I’m not that much of a loser.” I mean, I always pictured free dating sites to be for forty-year old men who play Dungeons and Dragons in their grandmother’s basements. Being a twenty-three year old man who lived in an efficiency apartment, I thought I had at least another twenty years before I had to “settle” for free dating sites.

But loneliness can do some funny things to a person. I had just moved to Phoenix, Arizona and I didn’t know anyone besides the people I worked with. Let’s just say, as far as women went, my job had no talent whatsoever. After trying out the whole bar scene for a few months, I heard my friend’s voice in the back of my head saying “you should try free dating sites.” So I did.

One night I decided to log onto some free dating sites my friend suggested and I spent the next few hours surfing through profiles. I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised. Once again I figured that the only people who used these sites were over forty and not what one would call “normal.” Let me just tell you, I was way wrong. Right off the bat on one of the first free dating sites that I came across, I found some really interesting profiles and not crazy cat-lady kind of interesting either.

In fact, one of the first profiles I came across was for a woman named Lisa. She was also new to the Phoenix area and was looking for a fun and interesting person to hang out with. She had all the same interests that I did. She loved football, enjoyed hiking and camping, and even kayaking! She even admitted to be skeptical of these free dating sites too. I continued looking through the rest of the profiles, but found myself going back to hers.

That same night I sent her a message letting her know that I saw her profile and was interested in maybe talking sometime. I checked out some other free dating sites, but couldn’t take my mind off of Lisa. Needless to say I was pumped when she replied back. We talked through the chat room on the free dating site, e-mails, and on the phone for the next few weeks and after about a month we finally went on a date. She was amazing. Everything I was looking for in a girl: fun, attractive, intelligent, and witty.

Skip ahead a few years and here we are, engaged to be married. We have a wedding planned for summer of next year after she’s graduated from college. It’s crazy to think that had I not listened to my friend’s advice about going onto free dating sites, Lisa and I would have never met. Not to sound corny, but fate really does exist. I think our generation is just lucky enough to have the internet to help it along.