Val

Way back when I moved from Scotland to England (long story) I got myself an e mail address to keep in touch with family and friends. It had a personals side to it and once when looking for something to fill my now empty time I filled in the profile and installed their messenger option. It was not long before I was chatting to folks around the country and a man living in Spain. We chatted off and on for some months, talked on the phone and when he was coming to UK we arranged to meet for dinner. I talked non stop lol but he listened and we had a great evening. He left, then left to go back to Spain. We kept in touch e mails, mobiles, messenger and telephone. Result was I came to Spain and am still here. We married last year and are looking forward to our life together.

During what I call my dark days I had also found a friendship site, joined it and through that have made many friends, attended a fair few 'meets' including bbq's, birthday parties, gone bowling and partied after, had several lunches and dinners, walks, motor bike rides. We rranged one here in Spain folks from UK and Spain came for the weekend, we had a tour of Sevilla, a trip to El Rocio and a great time. Many of the people I met through that site have become good friends, some have visited and stayed, some we meet back in the uk Some are now in relationships with folks some from the site, some have married.

I found that site a god send and it helped keep my sanity, you can met nutters anywhere, who can tell if the man down street you see in the pub is 'safe' or not ? Be careful, be wise, be sensible be safe at all times.

Dr.Edward

It’s really great you had such a wonderful online dating experience. I believe it can happen! But fact is in the world of online dating: There are more than 1.5 million scammers around the globe who cheat men every year; the amount is horrifying: a total of more than one billion dollars (I estimate after 3 years of investigations: which makes 2-3 billion $)!

In a few days I will offer the eBook about the result of my investigations and I must strongly advise everybody looking for love in the internet, to read it and to learn about this incredible world of lies and cheats.

Val

Interesting comment, have you studied the ratio for men cheating woman out of their savings/houses etc ?

Yes I know the figures are horrendous BUT this happens without the internet, men/women cheated/lied/stole/abused etc long before the internet. It may have made it easier for some people but it happened before the net and will continue to happen.

Men and women will always fall for a story if told well enough or if they are vunerable and the other sex takes advantage.

I know it happens I have seen the engagement/wedding/baby/aniversary photos for many couples.

michael

A high proportion of relationships begin in on-line chat rooms or with on-line dating agencies. Especially for the twice around the block lot, who tend to be over thirty.
Previous generations met, dated and married after meeting each other at a dance hall. Maybe a busy communal pub. They have all gone now. So where does a single bloke or woman get the chance to meet enough of the opposite sex to narrow it down to the one that matters? Difficult? Impossible! You got lucky. Well done.

Val

gee thanks I am one of those ! Have all the dance halls really gone ? last I knew there were still a fair few in Scotland and what do you mean by communal pub ? the local pub ?

michael

Not having been to a dance hall for some time I can only go on hearsay, lady. There are no longer dance halls as our parents would have understood them; they are well and truly gone. It's all young stuff now.
In Liverpool there's still the Grafton which, in the fifties and sixties, was a great place to meet, dance, date. (The BIG band sounds). Most are now put off though as dance nights are known locally as 'Grab a Granny Night. Oh, and the 'music' is tuneless crap.
Communal pubs? Yes, 'The Local.' But they have changed too. The Rovers Return (as in Coronation Street) has likewise gone belly-up. Oh well. Such is progress.

CDThader

Michael
I can't talk for Liverpool as I've only been there once. But there are still plenty of real dance halls around the country. As you think anyone over 30 has been round the block twice, you obviously think that anyone over that age is a Granny. Maybe the clientel don't all wear cloth caps, but thankfully there are still plenty of local pubs that don't have red plastic seats and have changed their names from the likes of the Red Lion to Leo's or The George to Georgies. You live in the Southern Costa Blanca as I do, so you should know that there are plenty of places that play good old 60's and 70's music where you can meet people of all ages enjoying themselves. Who knows you might enjoy it and even meet someone!!!!!

JazminesII

In Spain there are still many traditional pubs, cafe/bars etc and loads of opportunties to dance....during the summer we have outdoor dancing most evenings and all ages join in.......we have several spanish dance clubs to cater for the winter evenings......several sports centres offering dance classes throughout the year too.....

BTW Michael 60 is the new 30.......I have some way to go yet so I'm still a nipper ;-))

CDThader

Micheal
You said in one of the other sections that you prefer classical music... Thats great, but
I don't think you should dismiss other types of popular music... Could that be why you are not finding it so easy to meet someone special.. Dancing to Beethoven's fifth is not that easy.!!!

CD

Val

Depends on the type of dancing