internet chatrooms: classic or dud?

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I go through these phases of visiting one in particular. These days though, all I seem to feel is the waves of addiction to it, logging on, saying a few hellos and goodbyes, meanwhile maintaining my sanity only by balancing lengthy articles from the review sections of newspapers on my lap, to catch that lengthier prose vibe.

― Gordon, Friday, 27 September 2002 20:17 (twenty-three years ago)

dud (cz i can't get them to work!). ILX is much bettah!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 27 September 2002 20:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, I met my *favorite boyfriend ever* in a chatroom. But later he callously dumped me, and I'm not entirely recovered to this day, a year and a half later. So Classic. I mean Dud!!!

― Sean (Sean), Friday, 27 September 2002 21:39 (twenty-three years ago)

um, i am kinda obliged to say classic because i went on one with an attitude of " these things suck", then proceeded to talk to and eventually meet the man who is now the father of my son ( 7 months old ).
i dont go there anymore, mainly because the people in it are still the same ones and it almost seems as if it a closed shop where nothing new ever happens or gets discussed.

― donna (donna), Friday, 27 September 2002 22:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Same thing happened to me, Sean, except it was a girlfriend, and I'm pretty recovered.

― Stuart, Saturday, 28 September 2002 01:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Then it's more-or-less as I figured. One's opinion on them depends on whether or not one got lucky or not;)
Maybe I'm just running out of elligible women on the chat room I go to.
I suppose I need to find another chat room (I've only gone to the same one for years)
I suppose I'll go ask them how I go about finding a new and better chat room. Advice here, too, would be welcome...

― Gordon, Saturday, 28 September 2002 03:52 (twenty-three years ago)

mmmmm well it all depends gordon, are you looking for chat rooms specifically to find the woman of your dreams? i think i was extremely lucky, since i wasnt even interested in finding a relationship at the time, it just turned out that way.
the ones that have people looking for partners can be a bit scarey i reckon, even the chat room i discovered had 'hunters' and i found it all a bit sad with the extent of lonliness out there. people lie a lot in those situations, best to just chat away and be careful.
there are some that are for dating etc, i dont know where but i imagine they are able to be found in google or something.
good luck.

― donna (donna), Saturday, 28 September 2002 05:22 (twenty-three years ago)

and anyway, i am no longer with the father of my son.........

― donna (donna), Saturday, 28 September 2002 06:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Sorry to hear things didn't quite work out in the end, Donna.
The beauty of the chatroom I was in was that it wasn't an online dating arena... there were lots of things being discussed, plus a little flirting going on (well, alot) but that wasn't it's raison d'etre, so fakes were easy to spot. Maybe I'm just going through a bad patch with someone I thought was interested in me :)

― Gordon, Saturday, 28 September 2002 12:40 (twenty-three years ago)

I visit one in particular, and I have to say that it is worryingly addictive.

There have been one or two not-entirely-disastrous hook-ups between a couple of Chatters, but mostly it's the same group of people just larking about, having a laugh, discussing topical events with a spot of good-natured and shameless flirting thrown in for good measure. They're a nice crowd - and I think it works so well because none of us is looking for any sort of romance.

I am amazed at how easy it is to become fond of people that you have never even met IRL, though. I know so much about these people that I chat to that I swear I could buy them all Christmas presents they would adore. I'm prolly not going to, though.

I vote CLASSIC!!

― C J (C J), Saturday, 28 September 2002 13:23 (twenty-three years ago)

I heart #sinister (ducks)

― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 28 September 2002 13:41 (twenty-three years ago)

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