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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