I've never used craigslist personals. Never trusted it as it seems just for hookups. I have used craigslist to find jobs though, so it's pretty decent in that regard. But a lot of dating sites are just for hookups or have a lot of people only looking for that. it's basically the virtual bar scene and not always the best place to find a serious relationship.

But I do know people who have met on dating sites and are now in long-term relationships or married. I guess some people are luckier than others.

tehdreamer,

yes, there are rare stories of decent people getting together on dating sites. kinda like the even rarer, but true, stories of somebody down on their luck suddenly winning the lottery;)

for good or bad, i'm gonna be spending the next half hour checking out complaints of dating sites, to maybe finally wise me up.:)

Checking out complaints - LOL! Yes, CL personals are just for hook ups.
I used to use them myself back when I was manic and unmedicated.
Those were some scary times. And you're right about finding someone
on a dating site like winning the lottery. It can happen but the odds are
long.

I am not a fan of those free personals because I think that kids play with people's emotions pretending to be adults seeking relationships. If they had to pay they wouldn't be on there.

if you want a better website for romance it is Match.com because everyone pays to play...

I use OkCupid.....it is ok...I have account at Plenty of Fish but don't visit it much...it is bad...not fond of it...

The thing with CL is you never know who is going to kill who from there....I do advertise my business there and have had multiple students come from those free ads....

also get scammers from them too though....so it is free is easy....

OkCupid.com is free and pretty good...try it!

I don't know if I can agree. I've met lots of good people and have had some fun. Sure there's the just want to hook up types, flakesters, fetish perverts, fat women, single moms, women on the rebound, guys who misrepresent their height, but luckily I've never had a bad experience with it. After reading this book about Craigslist my outlook changed on using it for dating. All of these weirdos sort of made dating more interesting. It's just all part of the fun really. Look up The Slacker's Method: A How To Guide For Meeting Women On Craigslist I think that's what it's called. I'm sure if you google it, you'll find it.

A model just sued Match.com because her image came up in 200 of the profiles there. It means there were at least 200 Catfish there that were not who they claimed to be.

Be careful because it's not only women who are Catfish and it's men too. Be very slow and deliberate in finding out who you are talking to on dating sites.

A scammer and frauster's Paradise.

Errr... "fraudster".

My policy is that the Internet is no different than the rest of the world. Why shouldn't I be cautious about what people post online? The same scammers and criminals that are out there in the world can very easily access the Interne and use it to commit crimes.

There are better, quality dating services, many of which perfomr better screening.

Additionally, even in the best screened site, chances are that things may not work out, but they might.

I congratulate you for taking a chance and try. I think that's a good thing even if it didn't bear any positive results.