Lots of people, guys and girls, recommend Plenty of Fish online dating (which I dub Plenty-Of-Flesh) because it’s free. I’ve been a member there twice now, and I haven’t been impressed either time.
The site places a lot of emphasis on photos, which has led to people judging one another not by their messages, but solely by looks. I’m not impressed with the forum moderator either, who has a firm yet obnoxious and stuck-up attitude to posts that raise questionable suggestions issues, even with the site.
Many of the people there have been rude and/or full of hot air, both in the forums and through messaging. Even the friendliest of messages went ignored - the sent messages list proved extremely helpful in finding out just where they were going.
Plenty of Fish advertises itself as a dating site, which is my biggest disappointment: the only people who’d enjoy Plenty of Fish are the average loud, outgoing people who already have “great” lives and have no intention of being serious.
As with most other places I’d suggest someone experience it for themselves, if only for them to reach their own conclusion. I’ve had much better results with Match and Perfect Match.
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Hello My Dear,
As I can empathize with your situation and I commend you on being a good and loving mother, as that is by far the most important job in the entire world. My comment to you and possibly some advice when putting your feelings down on a public place for all to read…do a bit of editing and spell checking before you post it. And if you wish to be considered serious and ‘genuine’, then try not to use so many ‘hip’ slang type verbages.
I do not know your age but as I was a very young single mother myself I understand that the obsticles young people have to get through, let alone trying to raise a child is sometimes overwhelming.
My thoughts to you, as I’m now a grandmother of 3 beautiful grandsons is to take a few moments (or as long as you may need) to reflect on your thoughts and feelings, take the positive from the experience and move on. Do not dwell. Learn from it. And don’t forget to smile…your child will be forever imprinted by your actions and behavior.
Peace!
Kathi
Good comment, Chicgurl1974.
I’ve been on PoF for over a year. I have met at least two ladies whom I expect will be life-long friends as well as a few I communicate with on a regular basis. I am very selective as to whom I communicate with and always reply politely to inquiries I don’t wish to persue. What I’m truing to say is that I feel we each make our own experience. My cheif complaint about the site, and any other, is that posters seem to be unaware that there is such a thing as spell check and proper usage. Did it ever occur to anyone that a disorganized mind (language is a reflection of how you view the world) leads to a disorganized experience? Can it be otherwise?
Everyone I meet is my teacher. I am grateful for that. We used to live in the wild and have to face “natural” dangers and predators. Now we live in cities, and the predators are our own kind. If you get up in the morning and have a life, you know this. Why would a dating site be different? Why would you not take the same precautions? “It’s a jungle out there” is not just an off handed assesment. It is the actual condition of living. Yet it is possible to have what you want if you accept what IS and make your own world. If all the energy used to argue with reality was used to image and percipitate what we want into our experience, it would be a different world, as far as I can see.
IN reading what people have wrote here, It truly makes me a little sad. For one I am a sinlge mother, of a wonderful little boy, and if that turns you off, there is nothing I can do about it, however, its not because I am a slut, or a hoe bag that just laid in a bed when I was 20 and got preggers! If that is what your perception is, then your the shallow one. Also, I agree a photo tells alot about a person. Some people are not attracted to “overweight” people, however if they are “gods gift” then why are they using a internet dating site, they should have women falling down before them , and better yet, a FREE dating site??? Too cheap?? I dont know, I used it cuz my friend found her Mr. Right on here.
I do get a lot of repsonses on why my name is Tequila Princess, immediatly people think I am a drunk. Haha not at all.. we all have our drink of choice, and some do not drink at all… right? I porbably have drank 3 times in the last 3 months! It just a nick name one of my friends gave me while on Spring Break and it stuck and some people call me Princess TeQi! So it doesnt sound as bad.
I will say that I can be skeptical now who I am looking for on ANY TYPE of dating site, or chat line. My recent EX and I met online, and we were together for almost 2 years, only for me to find out that he too still frequented the dating service also, and started cheating. He met me when I was MY biggest and when I started going to the gym and working out (I had dropped so far 35 pooounds) he started seeing other women. When I caught him twice, yes twice with women who were “BBW” I just see that is the woman he is attracted to, although he was 6′6 and 200 (so skinny) But when I look back, his ex wife was BBW too, and lost weight he cehated on her too!!!!!!!!!!
They split…
It all in all who people are attracted to. You cannot get and because the guy you like doesnt like you back. Because there is someone out there for everyone.
***OH and btw, I have never had a probalem with MY MATCHES…you need to go into your account and edit your profile that you want to be matched with someone between this age and this age and withing however many miles of you. There are only two options within 20,000 miles or within 75 miles… there you go. I do believe it is under mail settings… dont quote me.
If your interested in chatting, male OR female and your from MN (I AM ALWAYS DOWN FOR NEW GIRLIE FRIENDS TOO!) you can find me, same screen name, and a few pics… TO THE MEN WHO DONT LIKE KIDS OR “A FEW EXTRA POUNDS” dont bother wasting your time, but I am good, genuine and big hearted, I just am tired of being alone. I want to share my life, my wonderful family and my dreams with someone!
~~Take Care~
P.s. I know Im gonna piss someone off one here, and for that I apologize. But this IS FOR what you wanna write, freedom of speech. THANKS!