I only ever went on one internet date. It was the best date of my life and I ended up marrying her 4 years later.
Obviously this a ridiculous statistical outlier, but one of the reasons I always thought it was successful was because we didn't find each other on a huge site like Match.com or Plenty Of Fish. Instead it was through the online dating section of the Seattle Stranger, which sort of guaranteed that we would at least have a few similar interests right off the bat. To anyone in Seattle I highly recommend it.
What, that you both live in Seattle and you are Strangers?
I think this is the way to go, big sites attract lots of strange people. Also, from what I have heard, paying sites have better clientele than the free sites, which makes sense, but I have not been game to actually pay for it.
Obviously this a ridiculous statistical outlier, but one of the reasons I always thought it was successful was because we didn't find each other on a huge site like Match.com or Plenty Of Fish. Instead it was through the online dating section of the Seattle Stranger, which sort of guaranteed that we would at least have a few similar interests right off the bat. To anyone in Seattle I highly recommend it.