Has anyone ever met from these forums?

[Snowshoe02]

It seems strange to me that pay personal sites are the rule of the internet. Free forums, like this one, seem long on tease, without any sort of real-world effectiveness. Most of the posts here seem to be bumps, keeping useless "personal" threads active with "Good morning world" variations. Why all the sound and fury, if it signifies nothing?

How many people have actually hooked up because of contacts made on this site? Are there any really effective free sites left on the web?

 

[Raidho]

I have not. Nor am I looking to at this time.

I have, however, read threads where several members have hooked up. Some, in fact, have crossed continents to be with each other. There are "Lit-togethers" in different parts of the country, so I'm assuming it has been done a time or two.

 

[Eilan]

I haven't met anyone from this site. There are Litsters that I'd love to meet, but not for sex.

I met my husband on Yahoo! Personals when it was free. We had success with a free AFF profile. We were looking for single men, though, so getting lucky was like shooting fish in a barrel.

 

[LordToranaga]

It seems strange to me that pay personal sites are the rule of the internet. Free forums, like this one, seem long on tease, without any sort of real-world effectiveness. Most of the posts here seem to be bumps, keeping useless "personal" threads active with "Good morning world" variations. Why all the sound and fury, if it signifies nothing?

How many people have actually hooked up because of contacts made on this site? Are there any really effective free sites left on the web?

Because the anonimity of the Internet allows people to fulfill the fantasy part of themselves. Then of course there are the few that just like to tease. There are definetly some "Litsters" that have met up either individually or in the occ gettogether but my experince is that it is a very small percentage of the people here.
Lit has become in many respects just another site with lot's of threads where people can spend time playing little games or as you point out, say "Good morning world variations".
I guess, to these people , it signifies something.
I belong to a personal pay dating site and while there are people that are there to just play around, most of the people that are there seem to actually be truly seeking some sort of "real time". Perhaps it is because they are paying or perhaps it is just the type of people that are attracted to the site but I certainly have much more luck meeting people in real life versus the cyber world then I do on Lit.
Just my 2 cents.

 

[pleaz_me]

It seems strange to me that pay personal sites are the rule of the internet. Free forums, like this one, seem long on tease, without any sort of real-world effectiveness. Most of the posts here seem to be bumps, keeping useless "personal" threads active with "Good morning world" variations. Why all the sound and fury, if it signifies nothing?

How many people have actually hooked up because of contacts made on this site? Are there any really effective free sites left on the web?

Sites like Lit provide several outlets for people. Some is simple stimulation, some friendship, some romance, some just use it to play at work and stay busy, some places to look for "quiet" hook-ups. I can tell you from my experience here, it has been all of those (well, except the quiet hook-up). Lit tends to keep my mind stimulated and has taught me to be more open about my sexual desires. I have met several people from here and had an absolute blast! I have developed very close friendships, one of whom I'm going to visit this weekend... she is a real sweetheart! I have also met one awesome gentleman from Lit and have been able to meet with him a few times. Unfortunately, the long distance has been a problem for us *sigh*. I think pay sites are more for people that are intentionally looking for a long term relationship.

*steps down off of my soapbox*

~pleaz

 

[Lappdog]

I've never met anyone from Lit (yet!) but way back when in the early days of the net I did meet 6-7 ladies that I chatted with. I still correspond with some of them today. In most cases it went very well....they were all true to their online personalities.

I think it is a little more complicated now, and it seems that there are more pretenders and dishonest people surfing the net for kicks -so I would be far more cautious and tentative then I was way back when.

Lapp

 

[Gabe619]

Personally I've met with two ladies from Lit, both were amazing, even if the first one did have to dump me a week later because an old flame returned and claimed her, lol The other I have met once so far, but she is beautiful and very sexy and I hope to see her again very soon.

Add to that I have made a few very good friends in my time on Lit then I think I have benefited greatly from being a member. All that said I do think that a great many people on here are hot air when it comes to meeting up. They talk the talk, but don't want to walk the walk, if you get my drift, lol

I hate pay sites. Why should you have to pay some big company to find the love of your life? Surely there must be one out there thats still free ... but if so then I have yet to find it. Then you have the sites that promote themselves as a free matchmaking service right up until you want to email someone and then your told 'sorry, your current account will not allow you to contact this person. You have to upgrade and pay X amount before you can do that'. What a fix!

 

[draakon]

my 2 cents

for what its worth for me this is an out let. Im not trying to be anyone else I dont think Id ever meet up with someone from ... well any where. This is a nice safe way to chat and find out what the rest of the world is upto / into. Im only new at posting here so I may change my mind later. I always never say never

 

[LordToranaga]

Personally I've met with two ladies from Lit, both were amazing, even if the first one did have to dump me a week later because an old flame returned and claimed her, lol The other I have met once so far, but she is beautiful and very sexy and I hope to see her again very soon.

>> From what I have observed, you are one of the lucky minority. It also may have something to do with you geographical area... that is certainly a pattern that I have noticed many times - certain areas just seem to have more people on Lit and the UK is one of them (or so it seems).

Add to that I have made a few very good friends in my time on Lit then I think I have benefited greatly from being a member. All that said I do think that a great many people on here are hot air when it comes to meeting up. They talk the talk, but don't want to walk the walk, if you get my drift, lol

>> Like you, I have made many "friends" as well. But I have come to learn that "cyber" friends are nothing compared to "real" friends. It may be that a true friend is one that can give you a hug... or be at your side in a difficult time.... or somebody that you can communicate with in some form other than primarily a one dimensional medium. Cyber friends can just be there one day and disappear the next. It is not like you can go drive accross town and knock at their door to see what is up.

I hate pay sites. Why should you have to pay some big company to find the love of your life? Surely there must be one out there thats still free ... but if so then I have yet to find it. Then you have the sites that promote themselves as a free matchmaking service right up until you want to email someone and then your told 'sorry, your current account will not allow you to contact this person. You have to upgrade and pay X amount before you can do that'. What a fix!

>> I too actually hate pay sites as well. But I have sure come to realize that finding the "love of your life" is in essance just a process. Really a numbers game.... the more people you meet, the better the chance of finding the right one. And of course because we live in an enterprising and capitalist society, somebody was going to figure out a way to make money from it. I would love to get up some Sunday morning and go to a local church, attend services, and meet the woman of my dreams that has the same sexual interests I do. But previous experiences have taught me that for me, that is not much of a possibility. So you do what you can... that's why (cept for the stories) I joined Lit.... to find a LTR with a special person.... and while it has not happened for me, at least I have gotten to read some good stories and make some good cyber friends.

 

[ima6uldv8]

I met my Dom completely by accident. But what a great accident it was! The bad thing is I'm on the east coast and he's on the west coast. We get to meet in July and I can't wait!!!

 

[Guest]

I haven't met anyone from here... but then that's never been my intention.

All I want from the site is some friendship and banter from like-minded people, with perhaps some talk over yahoo or MSN, which can be dirty or normal.

The people are very friendly, but sadly I've only made one contact via Yahoo so far, even though she's great.

 

[davro]

I actually joined here after a stroke of luck had my first visit coinciding with that of someone fairly local,her username made that obvious.She was here for a reason,I must admit that until we actually met in person I really thought someone was having a laugh but what the hell,I`m big enough to laugh along with it and just maybe it was genuine.Result was something I`ll always remember,one off as it always was going to be,lady was lovely in every way.
Since then has been e-mail contact with various people which just isnt the same but passes the time.
I`ve met someone from a dating site,didn`t work out but a good experience,met other people I`ve met on the net that have remained good friends but I go to specific sites for specific reasons,would never initiate anything sexual on anyone I`ve met on a "straight" site.
Biggest problem I`ve had here is the time difference,most people I`ve clicked with on-line are from the states,Brits seem to mainly be here for the playground,I still live in hope of something along the lines of my very first contact here but as time goes on it looks more and more like "beginners luck"

 

[jetdriver68]

Why not?

I think if your intention is to hook up with someone, there's no reason why Lit would be any worse than some other online site. You have the opportunity to chat and get to know people on here. If they're close by and the spirit moves you, nothing wrong with getting together -- and if it clicks going from there. I haven't yet met anyone from here, but have met others through being online. That didn't work any different than it would here, so I don't see any reason why people can't hook up through Lit. Just my thoughts...

 

[Avery_Chisholm]

I met my bestest friend from this site

 

[jetdriver68]

I met my bestest friend from this site

Very cool! I think a lot of people are able to become very good friends through first meeting online.

 

[Avery_Chisholm]

Very cool! I think a lot of people are able to become very good friends through first meeting online.

yeah, and the others i have met have been mostly kewl

 

[jetdriver68]

yeah, and the others i have met have been mostly kewl

But only mostly...

 

[Avery_Chisholm]

But only mostly...

well there was this 1

 

[jetdriver68]

well there was this 1

Haven't we all met THAT person online??? LMAO

 

[Avery_Chisholm]

Haven't we all met THAT person online??? LMAO

i suppose

 

[jetdriver68]

i suppose

Yeah... LOL

 

[Doctor Who]

I have never met anyone on Lit but if the opporunity came about I would probably take it.

I did meet someone on the strangest website of all - hotornot.com! This was early on when they added the "meet me" tab and the picture links would give you information on the website origin so you could skip the payment process and contact people.

It lasted two weeks because she lived a bit too far away... but what a fantastic two weeks it was.

 

[Avery_Chisholm]

Yeah... LOL

 

[Guttergoddess]

I've met several Litsters...some for sex, some just to meet....Done the one on one, 2 on one, and group meets....Gotta say...so far...I've got pretty good taste.....

 

[ezyrider123]

I haven't met anyone and cant say it sounds very appealing. Most people prefer to draw a line between reality and the acquaintances we have on the net.