FabSwingers.com forum: Dating

By *eamworkboy OP Man
over a year ago

Irvine

I feel I'm ready to start dating again after 2 years of being single, I think online is the way to go but there's a zillion sites, POF seems popular but I'm looking for your recommendations or success stories

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ighty_tightyMan
over a year ago

Norfolk/Suffolk

"I feel I'm ready to start dating again after 2 years of being single, I think online is the way to go but there's a zillion sites, POF seems popular but I'm looking for your recommendations or success stories

POF and Badoo are literally the council estates of dating sites.

Tinder is new build estate.

Bumble is the suburbs.

Each have their positives and negatives. For sheer numbers of members Tinder wins.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

People find love wherever it's meant to be. I know people who have met off tinder, POF,match,here,Tesco veg aisle etc.

None seem to have worked for me though lol

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *annaBeStrongMan
over a year ago

wokingham

POF tends to be mainly single mums if that’s your thing

Tinder has the biggest user base

Bumble makes women message 1st which is useless because they just say “hi”

Hinge is apparently better up north but it lets you send a message with your like so that’s a good thing if you can make it funny

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *inky Biscuit DunkerMan
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

You'll probably have just as much luck on here. When i tried dating sites, Hinge seemed to be about the best.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"POF tends to be mainly single mums if that’s your thing

Tinder has the biggest user base

Bumble makes women message 1st which is useless because they just say “hi”

Hinge is apparently better up north but it lets you send a message with your like so that’s a good thing if you can make it funny "

That’s true! I always just say “hi” haha

I’ll change my ways now

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

Most of my meets came from ‘Bumble’ it seems to have more genuine women on the site as well. You or I don’t seem to get as many matches that’s all.

Another bit of advice is after a month or so hide your profile for a week. Nothing worse than seeing the same faces coming up regularly.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends on if you're looking for a wet hole or someone to wash your socks.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon

I had a lot of fun on POF, met some lovely women. When I changed my profile header to

‘Far from an Angel, but not a player’, I met some really interesting women.

Happy days.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline

"Depends on if you're looking for a wet hole or someone to wash your socks. "

Anyone for ironing?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Depends on if you're looking for a wet hole or someone to wash your socks.

Anyone for ironing?

I know better than to Google words I don't know on here!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Found pof to b successfull! Met some nice fellas on there that could have gone on to proper dates had we wanted that x

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *l6789Man
over a year ago

croydon

All pretty much the same, just take it all with a laid back attitude. You’ll get matches and dates but also scams, catfish, flakes, players all sorts

Good luck in the dating game

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

PoF is free, easy to use and has good features like being able to hide your profile from galleries etc and only be visible to people you contact. Not sure if other sites have this facility.

Plenty of females on there looking for nooky primarily and it is not unusual to score a 'hole in one'.

Never tried any others but I go right back to box numbers in Loot and similar publications. Those were the days!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Grindr.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
over a year ago

chichester

I had some dates on POF but not been in there for a few years. I should look at attempting to date again but got so used to being single

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *Booboo-Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

POF and Badoo are literally the council estates of dating sites.

I've never heard POF described so accurately. The live section is an eye opener where you can see what people REALLY look and sound like rather than their pictures. I've seen 2 people in the last 4 months that look like their pictures so bear that in mind.

The only other ones I'd offer up are OKcupid and Hinge. Hinge is a lot more serious and has better quality of users. (Well certainly in Scotland anyway)

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"POF tends to be mainly single mums if that’s your thing

Tinder has the biggest user base

Bumble makes women message 1st which is useless because they just say “hi”

Hinge is apparently better up north but it lets you send a message with your like so that’s a good thing if you can make it funny

That’s true! I always just say “hi” haha

I’ll change my ways now

Are you going to go wild and add a….how are you to that hi?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *onkeynutWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

I quite like fb dating and bumble. Actually “like” is a bit strong but there seems to be more genuine people on there.

Be warned, online dating is fucking soul destroying.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I quite like fb dating and bumble. Actually “like” is a bit strong but there seems to be more genuine people on there.

Be warned, online dating is fucking soul destroying."

They are all souls destroying

Bumble is probably the better of them though

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *mily36CWoman
over a year ago

Bedford (or anywhere beginning with B..!?)

"People find love wherever it's meant to be. I know people who have met off tinder, POF,match,here,Tesco veg aisle etc.

None seem to have worked for me though lol "

Cake aisle

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Online dating sites are full of people who will tell you any shit just to get sex.

Stay away!!!

Unless you just want sex, then join them all.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *Booboo-Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Online dating sites are full of people who will tell you any shit just to get sex.

Stay away!!!

Unless you just want sex, then join them all."

If you are a bloke, learn that shit so that you can get sex because you're going to need to.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Online dating sites are full of people who will tell you any shit just to get sex.

Stay away!!!

Unless you just want sex, then join them all.

If you are a bloke, learn that shit so that you can get sex because you're going to need to.

I'm not a bloke....ssshhhh

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

POF and Badoo are literally the council estates of dating sites.

You mean that my car might not still be there after I've had my shag?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *l6789Man
over a year ago

croydon

POF and Badoo are literally the council estates of dating sites.

You mean that my car might not still be there after I've had my shag?"

Strong chance it’s still there but also might be on fire when u get back to it

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"People find love wherever it's meant to be. I know people who have met off tinder, POF,match,here,Tesco veg aisle etc.

None seem to have worked for me though lol

Cake aisle

I've been looking in the wrong aisle

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

POF if you want single mum maybe a bit wreckless, good chance she'll slit your tyres.

Tinder if you want boring, conversations about reality TV, fake tan, brush up on your slang there's lots of new words which you won't know the meaning of.

Bumble if you want middle class, I'm better than you but it's my mum and dad's money I'm using.

Badoo if you want an STD and fast.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *urvytreatWoman
over a year ago

somewhere nice

I was using badoo and tinder when I was single. Was attending a club at the same time, ending up meeting someone at clubf, and we went on to get married.

Heard a lot of bad stuff about POF

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

[Removed by poster at 31/03/22 16:45:13]

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *weetiepie99Woman
over a year ago

cardiff

Its all luck and chance really, had some good dates and a lovely relationship from one of them

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

I think I’d swerve POF as most men local to me seem to be on here too! I’ve stopped looking and I’m leaving my dating life to fate.

What will be will be. And if I die a lonely old woman with 25 cats and a half eaten leg, so be it.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline

"People find love wherever it's meant to be. I know people who have met off tinder, POF,match,here,Tesco veg aisle etc.

None seem to have worked for me though lol

Cake aisle

Not vegetable aisle

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Men lie.

Women lie.

Save yourself the heartache.

You’re welcome.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

I like OK Cupid. I like how it matches you based on your answers to questions so you can look at your compatibility on certain subjects before getting into messaging.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What's dating

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

So people who live or lived on council estates are undesirable, a different group of people ?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

"POF if you want single mum maybe a bit wreckless, good chance she'll slit your tyres.

Tinder if you want boring, conversations about reality TV, fake tan, brush up on your slang there's lots of new words which you won't know the meaning of.

Bumble if you want middle class, I'm better than you but it's my mum and dad's money I'm using.

Badoo if you want an STD and fast."

I took a look at Bumble but was put off by their suggested opening lines to use instead of 'Hey!'.

One began with 'Lol' and another used the word 'gonna'.

At that point I thought 'If this is middle class, I despair for the present day middle class.

Thank God I'm first class!

Nevertheless, I attempted to join. First hurdle was you have to use Apple or Facebook or for poor relations like me, a phone number. I flummoxed them by supplying a number that is only on a dumbphone. Process came to a grindr ing halt!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *uicy 2020Woman
over a year ago

London

For me badoo was the best. But it does depend on where you live. Wishing you good luck with it OP! X

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *mily36CWoman
over a year ago

Bedford (or anywhere beginning with B..!?)

"People find love wherever it's meant to be. I know people who have met off tinder, POF,match,here,Tesco veg aisle etc.

None seem to have worked for me though lol

Cake aisle

I've been looking in the wrong aisle

Cake aisle people ... Definitely the cake aisle

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline

"People find love wherever it's meant to be. I know people who have met off tinder, POF,match,here,Tesco veg aisle etc.

None seem to have worked for me though lol

Cake aisle

I've been looking in the wrong aisle

Cake aisle people ... Definitely the cake aisle

How about a bit of parkin with butter

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

I’ve never used any of the sites listed but do really well dating on Facebook dating and next door , although most people are looking for long term relationships or at least exclusive, but some are open to swinging after a few dates

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *mily36CWoman
over a year ago

Bedford (or anywhere beginning with B..!?)

"People find love wherever it's meant to be. I know people who have met off tinder, POF,match,here,Tesco veg aisle etc.

None seem to have worked for me though lol

Cake aisle

I've been looking in the wrong aisle

Cake aisle people ... Definitely the cake aisle

How about a bit of parkin with butter

... a what what? ...is it a Scottish thing?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline

"People find love wherever it's meant to be. I know people who have met off tinder, POF,match,here,Tesco veg aisle etc.

None seem to have worked for me though lol

Cake aisle

I've been looking in the wrong aisle

Cake aisle people ... Definitely the cake aisle

How about a bit of parkin with butter

... a what what? ...is it a Scottish thing?

Yorkshire. I'm living under a flag if convenience. But like treacle bread

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I joined Match a couple of years ago and liked the site. Met a great guy from there and cancelled my membership before we realised that we were better as best friends and still are.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I’ve never used any of the sites listed but do really well dating on Facebook dating and next door , although most people are looking for long term relationships or at least exclusive, but some are open to swinging after a few dates "

I was on Facebook for all of a half hour and a guy I'm friends with here messaged me to say "found you".

Not sure I want to go back. I think I saw a couple of large pikes.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Online dating sites are full of people who will tell you any shit just to get sex.

Stay away!!!

Unless you just want sex, then join them all."

Exactly, I was about to say, online dating is just this site but with massive amounts of manipulation!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *hoirCouple
over a year ago

Clacton/Bury St. Edmunds

POF and Badoo are literally the council estates of dating sites.

Tinder is new build estate.

Bumble is the suburbs.

Each have their positives and negatives. For sheer numbers of members Tinder wins."

Facebook dating is a minefield.

Challenge yourself and go to Bingo nights

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Most dating sites are a washout these days. If you meet very exact and specific requirements and expect nothing in return you'll do great.

Better off meeting people in real life. Dating sites have become a cesspool of people bereft of character and so shallow it's unreal.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *eamworkboy OP Man
over a year ago

Irvine

Well there's a full range of experiences on here, a minefield is general concensus it seems, let's see what the weekend brings as I start looking

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"So people who live or lived on council estates are undesirable, a different group of people ?"

Seems single mums are too

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"So people who live or lived on council estates are undesirable, a different group of people ?

Seems single mums are too "

According to whom?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Fab worked for me.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline

"So people who live or lived on council estates are undesirable, a different group of people ?

Seems single mums are too "

What about single dads?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

Post new Message to Thread