Primarily most people on the site who actually want to meet have alot of baggage associated. The people who would be a good candidate are only online for entertainment. Basically if you know how to market yourself via a good pic and some nice words it's completely an easy forum to meet women.

People who say they can't meet people through traditional means only tell me that they have no social skills.

What did we before online dating and cell phones...lol

I am a widower who met his wife on an online dating service. Although my marriage was short (3 years) it ended in a death and for no other reason. I have the opinion that meeting someone you're likely to be compatible with is many times greater over the internet where is is common,andexpected, that both parties are wanting the same things and offering what the other party is seeking. the chances of meeting a similar candidate by conventional methodology is very chancy in the 'real-world' but highly likely via the internet and a well disciplined dating (or meeting) service such as the ,somewhat pricey eharmony service. The chances of you randomly meeting a "great match" on your own at a bar,church,movie or any conventional social outlet is so remote as to not be practical and can be very dangerous and much more costly that any dating service.

My late wife has been dead for five years now, I am lonesome, and I want to meet another wonderful woman that offers what I am seeking and I,hopefully, offer what she is seeking. It has taken me around a month now and I have exchanged data with around 20 good candidates. I am 64 and felt that a five year target +/- 64 was reasonable. I wanted to meet candidates within 100 miles of myself, non smokers, non drinkers, someone willing to place their photo online as I did and,as I stated, got 20 candidates who passed my screening and I passed theirs. After a few iterations of email the list manages itself there are some you just don't get that "feeling" for or they didn't get one for you. The list of potential candidates becomes smaller and easier to manage. Shortly after emails,arranged telephone calls, and,at last, meetings and dates. At this point it is mostly out of your hands. If the necessary chemistry was there and there is still a mutual interest, Mother Nature Will guide you the rest of the way.

It used to work the "old fashioned way". the "New Fashioned Way" is much more scientific and methodical and, I submit, prone to work.