Would you ever use one?? Why or why not?
let's avoid stereotypes too. :)

I wouldn't object to it. It seems like an easy way to meet people and you have the option of whether or not to meet them. You can easily not reply to the weirdos... Not as easy to avoid in person.

Yeah dude, all the way. I go on rx8club.com all the time! ;)

a lot of my friends use myspace.com but its not just for dating

anyways I'm not into it
Most of my time is on this site

I used match.com I highly recommend it. It is a great way to meet someone and being able to read about them and see what they look like before actually meeting them is really neat. I met a wonderful girl on there, and we have been together for almost 6 months now. Give it a try!

I gave it a try a few years ago. My best friend met his now wife on a dating site so I figured why not. I learned pretty quick that if she won't post of picture of herself, she isn't someone you would have a good time staring at! Logic would say duh but I still gave a couple the benefit of the doubt. That ended pretty quickly. Met some weird people on those sites. One woman had a voice that sounded very buff and burly. She was a prison guard!!! No I didn't see a picture of her. I also never met her. I refused to. She probably could have killed me! I met a couple of genuinly nice people but they just weren't my type. I never found anyone that I felt was worth it and just gave up with the whole thing. I was actually tired of dating and was no longer looking for anyone when I met my girlfriend. Weird how that works. We've been together now for 2 1/2 years. You don't necessarily need the internet. It works for a few people but not most. I know more people who have had bad luck than good.

Yeah, I hate the internet.

ps: if you want risky internet dating, pick up chicks on IRC. You have a 95% chance of picking up a guy or transvestite instead of a female.

ps: if you want risky internet dating, pick up chicks on IRC. You have a 95% chance of picking up a guy or transvestite instead of a female.

Not me... met my wife that way...but then again that was in '96...

I used match.com I highly recommend it. It is a great way to meet someone and being able to read about them and see what they look like before actually meeting them is really neat. I met a wonderful girl on there, and we have been together for almost 6 months now. Give it a try!

I'm gonna second that one.

Not me... met my wife that way...but then again that was in '96...

when it comes the that stuff things have changed ALOT :D

when it comes the that stuff things have changed ALOT :DSame here, in 1997. But we're the lucky 5% :)

a lot of my friends use myspace.com but its not just for dating

anyways I'm not into it
Most of my time is on this site

I think myspace is more for orgy organizing LOL....

girls on that site sooo want the "rod" but only after having their egos stroked to high heaven...

and the guys seem to wanna hit anything that moves.. come to your house and the fish stop swimming :D

I met my fiance on the internet and I couldnt be happier... but we didn't tell our parents that that was how we met.. we were affraid they would freak out and assume the worst

I don't, but I'm considering it. I've been single too long and it's gettiing kinda old.. no.. it's not getting... it is old..

I've read stories of ladies posting "old" pics and when the first date happens they don't look like their pic anymore. There's a lady that was abused I think from one of the hookups and is suing the dating service but I think that one is a foreign dating service. Why do guys go to a foreign site anyway? Seems to me there are many American girls willing to date and pretty too. Perhaps its because American girls are somewhat thought of as tough to get along with. Yet, this has been going on for a long time. Many foreign girls want American hubbies so they can get into the U.S.

I did match.com. I didn't find a "mate" on there, but had quite a few dates. It was about 50/50. Some of the dates were nothing like they stated in their profile and some were. I did not really have any bad dates...just no "love connections." You can weed out the ones who send the generic e-mails just by reading them because if someone really reads your profile they will usually refer to something that caught their attention in it. Make sure that you put a picture. I know as a girl, I would not even reply to the guys who did not put a picture or at least offer to send me one by e-mail...no matter how great the e-mail sounded.

Met my wife on IRC, dated a couple girls from Texas I met on IRC.

My brother hangs out on Lava Life and is now dating a really nice girl.

On the fun side of things, an ex-army buddy of mine is a lavalife man-whore. 300 notches and counting.

My dad used to use Yahoo Personals or something like that. He met a few women. Dated one for like three years and then she dumped him.

My wife and I met on AOL in a movie quote trivia chatroom.

im on myspace but im on their because my friends are i see it as a social thing not a find a date thing. Im apprehensive about using an internet service to find a girl, but then again its hard to meet girls if you don't wanna meet them in bars, but the internet does have a lot of liars and people with hidden agendas so you gotta be carreful if you want to meet genuine good people there too. Then again when i meet genuine people that i think are nice, they often use me...sigh...now im all depressed about that part of my life. eh not really in fact im kinda optimistic (hopefully not too optimistic) about a lady from the past :)

so in conclusion i said a whole lotta nothing up there, but i guess theres a valid topical point, love can be found in all the strangest places and really a lot of the time when you least expect it, so theres no reason the internet (a public forum) is any different than any other place when it comes to meeting people, so go for it. Theres gotta be some good people out there on the internet.

I wish it was easier to pick up girls in the gym, that is the only place I see a plethera of them these days. Most of my freinds are towing the ball and chain and the ones that aren't are extremes. Either they are man whores, or uber geeks, neither one gets the ladies I like to deal with. Whoa is me.

I'll give it a shot I suppose, what is the worst that can happen?

I wish it was easier to pick up girls in the gym, that is the only place I see a plethera of them these days. Most of my freinds are towing the ball and chain and the ones that aren't are extremes. Either they are man whores, or uber geeks, neither one gets the ladies I like to deal with. Whoa is me.

I'll give it a shot I suppose, what is the worst that can happen?

Where do you workout? the RAC?

Why do guys go to a foreign site anyway? Seems to me there are many American girls willing to date and pretty too. Perhaps its because American girls are somewhat thought of as tough to get along with

its because they are impossible

Where do you workout? the RAC?

Yeah, kinda shitty, but cheap. There are a bunch of New Years resolution folks there this week, it will be better next week.

Do you go there?

A lot depends on where you live. In the DC area, most of the ones on Match.com are looking for rich lawyers. :rolleyes: And if a guy has a child from a previous marriage, forget it. I averaged getting one response for every 20 e-mails I sent. (They no longer get my money.) I met a couple nice women, but not "the one."

And to someone who mentioned foreign sites... I had much better luck in getting replies from foreign-born women in this area (~95%). Friggin' rude Americans... ;)

Yeah, kinda shitty, but cheap. There are a bunch of New Years resolution folks there this week, it will be better next week.

Do you go there?

Class of '99 B.Com.

I walk by there everyday on the way to my car

And to someone who mentioned foreign sites... I had much better luck in getting replies from foreign-born women in this area (~95%). Friggin' rude Americans... ;)

American girls are just too "good" for anything and anybody..... they want it all but dont want to give any ;)

I was married way before any of the internet dating sites took off in the mainstream.
However, from my college buddies, 4 women that I can think of met their mates (or at least long term dating) from match/matchmaker, etc.
from the looks perspective, one of the girls is drop dead gorgeous, 2 are average, and one, not so much.

Edit: If I were single, i'd probably give it a whirl.
additional comment: my friends are all in the late 20s early thirties bracket.
1 just got engaged, 1 is dating seriously, and 2 are married.

Same here, in 1997. But we're the lucky 5% :)


LOL... yeah I'd say so. :)

Just imagine back in those days there were no "match.com" or other dating sites ("deai-kei" in Japanese). They are really big in Japan... so many just for your cell phone and several for computer web access. It's pretty crazy.

American girls are just too "good" for anything and anybody..... they want it all but dont want to give any ;)


DING! DING! DING! K.O! And we have a winner...

Yep, I know exactly what you mean. But OTOH, the grass is always greener on the other side. Seriously date "Japanese japanese" girls. You'll see. :(

NOTE: what is this "Japanese Japanese" thing? It means #1 NOT Japanese-American. #2 Not US-born Japanese and moved back to Japan at high school age or college age. #3 Doesn't party in Roppongi every Friday night. Your average "typical" Japanese girl... born and bred here, that may or may not marry a Japanese guy would not be any of those 3 things.

sory folks ,I'm going to stick with the tried & true method ,if they're not interested and you've made an honest attempt,chances are it's just not in the cards, so move on ,that right one will truely come along. ;)

i think i'll go back to the old fashioned method.. club em and drag em back to your cave by the hair.

i think i'll go back to the old fashioned method.. club em and drag em back to your cave by the hair.

That's what worked for me!:D

I've done a couple of them! I did Yahoo and Match.com. I've had a few dates from Yahoo but they weren't the right ones for me. I just didn't click with one and another I just wasn't attracted to when I met her. I stopped looking on Yahoo because a friend of mine pointed out there are a lot of fake ads! In Match.com I have had no luck so far. I do use another one called casualkiss.com but the women who are interested in me are mostly foreign women 90% from Canada! I'm going to have to say I've seen what Paul_in_DC mentioned! I met a girl once and during our small talk I told her what my occupation was (military). Her response was, "your in the military, you guys don't make s**t! I used to date a Redskin!". She was cool to talk to for a few minutes but of course it's obvious this isn't going to go anywhere!

i think i'll go back to the old fashioned method.. club em and drag em back to your cave by the hair.
haha, the problem with that method, for me atleast, is that it only happens two days a week. Friday & saturday. I'm single now, need more than that ;)

I've done a couple of them! I did Yahoo and Match.com. I've had a few dates from Yahoo but they weren't the right ones for me. I just didn't click with one and another I just wasn't attracted to when I met her. I stopped looking on Yahoo because a friend of mine pointed out there are a lot of fake ads! In Match.com I have had no luck so far. I do use another one called casualkiss.com but the women who are interested in me are mostly foreign women 90% from Canada! I'm going to have to say I've seen what Paul_in_DC mentioned! I met a girl once and during our small talk I told her what my occupation was (military). Her response was, "your in the military, you guys don't make s**t! I used to date a Redskin!". She was cool to talk to for a few minutes but of course it's obvious this isn't going to go anywhere!What's wrong with women from canada?

I've done a couple of them! I did Yahoo and Match.com. I've had a few dates from Yahoo but they weren't the right ones for me. I just didn't click with one and another I just wasn't attracted to when I met her. I stopped looking on Yahoo because a friend of mine pointed out there are a lot of fake ads! In Match.com I have had no luck so far. I do use another one called casualkiss.com but the women who are interested in me are mostly foreign women 90% from Canada! I'm going to have to say I've seen what Paul_in_DC mentioned! I met a girl once and during our small talk I told her what my occupation was (military). Her response was, "your in the military, you guys don't make s**t! I used to date a Redskin!". She was cool to talk to for a few minutes but of course it's obvious this isn't going to go anywhere!
And what's her occupation...date rich guys?

What's wrong with women from canada?

he may not want to deal with the distance... that or maybe its because they say "eh" alot :D

Ajax, you should probably try out match. As long as you don't totally geek out on them the first date, =) you'll probably do OK. I'd offer to hook you up, but my friends are too old for you.

What's wrong with women from canada?

Absolutely nothing! The women from Canada were cool but like TODreamer said, the distance is a problem for me. Personality-wise I liked them better than most women I meet here in the states!

And what's her occupation...date rich guys?

I think she was a college student! To be honest she was a good looking girl but just not the caliber of woman I can see a pro athlete keeping around (nowhere near as good looking as say... Jason Kidd's wife). Oh well that was years ago so maybe that girl is somewhere married to the real life Al Bundy! :)

I met my husband through the Yahoo personal ads, back when it first was just really starting to boom. Not too many people could fool you or nothing to that sort as much as they do now a days. We had dated for 4 years and just last September 18th we tied the knot and couldn't be in more love since the day we met. I know alot of people go base on their photos and what not. I had a photo but he did not and I really lucked out that is for sure. Here's a photo of our dj who coincidently looks alot like meatloaf (left) me (middle) and my hustband (right) hope it comes out.

http://www.photoreflect.com/scripts/prsm.dll?eventorder?photo=0ABW0000000277&start=0&album=0&adjust=-1

another just me and my husband

http://www.photoreflect.com/scripts/prsm.dll?eventorder?photo=0ABW0000000210&start=0&album=0&adjust=-1

I met my dog on the internet. Does that count?

i cant meet women and would feel even dumber using a internet site. to me it is almost like saying yes im a tool and need serious help. lol

i cant meet women and would feel even dumber using a internet site. to me it is almost like saying yes im a tool and need serious help. lol


Explain to me how meeting a girl on the internet makes such a silly statement about someone.
Personally speaking I think the internet is the best way to meet people... yeah yeah people say there are alot of crazies on the internet, but where do you think these "crazies" are when not on the net? They are in the same places where you would otherwise meet people via the "conventional ways"; they are your "friend's friends", they are in clubs, libraries, the office, corner stores, places of worship, supermarkets. Whether you meet these people on the net or through conventional methods.... crazy is crazy

At least on a dating site, you know they are there to meet people so that takes alot of abiguity out right off the bat. Yet, Ironically enough if you were to go up to the same girl thats on the internet while standing in line at the supermarket... chances are shes not giving you the time of day... probably think you're crazy (the way things are these days).

People are funny like that

zoom_zoom33... nice pics....congrats

I met my dog on the internet. Does that count?

I'd say it does! :D Actually, I met my wife on the web five years ago. I can say that internet dating is a hit-and-miss proposition. I did have a couple of interesting....ummm....situations. Some good, some bad, some that I'd really like to forget. I won't go into much detail... :eek:

I can say that internet dating is a hit-and-miss proposition. I did have a couple of interesting....ummm....situations. Some good, some bad, some that I'd really like to forget. I won't go into much detail... :eek:

I don't think those are quite characteristics of internet dating per se..... those are just characteristics of dating period.

I'n my single days I've met all kinds of girls all kinds of ways... and I really couldnt say that meeting girls via X method will yield Y result....

its just one mixed can of nuts.. no matter how you reach in... you never know what your gonna get

I signed up for a website yesterday afternoon. I already have 3 smiley's from attractive women. I think the thing about this internet dating stuff is the law of large numbers. You can talk to a lot more people, faster, therfore increasing your chance to find someone.

I haven't talked to any of these girls yet, but maybe soon :)

I've done a couple of them! I did Yahoo and Match.com. I've had a few dates from Yahoo but they weren't the right ones for me. I just didn't click with one and another I just wasn't attracted to when I met her. I stopped looking on Yahoo because a friend of mine pointed out there are a lot of fake ads! In Match.com I have had no luck so far. I do use another one called casualkiss.com but the women who are interested in me are mostly foreign women 90% from Canada! I'm going to have to say I've seen what Paul_in_DC mentioned! I met a girl once and during our small talk I told her what my occupation was (military). Her response was, "your in the military, you guys don't make s**t! I used to date a Redskin!". She was cool to talk to for a few minutes but of course it's obvious this isn't going to go anywhere!
Hornet, I'd like to say that surprises me, but it doesn't. :( A lot of single women come to the DC area looking for $ and power (aka, wannabes). It takes a while to ferret through the riff raff before you can find a normal decent woman. One guy I knew said a woman he went out with said that before things could go further, she'd want to see a full financial statement from him. Can you friggin believe someone would actually say that!? :eek:

I signed up for a website yesterday afternoon. I already have 3 smiley's from attractive women. I think the thing about this internet dating stuff is the law of large numbers. You can talk to a lot more people, faster, therfore increasing your chance to find someone.

I haven't talked to any of these girls yet, but maybe soon :)

I would say you are definitely right about large numbers. It is alot easier to weed out e-mails of people who thought you were attractive in some way than to bump into the same number of potential mates in one day. Also think about this. I have a guy friend who does internet dating and we have talked about it a little bit. We think it is kinda funny that it still takes on the traditional lines of dating. Very few women will e-mail a guy, but will flirt "wink". Most of the time it is the guy who first contacts the girl.

. Seriously date "Japanese japanese" girls. You'll see. :(



My fiance is "japanese japanese" ..... and I'm cool

She live in the states and speak English? I assume so since you live in Canada and as far as I know don't speak Japanese fluently... if so then she doesn't count. See the "note" part of my post. The "culture shock" of actually living outside of Japan... away from the Japanese societal rules, tunnel vision and a host of other things. This experience almost always reshapes them into different people... ones whom hate living and working in Japan and long to move back to the West.

Just think... how many languages does the average American speak? How many people from the blue states have REALLY been abroad? How about the red states? How many from both have lived abroad (even a 1 yr study program)? Those that go abroad how many are to Africa or Asia instead of Europe? This is just to give you an idea of how inbred and narrow minded the US can be as well... I'm not biased... I equally hate all stupid inefficencies...

She live in the states and speak English? I assume so since you live in Canada and as far as I know don't speak Japanese fluently... if so then she doesn't count. See the "note" part of my post. The "culture shock" of actually living outside of Japan... away from the Japanese societal rules, tunnel vision and a host of other things. This experience almost always reshapes them into different people... ones whom hate living and working in Japan and long to move back to the West.

Just think... how many languages does the average American speak? How many people from the blue states have REALLY been abroad? How about the red states? How many from both have lived abroad (even a 1 yr study program)? Those that go abroad how many are to Africa or Asia instead of Europe? This is just to give you an idea of how inbred and narrow minded the US can be as well... I'm not biased... I equally hate all stupid inefficencies...


She lives in the states now but only because she came here for university 5 yrs ago...english is her second language and when she came at first she had a very hard time becasue her eng was quite poor... now its better... she was supposed to go straight back as soon as unviersity was done, but circumstance ended up keeping her here

Shes isn't your typical japanese because she ended up with a guy like me... see my avatar..... but she is born there, raised there, and lives by the cultural values and does not in any way shape or form see herself as american influeced.. she just happens to live there...

But i know what you mean.. the Japanese culture is funny like that.. there are a shit load of constraints which outlines what "japanese" is.. a lot of it is based on ignorance, xenophobia and a sense of homogeneousness

She lives in the states now but only because she came here for university 5 yrs ago...english is her second language and when she came at first she had a very hard time becasue her eng was quite poor... now its better... she was supposed to go straight back as soon as unviersity was done, but circumstance ended up keeping her here

Shes isn't your typical japanese because she ended up with a guy like me... see my avatar..... but she is born there, raised there, and lives by the cultural values and does not in any way shape or form see herself as american influeced

But i know what you mean.. the Japanese culture is funny like that.. there all a shit load of constraints which outlines what "japanese is"

My wife was similar. Born and raised in Japan... went to "junior college" and then went to 4 year college in the states. Graduated and worked in the states for about 2 years before moving back to Japan. Her English before the US was about non-existent. Moving back it was pretty decent. Now... a refresher course wouldn't hurt. ;)

My wife... is and is not typical Japanese. At least before I got a hold of her. Now I'd say that she's gained a lot of perspective. ;)

Bah! You really can't tell how much you have and have not changed. Unless your girlfriend spends her time almost exclusively with the Japanese community in Toronto (which is possible), then I'd say she has changed a lot. This isn't a "US-influenced" thing as much as it's a gaining of perspective. You are able to see your own culture from the outside and how others view it. It is really quite educational. In addition... depending on where you live, you can also learn about discrimination. This is a concept that the average Japanese have no "true" understanding of... and it's understandable why. Getting out of Japanese society means all kinds of ridiculous social controls are now gone. Once that "yoke" is off, you become real reluctant to put it back on. It sounds like your girlfriend has never worked full-time in Japan after graduating from college. If so... she'll be happiest if she never moves back. The hours, pay, workload, office environment and politics, and more... she'll want to leave REALLY quickly. Trust me... I do and so does my wife... my Japanese friend who grew up in Seattle for about 8 years... my half-Japanese friend... and the list goes on and on. Anyway the point is... she's changed... she just doesn't realize it.

Not only constriants of what being "japanese" is, but expected patterns of behavior , asinine unwrittten office rules and politics and more. Ask your average foreigner who has been in Japan for at least 4 years... they'll say something along the lines of this place is "NeverNeverland." When I first heard a reference to a Gen. Douglass McArthur quote of a report he gave before Congress during the Occupation... I was a bit shocked and thought it was possibly a bit insulting if not racist. Now after several years of study and 6 years in Japan, I find that what he said seems to be true too often. That in and of itself is sad. :(

Japanese ignorance could be a dissertation. From that both xenophobia and a false sense of homogeneousness follow. Although a certain homogeneousness of thought does occur as scoietal expectations of behavior, home teaching and school teaching have reenforced a specific thought process and pattern of behvaior among all Japanese people.

Did you know that Japanese women just about never visit the oby/gyn unless they are pregnant or are in somekind of pain. They don't even go when they have their first period. Women have little idea how all their parts work medically and men know even less. Sex ed for boys and girls is held separately.

My wife was similar. Born and raised in Japan... went to "junior college" and then went to 4 year college in the states. Graduated and worked in the states for about 2 years before moving back to Japan. Her English before the US was about non-existent. Moving back it was pretty decent. Now... a refresher course wouldn't hurt. ;)

My wife... is and is not typical Japanese. At least before I got a hold of her. Now I'd say that she's gained a lot of perspective. ;)

Bah! You really can't tell how much you have and have not changed. Unless your girlfriend spends her time almost exclusively with the Japanese community in Toronto (which is possible), then I'd say she has changed a lot. This isn't a "US-influenced" thing as much as it's a gaining of perspective. You are able to see your own culture from the outside and how others view it. It is really quite educational. In addition... depending on where you live, you can also learn about discrimination. This is a concept that the average Japanese have no "true" understanding of... and it's understandable why. Getting out of Japanese society means all kinds of ridiculous social controls are now gone. Once that "yoke" is off, you become real reluctant to put it back on. It sounds like your girlfriend has never worked full-time in Japan after graduating from college. If so... she'll be happiest if she never moves back. The hours, pay, workload, office environment and politics, and more... she'll want to leave REALLY quickly. Trust me... I do and so does my wife... my Japanese friend who grew up in Seattle for about 8 years... my half-Japanese friend... and the list goes on and on. Anyway the point is... she's changed... she just doesn't realize it.

Not only constriants of what being "japanese" is, but expected patterns of behavior , asinine unwrittten office rules and politics and more. Ask your average foreigner who has been in Japan for at least 4 years... they'll say something along the lines of this place is "NeverNeverland." When I first heard a reference to a Gen. Douglass McArthur quote of a report he gave before Congress during the Occupation... I was a bit shocked and thought it was possibly a bit insulting if not racist. Now after several years of study and 6 years in Japan, I find that what he said seems to be true too often. That in and of itself is sad. :(


oh.. shes knows she has changed; just not THAT much because she was never really all that typical to begin with... her wanting to go out of japan back then indicates at least that much. but at the same time she tries to keep the positive out of her old cultural self as well. And yeah... shes said many times that if the cards had fell differently and had not met me.. she would have been miserable in Japan.... her new outlook on things, women's roles there, office life (shes never worked there but shes not ignorant to it either) would impede her from completely fitting in and in Japan, not fittiing in is NOT good.....

But your right, going abroad opened her eyes to alot and made her able to put many things into perspective.

you must have a very hard time there

I'd say post up one of the dressy shirt ones, and the other two casual ones.
having more than one pic gives people some perspective on how you look in "real life" and somewhat reassures people that you didn't just have a photogenic moment and posted up that pic.

blue eyes I would say the 2 dressy ones as well.

Thanks for the help! I can put 8 pics up, so I will jsut put them all up and some of my dog too :D i guess ill make the main one a dressy shirt pic :) I got a bunch more dressy ones too, in b&w and sephia :)

On a unrealated note: I was just poking around the site, and I noticed that there are a ton of good looking women in the intimate encounters section looking for sex! I wouldnt have predicted that, too bad im not part of that section :p

oh.. shes knows she has changed; just not THAT much because she was never really all that typical to begin with... her wanting to go out of japan back then indicates at least that much. but at the same time she tries to keep the positive out of her old cultural self as well. And yeah... shes said many times that if the cards had fell differently and had not met me.. she would have been miserable in Japan.... her new outlook on things, women's roles there, office life (shes never worked there but shes not ignorant to it either) would impede her from completely fitting in and in Japan, not fittiing in is NOT good.....

But your right, going abroad opened her eyes to alot and made her able to put many things into perspective.

you must have a very hard time there

I see... well that can be very true. I'd probably say my wife is somewhat like that... still pretty Japanese... just with a bit of a new/different perspective.

Actually we sound pretty similar... if my wife hadn't met me, she'd have gone back to Japan right after graduating from college in the US. She's back now, because I wanted to go really live and work there (I had studied abroad during college).

Office life in Japan... I've read some interesting books on various facets of life and the people during a US-Japan cross-cultural communication class, but none of it measures up to what it's like when you actually live it yourself. To be bluntly truthful... it's like going back to middle school/junior high school. :rolleyes:

Life in Japan in general... there's a lot that can be said, but it's not all bad. Life has it's ups and downs... it's the working in an office that is unbearable. So yeah... life can be a bit hard.

However, like I said... there is some good too. If you are going to end up with your girlfriend in the long term... do a working holiday in Japan for a year. Teach English or if you're in IT, try for that. Don't get stuck here, but the experience will really be an eye opener for you.

Alright, ladies and I guess guys can help too :p I have to submit a picture to these sites, I took a couple and I had an old one but I don't know which to choose.

Anyways, I wish I had some better pictures, but I'm not a picture person, and I don't have a digi camera, just a 1mp PDA camera. All the pics I have from other people either have girls jumping on my lap and kissing my cheeks or im covered in sporting gear doing something stupid!

And yes I hit a few branches on the way down, be nice :p

Go with pics 1, 2 and 4. If you only want to use 2, then I'd say 2 and 4.

Thanks Japan!

I made another observation, and I am going to sound like an ultra huge ass in saying it. A lot of heavy women seem to select the average build, I picked average for myself, so this was a bit shocking. I mentioned it to a freind, and he told me they probably are average being that a huge chunk (pun :p) of the population is overweight!! just an observation

This is kinda addictive though, is that bad. I got sooo many smileys now :D

If you are going to end up with your girlfriend in the long term... do a working holiday in Japan for a year. Teach English or if you're in IT, try for that. Don't get stuck here, but the experience will really be an eye opener for you.

we are getting married in March..... shes making the move up here in February :D

But teh stage of life we are in doesnt facility a "working holiday" .... I'm 30 and I got a lot of things on the go here as it is

Thanks Japan!

I made another observation, and I am going to sound like an ultra huge ass in saying it. A lot of heavy women seem to select the average build, I picked average for myself, so this was a bit shocking. I mentioned it to a freind, and he told me they probably are average being that a huge chunk (pun :p) of the population is overweight!! just an observation

This is kinda addictive though, is that bad. I got sooo many smileys now :D

take a stab at it... you may end up really liking overweight girls (not TOO over weight)... they have their advantages :D

TODreamer... LOL... indeed. O_o

we are getting married in March..... shes making the move up here in February :D

But teh stage of life we are in doesnt facility a "working holiday" .... I'm 30 and I got a lot of things on the go here as it is


Oooh. Congratulation are in order then! :D

Lucky her... getting to move to Canada... and the cold and snow. I guess it balances out in the end. :p

I suggested working holiday because Canada has a visa agreement with Japan for something I see called "working holiday" whereas the US doesn't have that. Hey 30 isn't particularly old... I'm 27 and my wife is 31... but I understand what you mean, that's another part of the reason it's about time for me to move back.

Well I have no idea what part of Japan your wife is from, but if it's in the Tokyo area, drop me a line if you'll be visiting the (future) in-laws. Hook up for a beer or two. :cool:

Also if you are looking to get a more asian pool you can look at www.click2asia.com. The pool for the online dating is still small ( compared to yahoo or date.com or match.com), but their speeddating events are kind've fun, and a lot of cute asian girls come out to those.