Lol I was thinking of her as I typed the last postThe same was true for Elizabeth Elliot also![]()
Lol I was thinking of her as I typed the last postThe same was true for Elizabeth Elliot also![]()
Always lovely to see you, dear ButterflyyyLol I was thinking of her as I typed the last post...I was wondering that!!
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Christian Mingle is terrible and pretty much another cookie cutter clone of the dating app model but with a Christian label slapped on. Christian in name only.I do not know of such a site. I can only think of Christian Mingle but I think the site is open to everyone.
As a female, I would not be comfortable providing proof of identity, photo ID, or post code on/to the website, much less this information being viewable to strangers on the site. I think this is just something you have to find out in the first couple of dates in person. I would be cautious with post code until later.
did you try it?Christian Mingle is terrible and pretty much another cookie cutter clone of the dating app model but with a Christian label slapped on. Christian in name only.
There aren't really good options for things like filtering out Catholics (many Bible believing Christians don't see Catholicism as a true faith) etc. You're going to find a lot of cultural Christians (who are Christian because they aren't Satanists, Muslims, Jews, so forth) who are not truly born again Christ followers.
Christian Mingle also seems to have some strange censorship stuff in play. I had really hit it off with a gal who lives in one of the bigger cities near me, we were talking about Judaism (she is a Messianic Jew and we're on a Christian site, so no big deal) when she seems to have said something that triggered the filters and her whole account just disappeared. It was bizarre.
I had better luck on Zoosk, honestly, but... I'm kinda down on all of these dating apps right now. Gonna find me a nice wife by going to a good church instead. And that's free, so....![]()
I did try Christian Mingle and a few others. Was generally unimpressed with all of them. My conclusion was that I would have better luck creating my own dating app from scratch.did you try it?
I recall there was one site called Jdate
only for Jewish people though....not for people who's names start with the letter J.
Well, let me know when you find out.Well, this thread sure SUCKS!
I was actually hoping to find out where the happy Christian gals my age hang out... Phffft!![]()
I did try Christian Mingle and a few others. Was generally unimpressed with all of them. My conclusion was that I would have better luck creating my own dating app from scratch.
Get this, most of these sites you are on there with the intention of meeting someone... but the site actually PREVENTS you from communicating with others unless you have a membership. HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? The point of the internet in general is communication, FREE communication. So why would you go to a dating site to have your communication ability LIMITED?! Yeah, that makes sense! Not! :/ :/ :/:[ :{
Oh yes, this subject pushes my buttons, lol
Thank you for the responses guys. I got what I wanted. I've thought of everything that's been said, before you've said it, and I suspect that is of the Lord's doing. You've given me plenty of reasons to see why it wouldn't work for you. I won't be responding to any further comment regarding my post.
For real! I'd LOVE to be proven wrong and find out such a site really exists and prospers.Well, this thread sure SUCKS!
I was actually hoping to find out where the happy Christian gals my age hang out... Phffft!![]()
That's a really good point. It shouldn't be too much to ask for us singles to have a paid dating site that actually WORKS well though.It's kind of one of those Catch 22 situations.
It was so long ago that I honestly can't remember how many dating services I tried -- something like 3 online with paid memberships, one real-life with a really expensive membership, and 2 free sites that allowed anyone to talk to anyone. And this wasn't all at once, lol, but I would say over the course of about 5-7 years.
I know paid memberships are aggravating and to some it will even seem un-Christian to charge money, but the one thing I can say I noticed was that the free sites seemed to have a lot more married people who were "curious to see what was out there" and "looking around."
I remember one guy in particular who talked to me for a while who had pictures of "himself" that in which he looked like a professional model (including a very buff, shirtless picture of "him" chopping wood. Ahem.)
I was very suspicious because I know the "type" I attract -- and it's not that type. I'm not saying that's an absolute way to be sure someone is a fraud, but guys who look like that DO NOT talk to me in real life (and I always have my real pictures up,) so I was pretty sure something was off. His personality didn't "match" his photos and I realize that sounds impossible to know (I'm certainly not saying it's foolproof,) but I guess it's just kind of a sixth sense you pick up from talking to people in writing for a long time before the internet ever came to be.
Long story short -- he told me he wrote to me because I just seemed "so real," and he kept in touch with me for (on dating sites at least,) quite some time. Eventually, he told me that he was not only married, but that he had married a girl he had met on that very same free site, and claimed that they were both still on there looking for just friends. I told him I appreciated his honesty but out of respect for his wife, was terminating our conversation.
I also knew married co-workers who would talk about being on the free dating sites because they wanted to know if they had "made the wrong choice" in whom they had married, and if the "real one for them" was "somewhere out there."
Others might have other experiences but I found the free sites to be a bit of a waste of time just because there were so many people there just wanting to play with nothing to lose.
A fee isn't an absolute prevention of course, but Mr. Married and Sister Mrs. might have a harder time joining a dating site that requires a check or credit card transaction that their spouse might see. People will also generally put more work and effort into something that was of personal cost to them.
(Occasionally we have threads here in Singles talking about various dating site scams and pitfalls to look out for -- perhaps we're overdue for one amongst the current crowd.)
My thought was a free but ad-driven model with no pay walls but some extra frills for those wanting a paid membership. So you would not have to pay to message potential interests, etc. but if you paid, your profile would get some extra exposure on main pages or even the ads themselves in the sidebar.TonyB,
I know you said you wouldn't be answering anymore posts here, but if you ever do discover or start up such a site, please come back and let us know.
I would be very interested in learning how such a site can be ran successfully, and if it seemed like something God was allowing me to do, would most definitely consider joining if I didn't feel I had to display too many personal details right off the bat.
Best wishes to you!
My thought was a free but ad-driven model with no pay walls but some extra frills for those wanting a paid membership. So you would not have to pay to message potential interests, etc. but if you paid, your profile would get some extra exposure on main pages or even the ads themselves in the sidebar.
The site would be driven by success rate and word of mouth. "I found so and so on this website!" "Great, let me check it out!" etc. I believe in meritocracy when it comes to business.
Well there are some on here broWell, this thread sure SUCKS!
I was actually hoping to find out where the happy Christian gals my age hang out... Phffft!![]()
Why would you, when you are one of those people who actually is content being single?For real! I'd LOVE to be proven wrong and find out such a site really exists and prospers.![]()