Quote Originally Posted by soprano View Post
Match.com, back in 2003 when it was uncommon enough to make us both be people who were willing to jump in and try something different. We got married in 2005.
Ditto except that we met on Match in 2001 and were married 18 months later in 2003. My brother met his wife on Match in 2003 and was married in 2006.

I whole-heartedly agree with everything Indy posted about being an individual in a relationship. I had formed many of the same thoughts after arriving at 33 and still being permanently unattached.

And in defense of the 'friend fix-up' I did fix up two of my friends once. They'd already met numerous times previously, but something one of them said to me at dinner once just made the idea of them as a couple 'click' for me. I convinced the guy I was dating back then of this and the two of us then proceeded to work VERY hard to get them to acknowledge each other in dating terms. It was not easy but we did it. That was 18 years ago and they are still married and have a wonderful relationship (and family). Sometimes you just gotta trust your friends!