# Dating on the SDMB? Possible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170 "2004-05-20T13:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/1 "2004-05-20T13:22:25Z")
Do you think it would be possible to have a romantic relationship **only** via the SDMB? If so, who would be your ideal partner? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/2 "2004-05-20T13:28:18Z")
Well, yeah. If you don’t include sex as being part of a romantic relationship. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/3 "2004-05-20T14:07:26Z")
It’s happened before and it gets REALLY annoying for everybody else. Wanna get romantic? Take it to email. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/4 "2004-05-22T01:43:34Z")
What **dropzone** said. Once two people have decided they have the hots for one another and want to act on it in some form, it’s time to move the romance/cybersex/whatever to a medium other than this board. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/5 "2004-05-22T02:30:29Z")
Just cause YOU think it’s cutesy poo and wonderful doesn’t mean WE want to see it. Those joined-at-the-hip couples are obnoxious enough out in the meatworld. ---
**Author:** ![Senggum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Senggum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senggum)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/6 "2004-05-22T02:39:53Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > Do you think it would be possible to have a romantic relationship **only** via the SDMB? > > If so, who would be your ideal partner? You should contact a psychiatrist first. You are playing a very risky game … ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/7 "2004-05-22T02:58:44Z")
> [@Senggüm](#): > > You should contact a psychiatrist first. You are playing a very risky game … How so? Robin ---
**Author:** ![Senggum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Senggum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senggum)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/8 "2004-05-22T03:05:08Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > How so? > > Robin Look in the phone book, yellow pages, or the internet and search for _psychiatrist_, this is no joking matter … ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/9 "2004-05-22T03:07:41Z")
Um, Dope worked for me too, Senggüm, and many other couples. You have some inside info that only you are privvy to? ---
**Author:** ![Senggum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Senggum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senggum)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/10 "2004-05-22T03:13:54Z")
> [@if6was9](#): > > Um, Dope worked for me too, Senggüm, and many other couples. You have some inside info that only you are privvy to? Oh my, so you are the testament to Internet meetings! Please don’t accept this advice. Talk to your parents or a professional first … ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/11 "2004-05-22T03:18:02Z")
> [@Senggüm](#): > > Oh my, so you are the testament to Internet meetings! Please don’t accept this advice. Talk to your parents or a professional first … A professional what? How old do you think the people who have posted here are? ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/12 "2004-05-22T03:22:23Z")
And how old are you, son? ---
**Author:** ![Senggum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Senggum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senggum)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/13 "2004-05-22T03:23:45Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > A professional what? How old do you think the people who have posted here are? The “older”, on the other side, could be the more perverted … discuss this first with your parents or a professional first … ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/14 "2004-05-22T03:23:49Z")
> [@Senggüm](#): > > Look in the phone book, yellow pages, or the internet and search for _psychiatrist_, this is no joking matter … I _am_ a testament to Internet relationships. **Airman Doors** and I met through this board, began talking on the phone and via instant messenger, met face to face, and are now very happily married with a (not quite) two-year-old. Your claim that we need a psychiatrist is laughable. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/15 "2004-05-22T03:28:06Z")
> [@Senggüm](#): > > The “older”, on the other side, could be the more perverted … discuss this first with your parents or a professional first … Ah. Don’t worry people. It’s just a bot. ---
**Author:** ![Senggum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Senggum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senggum)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/16 "2004-05-22T03:30:38Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > I _am_ a testament to Internet relationships. **Airman Doors** and I met through this board, began talking on the phone and via instant messenger, met face to face, and are now very happily married with a (not quite) two-year-old. > > Your claim that we need a psychiatrist is laughable. > > Robin **Robin** , this is not a laughable matter … please … ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/17 "2004-05-22T03:34:47Z")
> [@Senggüm](#): > > **Robin** , this is not a laughable matter … please … Why, exactly, is a psychiatrist necessary if someone is considering dating someone they met over the internet? While there are some risks involved, I don’t necessarily see how they’d require psychiatric aid. Please, fight my ignorance on this subject, and explain what you’re talking about at length. ---
**Author:** ![Senggum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Senggum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senggum)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/18 "2004-05-22T03:46:17Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Why, exactly, is a psychiatrist necessary if someone is considering dating someone they met over the internet? While there are some risks involved, I don’t necessarily see how they’d require psychiatric aid. Please, fight my ignorance on this subject, and explain what you’re talking about at length. I like to play on SDMB, but please, this not a playing matter, talk to you parents, pastors, psychiatrist, FIRST … ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/19 "2004-05-22T03:49:28Z")
> [@Senggüm](#): > > I like to play on SDMB, but please, this not a playing matter, talk to you parents, pastors, psychiatrist, FIRST … I think it’s stuck on auto-loop. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170/20 "2004-05-22T03:52:56Z")
> [@Senggüm](#): > > I like to play on SDMB, but please, this not a playing matter, talk to you parents, pastors, psychiatrist, FIRST … I have no intention of dating anyone on the internet. I just want to know what you’re talking about. I seriously, honestly, genuinely, would like to know why you think psychiatry is necessary. Please. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-on-the-sdmb-possible/246170.md?page=2)