Mylot, a dating site?

By Toni
@toniganzon (72281)
Philippines
April 6, 2018 10:07pm CST
I have nothing against those members who ended up with each other here in mylot. In fact, I remember 7 years ago when two Filipinos ended up having a relationship here and eventually got married (I wonder how they are right now). It's nice when such happens in mylot, totally unplanned and unexpected. There are those, however, that are here to find foreign partners? And I so I wonder if mylot is the best platform for that? It could be, because after all, we get to exchange ideas and ideals here and we get to know members through discussions. We became friends with people we interact with and we get to admire them because of their way of thinking and not too much of their physical appearance as some members here don't even post their actual photos. So is mylot the best place to find the love of your life?
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32 responses
• United States
7 Apr 18
Wow, that's awesome two people ended up having a relationship on here & eventually getting married. Hope all is well with them. I don't know if myLot would be ideal but it could be for someone! Just not me.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
7 Apr 18
Not for me as well. I never thought mylot could be a dating site and I would find it really odd when someone is here for that very particular reason and indeed someone is here for that as he said it exactly in one of my discussions.
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• United States
7 Apr 18
@toniganzon I would think it's a long shot if someone is considering myLot as a dating site.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
7 Apr 18
@infatuatedbby I don't think any site is great for finding your one true love. Though others successfully did it, most people don't. I know a member here who fell for another member and he even moved to her country just to be with her. Didn't end up well. He came back to his home country broken hearted and had to start over again with his life.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
7 Apr 18
I think that any site where people can chat to each other has the potential to be a dating site. I know that people do meet their partners online, but I haven't known about any doing that on this site. There was a case on Bubblews where the guy moved to America to be with someone he'd met there. I don't know if they actually married, but it didn't last.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
8 Apr 18
I think I know that guy you're talking about. It didn't last and he moved back to UK.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
9 Apr 18
@jaboUK I've talked to the guy last two years ago. They were never married. It just didn't work out for them.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
8 Apr 18
@toniganzon That sounds like the one.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
9 Apr 18
Hey Toni, fancy a date ;) I guess we write so much about oursleves we soon build up a piture of that person and you get to know them really well without realising it.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
12 Apr 18
@toniganzon Sooner the better
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
11 Apr 18
@toniganzon Awesome Yeah so true, just knowing who is genuine. I don't do dating site, too many fake profiles, but here you get to know someone over time through their posts the post, comments they write.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
12 Apr 18
@kevin1877uk Dating sites have too many perverts too and yes the fake profiles as well. Even here in mylot there are some fake people. But at least here, their main intention is to earn money and not to defraud anybody. Now when are we going to have that date?
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@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
7 Apr 18
If someone can find that here then why not
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
8 Apr 18
Someone already did.
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@moffittjc (121548)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Apr 18
A dating site? Really? That's kind of funny, but I guess not totally unrealistic. I mean, if two people end up getting to know each other very well here through back and forth conversations, and then find out they have a lot in common, then I guess love could happen.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
8 Apr 18
That has been proven by those who got married but both were in the same place and they met in person. I never thought of mylot as a dating site at all. That simply didn't come into my mind when I joined here several years ago. But there are some people here who think mylot is a dating site. Why? Because someone made a comment in my discussion that he is here to find a foreign girlfriend.
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@moffittjc (121548)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Apr 18
@toniganzon Oh goodness. Someone joined this site for all the wrong reasons then, although it is possible that he may find the foreign girlfriend he is looking for. I doubt it, but it's possible. I mean, I found you, right?
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
9 Apr 18
@moffittjc You found a daughter in me and not a girlfriend, dad!
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@YrNemo (20255)
7 Apr 18
I remember a few cases happening while at Bubblews, cute, don't you think? Then I heard another case in which a male member here leaving his country to follow his love. Didn't work out after a while I heard. Would be nice if that happened to others. (I laughed and laughed when I first read the title of this post. Have to let you know how I really think about this subject re: mylot as a potential dating site .)
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
8 Apr 18
I never ever thought mylot as a dating site at all but things happened in the past here that really worked out. This idea only came to mind when a member commented on my discussion that he is here to find a foreign girlfriend. I'm not sure he would end up with one.
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@YrNemo (20255)
8 Apr 18
@toniganzon Let me guess, the guy liked your profile photo, reading your comments and posts, and figured out that you are a very good risk, wealthy, modern outlook etc. .
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
8 Apr 18
@YrNemo No he didn't. He was in my discussion entitled 'Why are you here?' And he's not anywhere else in my discussion. Nothing in my profile would say I'm any of those you say.
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• Calgary, Alberta
7 Apr 18
I suddenly remember people use to ship me with someone. Mylot is not a place for finding a girlfriend for me because the women here are too conservative for someone like me. I am more of a Tinder person (I already quit Tinder) I find dates now on speed dating bars.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
8 Apr 18
I was in tinder once, but only for a couple of days and I quit. Just not someone who would ever be on a dating site at all. Never thought mylot could be one until this certain member commented on my discussion that he's here to find a foreign girlfriend.
• Calgary, Alberta
3 Jun 18
@kepweng Tinder just evolved that way. Everyone is able to find someone who finds them attractive on tinder. Look in everyday life, I have to release sweat blood and tears to convince a woman to date me. On Tinder women makes the first move. I loved tinder for that, women there are aggressive, they make the first move and they are straight to the point that they are not for love. they just want the D. Some of the women I met there are way out of my league. Tinder can be really addictive.... This is a dating bar:
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• Calgary, Alberta
3 Jun 18
@kepweng I discovered Tinder in Canada. They find me exotic here so Tinder si easier here.
@LeaPea2417 (37350)
• Toccoa, Georgia
8 Apr 18
There are people who meet online in different social media platforms, that end up getting married. Lots of those pages are not dating web sites, but people can still meet in those places that end up sharing the same likes & ideas.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
8 Apr 18
I think that's not hard to believe to see people getting married upon meeting on social media sites. But at least they have to know each other first in person before jumping into marriage.
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@LeaPea2417 (37350)
• Toccoa, Georgia
8 Apr 18
@toniganzon That is true.
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@LadyDuck (471354)
• Switzerland
7 Apr 18
I never thought at myLot as a dating site, but we finally know each other pretty well after a certain time. Well, why not?
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
8 Apr 18
Same here. Never ever thought mylot as a dating site at all. This idea came out when one members commented on my discussion that he is here to find a foreign girlfriend.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
8 Apr 18
@LadyDuck Saw his comment and made this discussion right after reading that. It was in my discussion, 'why are you here.'
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@LadyDuck (471354)
• Switzerland
8 Apr 18
@toniganzon I think I missed that comment, I have never noticed that some are here to find a foreign partner, but it makes sense.
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
7 Apr 18
That's cool that two myLotters married from getting to know each other here. I hope they are doing well. I love my friends here, but would never use it as a dating site. So not my style. Besides, I'm happily married to the love of my life. lol
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
8 Apr 18
I have never thought of mylot as a dating site when I joined it though it's inevitable that sometimes people might fall for each other here, especially those living in the same area. But to join mylot so I could intentionally find someone romantically is just not my thing at all.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
9 Apr 18
@DianneN Surely anything can happen. I find it nice when people end up together here I mylot but I don't seem to like it when someone is here for the main purpose of finding a foreign girlfriend.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
9 Apr 18
@toniganzon Nor mine. It's not meant to be a dating site, but life is strange in that anything can happen.
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@Metsrock69 (3582)
• United States
26 Apr 18
I know people that have succeeded and failed in online dating. I have been married for 27 years and I have a lot of male and female friends online. For people having relationships on here, hey if it works and they connect, then let it work itself out for the better.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
30 Apr 18
Right some work and some just don't, just like Kevins, who crossed oceans to be with someone he really liked and it didn't work out.
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
7 Apr 18
I am only here for the interaction and to have fun while earning money for a bag of Doritos. I'll leave the dating for the younger generations.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
7 Apr 18
Not here for that as well. But what I like to know is your opinion whether this site can be a good place for that.
• Canada
7 Apr 18
@kepweng They are tortilla chips that come in various flavors, like Mexican Nacho chips.
@Anne88 (323)
• Canlubang, Philippines
30 Apr 18
Really? Wow it is nice to know that myLot has brought people together. But, it would be nicer if people who intend to date would do so in a proper dating site.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
30 Apr 18
@Anne88 You won't see me in those sites.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
30 Apr 18
I have to agree with you on that. I mean if that's their main intention, they should find that somewhere else.
@Anne88 (323)
• Canlubang, Philippines
30 Apr 18
@toniganzon the only site I know is Tinder. I am not using it though, I am happily married.
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@Mikky88 (156)
• Cuneo, Italy
3 Jun 18
It doesn't matter were you find your partner as long as you both love each other and are ready to cope with situations
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
4 Jun 18
That is if you find real love.
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@Mikky88 (156)
• Cuneo, Italy
4 Jun 18
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
8 Apr 18
Personally I guess anything is possible. I can remember back in the day dating people via Yahoo dating site, but it always seemed to be guys that did not want me because I had my own Business and did not work so they thought I was lazy. Lucky for me, I met my husband another way. But hey I guess anything is possible
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
It's never entered my head! Some guys from the UK will go to other countries to find a wife if they are not lucky here as there are some women who will marry them for a UK passport. However if two people meet and fall in love here, good luck to them.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
7 Apr 18
Filipino women would marry any foreign men just to get out of poverty here. I just don't belong to those group at all. I know there are couples who got together online but most of the couples who met online usually don't work out well. It's too risky to find love online for me. Just not my thing.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
7 Apr 18
@sprite1950 Yeah I know to some it could work. But not to most. Especially when living far away and meeting only to finally get married. I think it helped that your daughter dated him for 18 months. It helps in getting to know each other and to see if thing swill work out or not. I know another one from the UK who met someone here and moved to the US for her, but they eventually broke up and he returned to UK.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
@toniganzon My daughter met her fiance on the online dating site Plentyoffish. They have been together 3 years and are still blissfully happy so it can work out. They did go out for 18 months before moving in together and have bought a house. I met my partner in the real world though.
@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
7 Apr 18
I know a lot of couples who met online and are now married with children .. so yeah, even MyLot would be a good site to meet the right partner..
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
7 Apr 18
Could be.
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• Philippines
7 Apr 18
WHAT? When this slipped me? The only mylotters I knew had relationship before were no longer active here and split up later on. Well, I admit I had crushes here but they're no longer active either. This is never a dating site. Those two are lucky. But I have met friends here, it's just that now a days we don't stay online the way we used to.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
7 Apr 18
The couple you knew, were they even married? I don't want mylot to be a dating site at all, but it's inevitable to some. I know a mylot member who jumped countries just to be with someone and they spilt up too and he went back to his home country.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
8 Apr 18
@Letranknight2015 I was talking about the Filipino couple. And they got married.
• Philippines
7 Apr 18
@toniganzon No they split they're from US, and that was a long time ago.
@Tampa_girl7 (50205)
• United States
8 Apr 18
I was blessed to find the love of my life 30 years ago
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
9 Apr 18
That's wonderful. Most people I know in mylot are married. Some newbies are still single and they want to find love here in mylot. I have nothing against that, but it's not just my kind of thing.
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
9 Apr 18
That's pretty cool, about the 2 people who met off of here and married. :-) I don't like long distance relationships personally (I've done it too many times) but all the luck to those who do pursue it. -- Maybe it works because like you say you get to know each other through writing first
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
10 Apr 18
Those two who got married are from this country and are near each other. That's why I think it worked. I don't believe in long distance relationship and most especially if coming from different countries with different cultural background, and not to mention the language barrier. I don't really believe in love conquers all. I'm a romantic person but these days we have to be realistic.