Do Dating Websites Work in Small Towns?

I’m sure everyone who’s gone on to a dating website has an opinion on this, but here's my take:

A couple of years ago, I decided to try my luck on a site. I won’t tell you the name of it, but it started with “m” and ended with “atch.com.” To people who haven’t tried a dating website before, it seemed sorta strange. “Em, you’re nice, funny and attractive (aw). Why do you need to resort to the internet to find a date?”

First off, “resorting to the internet” isn’t a horrible thing, in my opinion -- it’s not like I started hanging out in male strip clubs with a sign that said “free money if you date me.” I just felt like working, at that time, in an office full of menopausal women during the day, and singing to drunk people in bars at night, wasn’t the ideal meet-a-mate situation.

I tried it out, but I found that there were so many people on there that I already knew -- crap -- things get a bit awkward. “I won’t ask you on a date in public, but I’ll ‘wink’ at you on this site and hope for a bite.” (Hey, that rhymes!)

You know how, on Facebook, people will say things they would never say to your face, but they’ll type it? I felt like that, like, the internet became a worldwide bar full of people I didn’t want.

Except now, they weren’t afraid to talk to me. In some cases, it was only online. I mean it! I would see people that had contacted me (that knew me), and they would act like they never emailed. Isn't that bizarre?

Now, let’s be clear. I’ve had friends who’ve had luck on this type of stuff. I say, why be a snob about it? You should try it.

However, in a small town/city like Grand Junction, CO I recommend you open up the “miles” you accept requests from. That way, you might actually meet people who won’t walk up to you at your local grocery store and say, “Hey! I saw your profile @#%^&*.com! You’re a singer, right?” Not that it happened to me. (cough, cough)

Seriously, there are plenty of nice people in this town (and surrounding places) to date. I will warn you about one thing, though. If you feel like a square peg in Grand Junction, that’s likely not going to change on the internet. The same people you stare in the face most days are the people on these websites -- just a word to the wise/weird.

Online dating didn't do the trick for me, but I'm not giving up all together!

Do you have any weird (or amazing!) internet dating stories? I wanna know about them, and chat about them on the air next week, if that's cool. Shoot me an email, pal!