Adjusting to times is sometimes very difficult. So after joining an on-line service (AOL) A friend had told me of the experience and luck in making friends on-line. I am a normal, professional, and down to earth person. My first thought was haa, there would be no way, that I would meet someone that I would ever have more than a laugh or two with. Then as I became bored with AOL friends I located Luvlinnk on the web. I then wrote to a few people who kinda sparked an interest in me and maybe it was some type of divine intervention, ( I was a pessimist) I had sent out e-mail with humor and sarcasm not really thinking anyone would reply, to a few people and I had one response..

This person responding was C_____, we seem to have found something in each other that I truely have never felt for anybody else in my life. I was a skeptic and I will now say that it has been the best way I have ever meet someone. I guess because we have been able to learn about each other without all of the normal distractions.

I really did have a good experience with Luvlinnk...I have received more than 50 responses to my ad...most very positive exchanges. I was a bit leery at first of using an online dating service, but figured what better way to get to know someone...I would be able to screen my own dates--no more friends setting me up with people who weren't what i was looking for!

I have met three wonderful men through your service. One in particular, J__, and I have developed a very strong friendship and will be meeting in person next week when he comes to [my town] from his home In [his city]. I have also dated another fellow B____ who also has a profile with your service. He was a very pleasant fellow and I think we will be good friends. I am really looking forward to meeting J__ as I feel he may be the man who I have been searching for all my life.

Wow, is that a heavy thought!!

I actually met [him] on the Luvlinnk Chat Room. I have spoken with several people on there and they come from all walks of life. I felt that [he] was kind and considerate. I no longer chat on the Luvlinnk chat room, I have too much trouble keeping up with the technology and my computer is not powerful enough to handle Luvlinnk chat rooms. I have enjoyed your services and thank you for being on-line.

I should tell you that I'm feeling very guilty that I didn't informed you that, through the ad at the "Luvlinnk" I got married on May 26, 1996.

I was in touch with a lot of people, more than 100 answered my ad and I met fisically people in Israel, in Rome, Pescara and also a gay came from USA to meet me, but I should tell you that I got married with [name], he also has an ad at the Luvlinnk, it will be very easy to find him because he is also here in Italy, as well as I am we both leave in Rome.

The incredible of this story is that:

1. We met first time on February 7 and we got married on May 26
2. We leave about 10 minutes walking one from the other
3. We had an incredible parallel life!!! We worked for the same company on 1983 but we never meet before!!!

We must tell you thank you very much for the "Luvlinnk" and thank you to all you that gave us the possibility to meet each other.

I hope that other people will fall in love like we did!

I put the Luvlinnk ad in around May. I had answered ads previously and turned up a lot of men who thought they were ready to be involved but realized upon meeting that they weren't. I believed them to be sincere (i.e. they weren't just feeding me a line) and began to think that among other people the net attracted those who weren't ready in real time, but were testing the waters in virtual time.

I put an ad in finally because it was a lot less work than scouring ads to answer every week or two. I got a lot of responses, wrote to and met perhaps 10 men over the summer. In august Joe answered my ad and we not only were and still are compatible but we both want the same thing, a commited relationship based on friendship. Since I met Joe I have received only one other response to my ad....and that dated from the day after I requested you remove it.

Over the past 9 months, I have learned a lot about other people, I have learned alot about relationships, and I have made a great friend other than the man I am dating. I have gone through periods of frustration, but the great thing about meeting on the net is the wide range of choices and the abiliity to screen. In other words, I suspect if I had relied on only face to face chance meetings I would have been much more frustrated.

The person I met on Luvlinnk is the "PERFECT" match for me! After exchanging emails for a while we had a few phone conversations and decided to meet for lunch. I was slightly hesitant because I had met a couple of other people on Luvlinnk who can we just say, were a little less than honest about themselves. We had a wonderful lunch and have been seeing each other ever since. That was about 6 weeks ago!

I wasn't using your service very long but I did receive several replies. I continue to write to several as friends, the person I met was not using the service but just surfing the net and happened to find my profile. He says he only replied to mine but it was a bit much to have to check so many to find one.

We have been seeing each other for about 7 weeks now, we have so many common interests it is uncanny. The check sheet you use is great and allows us to tell a great deal about ourselves. We are having a wonderful time and it looks like it will continue for some time.

I placed an ad with your service about 2 months [ago.] I started writing to a couple of girls. I was writing [to] this one paticuliar girl, and then she stop writing. About 3 days later another girl started writing me, and I didn't know but the girl I was writing [to] in the begining, told her to checkout my porfile on Luvlinnks. I met this girl I'm dating, and then we started talking, she told me the girl I was talking to worked with her..small world. Sorry I thought it was interesting that the two girls knew each other. Now it's been over a month of solid dating, and emails, and phone calls everyday. I am also friends with the girl that doesn't right me anymore, since the girl I'm dating is best friends with her... I think this is a great way for people to meet. I feel you get to know the person better online, then at the bar scene. Good luck [with] your business and again thank you very much.. I've haven't felt this way for years.....

What is good about this way of meeting someone, is that you can get to know them much better ie their personality, honesty much quicker. If you are to snail mail often with large time lags, it becomes very difficult. With e-mail responses are quick, you cannot get away with being dishonest as it would be impossible to keep up the pretense. It is also good because you can get to know them without actually dating them. Often looks are misleading, and the personality underneath is equally important. I have been extremely lucky to find someone who is attractive and a great personality, and your Web site has played an important part.

I recieved only a couple replies. The first person, I met and it did not go well. The second didn't last long on-line, The third is the one that is ongoing and the fourth was a Thai girl who is looking for someone to marry her and get her out of Thailand. i did not pursue this long.

The person that I met or should I say who met me began as friends. I was amazed that she was able to find me, given the number of people registered. We decided to be just friends because of the distance but we got closer and closer together until we realized that we didn't want anyone else. We are engaged to be married so you can congratulate me now.

Met a great guy who was living here in Dallas, moved back to London and the commutting thing is going well for the time being.....he contacted me and we talked on the phone after several e-mails and it has been very nice so far.

This was the first time I put an ad online, I was amazed of how many professional people like myself are doing this. The girl I meet is rather private so I don't think she is ready yet to respond back to you, but she is a member. We talk for about a month my e-mail then we agreed to meet for lunch. I been seeing her for about month now, nothing real serious still getting to know her, but I'm very happy with the quailty of people I've meet through your service. I don't have the quality time to spend searching for quailty woman. I feel you get to know the person much better through this type of service, because you not facing that person one on one, so what do you have to loose. Anyway If things don't work out with my new friend you can count on me coming back.

I have to say that it was pretty great! The person I met is wonderful. He is the type that I was looking for and although it's been a short time, it seems like he and I connect very well.

According to what I wrote in my ad, this person correspond to my thoughts. Of course, we have to wait and see. But feelings seem to be strong both side.

I received approx 30 responses from my personal, far more than I expected. Some were not suitable, due to different situations, (the oldest was 80, the youngest was 23. I'm 43) etc, but I am now regularly corresponding with 5, have personally met and have been dating 2, and look forward to meeting at least 1 of the three. I've been delighted with each, they're all great folks!

I've had a great experience with my Luvlinnk profile, and will recommend it to my friends! I don't expect to need it again myself any time soon, but if I did, I'd definitely try it again. Interestingly enough, for about a month before, I had tried Match.Com, which is another service similar to yours, that charges by the month, and received no suitable replies.

It was very strange. I've had no problem getting asked out since my divorce, but unfortunately, no one my age was asking me out... it was all guys in their early 30's. Nice guys, but I grew up with the ethic that you only go out with older guys; and all the older guys I was meeting were married, or had "bar problems". Embarassed, I placed an ad. I didn't want someone who was after me for my looks, because it was more important to me that we would have fun doing the same things. So I did not mention appearance in my ad. I'm a fun, guy-type person; grew up a tomboy, love to fish, am still playing softball at 42; very tough. And I'm lucky enough to have been blessed with an exterior that people find friendly and attractive. No, I am no Miss America -- but I always get asked to dance...

So I attracted a guy that loves football. And that played softball for a zillion years, like I have. And who had a very similar sense of humor; older; the only problem is that he's too damned far away (2.5 hour drive). Oh, and one funny thing, which I did not know until I met him - the same body style as all the men in my family have (compact and muscular, hairy, sort of the hobbit look; I had not even realized I was looking for that until I found it...)

It was nervewracking meeting him. And also so nice; so much nicer than a first date with someone you don't know; I mean, we had written back and forth so many times that I knew I would enjoy his company, and he would enjoy mine.

He met me at the house of one of my best friends. That must have been awfully uncomfortable, and I would have been willing to meet him someplace neutral, but he wanted to pick me up there. My friend grilled him, had trouble letting me leave, was worried about the mass-murderer-stalker thing.

We met through your service. After E-Mailing each other for a few weeks we decided to meet at Chilli's a restaurant that is very visible. It was not love at first sight on either side. But I was quite pleased with not only how cute [he] looked that evening but how sweet he was during the date. After we left Chilli's we went to a movie and that was our first date. He E-mailed me the next Monday and asked me out for that Saturday night. I of course accepted and since July 27, 1996. [He] and I have been seeing each other every weekend. He and I both work second shift and we live aprox. an hours drive form each other. So seeing one another during the week is not something we do very often. So the weekends are so very important to us.

Here is the thing. I was not looking for a steady relationship. All I wanted to do was date and through your service I have had many dates. I have met some very nice men and a few that were not so nice. But falling in love was not on my list of things to do. It just happened. [He] also loves me so it is mutual. We are being cautious however, because it has only been 3 mos. But as [he] has said and I agree with him...... it feels as though we have known each other a heck of alot longer than that.

He works at the same university as I and he read my profile and sent me an email; we talked in that mode for about 3 week; met casually and have set a date to be married.

Meeting this way was easy but it was difficult too. Because we emailed for 3 weeks we at least had a good idea that we were on the up-and-up and...comfortable in getting together. Once the first "shock" of meeting had passed and we could get into a 'groove', circumstances moved rather quick.

I do believe this is an excellent way of meeting singles. It isn't fool-proof but it does give you a way of setting a criteria for the kind of person you want to meet and get to know. It also gives you the opportunity to end the communication early on, if you wish. Unfortunately, you do have to do some selective message sending but if you are consistent then your experiences are worth the trouble.

We first started writing each other in June - about 4 weeks after my ad appeared. In August I visited. The face to face meeting was even better than the email. To date we have sent over 1100 emails back and forth. In Feb. 97 I will be returning to the States, and we intend to get married on Feb 8th.

I got only one reply to my posted profile on Luvlinnks, but it's the only one I needed! I'd tried other personals web sites, but the men I exchanged e-mail with were definitely not people I was looking for. I needed an articulate, educated man, and he found me! He liked the A.S. format, so his first e-mail to me followed that pattern, but he added new categories, and told me much that I wanted to know. We met in person about 3 weeks after we started writing, and have written twice daily since.

...we started writing to each other around 5 months ago. We wrote back and forth for about 2 months and finally decided to meet. We are together since then, and the way we feel, it looks like the real thing. We love each other and even though we have a lot of obstacles, we feel strong enough to come around them and fight for what we believe.

HER STORY:

Because of your service I have met a wonderful man. We were very careful to get to know each other anonymously first, then we used [our] real E-Mail addresses and finally spent last weekend together.

It was a wonderful weekend. Never in either of our wildest dreams did we think we would hit it off so great in person.

We have lots of plans to see each other in the future, and although we live 400 miles apart, we have our computers to keep us close at heart.

Thanks again

HIS STORY:

Just a few words..and they are to thank you and Luvlinnk for allowing me the opportunity to meet someone and have a relationship that I can only describe as wonderful.

This story, I would have believed, only happens in books and movies...

Back on August 13 I responded to a personal ad on Luvlinnks... and from that day on my life has changed.

[She] and I corresponded thru E-Mail from 8/13 to 9/13 when we decided it was time to meet face to face..you see [she] lives about 400 miles from my home here in Michigan, but in an area where I have been snowmobiling for the last several years in the winter..the name of the city where she was is what attracted my attention when i answered her ad.

We met in Mackinaw City in the upper lower peninsula and spent a glorious day together there and 3 more wonderful days up by her place.

When we first decided to meet, there were some times that doubts arose, like what were we really like, were the pictures we sent really of us, will we have anything to talk about face to face, etc. Those soon evaporated when i finally saw her and it was like a lightning bolt..she is beautiful and smart and kind and just the best thing that has happened in my life in a long while. I think the phrase "love at first sight" is the only way to describe what i felt when I saw her the first time.

Between [her] e-mails and mine we have ammassed about 1,500 between 8/13/96 and today..quite an awesome amount, and we can never seem to run out of new things to talk about.

I have fallen in love with her and she's the best and only one for me. and I thank God everyday for allowing me to meet her and also I thank you guys at Luvlinnks..without you, I may have never found her and still be searching for her.

A_____ answered my ad in Luvlinnks. I had placed the ad on a lark, and had almost forgotten about it when I received her e-mail message. We exchanged a few messages and discovered that not only did we live in the same town, but ON THE SAME STREET!! After a couple of weeks of exchanging messages, her e-mails stopped coming. (We had yet to meet face to face.) I assumed that she lost interest or found someone else. After this short "black out" we began sending messages again. We decided to meet face to face. I can't speak for A_____, but I was nervous. But it *clicked* between us and we've been seeing each other ever since.

I found out that A_____ hadn't stopped writing me, but when my internet server had some technical problems and I lost a couple hours of e-mail, it included hers. It's funny now that we're together. When people ask how I met A____, and I tell them they think I'm kidding. I assure them that, despite living 200 yards from one another, we met on the INTERNET thanks to Luvlinnks. (Feel free to use this as a testimonial.)

I met a woman through Luvlinnk more than two months ago and we have become inseparable. We talk and e-mail every day and spend each weekend together.

She is pretty and funny and intelligent and laughs at all of my stupid jokes. I could not imagine being without her. I love her and I know she loves me.

Recently I met a man via Luvlinnks....

First, I would like to say THANK YOU! I can't imagine life without this gentleman. It's been a few short months since we met, yet I have developed a love for him that grows deeper and stronger all the time.

Second, please let others know that they shouldn't get discouraged when trying to meet a partner via the internet. I was ready to quit when I met this gentleman. I had invested several months in my search and had met about 13 other gentlemen in person. Aside from one guy who was rather odd in person, all those men were very nice----just not the man for me.

Third, please remove my posting from your service. Obviously I don't intend to use it again!!

I surfed on Luvlinnk late one night in June while my 3 children were sleeping and I was feeling very much alone. I sent letters to a couple men. Only one replied not the one I was most interested in. I decided to put an ad in myself. A day or two after my ad was in I got my first letter - from the same guy I orginally wrote - he had a new e-mail address. Well it just seemed like fate from there. We wrote back and forth for almost two months before we met. After our second date I told all of the local men I was writing that I met someone - after the third date I asked you to remove the ad all together.

We want to thank you for your service. We met through you and have been together for over a month now and we're very happy together. We were wondering if you could eliminate our ads, as we now longer want to be listed. Thank you again, and you have a nice day.

Hi Dan - yes - it's a bit of a success story! I've met a wonderful guy who lives in the States - I unfortunately live on the other side of the world in New Zealand! We've been talking to each other regularly both by the internet and the phone (God - you should see the phone bill!) I've booked a ticket to visit in November - Thanksgiving, meet the Family and all that! I'll keep you informed if you like - I think you guys provide a great service - I've meet some very interesting people this way - sure beats sitting in a smoky bar being picked up by a sleaze!

I live on the Oregon coast and finding someone worthwhile to spend time with here is very difficult. About two months ago, my girlfriend and I split up after a 1.5 year dating relationship that appeared headed towards marriage. Kelli got scared after one miserable marriage and split up with me to avoid taking a chance a second time. I was absolutely devastated and felt I was the victim of her ex-husband.

One night, I started surfing the net and ran accross Luvlinnks. I figured -- what the heck -- why not try? I was really glad I did. I began conversing with a woman from Eugene and we finally went out. We had a blast and look forward to seeing each other again. Luvlinnk has REALLY helped me make it through my difficult times.

B____ responded to a listing of mine of June 6; we had a furious back and forth of near daily e-mail for three weeks. She came by my place for drinks on the front patio for our first meeting June 28.

I took her out for our first "date" July 3, to a very nice restaurant in one of Phoenix's best resorts. The evening was magic. When I called the head waiter for the bill, he murmured, "The lady has already taken care of the bill, sir:" I, of course, was in love.

We saw each other July 4th as well. True fireworks.

The evening of July 5th was unmentionably delightful.

We got engaged August 6th, 2 months to the day after she first e-mailed me.

We'll be married next June 3, which-as it happens-is a shared birthday for the two of us.

I E-mailed approx. 30 men who seemed to fit my stringent standards. I skipped several hundred, maybe more than a thousand. I had to use your mail-forwarding service to reach him. He lives in San Jose and I in LA. we feel that we will marry.

I answered M____'s ad, having found his profile interesting, and he answered right away. He and I share so much in common, our ideas and beliefs are so much alike neither of us can believe it. And we both knew within a week of writing every day that we had found our "special someone". He lives in Montana (where I've always wanted to live) and I'm in Seattle so I'm flying over there (tomorrow in fact!) to spend a long weekend and make plans for moving my son and I over in October. We've talked about marriage and it will happen eventually but just being together is all that counts for right now. We first wrote to each other a month and two days ago so it seems kinda fast to both of us but we've emailed pages of letters several times a day, every day, and talk on the phone 3-4 hours a week. I was even interviewed on a local TV show called Northwest Afternoon because they were doing a show on "Internet Romance" and I said I'd met Mike through your service. I was only on for 3-4 minutes but it was fun. I still have to pinch myself, it seems like a dream. But Mike is everything I ever wanted.

Since we just met today and you saw us tape our entire story for CNBC, I am sure that this will seem old news to you, but I guess it would be a good idea to have our happy ending posted with the others. Jim and I both listed our profiles around February 14 (Valentine's Day) of this year. I think we both did it for the same reason... Valentine's Day had just left us both feeling like our love lives were a little wanting. Anyways, about 3 weeks later I came across Jim's profile and was attracted by the fact that he sounded very sure about who he is and what he was looking for in a woman. I also felt that we had a lot in common based on what he had listed as his interests, etc. So, I wrote to him, although I was a little younger than the age range he had listed, but that didn't seem to be a deal breaker. After e-mailing back and forth for about a week, we arranged to meet in person. Although we might not have been exactly what we were expecting to find in each other in person, we did hit it off and began dating. After a little fear set-back (on my part) we finally decided to take our relationship seriously after dating for about three weeks. Three months later, Jim asked me to marry him, and I had to say yes. How could I not marry the man who had not only become my lover but my best friend? We will be married next August... I can say for almost certain that Jim and I would not have met without your service. So, what can I say but thank you! I hope that many others allow themselves to just try this method of meeting other singles, because it truly works, but not if you don't give it a chance. I know I almost didn't......

Thank you again!

P.S. We are planning to send a donation within the next month. We really want to help support this service so that others can find the kind happiness that we have found.

Well, didn't think "this day" would come at ALL, much less this SOON!

Yep, I Found him. Or rather, he found ME, through Luvlinnk in early July and after a week of wonderful messages, we met and fell in love and we have been inseparable ever since.

I would be more eloquent but I really haven't the time. I spend one hour a month here now where I used to spend 4 hours a night!

In fact, I cannot even find the http address to Luvlinnk in order to cancel my ad, so I am asking you the favor of doing that for me...

I thought it was a great way to meet. I'd been married almost 25 years and had never been an adult single. Dances and social events weren't what I really wanted to spend my time doing. Posting my ad and picture and browsing through the guys ads got me in touch with quite a few men, many of whom I went out on "first dates" with. I even had subsequent dates with a few of them. The nice things about the on-line personal column are:

* Get personal information right away.
* See a picture--if they've been considerate (brave) enough to post one.
* Anonymity until you feel comfortable you know enough about the person.
* Provides a platform for asking some nosy questions that you might not ask up front in a face-to-face meeting.
* Fill-in-the form method of providing information makes it easy to scan ads and decide if you have common interests.

One of the funny things about L_____ and I meeting on Luvlinnk is that I had read his ad and rejected it. He smokes a pipe and is an inch shorter than I. Had he posted his picture, I might have sent him a message sooner. As it was, he responded to my ad and it all began from there.

I am very pleased to tell you that we are still dating pending out respective divorces. My special lady's name is C______ and we were both seperated/divorcing when we met on your service. We have been dating now for 6 months and indications are that this is the one for me! We both feel like that is the BEST way to meet someone if you are looking for the right reasons. Let me explain, I was not looking for a physical relationship. I, like C____, wanted to meet my soul mate. Meeting online and getting to know one another through email forced us to develope communication skills right away. Not meeting her physically for a while remove the possibility that I only wanted her for her looks. We got to know each other, establish a rapport, and got comfortable BEFORE meeting in person. Even the pressure of that "first date" was significantly less because we already had a rapport established and as such did not fear the awkwardness of not having anything to talk about. Sure we both exchanged email with people that did not work out....but it's real easy to get rid of a non-keeper when they don't know your phone # .

OK, I'm gonna be honest here. Take from it what PR value you can. Well, she'd gone out with around five people she'd met over the net before we met, and I'd gone out with two. The women I met were nice enough, but they certainly seemed to have their problems. She'd had similar sorts of encounters. In general, from her experience and mine, it seems like an awful lot of people looking for love on the net are "walking wounded" for one reason or another -- she and I included. I don't mean by this that internet daters can't have good relationships, but most really do seem to have some sort of difficulty that gets in the way of meeting people healthily in other ways. Perhaps this is true of people you meet anywhere, I don't know.

R__ and I communicated only briefly on the net since I do not have a computer in my home on internet; and was using a friends computer. My friend actually discovered Luvlinnk and convinced me to contact R__. I had been single for almost nine years and really was quite content, was not seriously looking for a man in my life.

She picked R__ and several others for me to look at and I finally agreed to contact him for giggles! I liked what he had to say, we exchanged phone numbers, then met and things moved very quickly from there.

This is the second time I've begun dating someone through having posted a profile on Luvlinnks. The first person whom I began dating turned out to be a real two-timer (he currently has profiles posted on Amer. Singles, which list a false age and other data that is untrue), but this time, the fellow is perfectly delightful and honest as the day is long. I've had several dates with men who've responded to my profile, all of whom have been nice, and I've received a lot of replies. I'm pleased with the service, and would use it again, although I hope this time a lasting relationship might develop.

I met my significant other during the first time that I placed my ad last October. He is a German national working on an assignment in the US for another year and a half. We hit it off during the first date and started dating religiously for the next 6 months. One hitch, he had been offered another position in Australia and would be leaving the states within a couple of weeks. This is when I placed another ad, looking for a friend. As fate would have it, he managed to extend his contract in the states until September 1997. This is the reason why I am canceling the present ad.

Overall, the experience has been very pleasant and meaningful. There are cultural differences, but we manage to overcome them. I am going to Germany in the fall to meet his family. My family just adores him.

I asked him why he responded to my ad and he said that he had been in the states for a couple of months and did not like the bar scene. He also remarked that placing personal ads in Germany was unheard of. The person was considered to be desperate, a little like the American sentiment a few years ago. It seems as though this sentiment has changed in Germany, because I have received several responses from Berlin.

I think that Luvlinnk is a God send, especially for busy professional people like ourselves. I have asked him to send a few words to acknowledge his sentiments. However, they may have to wait a while. He is on his way to Austria for a conference and won't return for a couple of weeks.

To share a bit about my success "so far" with your single page, I would like to start out to say that I would never had put my personal up if it had not been for a friend of mine. It took four months to put it up. I received many responses that I quickly determine as not a good match, after corresponding for a few e-mails.

Then about eight weeks after I placed my personal with you, I received a very warm and friendly e-mail hello from this terrific, sensitive, warm, caring, wonderful man. At first it seemed a little bit to GOOD!!! I was looking for red flags and did not see any. When we finally agreed to meet for lunch it was FANTLuvlinnkTIC and has been smooth sailing since.

I really did not think that I would meet someone so quickly. I felt it was only fair while I concentrate on this relationship that I pull my personal from your page.

We are a very good match and both feel quite happy about our experience. My new friend was searching New England personals and said that mine stuck out and he knew that he wanted to write.

Without going into to much detail as to our relationship, I would like say in closing, that I found this experience to be discreet and fun and I would do it again if my relationship does not continue to flourish.

...as a matter of fact, 3 days after my add came up, a very nice woman from the same town sent email. She was uneasy as was I but It has grown into a nice friendship, and from there, well, who knows, neither of us want to spoil what could be a real good thing.

Actually I met a number of really good guys through my posting . . . and this one seems to be REALLY special -- I tried some postings elsewhere on the net/AOL, but the Luvlinnk ad design/structure seemed to get the best results in terms of finding people with whom I shared a basic compatibility in terms of interests, values, etc. . . . I'm not sure if it's what I wrote about myself and what I'm looking for, or what, but I was truly surprised at finding that many good men out there . . .

I didn't have much luck finding guys on your listing that interested me (most in my area were either too young -- i.e. college students at CU -- or too superficial sounding) -- So all the guys I met through Luvlinnk were guys who wrote me based on MY posting . . .

First, I would of ask you to excuse my bad English....

Wath can we say about a new special friendship.... mostly turning to .... love......

For you it is something so usual.... you have heard so many storys like that! And when it append to you you always think that it is differeny for you.... and it is......

But the only thing I can sya more than that, it is that we meet by spirit first... and that is the most important thing for both of us!!!!!!!!!!!! It is certenly not easy to find the suitable person, but to find the suitable spirit it is , I think, more difficult!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We considerate each others as verry lucky!!!!!!!!!! We both knew wath we wear looking for.... and we find it!!!!!!!!!!! I was, like him, searching since so many years..... and I din't know if one day I could of find the man who can be untelligent of corse but, mostly of that heart intelligence who is so rare!!!! He is someone with an opened minde, liberal, sincere etc, etc....

Overall, I'd have to say that the best part of the service is that you can say straight out what you're looking for in a person - that can save quite a bit of time up front. Through the (roughly) 2 months my ad was available, I had several replies. Most of them didn't go past initial contact, a couple turned into e-pals, and I also met A____, whom I'd conside to be my current Significant Other.

A____ and I did e-mail for a couple weeks before arranging to meet. When we did meet face-to-face, it felt like I'd known her my entire life - we have so many core beliefs, values, and interests in common! We've been dating for a little over a month and things are going really well... I think she's a keeper! :-)

It is too early to tell where our relationship is headed but we definitely would have never met without your site. I put my description months ago on a lonely night in [city] looking for new friends to hang out with. (I moved from [another city]). I had a few mail here and there, but nothing special. I almost forgot about my ad after a few months. Then >>WHAM< To be honest, sometimes we are embarrass to tell people how we met. On the other hand, this is technology at work.

She emailed me after hearing about my profile form a worker friend. We emailed about 5-6 times a day for the 4 days and I then called her after that. We have been together for about 4 weeks and well... the rest is history... I hope to not have to use your page again... hope this is not taken the wrong way!

She also has a friend that emailed another man from [city] and she is still seeing him but I am not sure of the situation.

My profile was added in the middle of May. Actually I didn't think that someone could notice my ad and didn't hope. But after one month I received email from L__. So she found me not me :) She lives in the US and I live in Russia but such long distance didn't desturb us to become friends. And we are from different countries but we've got alot in common. She's really wonderful lady I've ever met. We have long phone conversations and can't wait to meet each other. Hopefully in few month I'll go to visit her. And it seems to me I found more then just a friend. Because she's woman of my dream.

I think what I liked best is that, unlike calling the personals in the paper (at $1-3 per minute!), the on-line ads could be browsed when convenient, as often as necessary, and inexpensively. The picture feature is good, although it helps when subscribers have a good picture to work with. You offer the opportunity to describe a wide variety aspects (height, religion, education, preferences, etc.). One disadvantage was pointed out when J__ said she couldn't find my ad. I happened to list myself as male in [city], a large category. I had to go back, scroll through until I found me, and pull up a number. J__ mentioned that it would sure be helpful to run a search on a name in a city, or to have an index for each city, so that if one wanted to get to a particular ad, such as in the middle of a large block, one could do so. Even if one could enter the member number, that would have helped.

Of course, once contact is made, that's no longer a problem.

In our case, my inquiry was met with a response, and we exchanged about 3-4 notes before agreeing to meet. We met in a place for a light dinner, and went to a local club for line-dancing, in a family atmosphere (no alcohol or tobacco), 100 or more people, ranging from high school to grandparent ages. In other words, it was an evening that was public (safe) with opportunities for getting closer if appropriate. Everything after that is normal dating material, regardless of how it started.

I guess it depends on the subscriber, but what works for me (us) is the honesty. I know that those ads which were skimpy in information didn't get my attention. I also uncovered some of my own prejudices and preferences, such as religion, education, weight, height, etc. Providing some information my ward off a prospect, but if it would become known sooner or later, might as well be sooner. So, one suggestion is to invite people to be as complete and honest as they dare, reminding them of the safety features you offer (anonymity, alias services, etc.).

I have roommates who get on-line, into chat rooms, etc. and watch their communications. I suppose it's just entertainment, but one thing I caught on to was the fact that you can lie with virtual impunity. I guess that's a hazard that should be pointed out. That's one nice thing about offering the photo chance. Worked for me.

The only awkward part is when people ask how we met. Telling them we met on the internet gets a WIDE range of responses, from deep belly laughs to wide-eyed surprise to utter disgust, as though we'd met in some red-light district bar & flophouse. And when we get serious inquiries, like how, I mention your service, and tell them there are hundreds - go pick a few if you really want a variety.

Please remove my ad from Luvlinnks...

Through your service I have met a wonderful man that I have been corresponding with regularly (5-10 emails a day) for over a month now, and he is traveling from his duty station in [Europe] to [a US city] in August so that we can meet face to face...[broad grin] I have high hopes!!

It is really to new and to soon to tell anything - you know how that goes. He found me off a profile that I had placed. I met some "interesting" people though your service and really have enjoyed using it.

Here's the "formula" one of our female members used to meet that special person (in her own words)...

8 ELuvlinnkY STEPS TO FUN AND HAPPINESS:

Step 1: Complain to your friends about how hard it is to meet new people worthy of dating until they find the Luvlinnk Pages and then threaten you with bodily harm if you don't place an ad.

Step 2: Place an ad because you have nothing to lose.

Step 3: Laugh hysterically at the whackos who write, knowing that this anonymous service provides no threats and you are able to sit back and enjoy it.

Step 4: Write to three men and selectively choose which one you would like to meet.

Step 5: Meet that guy and instantly become inseparable because you have already determined your compatibility through mail and you are pleasantly surprised at the added benefit of chemistry.

Step 6: Pick up a pen-pal in another country along the way because someone very much like you in Sweden wrote to you asking what life is like in the United States.

Step 7: Shake your head at the people around you meeting people in bars and complaining about how much time and energy it takes to find out they have nothing in common.

I placed my add with you in September last year, not really expecting to get any sort of response. Well to my surprise I did get some replies most of which resulted in some nice friendly E-mail that just seemed to stop after a while. Except that is for a wonderful lady in Texas who just kept on answering my messages and actually seemed interested in me.

To cut a long story short, my lady travelled all the way from Texas to Australia to meet me and we are going to be married in October. You have made 2 people who had given up looking for love in our lives the most wonderful gift possible. True love.

Yes, we really met on-line and were married just 2 months ago.

We're both a little shy at first around new people. So getting aquainted on-line was easier for us. When we got around to the first date, we already knew each other a bit.

Both of us were having a difficult time getting out to places to meet eligible singles. So Luvlinnk brought us together, where otherwise we would never have met.

I've tried other types of services, too. And had some close matches. But this time I was really lucky.

We're both VERY HAPPY!

I had a wonderful experience... I posted my profile, and about one month later, she sent me an initial e-mail requesting more personal info. So we started conversing by e-mail daily, and about 2 weeks later, we started talking by phone. About a week and a half later I went to see her. I live in [city], she lives in [another city] - but is transferring to [my city] to finish her biology degree at [City] State University. We really hit it off... I think I've found a person I can love for the rest of my life... if this all works out, we'll be planning a wedding in a few years, and children a few years after that.

She came to [my city] for the 4th of July and met my family, and although she isn't my usual type of girlfriend physically, everyone noticed how happy we were together, and how lovingly we look at each other. We really have a connection... I can't explain it, but the more I think about her the better I feel about life.

Thanks for making Luvlinnks, and for making my life worth something. I hope you have more successes, and I hope you have as much fun as we are having being together.

...believe it or not I did meet my soul mate and the wedding date is set for February 14 1997!!!

Thank you for your excelent service. I have not actually 'met' her in person yet, but she is comming over here from Colorado in two weeks time to visit/stay for six weeks or more.

I was a bit apprehensive to start with, as I have never done anything like that before. We seem to get along really well, we have very simillar interests/tastes and we love each others jokes. It just seems right. Well, I hope you keep up the service.

I was really glad I put my profile on Luvlinnks. Memorial Day turned out to be a rainy and stormy afternoon. I was bored and was just wandering around the net, accidently stumbled across the dating service. Meeting someone on line is definitely the thing to do. Its extremely efficient, especially for someone who knows exactly what she wants. The responses I got was overwhelming, and most of them are quality people too.

I live in Maryland and [he] lives in North Carolina, moving to D.C. in August. [He] and I [emailed] each other a few times, everything seems to be a perfect match even before we met. [He] came up to Maryland for house hunting the last week of June, and we decided that its a good chance to meet each other. Well, it was love at first sight, which was very unusual for two brainy 30 something professionals, we don't do things on impulse like teenagers do. Anyway, we were just made for each other. Both of us had been married once. We both felt that what we have now is going to last a long time, hopefully a life time.

I am sending you this notice to ask you to delete my membership from your excellent dating service. Why? Because, of all things! I've met the man of my dreams and he vice-versa. To say I'm astonished would be saying it very sotto voce!

I've been a regular poster on several newsgroups over the past 2.5 years including alt.personals; alt.personals. ads; and alt.sex.wanted. I've made an art of flaming silly ads from people who don't use their heads to think before making fools of themselves to millions of readers.

During my tenure on those newsgroups, I've become a minor "net-legend" (a descriptive term coined by members of my "international fan club". As such, I've received email from THOUSANDS of men...and many proposals - some indecent, many illiterate, and a few nice ones.

Even though I've made some wonderful friends across the Internet, I never seriously thought I'd meet the man who is my soulmate and the complete incarnation of my dreams until....

I placed my ad on Luvlinnk about 8 months ago.

My darlings...*HE* found me! I've just returned from meeting the most astonishing man who is everything I've ever longed for. We will be married next June 21, 1997.

THANK YOU....THANK YOU....THANK YOU!

And if there's anything I can do to promote your service more than I've already been doing, please do let me know!

I have truly one of the most incredible stories you may ever receive from anyone that has used Luvlinnks. I don't care who you share this with because the word "happy" doesn't even begin to express the joy Bob and I have found.

I picked an ad from my area with the hope that I would get the chance to meet my correspondent face-to-face. I answered Bob's ad from Luvlinnk and a very nice e-mail correspondence began. He gave me his phone number and asked that I call him. The e-mail was so nice that I couldn't resist! We talked and continued e-mail for about 2 weeks. He wanted to send me a video of himself and his 2 boys before we met face-to-face, but was having trouble with weather that just would not cooperate. After deciding that we would both end up in rocking chairs waiting for this video to materialize, we made plans to meet.

I, personally, did the dumbest thing any woman could possibly do...I gave him my home address and directions to my home without even knowing his last name! We had our usual 2.5 hr. phone conversation the night before he was to come to my home. The plan was to go out for dinner and maybe a walk through the park. In the course of this conversation, he kept telling me how he thought he "knew" me because I reminded him so much of a girl he dated 30 years ago. He always wondered what happened to that girl because he thought she was very nice. I thanked him for the compliment and assured him that I was not the girl of which he spoke.

The big day finally arrived. Bob came to the door, gave me a big hug and we were off on our date. We decided to go to the park first. After about 20 mins., I looked at him and mentioned that he did look familiar, but I had probably seen him at his place of work because I did a lot of business there. He agreed and we continued on. 5 mins later, he said, "we've made love". I looked at him like he was crazy while trying to decide if I should slap his face or bail out of a moving car. He then proceeded to tell me where we met and where we went on several dates. I was totally speechless because he was really digging back into my ancient past. Finally, I asked him his last name. When he told me, all I could do is sit there in total amazement and nod my head that yes, I am the girl he dated 26 years ago! He was nearly as shocked as I was. We never had any ill feelings towards each other, we just drifted away from each other after about a year of dating. We never kept in touch or even had mutual friends.

I placed my ad with you in March this year. On May 25 I received the following:

...I was browsing thru the singles directory and you sound very interesting to me. I am DWF 38 no children, business owner, I love the outdoors I am very active, pretty blonde with big green eyes, petite 5'1" @100lbs, I love life have fun enjoy anything that is outdoors, snowskiing, waterskiing, running, biking, hiking, I love to cook, enjoy fine wines, movies, Lets talk...

We began emailing and quickly realized there was much more to this than simply a good match. Phone conversations began and soon we arranged a meeting which will take place this week in [state]. I must tell you, this has been a life changing event for me. I fell in love with this woman before I ever saw her photo. After receiving her photo, I realized how grossly understated her self-description was. She is absolutely beautiful! - both physically and spiritually.

Actually, we met 2 ways. He saw my profile through Luvlinnk and at the same time, I answered his personal ad in a local paper. He e-mailed me back in april I think after seeing my profile and we met one night on the boardwalk, walked and talked until about 3 a.m. Saw each other about once or twice a week, he was dating and I was, too. But we decided to just date each other after a while and things could not be better. He has 3 kids, who are just great and my daughter really likes him, too. We've spent ALOT of time together, weekends, evenings, even took a day off last week together and played hooky. Can't believe how much we have in common and how close we are, almost like a dream come true. Don't let anyone ever say that love can't happen over the net, because it can.

My add was on the net for approx. 1 1/2 months, when I received a response...the initial response was actually from my new girlfriend's friend, who was kidding around about answering my add for my girlfriend, because we both shared an interest in volleyball, and then actually mailed it to me...

It turned out she worked only 5 blocks away from where I work, so we met for lunch, and played volleyball together that night...

According to her girlfriend, she's had such a big smile for the past month, that she answered an ad (also in Luvlinnks) herself to someone in [city]...the funny thing is that the guy she's now talking [with] was originally from [city], where I live...so she thinks this a good omen...

Well, let's see. I didn't get any responses to my ads for about 3 months. In fact, I only ever got two - one living in [state], and the other from [city]. I responded to [her] response on Feb 14 - but I didn't notice until she told me about a month later. We sent email back and forth a few times, then I asked her if she would go to a choir concert I was singing in. Traditionally, the choir goes to a pizza place downtown to eat. She said that she'd love to go. The only way she would know who I was was that I was wearing a real flower, while everybody else wore a fake one. I hoped thatthe greenery would show her who I was, but my conductor mad me take it offjust before I got on stage. My blind date story didn't pull any heart strings. About five minutes before concert time, I asked the ticket takers if the ticket I put aside had been taken yet. They said no. I got the same story again when I walked on stage. I didn't notice any women sitting alone, so I was getting nervous. Had I been stood up? Then I saw somebady about ten rows back. She wasn't very attractive, and she seemed very grouchy. She was pouting and looked, well, crabby. I hoped it wasn't her. I scanned the audience again, and the only other women close to my age were about 14 years old. I wondered if this was some kid's sick idea of a joke. At halftime, I asked the ticket people again if the ticket had been used. They said it was. I was half hoping it wasn't - maybe she was late. But it was too late. There was no turning away or turning back. In the dressing room, the other choir members were teasing me. "I'll bet it's the one in the green and white sweater (the pouting one)"

My flower broke about halfway throught the second half. Anyway, at the end of the concert, I was torn. Should I go out there or just run? I finally made up my mind. I'd lived through really bad blind dates, survived many bad realationships, and decided that if she came all this way, the very least I could do was say "Hi."

I went back to the audience, and I heard a voice behind me. "Are you Magnus?" I turned around and saw the smiling face of a mid-forties woman. She pointed to the back of the hall and told me "there's a woman named [name] back there waiting for you.

When I saw her, I offered her the broken flower, and said "this was supposed to be for you, but..." She took the flower. Later she said the I looked so sheepish that she couldn't help but like me. I've given her many flowers since then, and I plan on giving her many more.

It all started with an email message i sent. Mary and I then started talking, and found that we had so so much in common. By us having so much in common and talking I fell in love with Mary. I went to meet her a few weeks ago, and Mary is the lady of my dreams. We have come very close and I hope that we will get married sometime next year or so.

Thank-You

...Where do I start? Firstly please remove my listing from your service as I've found a beautiful, intelligent, exciting, compatible soulmate.

I am very surprised and delighted to admit that your service looks like it has re-united two peas from a pod. The pod in this case is the entire globe! The two peas are [name] of the SE of USA and myself of Western Australia. Its spooky how similar we are, just glad she doesn't look like me!!!

Its like the movies....our story could sell millions of paperbacks....a happy ever after, good old-fashioned love story!

It never started out with that intention, I stumbled across your service whilst surfing the net shortly after connecting. I left my details only because I was I intrigued to see if it got any replies. I thought I would meet some similar people to myself and maybe become Net buddies....but then this lively lady emailed me....and all hell broke loose!!! I never expected to hear from anybody, let alone fall for a southern gal on the other side of the world!

We are to meet shortly and I can hear all the "doubting thomases" saying - its doomed - but we both don't think so. All we are relying on this that there is some phyiscal attraction! By all signs so far there will be so much that you may experience earth tremors!

I really don't know what to say...there's so much! First of all, I had met someone on the Net last year, in, well, for a lack of a better term...a sleazy chat server...after 2 months of talking and supposedly falling in love, I travelled to Australia to meet this man...even tho' before I ever left all the signs that it was over were in evidence...I was, of course, in denial...

Anyway...I arrived there in love with him...I left in love with the country. This whole year has been spent getting my life in order so that i can return to Oz to stay...forever...

I came prowling around your site looking for friends to hook up with in Western Australia...there must have been 150 profiles i had to plough through before I got to the men from that state...but I'm so glad I hung in there, for I found my N______. His ad nearly jumped off the screen at me...I felt as though I could have written it myself! Could there really be someone as unusual (or weird, if you will!;) out there as me? YES!! Each day that goes by we discover more similarities,common likes and dislikes...we're even both left handed..and tho' we're both transplants...we absolutely adore Australia.

We speak over the phone regularly, and are exchanging letters, postcards,photos, and other highly personal items (well, this far apart one must be creative,eh?) through snail mail.

Another good sign...we actually talked as friends for nearly 2 weeks before anything got sexy or romantic...an eon in Cyberspace, IMHO...we were friends first, and remain so...he's just so dear and darling and wonderful...AND...still 12 thousand miles away!!

However, we shall soon take care of that...I fly to London to meet him later this summer, and ten days later we fly off to OZ...together. I'll let you know how it works out...so far, it's sheer bliss...with N______, for the first time ever in my life...love feels so right, so easy, so happy, so NORMAL...no angst, only joy (well, frustration is definitely an element at this point..;)

Anyway...thank you ever so much...I never dreamed I'd stumble into the man of my dreams...I feel like pinching myself many times a day...I'm so happy, and it's all thanks to you!! Honestly, Dan...after last year I had lost my faith in love...I held back, was scared to death...but N_________ makes it so easy, so beautiful..I'm not afraid with him.

...get a load of this......

This Sunday I'm off to Europe for over month. Yes a whole month+ to roam.

Where am I going???

Well I'm going on a massive road trip through: France, Netherlands, Lux, Germany, Belgium & N Italy.

How am I going to travel??

By car.

You mean rent a car??

Oh no....a friend who I'm going to meet up with lives in France. A friend??? France???? Why how did you meet him?

Good question!

I have found my perfect match. Although she is far away she is near and dear in my heart. I browsed and browsed and browsed looking until there she was. We write back and forth almost everyday and have met using IRC. We are going to meet in two weeks for real but it seems so much easier knowing each other. I am in love. In her hands I place my destiny and soul and it is safe. We love each other so...

Here is a poem that I wrote for her, it says it all...

Special one
Special love
To hold, hug and embrace
You special one

I want you to be the air I breath
A fresh sweet breeze to tease me
The air I breath, a part of me
I want to hold you that close

Special one
Special love
To hold, hug and embrace
You special one...

First off to be totally honest, my girlfriend and myself started this out as a joke. We are both divorced and getting on in age, she recently turned 40 and I will be 40 soon and we live in a very small town and neither one of us desires to date the people we work with. So we entered our ads. I got more responses and answered all honestly; explained yes they are what I wanted or no I am not the type of person you desire. Things were very enjoyable. I loved every response and contrary to belief there are a lot of single guys out there who desire the same things I do.

The main thing with the two of us... that attracted us was our similar interests....... usually we all spend our time looking for the looks, and we tend to sidetrack our own personal needs and desires.... We wrote back and forth for quite a while,,, got to know each other from a distance........ found we had so much in common that that was our initial bond..... When we finally met,,, we actually starred at each other... fourtunately, their was a physical attraction as well... so everything else just fit into place that much easier......I've never been able to talk to, laugh with, or feel so comfortable with someone..... we do have some obstacles to cross, as in any relationship.....although we feel that with patience and time... we will overcome these.........

Abour two months ago I got an e-mail as a reply to Luvlinnks... and we both have the feeling that it will work out between us. Today we have send about 2000 e-mails to each other (and this is no exageration.:), and since e-mail was not enough we met and talked also in chat rooms and on IRC. (we even exchanged real photos by the one and only snail-mail that was necessary for that). We could make a very beautifull book with all these mails and talks, and I'm going to visit the women I met in cyberspace next week.

...I have an announcement that will make you smile. One lady I contacted back in December, and I are going to be married sometime in the next few months. Being a Canadian we have to go through some red tape and get permission from Uncle Sam for us to join in holy Matrimony, but once that is done we will be getting married, and I am going to be moving to [state] by the middle of August.

I had been meaning to let you know that in October, I will be marrying someone I met though your service last year. You have a great service.

OK, well I've found the love of my life. She's amazingly terrific, beautiful, sweet, perfect, and just like me (alright, wait, I'm not perfect, but anyway...). Sooo, as I'm not really single anymore, it would be appropriate to take my ad off your service...

Thanks!!!

When I signed on, there weren't very many females on the system from my area, so I only got one response. But that one response was the only one I needed! We've been going out since we met in November, and are very much in love. When I filled out my entry, I never thought anything would actually come of it, but I was wrong!

Yes, I did meet someone thru Luvlinnks.... In fact I met three men. Two were gentlemen... One was a "jerk" thou would like to use a stronger term for that one....

I am only seeing one of the men now and we hit it off extremely well.... I don't know where our future leads together, but it looks bright! We sent email back and forth to each other for awhile (even tho we live in the same city) then he gave me his telephone # and I called him... We talked on the phone for a few days before agreeing to meet each other. We met at a restaurant... and spent four hours there talking.... It was lovely.

I appreciate your service although I am very cautious of it too.... not the service, but the men that reply.... One has to remember to use common sense when meeting a stranger....

Thank you to you and your wonderful service. Because of Luvlinnks, I have met the man of my dreams. The story is so strange and wonderful, I had to write and tell you about it.

A few weeks ago, I was looking at some the ads in your service for the state I live in. I found one I liked in a city very close to me. I wanted to write him, but the following day I was going in the hospital for surgery. Fear of having him respond, and being unable to write him back, I decided to wait until I returned home to write to him. Then, after some thinking, I decided to submit my own ad.

Returning home four days later, I got word that my ad was now on the internet. That evening I got my first response...FROM THE MAN I WLuvlinnk GOING TO WRITE TOO!!!

We began exchanging email and he revealed that he grew up in the same city I lived in. From that point our email really started to fly. We found we had so many things in common. Plus, we had a feeling our paths must have crossed in the past.

Less than two weeks of exhanging email, and we wanted to meet. From the moment we met, the attraction was mutual. Meeting for the first time on a Friday...again on Saturday...and again that Sunday!! And it's only gotten better everyday since. We've fallen deeply in love with each other. And discovered, our paths had crossed in our past. We had spent our childhoods playing in the same areas and with mutual friends.

When I submitted my ad, I was looking for something I didn't think exsisted, my soul mate. Your service proved I was wrong. He was out there and waiting for me. I can't thank you enough for bring us together!!

Here's one success story we received that was a bit too long to fit on this page, so we created a page just for these two people. It's a funny story worth reading...

Thank you and very very thank you!

It was a great experience because I could be picky at first. Now we write every day to each other and have long telephone conversations. I will be moving all the way across the United States to live with him for the summer. He is 16 years "wiser" than myself, but we have so much in common it really doesn't matter.

I am so thankful to the Luvlinnk meeting ground!!!!

...he answered my ad, and we emailed back and forth for about a month. Then one day we decided to meet, and it was great! We felt like we already knew each other, so it was very comfortable and relaxed. He's a great guy, very nice and fun to be around.

I ended up getting a lot of responses and meeting umpteen men, but this one just clicked from the start.

HER STORY: I met my current boyfriend... by answering his ad on Luvlinnk on the same day I placed mine.

I think that he was surprised to get a response from someone who lived so close to him, we live about 8 miles apart. We have spent a lot of time getting to know one another and forming a beautiful relationship. It is great how computers help people meet:-)

HIS STORY: We got to know the basics through trading e-mail and were able to feel each other out about our interests before moving on to the next step.

Eventually, we started talking on the phone and arranged our first date over the Internet. Things have been beautiful since that first night.

...it's all been like a fairy tale or a dream come true.

I had just placed my ad with you in February when I decided to see what kind of men placed ads with you. I checked out the guys in my area...and then, I have no idea what made me do it, but I felt drawn to go a little out of my area... I was flipping through them when I came across [someone] in [location]. Heaven only knows what made me stop, I just don't know. But I did...and I thank God that I did. We wrote back and forth briefly, and from the beginning I knew there was something so wonderful and special about this person. Now Daniel, I'm not vain but I know I was very popular and receiving at least 50 emails a day from guys who wanted to meet me thanks to your placing my ad...

[He] fell in love with me. Time and time again, he has told me he doesn't want to lose me and that he loves me and I've told him the same. He insists that I move in with him and we share the rest of our lives together. We've even discussed the kind house we want to buy together.

Thank you and God for [my new special friend]

Update to previous:

In one month and a half, I received around 80 responses to my ad from everywhere in the world. I was looking for somebody who speaks french and I think I had a good idea to put a part of my ad in french, because I received a lot of french replies.

I wrote seriously only with two men, for a period of about 10 days. Writing is a good and quick way to see if we are on the same wavelength. I met them and the match is good with one of them. Maybe I am a lucky girl... Of course, I don't know if he is the man of my life but what I'm sure is I'm very happy to know him! ;-) This man answered by chance to my ad, he isn't a member of your service and it was the first time (and I hope the last...) he answered to a personnal ad.

I saw your web site while I was doing random checks in the system. So I decided to check it out. I thought I'd respond to one in particular, just to see what would happen. Well, D___ and I emailed back and forth to each other for about 4 days prior to us meeting face to face. We seemed to have so much in common. We exchanged phone numbers and talked like it seemed forever. Our first meeting was so amazing. I felt like I had known D___ all my life, we were so comfortable with each other, and since then, our relaionship has grown and I can't picture my life without him. We have been inseparable since, and our futures are built around each other.

Your connection site has made me the happiest women in the world, I've met my soul-mate, my best friend!

I have hooked up with M_____ from [location]. I first sent her an e-mail in response to her ad about 3 months ago. She responded immediately, but played very hard to get in my attempts to arrange to meet her in person. We finally met in person last weekend, and as that famous Rolling Stones song goes, "The change has come...". ;->

Well to make a long story kinda short, After my husband left me, I was feeling rather low, I had no idea how to get back into the dating business after being married for 18 years. I entered my name on the American dating personals, I wrote to a few men, a few men wrote me. I even went out with a few. Some were nice, one was really weird, but One day 'K__' wrote me and we corresponded for a month. He lived in NW [location, I live in a suburb of [location]. After a month I gave him my phone number, he called we talked on the phone for five hours that night. The next night he drove to [location] just to meet me. We fell in love. He would come out every weekend. He is kind, gentle, good to my kids and he now lives and works here in [location] and we are planning a fall wedding. I love to see peoples faces when they ask how I met him.

Yes, you can find love on the Internet. I am proof of that.

Thanks for the personal interest in our little story. I don't know that my story is that great because for both K__ and I, this was a first try success. We both were first timers on this "singles listing" thing. Neither of us had ever tried print ads or computer listings before. We both agree however, that despite popular cliche's the internet was a better place to meet people than the traditional "random chance" setting. Computer people tend to be brighter, and a bit more creative than the average. Also the internet is one of the only refuges for busy professional types like us. Anyway, I wrote [her] an E-note with a few clever quips and she wrote cautiously back. We went on like that for a couple of weeks and then finally talked on the phone. I knew right then that she was a keeper. It took till the second date for her to know. I should say at this point that despite those same cliche's we are both attractive people, I'm an eye doctor and she's a CPA and we both are both very atheletic. It's not like we're sitting at home watching Star Trek wolfing down Twinkies! We're just really busy.

This is the first time I've ever hooked up with a "singles" anything; I did it mainly to make some new friends and converse with interesting people. I did that, but also met a very special man with whom I have a great deal in common. We've had 3 dates -- so far so good!

This is not the first time I have met someone online. The first one was a guy from another province, who's ad I answered. We wrote a couple of months before meeting, exchanged pictures, etc. We ended up getting together at Christmas. Had a great couple of days and haven't talked to one another since. So, I suppose it is over.

The guy I met now, responded to my ad. He lives here in the same city. We wrote one another for a couple of weeks, then met for coffee. Sort of a blind date thing. Something I have never done before. So, him and I are now on our way to becoming good friends.

The reason for taking my ad off, was mainly because of this guy, but I was also getting a little fed up with the 'goofs' that kept sending me messages. But that is not to say that I will never put another ad on the net. When I do I will probably choose your site.

I was going to [location] to work for a few months so I scanned through the Luvlinnk to see if there was someone I could meet and spend some time with there, simply as friends. There was only one ad from this place (probably in order not to confuse me) so I answered it. We had an e-mail communication for over two months before I got there.

My name is L_____ and I'm the one who initiated contacted with S______ in Alaska.

Actually, I had no original intentions of writing to anyone in Alaska, but curiosity got the best of me. I wrote to S_____ because of his occupation and the fact that I'm in law enforcement as well. He answered my email, called and we've been talking ever since...many hours a day over email and even more over the phone. Since I have children and he is interested in having a family, things have just been wonderful! To make a long story short, I will be going to visit him in May at which time we have made plans to get married! Ten days later I will be returning to Maine to finish up some business, packing up my children, and we will be flying back to Alaska to begin our lives together by the middle of June! I never thought that this would happen to me, but it has and we couldn't be happier. We agree that we are both very lucky to have found each other. Luvlinnks, thank you for helping us find our soul mates in each other!

S_____ and I meet through your service and I can't thank you enough! He is just what I was looking for!! Just someone to date for a while not a major almost marriage relationship. We go swiming at his house, (he has a indoor pool), I like how he is independent. We go to the beach and go camping in the mountains! Ilove him.

In response to my on-line singles ad, D___ sent me e-mail a few days after Christmas. I didn't log in to get his message for a couple of days, and answered him (by e-mail) on the day before New Year's Eve. Being new in town, I was disappointed to not have been invited to a New Year's Eve party, but I didn't want to go out for such a special night with someone I didn't already know. (In fact, I had already declined meeting someone else I'd met electronically through Luvlinnk until after the holidays.) Although D__ had included his phone number, I won't call a guy I don't know for a date!

What attracted me about his note? He sounded really nice, rather than pushy or trying to impress me, was (is) my age, and lives nearby. His education was obvious by his profession (college professor), and that his note was not peppered with misspellings, cliches, and affectations (like that other guy's) made me want to meet him. I expected he wouldn't get my reply at what was obviously his work e-mail until after the holiday, so I went about planning a weekend alone.

Just wanted to say that when my student dummied up a profile for me -- I teach Advanced Research and they made me "pay" for them learning the web by putting me on a dating thing..with my permission.

Well after hundreds of responses..I divided them among my three girlfriends. Some disappointments; a couple of real jokers. But so far two of us have made good matches. The third has had several interesting encounters...

All in all it has helped three busy, attractive (yes depsite what people WRITE about themselves most of the people we met were NOT good looking but we weren't deterred) females who were beginning to worry about too many Saturday nights alone. However, your service made ALL of us feel like we had 'boyfriends'. Thus the desperate and dateless look disappeared and the suitors started beating paths to our collective doors.

I have had three marriage proposals none of which I really took seriously, except the one I just received. And we have all averaged serious commitments. So quite frankly your statistics as far better than meeting someone genuine face to face. I judge by spelling, syntactic structure and vocabulary (thus I got educated). One sought looks (and got 'em). The third looks for witty...so far the net hasn't provided witty in person...witty when time to compose and alter but not in face to face. But give her time.

One humourous aside...all of the men were worried about weight; yet with only one exception THEY were overweight. And were quite smitten with our figures. So women must lie about their weight on the net--we are both 140lb = size 10. Not huge but the men seemed to balk at this size and when I met two of them -- they admired my figure though in emails they had expressed something akin to horror at my enourmous weight!!! As a female it has just reinforced stereotypes about men look for looks and women are far more intested in emotive/personality things from the start.

I am working on a book on flirting in the 19th century and this started as an experiment in 20th flirting and has been a valuable adjunct to my research. Definitely the romantic respect is hightenened by the immediacy of the service (rather than pen pals) which can lead fairly quickly to a sexual tension. But men responded differently to different women, one guy was writing to both of us (without his knowledge and much to our delight) he was quite risque with his comment to my girlfriend and yet to me he was totally respectful and kept topics neutral and intellectual. Much laughter all around the computer as I am by far the more er um likely as she is a very young and inexperienced person.

Anwyay, I fully endorse this service as long as people are honest and respect their own wishes first. Then they can attend to what others want. Lies get discovered eventually. And I hope you are in some way being subsidised by a telephone company. You sure hurt our phone bills.

I really like this service. I like how it is set up, and the format for the profiles is easy to read and very thorough. I like being able to learn so much about the people, and find someone who might be compatable with me before I decide whether to email them. I was also pleased with the concern you showed for the participants safety. I appreciated the anonimyzing (sp) option, and it proved useful in a couple of cases. Your service is obviously popular because I recieved a number of responses, and I wish you continued success with it.

Yup, I did meet the woman that I have fallen in love with through Luvlinnks.

One day, I was surfing the web, was bored, and ended up at Luvlinnks. I decided to look and see... I don't really know why at the time I decided to look under Alaska, I live in Iowa, but I'm glad I did now.

I saw an ad there for a girl named [name], she sounded really great to me, so I thought I'd send her a note. I got a reply pretty quickly, if I remember right...

That was last September. For the next three months, we talked every day through e-mail, started to get to know each other pretty well. Every time one of us mentioned something we liked, they other would say something like, "hey, I like that too!" Actually, this is still happening today... :) [She] and I are the same age, by the way...she's just six weeks older than me.

After about three months of e-mail, we decided to talk on the phone, we both were nervous, but after that awkward first couple minutes, we started talking just like [we] did in e-mail. It was great! I think we talked for about three hours that first time!

We started making plans to meet in person. Things came together really well, and we finalized plans to spend six days together...right after Christmas.

I was so NERVOUS waiting at the airport for her plane to arrive! Of course we had that awkward first few minutes again, but we started talking. Once the "uniqueness" of our situation wore off, things couldn't have been more perfect. In short, because any more details are none of your business, we both had the most wonderful time of our lives!

We both really believe that we have found our "true love". It didn't become totally clear to each of us until she was flying, and I was driving home...

I had discovered Luvlinnk by chance one day while browsing the net. I had done a search of "matchmaker dating service" just to see what would turn up. The usual multiple hits appeared. Most of what appeared on my screen were hits of this thing called Luvlinnk Dating Service. As I scanned the first screen of information, the fourth one down tweaked my interest as there were comments about things I liked to do. So, I clicked on the link and up popped the Luvlinnk profile on this person. As I read the descriptives, and the desires, I thought that is someone I'd like to meet ... my type of woman, it appeared.

Only catch was a 2000 mile distance between us. But I drafted a short response and sent it away, anyway. Meanwhile I continued to scan this wonderful array of people on profiles. Within a few hours I had a response to that first tentative reply. Wow... it works... That began a very regular exchange of mail, thrice daily... with each e-mail, there were more and more commonalties showing ... I had a business trip planned which, if I changed my itinerary, would put me at an airport within an hours drive of her home. It became a real possibility, so after a week and a half, a phone call was made. That call lasted three hours.

So, three weeks after that original discovery of Luvlinnks, there I was getting off an airplane in a major city in a different country, to be meet by someone I had never seen before, who was taking me back to stay at her home. Trust or what? That "blind date" lasted eleven continuous, uninterrupted days, during which time we even spent four days on a 27 foot sailboat, cruising alone through some of the finest tropical waters on the continent.

She sent me E-mail and we started dating. That is basically what happened.

I really enjoyed meeting people online because it was so "nonthreatening." I love to write and found this medium to be an interesting way to see another side of a person - when you meet someone face to face and he hands you something he's written? :) You can learn alot about somebody by the way they construct a letter. I feel like I was extremely lucky to meet two men that I am very fond of. They are men that will be lifelong friends if the "spark" should die. ;)

...I met a woman through your service last year. Now were engaged to be married next year...

Hi! We both wanted to give you all a big thank you for your great service!

C. G---- and I both placed ads, but I responded to hers first. After looking at well over 100 profiles hers seemed to jump out at me, we seemed to be such a close match. Even though she lives in Canada (about 300 miles away) I decided to take a chance, since she hadn't specified a minimum distance. I was so glad that I did. :)

G) When C. and I started off, I was already talking to a couple of other interesting people but he and I clicked so suddenly, so strongly, that I just couldn't believe it! Could two people really connect in so many ways?

C) After our first get-to-know-you e-mail contacts and a couple of phone calls, things really took off between us. The amount we had in common seemed incredible, almost magical. It was only a few weeks of daily e-mail exchanges before we'd arranged our first face-to-face meeting over a long weekend. We were both nervous as you might expect, but soon got over that and now we're planning her trip to my locale.

G) Yes! Nervous to say the least! And what's most wonderful is that now we've seen, adjusted to, and accepted the reality of each other, we've settled into yet another level of discovery.

C) The really amazing thing was how easily we were able to get to know one another from the "inside out" before ever meeting. It's really given a new dimension to developing our relationship, one that makes it stronger with a good foundation.

G) Absolutely. What are the chances, if we'd met on a street corner, that we'd ever have had the opportunity to discover that our innermost selves match so well?

C) Without your service we would never have met (or maybe it really was destiny). We can't thank you enough for providing this great service and you can be sure we'll be sending along an additional joint donation to show our appreciation.

I'm still not sure I believe it myself. My first venture into this sort of meeting "venue" and I met a genuinely cool guy. Thanks to you guys getting my profile on within 24 hours of my signing up, I got a New Year's Eve response from a homesick [one city] lost in [another city] on a job assignment. Although I did get several responses from my brief stint with LuvlinnkN, his was the all-around best. Not scary, weird, arrogant and well within the demographics (except geographically, for now).

We met the weekend of 1/26 and were quite pleased that what worked on e-mail and on the phone worked in person, too.

Your service did for the two of us what our jobs couldn't. On more than one occasion we had been only one wall/one office suite apart and didn't know the other person existed.

When I first wrote A____, I wasn't looking for love. I was looking for a pen-pal 'cause I love to meet people and your service seemed like a good way to do that. A____ became a good friend while we wrote back and forth and we sent each other pictures and called to talk on the phone. Thanks to this though, I found the perfect one for me! He is very sweet, loving, respectful, and kind. He is the one I have always dreamed of.

C____ first wrote me in December telling me he would come to work in Vienna from March until June. He was wondering if he could then eventually meet me for coffee. It was a very simple but nice message.

For about six weeks the messages were quite short and superficial. C____ was cautious and a little skeptical about this Internet business. Then I started asking him more personal and important questions to see if the relationship would deepen. Well, that's all it took. The situation unblocked and we became closer and closer. We started calling each other often on the phone. As time passed we discovered that we share some of the same morals and standards. Even though our pace of life is quite different. His is slow and mine is fast. But we can learn from each other and find a balance.

On March 4th was the big day. The day we would finally meet. Although we had both seen and liked pictures of each other, we were very well aware and feared that there might not be any chemistry. Therefore we tried to keep our expectations down. Our fears soon vanished when we both set eyes on each other. There was instant attraction. I remember not being able to look into his eyes because the chemistry was so strong.

Well now it's been over 2 weeks and things are speeding up (probably too fast). We have already talked about marriage and kids. : ) We are learning to adapt to each other's habits and mentality and it's not been easy. But I know that the love we feel for each other will allows us to overcome any obstacle.

C____ is now convinced that this Internet business really works. And I'm happy that he decided to give it a try although his skepticism.

I got an e-mail from her and then we met. What turned out to be (initial) common focal point was our interest in the Internet.

...I make some friend, like pen-pals from Your EXCELLENT service I must say. I met a girl from Hawaii and one (so far) from North Carolina. Really nice girls. Well, maybe sometime in the future I could go visiting them or they me.

I think Your service is very good. [A] very nice way to meet new friends and other people. I also think that You should keep You service as it is today (I mean, for free).

Regards

I met this great man from Canada. We started talking on the net about two weeks ago. He also had his profile on the net. But he was the one to contact me. We both have little children and like to workout and enjoy the same sports. Even though we live far apart (I live in Kansas.) I am going to met him in March for about a week. We started speaking on the phone a couple of days after speaking on the net. We have not exchanged photos yet and don't want to. We write to each other at least three times a day. Thank you for the chance to meet someone special. Even if it doesn't last the caring and sharing will always be there. Thanks

A little over three years ago, I came out to my friends and began dating a guy from ________. During our time together, M1_____ introduced me to M2_____, the guy who at that time ran the light show at the local gay dance club. Immediate attraction, and I'll never forget the night we met. We only met that once, but I thought him to be wonderful, and remember many nights seeing him in the light booth and really liking what I saw.

So I get this letter a while back from a guy who had looked at all of your "men seeking men" profiles and selected mine as the only one he would write to. He had no idea where I lived or who I was then. We began to write, and the communication was easy and sincere, which is not always easily accomplished on the net.

A week later, there was a phone call, and it all fell into place. We realized that we already knew each other, and had felt mutual attraction for the past few years. He's in {state} now, and has a new job as the CEO of a computer company. We are in love and planning to be together soon, after which we may begin planning a life together.

Dan, I have never been this happy before in my life. Someone who I had written off as "untouchable" is now a part of my life. Had it not been for your service, we certainly would not have bumped into each other.

I really don't have enough words to describe my gratitude, so a heartfelt "thank you" is what I'm able to do. I will highly recommend your service to others and let M2______ know to write to you as well.

We meet online because of an ad I placed in Aug. We wrote to each (at length at time) untill the end of September when we meet. I felt I already knew him because of how much we shared "online".

This is a great way to find interesting "busy" compatible people, if you take the time to write:

1. A Very descriptive ad describing you and who you want to meet.
2. To share emails about yourself, your likes and dislikes.

Screen very carefully using EMail, before offering your phone number or agreeing to meet in person.

I am an exchange student from ________ and the man I met is called ___, he is 43, and works for the govt. He saw my profile along with my picture and says he was attracted by the fact that I cited Intelligence as a VERY necessary requirement in the man I was looking for. He himself has a PhD. He is widowed and I am single. We have corresponded by email and telephone a lot and are meeting on Sunday for the first time, when I fly down to _______. He is a very sweet, considerate caring man and I cannot thank you all enough for helping us find each other.

Just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you so much for your service! I have met the most wonderful man from the Netherlands and we are very much in love!

Without your service, we would not have met. We are so similar and I am so happy right now and I have Luvlinnk to thank!

My name is D_____ and I signed on to your service a couple of months ago. I recieved serveral responses but one of those who replyed become a great friend. Now we are working to become more than friends. We already meet serveral times and things are working out great. It will be a long distance relationship because she goes to school about 5 hours away. Luckly she lives in my town.

This is the greatest site on the net. The concept of dating on the net never really caught my eye until now. Thanks alot guys/gals!

...let me thank you for your generous organisation, which has led me to a much fulfilling life. I was a lonely woman before I encountered your organisation. Now....you can't imagine, I'm so busy replying [to] all the mails I recieve. Phew... until I can't keep up anymore.

I have met quite a few men since I have signed on and have enjoyed talking to them all!

Thank you very much...I really appreciate the service....and it really shows your concern about how well things work out. Basically, all I had to do was fill out the application, the rest happened. I suppose I just got lucky that she was the first person to e-mail me. The funny thing is that I had only been on your service for a couple of days when she e-mailed me...Makes me wonder how things can work out so well sometimes...We're very similar people, and things are working out really well.

If you have any specific questions or any surveys or anything, I'd be more than happy to fill them out. . .And if this relationship breaks my long standing record of about 30 days, I'll send you a nice little donation in appreciation of the service....It's the least I can do for the group who brought us together....Thanks again.

My ex and I share a computer and one day I thought that it was high time that I got on with my life. So I checked out the Internet to see if I could find someone special.

I never thought that it would be so easy! I found a man listed in my town in the age group that I was looking at and so I wrote him a letter.

For about four days we only wrote e-mail to one another, until I suggested we get together. We exchanged phone numbers and through our first conversation on the phone we found out that we live only an extremely short distance from each other.

[On] our first "date" he picked me up at my house, we had dinner and went to his favorite coffee shop. All in all, we ended up spending four hours talking.

We are now together a lot and have gotten very close. We share a lot of the same ideas and morals. We never find it hard to talk to one another, about anything.

Thank you so much for the service. I have actually made several friends through my advertisement; we correspond almost daily. As far as my new relationship, I never knew that I could be so happy. My ad was extremely explicit; I knew exactly what I wanted. However, because it was so limiting, I really never expected any response. Then, on October 30, I received a response from Victor. We began our friendship there and have since met in person (he drove 12 hours from Miami to Pensacola to spend Thanksgiving with me and my family). He calls me just about every day on the telephone, and of course, we correspond daily via e-mail. He is flying up here for Christmas.

I placed my ad around October 11 and my friend contacted me on the 22nd. He is a German national and said that Germany does not offer services like this online. At first, he was put off by the fact that Americans had to resort to such drastic measures, but after a satisfactory explanation he became curious and responded to my ad. Since he was new to the area, he wanted someone to show him around... I became his guide and friend. He told me that Germans meet people on ski slopes and parties. I told him that sometimes it works that way in the states, but more often than not we who are single at the age of 30+ must find other means to find potential mates. The bar scene is passe and the singles ads are more often than not unreliable and dangerous. This has been the most pleasant experience in finding dates that I have ever tried. The first man that answered was a physician at the University of _______. One was a art gallery owner in _______. I did not meet these people in person, however I did talk to them on the telephone and online frequently. [My friend] has the same personality traits, values, and ethics that I have. I won't say that all of the online experiences that I have had have been great. Some have been outright insulting and rude, requesting cybersex. But the good thing about Luvlinnk is that you are not required to respond to people answering your ad. You can use your own discretion....

My friend... accessed the service via his computer at his place of business and has shared the experience with others. He told me that he was quite fortunate to find someone that he is compatible with...

My "new interest" and I were speaking last night about meeting someone this way vs meeting someone in many of the other ways that people meet. I feel like we are blessed with meeting "after" at least one of the parties involved has a knowledge of some compatabilities. Not something that generally occurs in a happenstance sort of meeting.

We are both amazed at how quickly meeting and liking one another has evolved. Probably says something about a basic similarity in who we are. i.e., I'm someone who put my stats "out there" via computer and he is someone who would look there...

So - all in all - we're deciding that doing this has given us more to start with than meeting some other way.

I'm happy I took the risk. It felt like a big one! But - really it was totally safe for me and allowed be to remain incognito until I felt it was OK to disclose other information.

8/22/95: TO GET IN TOUCH WITH SOMEONE FROM MY AREA WOULD BE AMAZING!!!

7/20/95: Interesting service...now we will wait & see...

First of all I wanted to thank all at Luvlinnk [for] mak[ing] it possible for me to meet my new love.

I'm living in the Netherlands and all the reactions I got came from people in the states. So I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get any reactions from Europe or the Netherlands.

Her Story: I received a number of responses to my personal ad. They were many and varied. Most seemed to be sincere, although there were a few from some individuals who were decidedly "weird."

Her Story:
M___ responded to my ad the first of June. We corresponded via e-mail a couple times and then communicated via the telephone for SEVERAL hours the first week. We finally agreed we should meet about a week later.

His Story:
Communicating with D_____ through your service was an interesting experience. Without this vehicle we would never have crossed paths.

Both:
We hope other people will have the same opportunity to experience what we have with the use of your service.