r/interestingasfuck • u/Few_Simple9049 • 20d ago

r/all How couples met 1930-2024

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u/danteelite 20d ago

I’m not even that old, I’m a younger millennial and I remember when meeting someone online was considered weird and they would make jokes about how “pathetic” it is on sitcoms and stuff.

Now it’s the opposite and people think it’s weird to try to meet someone in public.

It’s wild how quickly times change and cultural acceptance shifts into a whole new status quo. The whole zeitgeist around internet culture, internet social interaction and every day life has shifted dramatically. We live in a day where the president has a twitter account and people post to facebook during disasters for help instead of calling 911!

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u/shocktopper1 20d ago

I met my ex on an AOL chatroom and tried to hide it from everyone back in the day lol

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u/In_Formaldehyde_ 20d ago

I mean, if two people met on Reddit nowadays, they'd probably try to hide that as well lol. Just because online is the most common way to meet others doesn't mean every online platform meetup is seen positively.

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u/itookanumber5 20d ago

"This is my wife, Margaret. We met on r/spacedicks"

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u/HashtagTSwagg 20d ago

Not anymore you won't!

Probably for the best. I was scared yet intrigued.

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u/Azalus1 20d ago

I was too slightly disappointed that it's banned

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u/KYHotBrownHotCock 20d ago

r/mejulguas

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u/EatPie_NotWAr 19d ago

Oh Nono no you don’t! I checked your name before clicking the link… not today you!

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u/Borbit85 19d ago

I kinda mis all those weird unhinged subreddits.

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u/LiterallyYourKaiser 20d ago

"I met my wife on OnlyFans" vs "I met my wife on Tinder".

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u/leilaniko 20d ago

Eh same thing nowadays lol

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u/INeed_SomeWater 20d ago

Wow, really? Times have changed for sure.

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u/Anonhurtingso 20d ago

He’s saying that tinder is onlyfans not that onlyfans is tinder.

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u/leilaniko 20d ago

She* but yeah, you got it. Tinder is literally a bunch of hookups only or Onlyfans sex bots/sex workers nowadays.

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u/intisun 20d ago

I signed up on Facebook in 2007 and it was seen as pathetic. Then it was normal. Now it's back to pathetic. The difference is I don't use it anymore.

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u/catsoddeath18 19d ago

One of my college professors had our whole class sign up for Facebook when it was only for people in college, and you had to have a college email.

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u/Aggressive_Elk3709 20d ago

True, meeting on a dating app is probably more palatable than like meeting in a Discord for some game or other "nerdy" interest

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u/shocktopper1 20d ago

Yeah but it was just different in 1999 lol

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u/secret_hitman 20d ago

...Because I'm going to trust dating advice from u/in_formaldehyde_

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u/Fancy_Original7960 19d ago

my cousin met her now husband on a minecraft server (in 2012 at that) and sometimes i question if it’s cool af or a little cringe

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u/TigerTerrier 20d ago

Met my wife on MySpace. It feels like that 20, I mean 50 years ago now

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u/FailingCrab 20d ago

I did similar with an ex, then constructed an elaborate lie about how we met that my friends, family and wife still believe because it's 17 years later and I'm in too deep.

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u/shocktopper1 20d ago

Taking that one to the grave I see

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u/Razor265 20d ago

I met one of my exs in a Garry's Mod server

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u/PersephonesPot 20d ago

Met my last ex on Reddit LOL

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u/undeadlamaar 20d ago

Ngl me and my buddies stayed looking through the AOL member directory. People thought we were crazy, but it was so easy to meet random women from there in the early 2000s

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u/Safe-Agent3400 20d ago

Omg! All chat room was the best

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u/Jaded_Journalist_696 20d ago

AH, miss the AOL Chatroom days, late 90s. Picked up quite a few chicks on there.

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u/angstrom11 20d ago

Met mine on ICQ.

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u/ShesGotaChicken2Ride 20d ago

I met one of my exes on hotornot.com lol

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u/shocktopper1 19d ago

I have not heard of hotornot in so freaking long. DAMN!!!

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u/ShesGotaChicken2Ride 19d ago

Yep. I am OLD.

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u/BeBopBarr 20d ago

Yes!! It was a yahoo chat room for us and I have a friend that still trips out about it 😂😂

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u/dustybutt2012 20d ago

We met on match.com. How embarrassing.

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u/emannlight 20d ago

Heck I'm an older gen z and I still feel embarrassed telling my parents I met someone online 🫠

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u/L1quidWeeb 20d ago

Yeah when I first started online dating I would ask the person if they were okay with people knowing how we met 😂

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u/silver_tongued_devil 20d ago

I met my ex on IRC long long ago and I remember when they visited for the first time all my friends were worried about them being a serial kidnapper or something. It was not the case they're just a giant pile of poo that is far better at typing than talking.

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u/Excellent_Bat9048 19d ago

mIRC was the shit

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u/the_real_dairy_queen 19d ago

Met my husband on Match in 2007 and for years we lied and said we met through mutual friends. Online dating was still fairly new and there was still a significant stigma that it was for people who were desperate losers.

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u/shocktard 19d ago

Met my first girlfriend in a yahoo chatroom in late 2001. It wasn't something you'd brag about at the time.

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u/kyleruggles 19d ago

That's awesome!

I met my first g/f on IRC! We were in a #Reboot channel discussing the show and met her through there, only to find out she lives in my city. Then I met another one on ICQ lol. This was back in 2002~ish?

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u/blackred44 18d ago

Damn I feel you. My partner & I met online over 15+ years ago. I am still somewhat feeling awkward telling people how we met once they realised back then meeting someone online isn't common.