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Exer · 04-06-2011, 02:50 AM

This came across one of my RSS feeds today, and I almost thought it was an old April Fools joke ... but it appears to be disturbingly real.

whatsyourprice.com

Can you believe this? My jaw keeps hitting the floor the further I look around that site. I met my lady online, as some here know -- and we had a truly special love story -- so I don't knock online dating sites in the least (even though that isn't how we met) but I just can't imagine having met her through a site like this. To have paid her to date me? Seriously?

I think it would have made my time with her just feel fake and forced.

People will joke that we already "pay" for dating and marriage anyway, but this is an entirely different thing. I don't begrudge people their ways of finding love, but wow ... I just don't know what to say. Maybe my 30 years of life have made me old fashioned.

04-06-2011, 02:50 AM	#1
Exer I see Russia! Posts: 205 Karma: 234787 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Alaska Device: Etch-A-Sketch	I almost can't believe this is true This came across one of my RSS feeds today, and I almost thought it was an old April Fools joke ... but it appears to be disturbingly real. whatsyourprice.com Can you believe this? My jaw keeps hitting the floor the further I look around that site. I met my lady online, as some here know -- and we had a truly special love story -- so I don't knock online dating sites in the least (even though that isn't how we met) but I just can't imagine having met her through a site like this. To have paid her to date me? Seriously? I think it would have made my time with her just feel fake and forced. People will joke that we already "pay" for dating and marriage anyway, but this is an entirely different thing. I don't begrudge people their ways of finding love, but wow ... I just don't know what to say. Maybe my 30 years of life have made me old fashioned.