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Raleigh Man Turns To Internet Service Thousands of people are using the Internet in search of that soul-mate; but how well does it work?
NBC 17's Stacey Elgin caught up with one man who has found online dating is full of ups and downs.
Don Gardlick is a 42-year-old salesman from Raleigh. He cooks, he cleans and he seems quite successful. But, the one thing Gardlick wants that he doesn't have is a meaningful relationship.
"I don't like to go down to the bars. I have friends that I go down to the bars with occasionally, but its not something that I really like doing. Then, a friend of mine said 'Don, you have got to try this online dating,'" Gardlick told NBC 17.
That's where it all started. Gardlick signed up at Match.com and filled out a profile and right away. Soon, the emails started coming in.
"You really have to go in to it with low expectations. In some cases you may appear to be a perfect match online, then, in the end, you meet and it's just not there," Gardlick said. "No chemistry."
Statistics show there are about 50 million single people between the ages 20 and 55 in the United States. Of those single people, about 61 percent use or have used an online dating service.
Gardlick said one of the biggest mistakes a person can make when online dating is giving our their home address. With 24 dates in the last 18 months, he says he only made that mistake once.
"So, I'm just getting out of my shower and I was in my closet getting dressed and I had my door open and (the woman) comes wandering down the hall and all of a sudden she's in my closet," explained Gardlick. "She walked in and she had literally moved in. I had visions of a U-Haul trailer sitting in my driveway the following morning."
Gardlick says he hasn't found his perfect match yet, but he isn't giving up yet.
So, what do other Raleigh singles think of online dating? Some told NBC 17 they wouldn't mind a relationship, but online dating just isn't for them.
"It's not my cup of tea. I don't have problems meeting people and I don't feel I need to meet people on the Internet," Todd Chrisco said.
Scarlett Pittillo agrees.
"I don't particularly think that's a good way to meet people. It's not my preference. I just don't trust it," Pittillo told NBC 17. "That's the only reason why."
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