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I've been a member for about 3 or 4 months. I was in one short relationship from OKC during that time. I would say that my experience has been good so far. Surely I'm doing much better than I would have trying to meet women considering that I'm a hacker by trade, shy, and don't drink (thus excluding me from the bar scene).

I've noticed that if you live anywhere remotely near a large metropolitan area but prefer not to date there for whatever reason (Seattle in my case, I hate navigating/being in large cities) you're kind of screwed. I'd estimate that 90% of the results/suggestions I get are from Seattle, regardless of any distance constraints I put in.

Also, the woman I dated briefly from OKC next met some guy about 25 years her senior and wound up in the passenger seat of a car going 100+mph with a man heavily intoxicated with pills and alcohol pointing a gun at her. I'm sure that happens very infrequently but I'd argue that dating sites might make it a bit easier for nutjobs to control their appearance to potential victims.

Aside from that, OKC is, as far as I know, the best-designed dating site out there.



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