ManxMelody

"Uncle Albert's dating agency" our motto: settle for whatever you can find, before you get stuck on the shelf! Are you having a go? I'm not on the shelf................yet! I like the name of the agency though.

Hey, there could be Manx Forum blind dating. There's no subscription to pay and you can get an idea of a person from their posts and profile page. You shouldn't expect to actually meet someone that you were attracted to that just happened to reciprocate your feelings though - I think that's asking a lot, but at the very least you could make a new friend and increase your social circle. Albert, you could be the administrator for it.

That's such a lovely and positive story! I've just moved back to the Island having been away studying and then working, so I'm in the same position as you were in with regards to establishing a social circle again. That's got to be encouraging to the person that started this topic though. Thanks for posting.

I think there is a stigma attached. If I were living in the UK I might possibly consider a dating website if I didn't meet anyone the 'usual' ways, but I don't think I'd do it here because the place is too small and everyone knows everyone else. I think most Manxies tend to get married really young so the dating 'pool' on the Island usually consists of divorcees or just undesirables. Most of my friends have imported their boyfriends - met someone that has come over here to work, or they have left the Island, met someone and brought them back. That's also how I met my last boyfriend (he came over here to work). If you don't have any baggage, go and live off the Island for a bit, you'll meet someone and can then bring them back. This will also improve the 'dating economy' for other Manx singles, as the imported person will have friends that will come over and visit and they might meet a single Manxie, etc etc. I think it's harder for single women out there than men. Most guys you meet on a night out are only looking for one thing. So if you're a single guy looking for more than that surely it must be easier because most women are usually looking for more. Aren't they? ouch! as a single man on the Island who isnt a divorcee, i feel the sting of the above classifications. i cant leave the Island as i run a business here, and as for being easier, i dont know who it is harder for but it sure ain't easy for men. but maybe im just fugly. Well that's just how it seems to me. It also seems that if you're over 30 and not married on the Island you're on the shelf. Anywhere else it would be perfectly normal and you'd be considered to be in your dating prime. I think maybe Manx men are also a bit backward in coming forward. You should (and all single Manx men reading this) be courageous next time you go out and talk to women (nicely and not when drunk). Please don't take offence at the last sentence, it's directed at Manx men in general.

I think there is a stigma attached. If I were living in the UK I might possibly consider a dating website if I didn't meet anyone the 'usual' ways, but I don't think I'd do it here because the place is too small and everyone knows everyone else. I think most Manxies tend to get married really young so the dating 'pool' on the Island usually consists of divorcees or just undesirables. Most of my friends have imported their boyfriends - met someone that has come over here to work, or they have left the Island, met someone and brought them back. That's also how I met my last boyfriend (he came over here to work). If you don't have any baggage, go and live off the Island for a bit, you'll meet someone and can then bring them back. This will also improve the 'dating economy' for other Manx singles, as the imported person will have friends that will come over and visit and they might meet a single Manxie, etc etc. I think it's harder for single women out there than men. Most guys you meet on a night out are only looking for one thing. So if you're a single guy looking for more than that surely it must be easier because most women are usually looking for more. Aren't they?