Find Friendship, Romance or a Brief Encounter at a Gay Dating Service

Finding a gay dating service used to be practically impossible. Gay men were left pretty much on their own to find and meet that special someone or even find someone for casual dating. This is no longer the case, though, as there is a gay dating web site list seemingly a mile long. The key is to discover which ones are offering a chance to establish a genuine emotional bond, and which ones are a part of the casual sex scene.

I’ve sorted through that long list and come up with four gay dating services that do a great job of serving their gay members – each in its own unique way.

Gay FriendFinder

Manline is a site that is somewhat more provocative and risqué than other gay dating services. Members can create a profile, search other profiles, see pictures, send smiles and reply to messages free of charge. You can choose to enter three different areas: dating, relationship or sex.

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This site doesn’t act coy about what they’re offering, and the profiles in the different areas reflect this (many contain fetish information and a list of what sexual activities they are interested in pursuing). Messages are sent using “credits,” which is a bit unusual but give you more control. Credits packages start at less than $20 and can contain 50 credits or more.

I had to love the tagline on the home page of this site: “Some say all the good ones are either married or gay. They’re right.” You have to like a gay dating service that takes a stance like that – not too serious, but open about their point of view. Most members at Gay Date (and there are over a million) are looking for friendship, dating or a relationship. The members tend to be professionals and upwardly mobile, although all types are represented.

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This gay dating web site offers a free basic membership, allowing you to post your profile, search other profiles, and let someone know when you find them interesting. You can also receive messages from a paid member. In order to send instant messages, email messages, or participate in the chat room you must upgrade to a paid membership. The cost varies from $19.95 for a month to month subscription, with a much lower per month cost when you subscribe for three, six or twelve months at a time.

Much more than a gay personals site, Gay.com is one of the largest online homosexual communities in the world. You can go here and read articles, enter contests, keep up with news and entertainment and find out about gay-friendly businesses and events. But I digress…the personals section itself has over six million members, and postings are very detailed.

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The profiles posted at this popular gay dating service usually have plenty of information and a lot of the members post as many as a dozen photos. Adult photos are permitted, but you have to be a paying member to access them. Right now, Gay is offering premium membership with full access for a week for free. If you become a paying member after that, there are lots of added features, like subscriptions to magazines “The Advocate” and “Out,” and adult videos by MenAfterDark.

Safe Dating Tips

Gay online dating is extremely popular and generally very safe, as long as you follow these safe dating tips:

• Never give out your personal information (phone number, address, work location, etc.) until you are well acquainted with the other person.
• Always meet people in a public place the first few times you get together. Examples might include a restaurant, a theatre, a shopping mall, etc.
• Never have someone pick you up at your house or your work location. Instead, arrange your own transportation to the public meeting place you have selected.
• Let at least one or two other people know where you are going the first time you meet someone new. Tell them when you expect to be home and give a general description of the person you’re meeting.

If at any time you get a “funny feeling” or a “bad vibe” from someone, follow your intuition and end things as soon as possible. Occasionally you will receive messages from someone that you would prefer not to interact with, so if that person refuses to leave you alone be sure to take advantage of the option to block his messages and report him to the webmaster of the gay dating service.

Find Friendships or Brief Encounters

A gay dating service is a great way to find other gay men and start friendships, romance or a brief encounter. Just be sure you’re clear in your profile what you are (or aren’t) looking for. Whether you choose a free gay dating web site or a site with a paid membership, be sure that you follow safe dating practices to get the most out of your online dating experience.

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