googling a date or an ex

[Badger Bob]

Originally Posted by pylon

LOL, who googled an ex after reading this thread?

I did.

Found out anything interesting?

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Badger Bob

Found out anything interesting?

Lol dude. Gossip queen much?

[Minnie]

Now be nice. He's just giving pylon some listening time....

[Badger Bob]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Lol dude. Gossip queen much?

Hey, I shared a story and invited others to do likewise in this thread. He was man enough to own up. That's why we're here.

[MRCboicgy]

I google and facebook stalk a few of my exes. No biggie.

I consider it "national security"

[CaptainCrunch]

I would never google a girl before a first date, half the fun of a first date is learning about her through something called conversation. And having a date with a psycho either leads to some incredible stories later or an awesome new tattoo of a pentagram and the number 666 that appeared on my chest sometime during the night when I was sleeping.

As for an ex, why would I bother to look them up, I think one of the greatest things that I've learned is this thing called detachment, never be friends with an ex, never call them or write them.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by pylon

LOL, who googled an ex after reading this thread?

I did.

Originally Posted by Badger Bob

Found out anything interesting?

Yup, I Facebook'd a girl I dated briefly long distance (she was a New Jersey girl living in Philly). Turns out she got married, and on her facebook there were pictures of when her husband popped the question, at a Phillies game. I have to admit I laughed when I saw that, I guess now I can say I know one of those people that got proposed to at a sporting event!

Thanks thread! Rating it 5 golden manbabies.

[Skootenbeeten]

Nothing wrong with googling someone you are about to date, they could have a violent past. An ex thought is just kinda like stalking.

[GreatWhiteEbola]

Knowledge is power. I Google search everyone I meet, shortly after I'm introduced.

[Badger Bob]

Originally Posted by Skootenbeeten

An ex thought is just kinda like stalking.

It's nothing like stalking.


Let me give another real life example. A professonal group was offering a "speed networking" event. It was just like it sounds, a professional version of speed dating. Who was on the list of attendees? One of the sisters of an ex. I'd previously met the other sister, but not this one. It was kept on a professional level, but there was natural curiosity. Yeah, I mentioned the sister in the meeting, and later googled her, but pther effort was made to "arrange a coincidence."

[CaptainCrunch]

And you didn't pound the sister to have a twisted version of completely awesome revenge sex?

Turn in your membership card, your out of the Archer club.

[sa226]

No, but I've altavista'ed and ex. As well as Wolfram Alphaed....

[Russic]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

No, it's weird.

Guess I'm weird. Super weird.

[KTown]

I prefer not to google or anything. I like to figure crap out myself. I'd rather go in with a clear mind. Peoples past are peoples past. We've all done things we are proud of (not publically) or not proud of.

[Badger Bob]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

And you didn't pound the sister to have a twisted version of completely awesome revenge sex?

Turn in your membership card, your out of the Archer club.

Nah, the breakup was more the woman's idea. A couple months later, there were subtle hints about getting back together, which didn't impress me. It was already past history.

It was interesting to meet the sister, but strictly a professional meeting.

[Flames_Gimp]

hard to fb an ex when you're blocked

[Skootenbeeten]

Originally Posted by Badger Bob

It's nothing like stalking.


Let me give another real life example. A professonal group was offering a "speed networking" event. It was just like it sounds, a professional version of speed dating. Who was on the list of attendees? One of the sisters of an ex. I'd previously met the other sister, but not this one. It was kept on a professional level, but there was natural curiosity. Yeah, I mentioned the sister in the meeting, and later googled her, but pther effort was made to "arrange a coincidence."

It is a little like stalking, you are getting information on someone without their knowledge. Sure it is public knowledge but if you saw that person on the street would you say "oh ya I googled you the other day"? No you look like a lunatic.

[Badger Bob]

Originally Posted by Skootenbeeten

It is a little like stalking, you are getting information on someone without their knowledge.

News flash for you - the overwhelming majority of information gathered on people is without their knowledge. Want to know what else is shocking? Sometimes people talk about you when you're not present!

Originally Posted by Skootenbeeten

Sure it is public knowledge but if you saw that person on the street would you say "oh ya I googled you the other day"? No you look like a lunatic.

Want to know want to know what fascinating information came up? That she's belongs to a yacht club. We've had zero contact since the 90's. Yeah, soooo much like stalking.

More stalking takes place on these forums by the new breed of obnoxious internet generation punks trying to settle old scores against people they'll never meet. To me, that's a lot more frigged up than finding out a random fact about a female whom you'd some form of intimate relationship.

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

We're still allowed to do some research to find out if someone is single, right?

[Jason14h]

What happened to the good old days of hiring a private investigator to keep track of ex's?

So many unemployed PI's now