TheGatheringSpot.com is a friendly community of singles, catering to young and old, hot and â?oa few extra poundsâ?, straight or gay.

I wanted to try a dating site and I read about TheGatheringSpot.com in a trendy Atlanta underground weekly throw away.

I was browsing women in about 5 minutes after I logged in. The sign-up process wasnâ?Tt that bad at all. As soon as I got to the main screen it presented me with a page which gave me my daily horoscope and a “Featured Profile” which happen to be a 25 year old chick from Ireland. I thought it was weird they featured a gal from Ireland, with no photo. Do they have any 25 year old women in Atlanta was all I cared about!!

To the right of the screen listed â?oTop 10 Usersâ?. Ok, it got my attention. I wanted to see if this internet dating thing had any talent. I was presented with a list â?oHottest Malesâ?, â?oHottest Gay Malesâ?, â?oHottest Gay Femalesâ?, â?oHottest Femalesâ?. When I signed up, I said I was a straight guy looking for a woman, so I donâ?Tt know why itâ?Ts giving me a choice to view other guys â?” why would I want to do that, am I missing something?

For fun, I pressed â?oHottest Gay Femalesâ? and I immediately had my eyes drawn to libragirl28 a hot Brunette from Cincinnati. I thought, â?ogee, she isnâ?Tt into guys.â? Hold the presses, her profile states â?oI am a straight femaleâ?. This is messed up. Is this the best internet dating has to offer? Why is she featured in the “Gay section”?

When I was online there were 280 other people online. I couldnâ?Tt chat or read the details of any of the members online because I wasnâ?Tt a paying member. Itâ?Ts only $9.95 to join, not too expensive, so I decided to go for it. I wanted to email this hot European girl by the name of andee01. I was able to send her an email and got a reply from her the very next day. I could have â?oShowed Interestâ? too, which is like canned messages. I added her to my buddy list, which allows you to attach a note too. I wrote â?oHot Europeanâ? so I would remember who was who.

I did find something else a bit disturbing. I came across this picture of a girl from Russia, who looked like she was 14. Her profile said â?oUser Suspended by Moderatorâ?. Ok, that makes sense. But why show the picture or profile at all? Again, the system just isnâ?Tt that smart in some respects.

Another neat feature is Audio Greetings. People can leave audio messages, like a voice mail message. I thought it was neat I could hear their voice. A couple of profiles also had video profiles too, but I had trouble getting it to work on my computer. I also had problems with their chat system. I click on the chat button and a screen came up and said â?oWeb Chat â?” Connectingâ? It never did. I couldnâ?Tt ever get it to work, go figure.

They seemed to have a lot of Russian women on the site. Is that normal? Anyway, the hot chick I met on the site goes by the name Andee, weâ?Tve talked on the phone a few times and plan on going out this weekend. I’ll write back and let you know who it goes.

I guess paying $9.95 to meet a hot girl isnâ?Tt bad. more…

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Originally Posted on 7/11/2005 6:17:37 PM
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