I met my wife through match.com. That was 8 years ago. I have no idea how I would have ever met a partner without using the internet. I'm pretty sure I'd still be single and unhappy if I hadn't taken the risk.

I actually had an orignal charter membership to match.com that was free for life. I have no idea what the services are like now but I was very impressed with them back then. Most web services were not very sophisticated in 1996 but match.com had an excellent profile matching system and a well designed site.