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What are you supposed to do? Go sit at the bar by yourself? And <,em>,talk to strangers?<,/em>, Then comes the lightbulb idea: You can make friends online!
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If online dating is so popular and successful, there',s no way that there aren',t a few legit sites where you can make adult friends in your area with similar interests. Hmm, AdultFriendFinder.com sounds familiar. SEE ALSO: Best dating sites for seniors: Dating over 60 doesn',t have to suck So you',re on your lunch break at work, type in the URL, and the next thing you know, you',re frantically closing the tab and hoping nobody walked behind you for that split second. Image: adultfriendfinderOur point: <,strong>,AdultFriendFinder is <,/strong>, <,em>,<,strong>,not<,/strong>,<,/em>, <,strong>, what you think it is<,/strong>,. <,strong>,Friends with benefits<,/strong>, As you can see from the words blatantly plastered across the main page pictured above, AdultFriendFinder is where you can go to ",join the world',s largest sex and swinger community.", (That photo is actually a video of a girl talking, so you may want to mute your computer before your click —, or at least put on headphones.) , AdultFriendFinder one of the most well-known sites for finding quick sexual encounters, regular hookups, and literally anything else even remotely related to sex. The unfiltered, rowdy-as-hell match feed, jumble of explicit photos, and stimulating calls-to-action offering all types of sex makes is heaven for anyone looking for a good time —, ,and hell for someone who was genuinely trying to make platonic friends. , SEE ALSO: 7 of the best dating sites for lesbians (and why they are actually good) On average, AdultFriendFinder attracts an average of 25 million visits per month ,—, ,for reference, eharmony sees 4.1 million visits per month. So yeah. It',s big. The majority of traffic originates from the United States (54%), followed by visitors from the United Kingdom and Canada. The site ranks number 42 among all adult sites in the US (including porn sites) and number 713 worldwide. , Unfortunately, the numbers that most people want to know —, the male to female ratio —, ,are hard to find. (Even AskMen couldn',t find those stats). There',s speculation that this is because there are significantly more men than women on the site, and AdultFriendFinder would likely be worried about scaring off newcomers with the whole ",sausage party", vibe. This isn',t officially confirmed, though, and there are clearly enough women to keep the site up and running. This site is all about sex If you',re 100% over being grilled with relationship questions on traditional dating sites like EliteSingles and OkCupid, AdultFriendFinder is your golden ticket to instant communication. Registering takes literally 30 seconds —, ,they require nothing from you aside from an email address, a username, a password, and an introduction. Though they don',t require a bio or a picture, it',s probably best to add a few to up your chances for messages and flirtation, especially if you',re looking for something super specific, as you',re more likely to be contacted by people looking for the same thing. This a real screenshot from AdultFriendFinder.Image: adultfriendfinder After you register, you',ll see that there are a ton of options to completely personalize your account (way more than I expected for a hookup site, honestly). The more you fill out, the more attractive your profile will be to new viewers. There are the basic physical appearance questions about eye and hair color, and since I identified as a woman, cup size was an option. (If you identify as a man, I',m sure you can guess what question they ask.) , There',s also a personality test that seemed pretty close to something you',d see on Match or eharmony, and I guess it',s comforting to know that some people on here care about what',s on the inside as well. , One of the funniest forms was the ",Purity Test,", featuring 100 hilariously-worded questions about how far you',re willing to go sexually. It felt like the sexy 20 questions game that you',d play with your middle school crush when neither of you know how to flirt, but I guess this information is pertinent when you',re on a site that',s all about sex. There',s no real matching strategy other than the basic info on physical appearances, so don',t get your hopes up when it comes to finding a lasting connection or kindred soul —, but hey, if you',re on the site for the same reasons most other people are, that stuff won',t really matter anyway. *Shrug* Finding a match Like a traditional dating site, AdultFriendFinder gives you a collage of potential matches at the top of your personal home page. (I had nearly 95,000 possible matches just from putting in my zip code.) These will be random right after you sign up, but you can opt to update your preferences to refine your results: Choose your preferred gender(s), age range, location and mile radius, race, sexual orientation, body type, and marital status. They',ll let you know who',s online when you are, which matches are closest to you, new people who liked or messaged you, and all of that good stuff. Your personal feed will be pretty intense: You <,em>,barely<,/em>, have to scroll before you see naked parts. Depending on whether you set your preferences to men, women, or both, you',ll see all of that stuff up close, personal, swinging around, in action —, you name it, it',ll pop up. , via GIPHY AdultFriendFinder is basically like a PornHub that you can interact with. We probably don',t have to say this, but AdultFriendFinder is NSFW and not safe to be on while kids are in the room. Some videos will be blurred out and read ",Naughty video", until you upgrade to a Gold Membership, but trust me —, ,I started out with the free version, and you still get to a see a <,em>,lot<,/em>,. , The message section is set up similarly to a Gmail account, and you can mark things as read or important just as you would on a real email. How professional. You',ll also receive messages instantly, which is definitely a confidence boost even though you know they',re probably just looking for one thing. Some will be raunchy (I received messages from guys asking to meet up and get it on before I even uploaded my photos) but some are genuinely friendly. , You can tell who took the time to look at your profile and who is sending the same thing to everyone, but it',s nice to see that there is a range.
What are you supposed to do? Go sit at the bar by yourself? And <,em>,talk to strangers?<,/em>, Then comes the lightbulb idea: You can make friends online!
ENTER TO THE SITE
If online dating is so popular and successful, there',s no way that there aren',t a few legit sites where you can make adult friends in your area with similar interests. Hmm, AdultFriendFinder.com sounds familiar. SEE ALSO: Best dating sites for seniors: Dating over 60 doesn',t have to suck So you',re on your lunch break at work, type in the URL, and the next thing you know, you',re frantically closing the tab and hoping nobody walked behind you for that split second. Image: adultfriendfinderOur point: <,strong>,AdultFriendFinder is <,/strong>, <,em>,<,strong>,not<,/strong>,<,/em>, <,strong>, what you think it is<,/strong>,. <,strong>,Friends with benefits<,/strong>, As you can see from the words blatantly plastered across the main page pictured above, AdultFriendFinder is where you can go to ",join the world',s largest sex and swinger community.", (That photo is actually a video of a girl talking, so you may want to mute your computer before your click —, or at least put on headphones.) , AdultFriendFinder one of the most well-known sites for finding quick sexual encounters, regular hookups, and literally anything else even remotely related to sex. The unfiltered, rowdy-as-hell match feed, jumble of explicit photos, and stimulating calls-to-action offering all types of sex makes is heaven for anyone looking for a good time —, ,and hell for someone who was genuinely trying to make platonic friends. , SEE ALSO: 7 of the best dating sites for lesbians (and why they are actually good) On average, AdultFriendFinder attracts an average of 25 million visits per month ,—, ,for reference, eharmony sees 4.1 million visits per month. So yeah. It',s big. The majority of traffic originates from the United States (54%), followed by visitors from the United Kingdom and Canada. The site ranks number 42 among all adult sites in the US (including porn sites) and number 713 worldwide. , Unfortunately, the numbers that most people want to know —, the male to female ratio —, ,are hard to find. (Even AskMen couldn',t find those stats). There',s speculation that this is because there are significantly more men than women on the site, and AdultFriendFinder would likely be worried about scaring off newcomers with the whole ",sausage party", vibe. This isn',t officially confirmed, though, and there are clearly enough women to keep the site up and running. This site is all about sex If you',re 100% over being grilled with relationship questions on traditional dating sites like EliteSingles and OkCupid, AdultFriendFinder is your golden ticket to instant communication. Registering takes literally 30 seconds —, ,they require nothing from you aside from an email address, a username, a password, and an introduction. Though they don',t require a bio or a picture, it',s probably best to add a few to up your chances for messages and flirtation, especially if you',re looking for something super specific, as you',re more likely to be contacted by people looking for the same thing. This a real screenshot from AdultFriendFinder.Image: adultfriendfinder After you register, you',ll see that there are a ton of options to completely personalize your account (way more than I expected for a hookup site, honestly). The more you fill out, the more attractive your profile will be to new viewers. There are the basic physical appearance questions about eye and hair color, and since I identified as a woman, cup size was an option. (If you identify as a man, I',m sure you can guess what question they ask.) , There',s also a personality test that seemed pretty close to something you',d see on Match or eharmony, and I guess it',s comforting to know that some people on here care about what',s on the inside as well. , One of the funniest forms was the ",Purity Test,", featuring 100 hilariously-worded questions about how far you',re willing to go sexually. It felt like the sexy 20 questions game that you',d play with your middle school crush when neither of you know how to flirt, but I guess this information is pertinent when you',re on a site that',s all about sex. There',s no real matching strategy other than the basic info on physical appearances, so don',t get your hopes up when it comes to finding a lasting connection or kindred soul —, but hey, if you',re on the site for the same reasons most other people are, that stuff won',t really matter anyway. *Shrug* Finding a match Like a traditional dating site, AdultFriendFinder gives you a collage of potential matches at the top of your personal home page. (I had nearly 95,000 possible matches just from putting in my zip code.) These will be random right after you sign up, but you can opt to update your preferences to refine your results: Choose your preferred gender(s), age range, location and mile radius, race, sexual orientation, body type, and marital status. They',ll let you know who',s online when you are, which matches are closest to you, new people who liked or messaged you, and all of that good stuff. Your personal feed will be pretty intense: You <,em>,barely<,/em>, have to scroll before you see naked parts. Depending on whether you set your preferences to men, women, or both, you',ll see all of that stuff up close, personal, swinging around, in action —, you name it, it',ll pop up. , via GIPHY AdultFriendFinder is basically like a PornHub that you can interact with. We probably don',t have to say this, but AdultFriendFinder is NSFW and not safe to be on while kids are in the room. Some videos will be blurred out and read ",Naughty video", until you upgrade to a Gold Membership, but trust me —, ,I started out with the free version, and you still get to a see a <,em>,lot<,/em>,. , The message section is set up similarly to a Gmail account, and you can mark things as read or important just as you would on a real email. How professional. You',ll also receive messages instantly, which is definitely a confidence boost even though you know they',re probably just looking for one thing. Some will be raunchy (I received messages from guys asking to meet up and get it on before I even uploaded my photos) but some are genuinely friendly. , You can tell who took the time to look at your profile and who is sending the same thing to everyone, but it',s nice to see that there is a range.