So..
When you are regularly chatting with one person and you both feel it might be going somewhere, are you still allowed to chat or maybe flirt with others then? or are you in some sort of commitment?

Knowing how volatile online dating is, you'd be silly to commit yourself so early, and anyone would be silly to blame you for keeping your options open.

The fact is, the most successful relationships on here usually begin on the premise of friendship and that relationship can't really change if all you're doing is conversing. So, until you actually meet and find out that there is a chemistry between you (something that cannot be understood when hiding behind blocks of text), there's absolutely no reason why you shouldn't meet new people.

However, sometimes you'll meet someone who'll consume your every thought. In this case, maybe you'll naturally prioritize your relationship with her/him, maybe you'll naturally stop reaching out to new people, because at this point it isn't necessary - you are content with this one person. But you shouldn't feel obliged.

I'd probably carry on chatting and flirting...to start off with anyway.

I think this issue is the most difficult to balance out, but I'm guessing that most of us understand that keeping all one's options open is all part of the on-line dating thingy.
I have felt like Joey in that if I've got a special interest in somebody I'll stop looking or chatting with others, but if I'm wavering about whether someone is serious about meeting up then I will keep my options open.

I've had my fill of people fucking me about on the internet, so I don't commit to anything fully until a proper relationship is established now and by that I mean several good quality dates and a strong desire to be together asap for our next date. That doesn't mean I have to actively go on looking when I have met up with someone but just that I don't count my chickens before they hatch and take it just for what it is, a few dates until it is more than that. But that is personal choice based upon my own experiences.

No longer playing the fool

I understand where you're coming from totally with that scottie, a major reason for me 'not looking' atm and having some time out to contemplate life

I totally agree that there is no place for commitment, esp since you havnt even met a guy.
I met one guy from internet and even now after we;ve met and thought we had chemistry, i am not sure whether he is commited. Thus, think that i wont be closing my other options. And i would advice you the same. It is never final, till it's final!

Very difficult to answer really. I think if I was particularly attracted to one, I would slow down on the others and answer incoming mails only but not send out any new ones.

I guess I'd still add others to my favourites if they caught my attention but refrain from contacting them until I was sure that the current one wasn't going anywhere.

I mean, I wouldn't want to let down the girls who think a great guy has contacted them