I know online dating has different effect on different people and what you feel will depend on your intent of joining the website in the first place. Let us say you joined with the intention of getting a wife and it works out, you will feel good right? I joined online dating just to catch fun and I definitely feel good about it. I have always had a phobia for girls that my friends used to tease me that I was gay but when I am online, all the fear evaporates and the desire to catch fun takes over.