Of course I have learned not to get too attached anymore Until After I met someone now, and gotten to know them in the most important way, real life.

That is why it is best to meet after a few online exchanges that click & see if you click live & not wait for months of online chit chat.

Since you can't have a decent romantic relationship w/out wanting to jump each other's bones on some level.....trying to start on online w/out even knowing if there is basic personal chemistry, is a shot in the dark, at best.

It's a great way to make new friends, but it's not a very efficient way to find a lover.

Merely leaving your house i sa much better way to accomplish that....

The lady I'm seeing now is exactly like she was both on-line and the phone.

For me, I never think I know someone that I am chatting to on the net. You explained right off the bat that you never met, then when you did it wasn't what you thought it would be. That's because you never had the chance to spend time with them. Anyone can be anyone they want on the net. It's a fantasy world that some hope to become reality. It will never happen till you actually have that physical contack someone. And even then you really wont know them by meeting them one time

Face to Face is the only way to truly get to know someone....body language is about 80% of our normal conversation...on line we get "0". I think what happens is our minds kinda fill in with what we would like to see, feel, smell. So....no surprise when we do it can be a let down

Keep it "light" until you meet....see the other person as a friend and not a potential LTR.

Oh sure...Just rub it in....I'm telling Mom..


Trouble your going to be in big trouble NOW

I can only say from personal experience, that the people I have meet in person from here are pretty much what they portrayed themselves as. I have made some good friends and found someone special from this site.

Exactly,
Even then I have myself have dated some for 5 months and thought I knew them, many can keep up the act as to a hidden bad side of theirself even then and let you only see the good stuff. So I guess it is about taking a risk and hoping the one we are talking to is truely honest as we are.
I believe that is why I will only date some one very close to my area now, it takes a lot of dating to get to know them.

Life to me is a chance, and we don't find out things like you said, unless we take that chance. Everything we have gone through in life has brought us up to this point. I just hope as life goes on that I learn from most of these things we go through. Knowing everyone is defferent and even if I don't like some of the things someone does. I still have to let them be who they are and just worry about myself. It's not easy at times, but it's worth it in the long run.

Freenow was exactly like most of her naked pictures with the mule

The main problem with online dating is that there's not enough women here. You lose business if your product supply is low.

The lady I'm seeing now is exactly like she was both on-line and the phone.

My experience has been much like Klassy's. Perhaps it's because I get to know people pretty well before I meet up with them, but I find that the people I have met have nearly always been exactly as they described themselves.

Caveat Humptor?

For me, I never think I know someone that I am chatting to on the net. You explained right off the bat that you never met, then when you did it wasn't what you thought it would be. That's because you never had the chance to spend time with them. Anyone can be anyone they want on the net. It's a fantasy world that some hope to become reality. It will never happen till you actually have that physical contack someone. And even then you really wont know them by meeting them one time

As has been noted already, the number one problem with all this is its biggest curse—distance—that goes hand in hand with its biggest strength—unlimited access.

We have choices unhindered by distance. The problem is most contacts live too far away to get to know in a conventional sense. Cyber relationships don’t constitute “real” relationships in my book, no matter how great your “connection” is. You have no way to verify truthfulness, monogamy, physical personality traits including idiosyncrasies, habits, ticks, behavior. You’re going on faith and hoping the object of your desire is not manipulating you into believing they’re much more than they are.

Dating is always buyer beware. Online dating is that squared.

That said, there isn’t any reason a cyber relationship can’t be successful, but that success ultimately depends on personal, physical interaction. That means actually being together over time. This should only be treated as a very quick first step to a more conventional relationship and not the whole process itself.