Big_John: So if we agree many of us are different or at least appear to be different on-line how do we work to ensure the "right" one finds us? I know I have found several really nice ladies, but each of them wasn't the "one". Maybe I don't know how ot attract the right kind of woman based on my limited abilities to identify those qualities online. Many of my friends tell me I should stop looking online and stick to the "real" world. The real world in small town Mississippi doesn't haven't many ladies.
I have met people online way back when it wasn't fashiinable.
And not on dating sites.
First one was on a Community Building site, ala M.Scott Peck, where the day before I left to go o/s for 3 mths, I posted a message requesting if anyone had any accommodation at their home in New York for April that year, as I would be there for few weeks. To cut a long story short, I received a reply from a guy in Texas offering my a place to stay if ever I went there. Well I replied out of courtesy saying, 'you never know' and left a forwarding address in Pisa, Italy at my aunt's place. Blow me down there was a letter waiting for me when I visited her. From the guy in Texas. I actually ended up flying to Dallas Fort Worth From New York in April and stayed at his home for 10 days. We still email each other. It's been 12 yrs. And no hanky panky and was treated like a princess.
Second time I was researching a professional site. I emailed the director of the clinic. His P.A. replied on his behalf and he received the message on his return from an African safari. Yeah, I know

Well, next thing you know, I find myself months later, travelling to Maryland, he paid for the return airfare for me and I stayed with him and his wife for 2 weeks at their home, they had cooks, cleaners, garndeners. Even deer for me to look at on my morning walks through their acreage.
So, John, you can tell your friends, online people, well mowst of them, are real people, who are part of RL.