How well does meeting people on-line work?

Well, its a little different, but if you apply a bit of pre-screening, your chance of wasting a lot of your time with losers will decrease. Here are some of my criteria:

(1) No-one more than 100 miles away tops- Long-distance romance ain't my thing.
(2) Any, I mean any talk about money, scares me away faster than a scorpion in the sleeping bag. I don't want to deal with gold-diggers of any kind, especially due to my very modest amount of gold.
(3) A too-long list of requirements starts to give me a headache. I know that a lot of people are rigidly against smoking, while, by contrast, people are MUCH more reluctant to condemn drinking, or admit to any religious beliefs. Actually, I am reasonably openiminded about all three issues. Also, I am struck by the fact that 99+ % of the people on dating web sites say that they are against drugs, yet the USA seems to support large chunks of the economies of Mexico, Afghanistan etc. with all of the drugs consumed here. Maybe people who post on computer dating sites are much less prone to bad habits?
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just goes to show Ross, a little common sense when applied can save a lot of heartache, its also note-worthy, that you are on average a full 10% more likely to be successful with a photo. so fill those empty boxes with a photo, please.
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And 99% say they have a good sense of humour.

I reckon I'd get more laughs from a day in the morgue.roll eyes


G'day Ben. I think ya meant 10x.beer
Everything is up for negotiations. It just depends how hot the girl is.
Not so good. thumbs down
This blog is 12 years old now

I wonder if he met anybody
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Online dating... I think it's very easy to sit behind a screen imagining somebody way out of your league will magically appear and solve all your problems. Both genders equally are guilty of this. People claim to look young for their age, and post a 25 year old photo to prove it.

One thing I have noticed- the large amount of school teachers and nurses looking online. They must notice it too because they tend to say "educational facilitator" or "health industry representative" rather than teacher or nurse.
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I am a man, age 52. I am separated with two teenage children who live with me part time. I work two jobs. My interests are hiking, skiing, travel, classic rock music, oldies music, Chinese, Brazilian, and Quebec food, and spending time with my kids. [read more]

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