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Originally Posted by OOhsoflyDELTA#9
I've done the online thing before and its really no different then meeting someone out and about in terms of honesty...if someone is going to lie they will regardless of the venue....the pro to meeting someone on the net is that like someone else mentioned, you can actually get to know someone well if they are forced to communicate with you through writing...someone's talk game could be tight and they could be dumb as a bag of rocks...you can't hide your dumbness when you have to write your thoughts out.......I'd had two sucessful relationships that started online...successful meaning that both men were normal, handsome, non psycho dudes....I coulda met either one out somewhere and got the same results.....no wackos....I know 2 couples that met on the net and are now happily married....I believe it is indeed just a sign of the times...
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This is soooo true and writing back and forth can be so intimate. Also, I don't know why some people think that meeting people in person in random places (gas station, mall, supermarket, park, nightclub etc.) is less risky than meeting for a date with someone you met online. No matter where you meet the person, on the first date(s), you should be careful, meet and leave them in a public place, and not go home with them. I dated two guys I met online and I've been married to one of them for going on 3 years now. So I definitely say that those who refuse to date people they meet online could be missing out. There are a lot of people out there that don't like meeting people in the street. I think I might still be single if it wasn't for the internet because I don't like the club scene and I don't like being approached in random places either, so for me cyberspace was more comfortable.
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I met my husband at
www.BlackSinglesConnection.com. When I was on there some of the people seemed very serious about finding mates and lots of people posted testimonials about finding their spouses...I posted mine too but I don't know if it's still there. I remember that there was also a lot of different people of African descent on there, not just African Americans.
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