I guess it's good to see not all that much has changed in the online dating scene. I know, this will come as a real surprise to you guys, but I was a part of the on-line dating scene back before anyone had heard of it. I have my own amusing story...

It was about 1994, when I'd had enough experience to insist on meeting "IRL" as early as possible. I drove about two hours away to meet someone who I thought was very interesting. Unfortunately this was long before the time when digital pictures were commonplace, so the first meet was a bit of a disappointment in the attractiveness department. But that was fine, she was still nice and we had a good time wandering around the town for the day. It was going quite well, and we were sitting in her living room having a discussion about something I've long forgotten when the unexpected happened.

Her husband walked in.

I did not actually know about any husband, let alone a husband with (after about three minutes of hearing him talk) a tenuous grasp on sanity. Fortunately she talked him out of the apartment without anything more than a bizarre rant coming out of the Surprise Spouse, but I will admit I had quietly put my hand on a workout weight I found behind an end table.

Needless to say I got out of there very quickly, and never went back. As with the author of the article, my biggest problem was being lied to, something that would happen more often than not as time went on.

But it all turned out for the best, since I've long since stopped needing a dating service of any sort. Just be careful out there!