This is why you don't want to e-date!

[PocoDiablo]

As some of you may have noticed, I always tell guys to avoid internet and phone communication with a woman. Instead, you need to ask her on a date and get to know her in person.

 

Here's a funny example of what could happen to you!

 

MAN DATES GAL ON INTERNET FOR SIX MONTHS -- AND IT TURNS OUT SHE'S HIS MOTHER!

Friday December 9, 2005

 

By Grace Green

 

MARSEILLES, France -- Skirt-chasing playboy Daniel Anceneaux spent weeks talking with a sensual woman on the Internet before arranging a romantic rendezvous at a remote beach -- and discovering that his on-line sweetie of six months was his own mother!

 

"I walked out on that dark beach thinking I was going to hook up with the girl of my dreams," the rattled bachelor later admitted. "And there she was, wearing white shorts and a pink tank top, just like she'd said she would.

 

"But when I got close, she turned around -- and we both got the shock of our lives. I mean, I didn't know what to say. All I could think was, 'Oh my God! it's Mama!' "

 

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[Mrocza]

LOL, just a TAD farfetched

 

My mother barely knows how to use the computer, let alone internet

[annie24]

Well - she WAS the woman of his dreams! LOL.

 

Yup - that's why you've got to move the relatioship OFFLINE, as soon as possible!!!!

[WildChild]

LOL LOL That is hilarious! Kinda scary though if you think about it....women generally have to win men mom's hearts over anyway and then add this to it LOL

[BellaDonna]

Yikes... that's disturbing!

 

:shocked!:

 

BellaDonna

[RayKay]

While generally it is very doubtful you would meet your own mother (didn't these people figure out maybe they should exchange pictures??????) it is VERY possible to meet someone you have talked to for months and have them turn out to be not whom you thought they were...and that does not just mean "appearance/age/gender" but also just personality. People can always show you the best of themselves online, or what they want too...in real life, well the truth comes out.

 

I think online dating is a great venue, and I have met some great people, and my boyfriend through it, however it needs to be approached wisely. I would only talk to people in my locale since I was not interested in long distance, and I would meet people I was interested in (and they were interested in me) within two weeks. I met my boyfriend within a week.

 

What good is it if you get along like magic online, date for months, believe you are each other's dream come true, then meet and realize whoa...the chemistry is totally different, they really have terrible B.O., they are not nearly as intelligent as I thought, they really are selfish, etc etc.

[TheLegend]

O.M.G. ahahahah that was so hilarious LOL RayKay she sent a pic, but it wasn't her it was just some other girls pic she scanned..

[Day_Walker]

I think its all in the set up, I dont feel that the internet and phone conversations are ideal but they can be used effectively. A persons mannerisms are going to dictate how effective they will be using any kind of medium.

[Venturer]

YIKES.. oh boy!

[Mun]

i knew there was some truth to the old " every man is looking for a woman like his mother" ....only in this case it was his mother...

[Mun]

Oh I just remembered something.

 

One evening I was in a local chatroom chatting with some guy and about 5 minutes into it I realized I was chatting with my brother

[RayKay]

Oh I just remembered something.

 

One evening I was in a local chatroom chatting with some guy and about 5 minutes into it I realized I was chatting with my brother

 

Ha! Did you let him know it was you?

[Mun]

We both realized it at the same time...it was funny

[yeawutever]

Wow, that's the most bizarre story I ever way. Thinking he had finally discovered the woman of his dreams, only to find out it's his own mother, LOL. Just wondering, didn't he even consider the age differences before??

[iamteddybearfeelmecuddle]

That story is just wrong!! #-o

 

I think online dating is a great venue, and I have met some great people, and my boyfriend through it, however it needs to be approached wisely. I met my boyfriend within a week.

 

What good is it if you get along like magic online, date for months, believe you are each other's dream come true, then meet and realize whoa...the chemistry is totally different, they really have terrible B.O., they are not nearly as intelligent as I thought, they really are selfish, etc etc.

 

I agree, I think the online thing is a viable option for meeting people. But yes, I also wouldn't want to drag things out forever. Either you're going to meet or you're not, I don't really want to get too "close", before we meet because of exactly the reasons you listed: what if there's no chemistry? I've met a few guys online, and it's usually been fairly quick. A few of them liked me but i didn't feel any chemistry towards them, so it was good that we met soon, as it didn't waste anymore of their time than necessary (or mine). And one guy we did like eachother, but the circumstances were too difficult to make a go of it.