Internet Dating
Post messy divorce, I dabbled in the murky waters of meeting people in chatrooms upon the advice of a "friend".... Jaysus....

Girl "L": Had a kind of internetty-relationship typey thing. All very geeky now but I kind of hoped it would lead to something more. On the surface everything seemed great, however upon delving below the surface the cracks began to appear and got progressively more worrying. Her propensity for gratuitous promiscuous sex (and telling me all the gory details) being one issue and her post date stinking out of my mate's kharzy being another.

Girl "J": Chatted a few times, seemed okay but I got the impression she was a tad "angry" for want of a better word. Met for a date and went out for drinks. On the way to the pub she nearly got in one fight. In the pub she tells me she loves me. Gah.

Girl "K": Seemed okay to start with, but made the stupid mistake of giving her my mobile. Phone rings at 11am; "can we talk?". No, I'm at work and I'll ring back at lunchtime. Text comes in at 11:30 "Didn't mean to offend you, sorry". Text at 12:00 "Really sorry, hope you don't hate me". Text at 12:30 "You aren't angry with me are you?".

Anyway, I ended arranging a date. Am in the bath before the date and the text comes in "Do you want to stay at mine? I'm all alone, ete etc". Whoa! Let's see how we get on first? Anyway, she was not unattractive, but being forced to watch Harry Potter (yes, she was older than the age of consent) and her repeated offers of a place to stay the night made my mind up for me, off I went.

Cue texts coming in about why did I not stay over, etc etc.

Before anyone knocks the 'net though, I've made some pretty good friends and pen pals out of it who have turned out to be perfectly normal and intelligent human beings.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 17 Mar 2006, 13:21, Reply)