yes defo, i always believe everything i read in the sun

I think that in the not so near future there will be widespread webcam chatrooms which will give people a clear view of who they are communicating with on line. That will go along way to stopping fakers.

thats actually a very good idea stony

GOD has given us brains so use it , there is a thing tat is risk and calculated risk, just get to know him/her better, don't go on a date first just meet him/her for a lunch or some public place, keep it short and simple. tell your friend or someone you trust to check up on u , there can be thousand of answers ....

Whether luck or good judgement (so it's highly probably purely down to luck) I've never had a problem with anyone I've met through the net whether friends, a date or anything else. Some I only ever had one date with, but because they weren't right for me, certainly no wierdo's.... as yet!!

Heres the killer, i met my wife online :/ In a chatroom on the game Worms 2

Honestly, now divorced but hey it did work for 7 years

meeting a date in person from online - good or bad idea??

i think it is a bad idea myself..I mean, why would you ever want to meet someone in the real world when you can have such a happy relationship develop via a computer..who knows what could happen..could have virtual love, get virtually married and if you ever have an argument, theres the option to go to a different chat-room to cool off...

c'mon..the whole reason for being online is to initally get talking to people. Same as in the real world. This is just another avenue for the intial first contact..after that, you just progress just as you would in the real world if you met someone..what happens then is just up to nature..

#wonders if two people have ever met each other in the real world, but yet they both belong to different dating sites and have never met each other in the virtual world?#

Unlike most people on this thread, I think good idea.

Just don't believe you know a person before you meet them. Use the chat/email/phone conversations you've had as starting points for your conversation, test how their real persona matches up to their online persona, and don't put yourself at risk. You know, meet somewhere public, let someone you trust know where you're going and arrange for someone to call your mobile an hour into the date (so you can make an escape if it's all been a terrible mistake)

You might meet and know immediately it's not going to work at all, but I still believe its better to try than sit at home and never find out.