Internet Dating

I've used matchmaker.com and Yahoo personals. I've gotten lots of responses, but have found very few men who meet the criteria I am looking for. I wouldn't recommend matchmaker.com for the simple fact that people can look to see if you've deleted messages they sent you. I got some very nasty e-mails from people offended by the fact that I had deleted their messages without answering them. However, in a few instances I tried answering saying, thanks, but no thanks, and found that that just encouraged them to keep contacting me. I had a 1 week free trial of the service and had about 70 responses during that time, so people are using it. Yahoo personals has also been a bit of a disappointment. I actually paid to join and e-mailed about 25 guys that seemed interesting. One answered pointing out the fact that he's a smoker and I said in my profile that I don't want a smoker. He was very rude about it. Another answered trying to talk me into an intimate encounter instead of dating. Only one other guy answered and he seemed great. Still waiting to see if I'll have a second date with him. I also got a lot of responses. I hate to say this because it sounds like I have a hell of an ego, but most of them just weren't good enough. I think there are some quality men on the sites, but there are many more that are just not what most women would be looking for.

I think if the man has a picture up it is only fair to send a picture if he so requests.

I agree with schnapps and deena. If he has a picture up, its only fair. Tho, if a guy emails me asking "do you a pic"..."send me a pic"...without other information, I'll ignore it. I've learned to take that as a red flag. Its really different and scary...but if you get a little practise and stick to the safety rules: don't give out personal information, meet at a public place, never get into the car with men right away, etc. Then its no worse/better than meeting men in other avenues...

Good luck and try to have fun with it, Go.