When you post an online personal ad you are really opening yourself up for some crazy replies, but most women know this.  You think you have done good weeding through the guys who are not your type or who are just plain weird, but sometimes you can never tell.  That is why it is always nest to proceed with caution, at least until you get through the first date.

She Did Her Homework…

Angie thought she found a good catch when a guy responded to her personal ad with a nice note and gorgeous picture.  She was cautious.  They exchanged some emails and even talked on the phone a few times.  She even Googled him just to see if what he was saying was for real.  She got a couple hits on him from the 1980s, but nothing bad, so she agreed to go out when he asked her.

Angie let him set up the date and was rather disheartened when he suggested they meet up for lunch at Denny’s.  Oh, well, we are in a recession, she thought.  It is more about how we get along than how much money he spends.

… But Dismissed What She Found

When they met up she almost didn’t know who he was since he looked nothing like his picture.  He was balding and about 30 years older than his picture.  Turns out they didn’t have much to talk about either.  They shared no common interests and it seems everything they had talked about before was just an act.  The worst part was that when the bill came he asked her for her half.

Angie was not impressed and she told him straight off that she felt lied to and that she would rather go home than continue with the date.  Poor Angie!  Those Google hits from the 1980s should have been a clue that he was not what he claimed to be.  Good lesson: Never dismiss what you find out from an internet search.