Actually, you, Mr. Man misunderstood what my original statement was. "I don't think there's anything so desperate to be condemned about internet dating, which doesn't necessarily imply that you meet someone only on an online dating site. It's far too general a statement to make" Let me clarify: I meant, there's nothing wrong with internet dating, imo and I also meant that meeting and talking to someone solely online is not the only way to conduct a relationship termed as 'internet dating', thus, I wasn't assuming any of your thoughts, merely making an accurate inference of them from your previous post(s).
I still don't see what's
bad about meeting someone online and then dating them, if one has spent adequate time online (and offline) with them and know them well enough to begin a relationship which transcends the conventional relationships based on needing to have someone to screw, then what's bad about it, pray tell.
And even if something goes drastically wrong, hell, each to his own, learn from your mistakes, pick up the pieces and walk on. Even if that means trying to look at your mother in the face without feeling sick by your online sexual encounters with her.
And I'm a she.