*THIS INFORMATION IS GEARED FOR ADULTS, IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 PLEASE DISCUSS WITH YOUR PARENTS BEFORE YOU MEET ANYONE ONLINE, THROUGH ANY SOURCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE OR CHAT! OR BEFORE YOU MEET ANYONE AT ALL THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW!*

At first there were sites like eharmony or chemistry, places where you could find the love of your life. At a price of course! Things are in the process of changing. More and more people are finding love on social networking sites such as myspace. And they are free!! There is really no difference in how they work, besides the compatiblity test. You set up a profile and display your personality through your profile. Then other people look at it, if you strike there attention, then normally you get an email.

Some say that this is an unsafe way of meeting people. My thing is that even on the website you pay for you really are not sure of what you are getting. It is so easy to lie over the internet, that a 14 year old can have a profile on eharmony if they really wanted, just like they can a myspace. I think there is a lot to say about falling in love online. Lets just look at this, you have been talking over the internet and phone to someone for a year and fell deeply in love with this person. You have never seen a picture of them and only have a describtion of what they look like. When you meet this person you are attracted to them no matter what they look like because you love them for them, not what they look like. It takes some of the shallowness out of things. It is also a lot easier to really and truly get to know someone. You may ask how is it any different than meeting someone in a bar or through a friend. I am not saying that it really is all that different, it is however a lot easier to get to know someone. If you meet someone in person the first time you talk there may be this very strange silence, or just not knowing how to approach someone. It is a lot easier to type a message and be yourself!! There is also a chance you can tell if someone is a creep a little easier online. You can look for what I like to call red flags! Those red flags can make a difference. If you are talking to someone online and the first thing out of there mouth is about one of your private parts its a RED FLAG!! You can also a lot of times tell if you are getting lied to a lot, by inconsistancies in there writing. There are so many different things that are available online as well, you can take a look at there friends page, you can tell a lot about a person by there friends.

I am personally a firm believer in internet dating(the safe way). If you are going to meet someone in person for the first time, do so in public. If you are a female have one of your guy friends within close distance to you, that way they can keep an eye on the situation. And make sure that you feel comfortable at all times. If it does not feel right, get out of there!

I met the man that I am with now on myspace, he is a wonderful man that I would not trade for the world. Now am I saying that every person I have met online has been the man of my dreams...NO...but I have personally made some lifelong friends online. I believe that the relationships that you can build over the internet are a lot stronger--and tend to have less drama--it gives you someone to confide in as well. Sometimes people are just cooler online!! Now I have seen my fair share of drama also, but not near as much as I see in circles of friends in a small town for example...SO JUST BE CAREFUL, CHOOSE WISELY, KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO, AND MOST IMPORTANT BE SAFE!