[nostatic]

One thing interesting since dating again, mostly meeting people online, is the difference between the electronic and physical personas. I'm actually slowly working on a book that will have this topic as a chapter, but I've found a couple of things working from match.com as a meeting place:

some women are boring just from their profiles. It is often hard to figure out who/where to take a chance

some have great profiles but can't email to save their lives

some can email great but you get them on the phone and there is nothing there

some are great on email, phone, im, etc. But when you meet in person there is just nothing there

the ultra rare occurance is that you get to the in-person part and the physical matches up with the virtual. Even then there might not necessarily be a spark, but at least its in the ball park.

And beware photos that are distant/fuzzy/only show face and parts. Turns out some people's definition of "athletic and toned" is a bit variable...