Mc Toejam, please!
Thanks everyone else for your advice. Kinda puts me off though, you can meet crazy people through Message boards and chats too though.
And IRL. People can suck no matter where/how you meet them. I was talking with a friend about this yesterday and I think if you take the right precautions it can be an almomst even tradeoff. On the one hand, the person on the net might not be who they say they are; on the other, the same may be true to some extent to someone you meet IRL. Further, the dating sites usually have info about the other person posted right up front; meeting up IRL, you don't get much info beyond looks before you talk to the person.
no, PMS, you did not offend me.
Shit, I gotta try harder.