You can learn a few life lessons by joining a dating site. There’s the age old lesson of never trusting someone’s online picture. A quick glance through Psychotic Letters from Men reveal why it's always a good idea to approach the first few dates with caution. And of course, I must keep in mind that my editor will demand I write about every detail… Especially if he thinks I’ve been slacking because I've been busy trying to get another boyfriend (or a first girlfriend)… Even if chasing ass wasn't the reason I was slacking off (neither was jail). But there was one lesson that I saw coming and still tried to ignore in my lazy quest for male (or female) companionship: no matter how vast the internet is, it’s still a small, small world.
This article appears in Dec 16-22, 2009.