Kanoealoha hit the proverbial nail on the head. I definately would never try to "date" a girl I met online, at least until she displayed her interest in me in a most convincing way
You want stories though? Ok. I don't particularly like telling this story, but it is one of those stories that needs to be told every once in awhile.
I had sex for the first time ("lost my virginity" just sounds too lame) with a girl I met online. She lived in California, me in Florida. We met by a accident, not through any kind of dating/singles service.
After a couple weeks of chatting / emailing we started calling each other. My parents got the phone bill, and initially thought that my Dad had made the calls, but he didn't recognize the number. Long story short, his secretary ends up calling the girls house and gets her mom on the phone. I'm sure this must have been an amusing conversation, because neither one had any clue what was going on. Some how they figured everything out.
A couple months later she came down for spring break. Her grandmother lives in FL, so she was staying with her. I remember standing outside the door pausing for a second before I knocked - just pondering the strangeness of the situation. It was so surreal to see her standing there when she opened the door (I will spare you the sappy rendition of how much more beautiful she was in person).
The rest of the week is the stuff of legend - hottubs, drunk old ladies, fake camping trips and sex - lots of sex.