i can't belive this is even a book!!

[blueindian]

Cyberflirt: How to Attract Anyone, Anywhere on the World Wide Web (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?endeca=1&userid=52WV329WTKbfdate=01-03-2003%2010:22:30&ean=9781402863271)

Susan Rabin has flirted her way around the world, helping thousands of singles meet new people anywhere and everywhere. Now she turns her flirting savvy to cyberspace to help people pair off on-line. In Cyberflirt Rabin shares her picks of the best websites to meet people and counsels readers on how to find chat rooms in which they'll feel comfortable. With her inimitable style, she helps "newbies" to develop a sparkling on-line personality and provides sure-fire on-line conversation starters. Cyberflirt is also an indispensable guide on how to avoid the pitfalls of on-line romance, like kiss & tell flirts or imposters, and on safe ways to get to know an on-line pal better.

Cyberflirt sets out all the rules of "netiquette" and promises to make the World Wide Web a much more up-close and personal place







WTF? i see why it's been discounted.

[nickel]

i'd like a book on statistics for this sorta thing. how many of these cyber meetings lead to a IRL meeting. and then how many of these lead to lasting relationships, total mistakes, or m'be even violence.
can be scary stuff.

[johnnymk]

From what I have heard , they usually end up in failed marriages. They either cause them or promote very short lived ones. I don't know of one Internet relationship that has lasted any length of time.

[blueindian]

2 things...

1. i have a friend who has been with his girlfriend that he met on the internet for about 5 years now.

2. on cnn this morning they had a spot about the thousands of internet met or mail order brides that are backlogged for getting their visa to come over b/c of heightend security since 911.

[Jenny]

My hubby & I met on the computer... Via email (I saw his email address in a list of them in a forwarded chain letter, I thought it would be fun just to say hi to someone who didn't live in California, so I emailed, he emailed back, and we chatted on the computer for a month and a half before meeting.), not exactly the internet, I guess.

We've been married 6 1/2 years. :)

[Nija]

someone call juju in, i think she has a little something to say about internet dating. oh wait, she doesn't date :|

[mcs328]

I saw on the Today show I think about this site a columnist created where these ex-girlfriends recommend an ex-bf. The name of the site eludes me right now.

[Showtime]

Originally posted by Nija
someone call juju in, i think she has a little something to say about internet dating. oh wait, she doesn't date :|

Maybe she's just saying that to you :P

-jel:halo:

[jujubees]

Originally posted by Nija
someone call juju inYes? :P

As long as you have common goals and good communication, your relationship will be healthy, regardless of whether you'd initially met online or in person. (The bf and I met in a chatroom six years ago, and we're getting married this summer. :))

People who need books to generate a personality shouldn't be in a relationship. Yes, the internet allows people to lie about themselves, but that's also a part of the "regular" dating scene. There's no way to elude it, really. :shrug:

[mojo]

yay! she responded :D

honestly, i have no idea wtf actually thought that the internet was the model for dishonesty or whatever. it's almost as though all this ish got piled onto the internet recently...like there were no bad boyfriends/girlfriends or bad dating experiences before.

the internet will just help you do the same stuff faster. it doesnt create stuff.

[johnnymk]

Glad to hear there are some success stories for a change.