I want to write a warning here to all women (and I'm sure on occasion men) who have found themselves intrigued by someone they've met via the "net".

I just had the experience of being "involved" with someone via a website. I did what most people do when they want to believe that someone is who and what they say they are. I wanted to find someone to love. Unfortunately what I found was someone who was willing to emotionally manipulate me by telling me the things I wanted to hear. Compliments can be dangerous, especially if they are expressed by someone who knows just how to give them. And if they come from someone who seems to be honest and wanting to give of themselves, it can be very alluring.

This person went much further than compliments, though, and offered me himself in the form of a mate. I went on a roller coaster experiencing the happiness of companionship, then outbursts of anger followed by distance. I turned to a friend to discuss this issue. Its then we both found out we weren't his "one true love". We had both been on the same roller coaster of receiving intense affection then anger, then distance. After each fight, when he had said something mean or hurtful, he begged me not to tell anyone at the website what had happened.

Now I understand why.


Thanks for reading.
Maggie