Lox, Folkiedave's talking about the internet there. It is no different for any other form of relationship. If two people blend, they blend. If they don't, they have a problem.   

Do you assume that *all* people who meet via the internet meet purely for sex and nothing else?

I know a few people who've met that way who've found a deep and lasting love...and they have been able to get to know one another, via letters, emails, etc..in a way that may never have happened before. I think there are folks in Mudcat who've met that way..and remained blissfully happy too it seems. Ask them if they just turned up for sex? I'd doubt that was the story at all and they'd probaby be a bit miffed about that assumption being made.

I'm sure there are some who use the internet purely for sexual relationships alone, both men and women, just as they would use pubs, clubs or anywhere else. I think a man is just as much at risk as a woman actually, because she could be there with a knife in her handbag,for all he knows...but then again, that could happen even if he met her in a pub.

There are always ****RISKS***** in many relationships, no matter where they may begin. All I'm saying is be aware of those risks.

And Dave, there are dangerous men and dangerous women out there. So, surely it's just as wise to tell our sons about those women, as it is to tell our daughters about those men. Sadly, they don't come with stickers on their heads, so *that* is why you need to be careful.

And if you ARE one of those dangerous people, of either sex, then as I said, the chances are that eventually you will have to deal with the consequences of your behaviour, one way or another.

Don, you mean to tell me that in your lifetime, you've known relationships with a million women? ;0) Come ON, she was the percentage of however many ladies you have known, surely, not 'one in a million'.

I'm off to the Poodle Parlour now...