Your Expectations

By Unknown

First Things first: You need to ask yourself, do you want Mel

Gibson or Pamela Anderson or maybe just a regular and normal person? Are you looking for an escape from the daily grind? Maybe you are reentering the singles scene? Better yet, maybe you want to meet the Right Person?

No matter what your reason for wanting to start meeting new people thru your computer, it is important that you know what you want? While you are trying to decide what you want and what you are looking for you, be open to meeting a wider variety of people. Don't? Try to focus on that Perfect person. (Do they really exist?)

Approach online meetings in a new and positive way. You may meet someone Online that you wouldn't normally have given the time of the day to, let alone want to date them, when meeting in the old traditional way.

Below are some most common categories of relationships defined online and some examples of what that category is looking for:

Pen pals, same or opposite sex, friendship, talk or E-mail: These would generally show the person is looking for someone who is not Happily Married or going thru a separation, a person who would like to find friends because of whom they are and not who they are married to or what they do. This person may need someone other than his or her spouse to talk to or E-mail. (Be careful with these types)

Short-term Relationships, Same or opposite sex, Couples wanting to add spice to their Relationship: Before you put this out there, make sure you are ready and prepared for the replies you will get back! The Internet has become the biggest medium for meeting others who are looking for these same types of Alternate Relationships.

You can find people in almost every site that could work into a short-term relationship. Be Careful . . . Many web sites are creating profiles just to entice you to come to their home page.

Long-Term Relationships: most of people online are looking for this type. The person who is almost divorced or is divorced, and is tired of friends trying to set them up or is so busy that they can't even meet someone who may live just down the street! Have you decided which category you belong to?

Chapter 4

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