I met my husband on line. My advise is to also be careful. Don't give out personal email or home address or phone# until you have met and made sure he really is a good guy. Look out for guys that email you a few times and then start saying they are falling in love, writting love poems, ect. Always meet in a public place for the 1st time, meeting for a "coke" in the afternoon, is usualy safe as is meeting for lunch. Have a friend go to where you are meeting him and sit a few tables over "just in case". That being said, I drove to my husband house to meet him, we spent a nice week-end together (yes, I slept at his house, but not in the same bedroom and I did have a back up plan if things didn't turn out) he proposed the Monday before I left for home, I said yes and we were married 2 weeks later (we had only emailed for 2 month before I met him). We have been married 1 1/2 yrs and we are very happy. Just use your judgement and ALWAYS let someone know where you are meeting him and what time you plan to be home. Good luck, It is a good way to meet friends, even if it never leads to romance. I still email a couple of friends I met on a dating service on line. By the way, people do lie on the web.