Despite a maze of sex, lies and bad spelling, you can still find true romance, says sean thomas
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A couple of years ago I was asked to try a little experiment with internet dating for the purposes of a magazine article. At first I was unsure, on the grounds that internet dating is for desperate people. Then my editor kindly pointed out that I was 37 and very single and therefore, by definition, a tad desperate. I agreed to give it a go.
Two years later I proposed to a lovely woman I met online. A few months after that I wrote a memoir about the whole thing - about my entire sexual and emotional past, and my experience with online romance. The book comes out this week.
Given the above, I think I can say the experiment was a success. I've learned a lot - about me, about the net and about women. I've made new friends and been stalked by a small Chinese lady. And, of course, I met my fiancee.
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Does this make me an expert? Maybe, maybe not. But here's my Expert Eight-Point Plan, anyway. Just in case you want to try online romance for yourself.
1. Make sure the spelling is correct in your initial emails and messages. Sounds easy, doesn't it? Yet I met or emailed dozens of women who were just happy that I didn't write like a Tennessee inbred. Buy a dictionary!
2. Be careful with internet porn. All those hours spent looking for women online can lead you down the wrong alley. At one point I got very distracted by internet porn sites and began surfing all night and not sleeping. So much so that I ended up wanking myself into hospital because of my debilitating insomnia. I'm all right now - but still.
3. Girls who say they are "cuddly" in their profiles are, I fear, a bit more than cuddly. Likewise, girls who say they are "a tiny bit fat" tend to be obese. Women and men lie on the net, like they do in real life; indeed, they probably lie more on the net because, well, you can. 
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