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TODAY -- Dec 11 -- When it comes to misrepresentation, when an online
date says he's 5-foot-10 and turns out to be more like 5-foot-6,
"everything kind of goes back to the beginning. Everything that was
communicated by e-mail or phone just kind of goes out the window, and
you wonder, 'Oh, my gosh. Is this the person I thought it was?' "
As a result, blind dating is more popular than before. "The
technology of Internet dating, while it may seem like a great thing in
terms of multiplying your opportunities to meet people, more options
does not necessarily translate into a better chance of meeting The
One," says Jillian Straus, author of the forthcoming Unhooked
Generation: The Truth About Why We're Still Single. "Sometimes having
so many choices makes people hesitant to commit." Daters and
dating analysts agree there are two kinds of people trawling the
Internet and the speed-dating circuit: those shopping for sex and those
shopping for a mate. FULL ARTICLE @ USA TODAY