You don't like beer guts??? What's wrong with you??? LOL!

I've met guys from personal ads, and I've learned a few things. Always be skeptical when talking online with someone, and even after you've met them for the first few times. People can be anyone and anything online. When you first meet, you seek to find what you have in common, and it's usually after the newness wears off that you start really finding out how compatible you are. Sometimes you get lucky, and find out sooner, but this is just a general rule of thumb.

Always meet the first few times in a public place. And make it clear to the person you're meeting that "meeting in a public place" doesn't mean going off to a private place later that same date. Seems a lot of the guys I met didn't get that. I'd have dinner with them (roughly an hour of getting to know each other), and they'd want to go somewhere to be alone. I don't know if you're a crazy person after only an hour (well, maybe sometimes)! I want to know more about a guy before I spend time alone with him. And I recommend the same for guys when it comes to girls, or same-sex partners. The point is, you don't know anyone, but at least spending time with them will hopefully give you a better idea.

Don't give up. There are good guys (and gals) out there; you just have to fish.