Oh Lordy. I've started online dating and now have a profile on two dating sites.

Yesterday, I had to deal with two different creeps. One wanted to dress me up in specific clothing for our first meeting!!! He suggested I wear my cowgirl hat and boots and perhaps even fishnet stalkings!!! AND sent me a sexy pic of a woman dressed in this way. EW!!! I have to now back out of this meeting.

Another got all pushy with me when I said I was too tired to talk on the phone yesterday, but had to go out to dinner. He said "oh, so you have the energy for dinner, but not to talk to me for a minute?" I had told him I would call tomorrow instead. PUSHY!!!! So, I am backing out of communicating with him!

This is reminding me of the last time I tried to online date, last year. I met someone whose ex wife had gotten a restraining order on him. NO THANK YOU. And someone else who just wanted to drink and party all night. NO THANK YOU AS WELL.

I've met a couple of relatively good men through online dating in the past, but now I am wondering if this really is a good avenue for meeting DECENT people????

People online can pretend to be whomever they want. They often lie and present a facade. People troll, and God knows who is TRULY behind the picture. It's a bit scary in fact to think about WHO you're really talking to and IF they're for real.

But I don't know how else to meet people. I don't have enough money to join singles' clubs and activities that require funds.... except maybe a hiking group.

Has anyone had a positive experience from online dating??? Fallen in love even or met their true match?

My sister met her boyfriend of now four years on Match.com. That's one of the sites I'm on, so I am hoping I, too, can meet a relatively normal, stable and decent person. But right now, I am very wary because of these two men and am doubtful.