You can meet a jerk in every walk of life. Some people meet a jerk after jerk in real life and they have never been on any dating site. I’ve met very nice men online and very nice men in real life and I’ve met some not so nice in both online and real life. It’s no matter where you look for people. The point is you can meet right and wrong people everywhere.

Heck I know a woman who was married THREE times, all three times to alcoholics and abusers. No kidding. And she’s never been on online dating sites. So it’s not dating sites fault.

Yes it is absolutely easier to lie online but if you do your due diligence and investigate who people are and are careful, you likely aren’t going to settle for a jerk.

Meetup is not a bad idea at all. I belong to several, strictly women ones, but a friend of mine met a nice guy on a co-Ed movie meetup and they’ve been together for a few years now.

Personally I can’t care less where people meet good match. Makes zero difference