I met my husband on-line, but I also met a lot of jerks on the same site. There are some that don't cost anything, but you can't do as much with them either. I've seen one that has weekends where you can do almost anything for free. I've tried a lot of different ones, and got lucky with one. In the end it's the same as any other way of meeting people. You can meet a lot of people - some will be friends, some will be jerks, and sometimes you get lucky and meet someone you want to spend the rest of your life with. At a bar you have to buy drinks, on-line you have to buy time to communicate with people.

The biggest question is if you are ready for dating or not. Once you decide that, then you can start thinking about how you will go about it.