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I found my wife on lavalife as well, although it had a different name at the time.
That's the good part. The reality is she is the 14th person I met thru online dating services after a 1 1/2 years of looking, and the ONLY one that could be termed "normal". For her, I was the only respondant (in the short time she'd been listed) that hadn't sent some sort of perverted propostion as an introduction.
With all the women I met, I went thru a system of email, then phone then a meeting if we thought it was appropriate. I mean lots of emails, and phone calls first. Even so, as I progressed thru each step they appeared completely different ie. the email personality was nothing like the phone which as nothing like what they were in person. They all misrepresented themselves, but each time they seemed like they just might be worth the trouble until I met them. Some didn't even get that far, and aren't counted in the 14 I mentioned.
Bottom line is it can work, but it takes dedication, caution and a whole truckload of skeptisism. Don't take anything at face value and don't pin all your hopes on the first contact you make, because it probably won't be the last one.
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