1/5     No sodan has ever seriously used online personals ads, right?
        \_ wrong.
           \_ Please tell me of your or your soda acquaintance's experience.
              For posterity.
                \- post to /etc/motd.singles --psb
              \_ In short (my experience as a guy): online personals are a
                 *really easy* way to meet freaky, desperately needy headcases
                 who've been shat on by previous boyfriends and who are now
                 looking for some kind of instant Romeo-knight-on-white-horse
                 love connection.  But if you sift through the wierdos, you
                 can come up golden -- I met my GF through an online personal
                 (she's a perfectly normal, well-adjusted, reasonably
                 attractive woman who just happened to be new to the area).
                 If you're a woman who takes out a personal, be prepared to be
                 inundated by geeks (be prepared to be extra-inundated if
                 you're Asian, an admitted techie, or something else that
                 appeals to the fetish/geek crowd).
        \_ I advise extreme caution if you are looking for someone "normal" -ax