Just recently I became single again after five years with my then partner Laura. So I started going out again, you know as you do, and all of a sudden I'm amazed, anywhere you look on the internet, Bebo, Facebook, Myspace, Youtube, Google, MSN, they're all plastered with dating sites, and I defy even the most hardened rock and roll barfly not to get tempted to check one out, especially if you were single. So I checked out one or two : ) and was dumbstruck. Nearly every woman under the age of 25 is officially bi-curious. Every woman over 25 has a photograph of her children for her profile, which is a bit alarming when you're on a dating site, given the context, and is officially "not looking for anything" or "for friends" according to their profile - kind of begs the question, why are you on a dating site then?

So I don't recommend them. As somebody who's met someone online and off-line, online sucks - give it a miss.