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Dating online: a guide for greenhorns.

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Using an online dating service is not for everyone, but then neither is dating. Being recently divorced, I'm not quite ready to think of the word date as anything but a holiday fruit meat. Then it occurred to me that online dating sites might be a great opportunity for those of us living with MS. Why? You can let your computer screen serve as the thick skin you may not have. In other words, you're protected by your anonymity as you begin getting to know people electronically first. Most importantly, you have a choice.

You can choose to reveal your health status when you feel comfortable that the reaction you'll receive will be acceptance and continued interest in you. That could be as soon as you start exchanging e-mails or after actually meeting. Either way you have done some exploring first.

There is another very practical reason: It's not all that easy to meet people, given our busy lives or the fact that some of us live in more isolated locations.

When I started my online dating adventure, I chose Chemistry.com, an offshoot of the much larger site, Match.com. I figured this would be about as much as I could handle. The process of joining this program was none too simple, but I considered this a positive. It meant that all members had to be at least patient and smart enough to answer some serious questions involving personality traits, and more. Here is one which I think was meant to test...

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