AOL allows you to use up to five screen names. Men have been known to claim to be women, and vice versa. Perhaps that's one of the charms of love on the Internet-you can play any role you like and lead a fantasy existence. But others can get hurt. Debra Winkler, with a staff of 30 trained social workers and psychologists screening candidates for her Personal Search matchmaking business, laughs at the self-descriptions in most profiles and personal ads.
Nobody can just be attractive, they have to be gorgeous.
And everybody says they look 15 years younger than they really are. But her methods are labor-intensive. Hints are in order. A man doesn't walk in front of a woman when entering a restaurant. A woman doesn't spend the entire first date complaining about her ex.