The new couple has lived happily in C rdoba for almost a year. I'm happy thanks to a computer. While entering a chatroom full of singles or signing on to a service might feel like entering a cyber-singles bar, Internet romance stories rarely carry the same stigma. Skriloff suggests that Internet encounters are much more by-chance meetings than contrived dates. While Tom Hanks didn't want to be the bachelor with a personal ad on the radio and Meg Ryan didn't want to be affiliated with that person, neither of them had issues when they met online .
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Safety and privacy, of course, are always concerns on the Internet. Skriloff includes safety tips in her book and the dating sites encourage them as well. For example, she recommends getting to know each other online through free, anonymous e-mail and chatrooms, without giving away too much personal information. Then talk on the phone, and finally meet in a public place. So far, the services have been so popular that they are expanding.