Looking for love in all the wrong places

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Well this post is in regards to internet dating so I consider it a Tech Vue.  Remember I said I would be doing this as a cross between personal and tech news blog so here goes.

I have a friend in Raleigh, her name is Catherine.  Reasonably attractive, smart as hell, 26 years old.  Met her at the bucks and we hit it off.  I have dinner with her, talk to her a bunch and at one time she was married.  She also has three kids.  Back in February I took her to dinner to celebrate her 26th birthday and while we were having after dinner coffee we talked about dating and shes single, tried the internet dating thing and she was telling me that everytime a guy finds out she has three kids they race the hell out there.  I told her that 90% guys you meet on the net want one thing, sex.  So we decided that night to do an experiment.  We would put up two profiles.  Hers was of her, the nice sweet human being she is and one of a sex starved, slut who would sleep with a guy before a dime hits the floor.  Mine was of myself.  The nice guy I am, all factual, work hard, likes cars, computers and movies and the boring stuff.  The other one for me was that of a rich, bored playboy who was only after one thing.  What I came up with was laughable, if not completely unbelievable:

"      I only want one thing. Sex. I dont care about your drama, dont care about your kids, dont even care if youre married I dont want to meet your husband. I could care less what you do for a living, I dont even want to know your last name. I want to hit and run. If you are good, you could be a repeat.

I always wear protection, sorry but I still want to live for awhile. Must not have warts, inflamation or anything like that. I do have to have that physical attraction we can talk, go to dinner or go to Starbucks and get to know each other first. You must be able to prove you are over 18. I will pay for the hotel room, you are not coming back to my place. I wont drive you anywhere so you better have a car.

I will not post a pic because if we decide to meet and I dont like your looks, not physically, but if you look like a psycho, bring husband, BF or kids I intend to keep walking. You must have a recent pic and you cant be over 45 years old.

Those are my terms, if you can live with that and you are like me and just want physical pleasure, hit me up."

Ok, complete and utter *.  Now, the difference is that I put up on that profile I make over $300,000 dollars a year.

The results are this.  90% of men and women on the internet dating sites are full of *.  Over 150 responses, guess how many I got with me as the nice geek guy I am? 3, the * got 147 responses and looking at several dozen of these profiles the same words caught my eye " long term, looking for a nice guy, am tired of games"  Does that profile sound like a guy who wants long term relationships?  Now the Roberto profile I actively worked with.  Sent out three e-mails a day.  The * account I sent one out every once in awhile.   Catherine got pretty much the same thing.  The slut account with a risqué pic got so many responses while with her real account she got a couple but nothing came out of it. 

Now on the flip side I know a couple of people who have met online and have been together for a long time.  Not everyone is bad but you have to be careful.  Meet in nice public places, dont give out addresses and phone number and above all else use common sense.  Walking down an alley on Hillsbourough Street with an internet date that you just met, not a great idea.  Take profiles with a grain of salt.  Just because they say they are looking for the same thing as you doesnt make it so.  Above all else, remember that 90% of people on internet dating sites are full of *.

Might I suggest a nice sports bar.