Part V
Find Someone Special

Perusing the volumes of Internet personal classifieds is going to be difficult enough, so at least be sure to know what qualities, or the type of personality it is, that you are searching for in the person you are seeking, or in the relationship you are seeking. This will make it a lot easier. Some people even make a few notes.

Here are some questions you can ask yourself before you start, and while you're reading through the personal profiles:
• First, why are you searching for someone?
• Are you looking for a companion, a serious relationship or just to make friends with someone new now – with the later hopes of dating?
• Do you know who you are looking for? Someone tall, short, thin, stout, young, old, divorced, widowed, single, married, and the list is all but endless.

In your introduction email, tell your potential date why you are contacting that person. Tell them how you propose to meet their needs in THEIR search for a friend, companion, or lover using expressive words such as ‘I intend to’ or ‘I would like to’ or even ‘I have been searching through the Internet classifieds and found your profile appealing to me because’. Give just a few hints about where you are located, but don't go too far with that until you get comfortable.

Your initial contact with a proposed ‘date’ should be about the type of person you are searching for, why you have been using resources online to search for someone special, and what you are hoping to gain from a relationship from this person with personal details revealed through additional conversations as your ‘relationship’ trust grows.

Internet personals were created specifically for the user to act anonymously, while investigating the possibilities of friendship, love, and for finding that 'special someone' to spend your life with.

Creatively expressing your thoughts and feelings through your own words, while being careful not to mislead readers, will help you to achieve your dating objective. The Internet method of locating a friend, romantic interest, or pen pal is proving to be safer, faster, and easier than any other 'date/acquaintance search' situation. Read carefully, write carefully, and have some fun!