Hear hear Tom. I too tried a dating websites about 2 yrs ago. I ended up meeting quite a nice looking asian girl... who was boring, and what I thought was an exciting Irish girl... who ended up fatter than her photo would suggest.

Meeting girls in the flesh is THE only way forward for me now. It can be fun to dabble with this online stuff but you end up relying on it, forget about interacting with girls in real life, and spending hours, days and weeks on it (like a guy at work currently is!). It creates a distorted view of reality if you ask me.