by Lynette Alice

Created on: January 29, 2007   Last Updated: February 29, 2012

Myspace can be a tricky spot to actually look for love. Just consider how many profiles you see where people post photos of someone famous that obviously isn't them and almost right away everyone comes under suspicion. I joined myspace after constant nagging from many friends that it would be so much easier to stay in touch with each other and I did find that to be true.

Overtime however I hate to admit it but I became a bit of a myspace junkie. I watched my "Friends" list grow to 100, 500, then nearly 1,00 people- only 20 or so I actually have any real contact with. The rest...well I guess they are just kinda there. After a couple months I found myself browsing profiles, mostly of friends on my friends lists.

One day out of the blue I saw someone I thought was just absolutely beautiful and couldn't help but be curious. I sent a note asking if she would add me so I could see her profile and within a few hours that note turned into much more. I found an actual real person I connected with never mind nearly a country separated us then. Soon a letter here and there became several a day and soon chat and just onward and upward from there until where we are today.

What a refreshing change to have found someone that had something to say and didn't mind saying it! Of course there was always the nagging honesty issue in the back of my mind but I was having fun and somehow or another falling in love, although I was always the one admonishing others for net relationships. What I found though was that with distance we were forced to talk to have contact and if we had nothing in common then it just never would have made it past the first day.

What I never stopped to consider from my soapbox was that there were people out there just like me that for whatever reason were looking for someone. The cutest of all is neither of us ever expected to find it on myspace. Perhaps a hookup for an evening or something but not a real relationship. If either of us was actually looking we probably wouldn't have chosen each other. However just to spend time talking as friends there was no pressure and nature took over. We found so many of the things in life that matter we saw eye to eye on and because it was so relaxed had the chance to be open and have fun rather than feel as if we were auditioning for each other.

I admit my dark secret was I tried dating sites before. A few actually, free and pay sites alike. What I found on them however is there is a certain percentage of people there

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