The third time was the charm.

The secret is to find the right person. Online dating can be very advantageous. When you meet someone in a bar, you don't really know anything about that person. At least online - if someone is being honest and looking for the same thing you are - you have a chance to limit your search criteria. You can streamline your focus so you don't meet people that you don't want to. It's a great benefit.

She was exactly like who she said she was ... except the picture. She has very curly hair, but it was pulled straight when we met.

I parked under her building on a daily basis when I drove into the city. On our first date we went to a little deli across the street which we both frequented all the time ... but that was the first time we ever really met.