Why is online dating "bad"?

If you're careful and smart about who you date online, then how can it be so bad? Sure, people can lie online, but so can someone you met in real life. If you see your boyfriend on cam everyday and talk on the phone often, how is it different from meeting someone near you? Most people online are honest decent people. Almost everyone you know in real life uses some kind of messenger and there is absolutely nothing wrong with them. People have fell in love online and when they met, they were just as in love. There is nothing wrong with dating online. I'm sorry if anyone else feels differently, but I'm sick of people saying "It's too risky" I am 100% sure that I can trust my boyfriend and no one can change my mind about that.

Why is online dating "bad"?
good on yer i also believe online dating is ok. there is a lot more you can discuss online than some can say face to face, %26amp; its easier to get to know a person, you can ask what you want, you enjoy it there is nowt wrong with it, ok some may say you dont know who or what people are BUT if you see them on cam %26amp; talk to them, HOW can they pretend to be someone else, when you have been talking to a person for a while then you DO get to know them,
Reply:Listen, the internet is a great place to meet people, but it has to move into the real world sooner rather than later or else your relationship will suffer. If HE does not ask you to meet him in real life then he is probably socially awkward or lying about himself (married, etc).
Reply:i can tell ya cos i just went through it. some people get married to people they meet online. even though i thought i knew my guy i didn't know everything, which is actually hard for me to admit. i used to talk like you. like noone could understand it, but i knew what we had. and it was true love. however, i didn't see that he wasn't the way he was with me with other people. i saw him on cam, and on the phone for hours and hours and hours, but only after 2 years did more start to come out. the passion became controlling, stuff like that. saying all that!!! that's just me hon. and i hope you two are very very happy :)
Reply:theres no way of being sure of who youre auctually dating online. giving out your phone number or address can lead to stalkers. the pictures people have of themselves might not auctually be them. what if its a 55 year old man taking pictures of his kids friends or his kids and pretending that hes young and 21? And if youre being safe, and not giving out personal information, then how do you go on dates? do you go visit chat rooms together? because thats a totally lame date, sorry to say. Im sure that if you loged off of the online dating for awhile, then you would be able to see that theres plenty of great guys that you can get to know WITHOUT the internet.
Reply:then whats the f*****g question??
Reply:it may not be,i know a lady who left her husband of 25 years,met a man on line,moved three states away last year,she says hes the best thing that ever happend to her
Reply:It's not bad. It just turns me off. One glance at a person on the street tells me more about my attraction for them than a month of spilling each others guts out online. On the other hand you can easily meet people who are available, or at least claim to be.