Checking with the Department of Corrections, or how to get a first date through the internet. This is Dr. Paul, author of Boomer Girls, A Boomer Woman's Guide to Men and Dating, and host of Ask Dr. Paul. You think I'm kidding? Let me tell you a little story about one of my callers. She did find a first date through the internet, and the man was madly in love with her. I use the term madly advisedly, because he may have well been mad. She just for her own sense of humor, checked with the Department of Corrections, in the state that he was from, which happened to be Illinois, and guess whose name was there? That's right, her love from the internet. Be careful, be careful out there. It's amazing to me the stories I've gotten, from people who date on the internet,and you can ask all the questions you want, and get all the profiles you want, and on and on, and when you do a little checking, if you vet them, you'll find out that wow, this person is not what this person says he is. I mean, his parole officer will allow him to visit me in this state, only if he's been available for six months on parole first, so I'm not saying it's a bad thing. What I am saying, is check it out. I'm also saying that some of these dating services on the internet, are probably a little less than what they purport to be, so watch it out there. I mean, we know there are wackos out there, and there are wackos in the various clubs you may go to, so just check it out. Don't take anything at face value, and I can tell you so many stories that I've heard from my callers, who say, He sent me his picture, and he looked wonderful, but it didn't look like him at all when I saw him. He was at least forty pounds heavier. Hello, that happens. This is Dr. Paul. May your fantasies of today, be your realities of tomorrow.