Are you reeling from shock or disappointment? Did the build up and hype not match up to the real live person? It happens a lot on online dating services. You just have to tighten your laces and carry on bravely. When you sign on to a dating site, you have made a commitment to be a risk- taker. But you agree to take brave and wise risks and not foolish and avoidable ones. But every dating agency argues that dating is a dicey game. You have to meet so many frogs before you find your Prince Charming. It's better to go into an online dating service with minimal or no expectations.

Honesty is not the best policy

That's what you will eventually find out about potential online dates. Not everything that is communicated is the whole and honest truth. Perhaps your date just forgot or conveniently lapsed into amnesia about his thievery stunts or his rendezvous with prison! Don't feel bad – it's not you but the very nature of the dating game. So, go in with an expectation that your potential date is a crook and a liar and be pleasantly surprised when he or she is not!

Eyes always do not see right

Yes, it's time you expected the worst – the very attractive photo of your date might just be of his younger photos taken during his college days! It could even be his son or his colleague having a little fun at your expense. Don't be horrified and bolt for the door if you happen to find a balding guy sitting at the restaurant table and not the handsome blond guy whose photo was posted under your date's profile. Relax and sit down and tell yourself – another one bites the dust!

More the merrier

Two is cozy and three is a crowd but not in the case of online dating services! Two is pathetic; you must expect a crowd of three, four or even five dates at a meeting. That's right people – online dating services seem to play the game of many and indiscriminately hook you with potential dates without your permission. The result – you may go to meet one date but find a crowd of three waiting! So, the motto should be never to expect the exact number of dates you are actually fixed with!

Talk is rot

You may expect to click straight away and develop some great romantic feelings for your date and vice versa. But, don't expect it. Your delightful expectation could well be washed away by cold water. You end up talking and talking with your date online but nothing clicks right away. Your patience might snap!

Never have expectations and you just might end up with the perfect romantic date. Don't expect anything but disappointment and brickbats and you might find yourself enjoying a pleasant revealing conversation with a young handsome bloke! But, don't give up – try and try till you succeed! You won't be disappointed if you at least gave it a go!