The odds of finding your soul-mate online are a lot better than you may think. It doesn't happen for everyone, of course, but it can happen for you, as it did for me. The world of internet or online dating has exploded over the last few years.

It can be fun to meet and date a guy you've met out somewhere randomly, based solely on his looks. Unfortunately this could be a waste of your precious time. On-line dating allows you to examine a guys profile and picture and he yours, before initiating a friendship.

Before I was married, I circled the after work sets meeting successful guys and having a lot of fun. Unfortunately this good time did not result in my meeting a mate. It was not until I started using the on-line and newspaper dating services that I met my husband. Our profiles matched and we were both ready to settle down.

Below are some of the experiences I personally had with on-line dating:

(1) You can target exactly what you are looking for, the age, looks, income, social status, height, weight, talents, hobbies. You can be as specific as you would like in your choices. On-line dating is that secret weapon you have, that is not as much a secret anymore.

(2) You have the opportunity to get to know a lot about a man before you ever contact him for the first time. You will know his age, marital status, what city he lives in, whether he has children, his height/weight and his likes and dislikes all from his profile. You'll even see a picture of him.

(3) Video on-line dating services are good for us women too. We can put our best foot forward, by getting our hair and make-up done first. We can write-out and rehearse our script and take a couple of shootings if we need to. Our profiles can be written and re-written until it is just the way we want it before it is posted. Even audio and text ads can be revealing.

(4) Online dating is certainly a time saver. You can meet so many more men in a lot less time than you ever could out in the real world. If you are like me, you could find your future husband in the text ads.