This is forum is hilarious because most of what you guys are saying is true. My marine who suffers from PTSD. I met him two years go on a social network. Its not really a "dating" site but it did include pictures of myself (which were all current!) and a little info about myself. Somehow he came across my profile and he was so amazed that he didn't believe I was real! lol. when we did agree to meet in person months later we were both surprised that we were both exactly what we said we were, and looked like our photos online. HAHA but nothing is ever perfect. It wasnt until he came home after his contract ended in the Military when I noticed that he had combat PTSD from serving in Iraq, Afganastan, Lybia and Kuwait.. It was easy for him to cover up his symptoms from me because he was stationed in North Carolina and I was in Florida. When he came home to live is when I realized, that ofcourse it was too good to be true. My Marine was too perfect. There had to be a catch. There it was PTSD. But you know what, Its okay. I look at him as three demensions. I fell in love with all I knew of him so now this PTSD is another part of him so I just take it as a package deal and find ways of living with it. His symptoms arent soo extreme so for me it isnt really that hard.
But No matter if its online dating or meeting someone at the grocery store. Whenever you meet someone you never meet the real person. You meet their representative. The person they want you to see and not who they really are. Just take precautions and never ignore red flags when meeting someone.. Personally, after speaking to my marine on the phone before meeting in person after two months, I ran a background check. I am a full time paralegal and worked in a prestigious law firm at the time so the service was free to me! lol. I told my Marine I did that after we became closer. He laughed and said thats why he loves me, Because I'm a smart girl.
