Love at first site: we asked Advocate readers to share their true stories of Internet dating and found out that going online was a great way to meet the love of your life. That is, if he or she wasn't lying to you.

The Advocate. The National Gay & Lesbian Newsmagazine › Nbr. 2006, January 2006

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Jeanne Patton, 24

Residence: Roland, Iowa

Relationship status: partnered, with Sheri

I decided to put up a free personal ad on Cupid.com. I searched the ads of all the lesbians in Iowa within about two hours of where I lived, in a little town in the middle of the cornfields, and up popped the results. The very first girl caught my eye, so I tried out one of the little "winks." After glancing through the rest of the results, I realized the first girl was the only one I was interested in, so I winked at her again.

This went on for about three months. Then one evening, right before my eyes, there w...

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