It is easy to tell in a real life how good (or bad) is this man for you. In the virtual world of online dating it can be much harder. Unfortunately, there are enough black sheep on the web, who can nicely present themselves online, hiding their actual face. A few tips below will help you to make a right choice.

1. Take a look at his picture. If his photo is small and out-of-focus, and it is hard to tell his face, because he wears sunglasses, or it is shown at a bad angle, or the image is of full a figure ” it is almost certain that he is trying to conceal his identity. Why he may be doing that? Most likely because he is married.

Many men today are not hiding their married condition, they mere forgetting to mention it. Sometimes this can be revealed in any extra line indicating that the person is “looking for a bed partner”. If so, you can ask them indirectly, like in a line “you are talking as if you are already married”.

2. Be very cautious with personal profiles where the description of a “dream girl” is focused on external appearances and little or nothing is said about her character, interests or background. Certainly, who would be worrying about the background if she looks like a twin of Jessica Simpson or Kate Beckinsale? However, you should worry what you are going to do if your appearance will match the posted requirements. Would it be museum touring, bike riding, or, perhaps, whale watching? Hardly. The owner of such profile most likely wants only one thing from you: having sex.

3. If you see too nice pictures: man with a little kid, or cat on his lap, or something fancy looking like he is in tuxedo, in a limo, etc., be reserved. It can be only nice pictures, while the reality is somewhat different. Kids and cats can be “borrowed” for occasion and image with tux can be clipped from wedding album. Thus, the point is ” do not take all this visual presentation as granted, ask him questions about such pictures: then you may not regret it later on.

4. If man’s profile is incomplete and his answers are like “I would like talk about it later”, then he is likely has full plate of his life already or lazy (or both). In any way don’t expect any changes for better, just drop this person from your list.

5. Check his answer to a question why your past relationship didn’t work. (It can be a question in profile or you can just ask it directly). If he will blame his past girlfriend or wife, then drop him out of your list. We all know that the majority of split-ups are usually due to both sides and you, probably, do not want to be the next one to be blamed.

Here are several more indicators that author of dating profile is merely a philanderer.

- He made several similar profile postings on the same site.

- He appears on his profile portrait hugged by lady’s arms (you may not see her face).

- He posts his annual income figures (over 80 thousand) without any word on his education or profession. In other words good income figures are posted without any explanatory info.

- He posts his phone number and some specific time window when he can be called. Likely this is a married man.

Finally, the bottom line: do not let yourself being caught by classy pictures and shiny profiles: analyze the information, explore it and ask questions.