[Barbi]

People can lie to you in person just as easily as online... they just lie about different things. The divorce rate isn't as high as it is because people are always honest in "real life."

I read somewhere that the reason like 80% or so of internet relationships don't work is because most people do not act the same in person as they do online.
So when they meet, everything's different.

The best reasons for online relationships (friendship or romantic) are if you live in an area where there are limited people you're compatible with, you're very shy in person, or if you want be sure people like you for who you are and not how you look or something.