Let me set the stage a bit. Not to sound like I play the field, but I never really felt that communicating over the internet was actually dating. In other words I have corresponded with a few women over the last 6 months or so with the sole objective of hopefully getting close to someone. My real hope was to change the status of my profile from "Single" to "In a Relationship". With that...besides a woman who is treated more like a friend, and "D" (from my last article), there was one other woman that I corresponded regularly with. We'll call her "V".

"V" and I first started corresponding in early August of 2006. Let me tell you that "V" made me crazy at times. She is a teacher with Masters Degree who totally made me laugh. We Instant Messaged, emailed, and talked on the phone constantly. For many months, I tried to get together with her...either by me visiting her, or she coming to Vegas. "V" lived several states away, so driving was out. Trust was also a big thing with "V". She was always worried that I might somehow turn out to be some internet crazy or something. I tried to constantly reassure her by telling her anything she wanted to know about me. Eventually, she opened up and learned to trust.

Unlike the easygoing, play-it-by-ear, correspondence that "D" and I had, "V's" felt more defined. There was more of an assumption that once we met, we would make the leap from internet friends, to perhaps a relationship. With that feeling, you start to picture yourself in daily situations with this person. I did with "D" as well, but somewhat more cautiously because of her social situation. With "D" I pictured the family life with the girls...With "V", more travel and cultural things as she was a teacher and had the summers off. "V" said she was coming off a bad relationship and was laying off the guys for a while and not going out as much. Again, totally different from "D".

After many months of building trust, "V" finally told me she was coming to Vegas. I was on a high. I began preparing for what we would do for the four days she would be here. Again, different from the "D" trip where I was suppose to only see her a couple of times while she was to be in town. See, "V" was staying here for the entire trip. I had most of the trip planned. I had purchased her favorite bottles of wine, and Glenmorange Single Malt Scotch as that she had mentioned she liked these from past correspondence. I picked up several funny movies we wanted to watch together. I also purchased a food processor as she was going to make a dinner that required one. God knows I don't cook, so I had nothing. LOL! The initial trip was scheduled for January 25th, but later moved to Feb 1st...tickets were booked! Although, the time between when she announced she was coming, and the actual trip would would seem like a lifetime away, I still was high on life because I had something to look forward to. Especially after coming off a low point from the "D" experience. How happy was I...I needed this! As you can imagine, with that much corresponding we knew a a lot about each other...or did we?

Well, about two weeks before she was scheduled to come, I get a call from "V's" husband, telling me to stay away from her. Yes, I said husband! He explained that "V" was not the 28-year old single woman she claimed to be. Instead, she was a 38-year old married woman with a child. Whoa, I didn't see that coming!! True or not, he went on about all the other men and woman that she is corresponding with in this same manner. I did get the feeling that the husband was exaggerating things a bit in an effort to damage her, but apparently, little of what she told me was true anyway. For some reason, she neglected to mention that she had a husband or child. Sure, I had over 50 real pictures of her, and her family, etc. but a lot of the context of the pictures were falsified. I mean, why would someone spend over five months building whatever kind of relationship you want to call it, just to make everything up? What's the endgame there? And...where the heck was the husband during all this!? I thought I really liked this woman. What's with that!?