Internet Dating: True Love or a Serial Killer?

So you think you have met someone worth dating online? So it seems. What a wonderful tale she has told you about herself. She seems sweet, innocent and rolled up in whip cream and powdered sugar.

She has emailed you hot photos of herself. I mean they are really HOT! She seems too good to be true--and, it is not like you met her through a mutual friend who can give you the true 411 on her.

You know how people are on the Internet. There are a lot of fakes and weirdoes and posers. But you never know. This time she could be the real deal.

Like you, I met such a woman online. She admitted to having a secret, though. One that she did not feel comfortable talking about until she got to know me better. I wondered what it could be--her secret.

Could she have some sexually transmitted disease? Lord I have run from a few of those in my past. Perhaps she was once a man or still is a man, anatomically speaking. I met someone like that on a blind date once. I didn't run; I grew wings and flew the f**k away!

Perhaps her photos are not really her. Perhaps she's married. Perhaps she has a wart on her nose...perhaps...perhaps.. What was her deep dark secret?

I confess that I had one of my own. Like her, I put my best foot forward, but told her I would reveal my secret when the time was right, when we knew each other better, during a special quiet moment after a candlelit dinner and a glass of wine.

How would I break it to her?

The news media and the police where I live labeled me a serial killer at large. This was so unfair! And completely insane! I am not a murderer! Really...I am a good and decent person deep down. I just have a little fetish, that's all.

You see, I am an S&M practitioner. Unfortunately, the women I have met so far are too frail and delicate to survive my perverted pleasure. I hoped with all my heart that Carmen would be different, but sadly she also seemed so innocent and frail.

Finally, after an indeterminate number of email exchanges, we finally set up a time and place to meet: She invited me to her place for dinner and...dessert... What a perfect setup for a man like me who is a decent person deep down.