Online Dating

Can someone please explain to me this online dating? Okay, okay - I have tried it but with no success. The reason I believe it can't work for me is because I'm not your average person. I'm so complex - aren't we all? First of all, people always look different in person - different from their pictures. So that's one thing - you develop this image of the person based on their profile pic, and any other pics they've posted for their would-be mates. That's one thing. Plus - it's all about chemistry - how you click with someone - their energy - that can't be re-created on the computer. No siree. Like my eight year old nephew tells me - if you want a boyfriend, just use your eyes, not the computer. Ah my little man - he'll always be my little man. What a kid right? What common sense that I feel I've lost touch with of late. And how can you sum up who you are? I'm a woman with many different layers to her. That can't be fit into a summary. Plus you try to put out this image of yourself. But we all know we're not just that great person that we describe. We've got our low points, our idiosyncracies, etc. I just find it limiting, is all. I just find that it's not for me. I'd rather stay single and be me, comfortable being me, than trying to catch someone on an online dating. Oh and that's another thing - it's totally like shopping for a boyfriend, if you ask me. And this too came from my nephew's mouth. You go on a date with one guy -but you and he have been browsing and shopping for a date, so to speak. It's too much for me. It's too contrived. And the meeting in a public setting - for the first time. You want to make sure it's him you're going out to see. That awkward moment -- no way - it is just too much for an introvert like myself.