Sex File: I'm scared to meet my online lover in the flesh 

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Q. I met a new partner online and it has been a revelation. Being behind my laptop somehow gave me confidence to be quite outrageous, but now I am worried that when we meet up I will be too shy and he will be disappointed with me in person.

A. Ordinarily, the golden rule of online dating is to take it offline as fast as you can. No good comes from nursing illusions about Mr or Miss Right because almost no one is exactly who they say they are online. It's easy to present an edited version of yourself online, and when you give someone only half the picture, their imagination fills the gaps and creates an "ideal".