Back in the dial up dark ages online dating sites were much less prevalent and came with much more stigma than today.
I had messaged everyone that fit my criteria, female, over 18, lives within 250 miles.
Burnt out, I started looking for more alternative dating sites.
I found one where you could write to incarcerated felons.
Rather than write to a felon, I decided to pretend to be one.
I didn't really plan on it, but I really hit it off with this one girl.
One day after many nights of "oh I wish you were not in prison" I decide to tell the truth.
In retrospect I should have said I was being paroled early.
I thought we were in love.
She said she never wanted to talk to me again.
I still remember my last words to her, "Please baby, I'll be in prison some day!"
Turns out I wasn't lying about everything.