Where to begin? Well, as with many "affair" dating sites, this is completely free for women to use, so they have to invest essentially nothing whatsoever to stand a decent chance of meeting men. Guys have to pay >£15 per month and automatic billing must be cancelled via telephone call instead of online, which is not very user friendly.

As with other sites of this nature there are thousands and thousands of both zombie and fake female profiles. Only when you pay do you discover the truth - in your area (within 10-20 miles) there will typically be 50-60 actual real women who check their profile regularly (i. E. at least monthly), and of those at least 2/3 will only be interested in single men (surely the domain name at the very least implies that they should therefore look elsewhere?), about 1/6 will want a sugar daddy, and the remainder will naturally (given that they have so much from which to choose) opt for the best-looking guy(s) that they can find - women over 40 want men in their 20s and 30s, and women in their 20s and 30s are looking for guys in their 20s and 30s. Average-looking, middle-aged blokes therefore don't stand much of a chance, unless they are prepared to climb aboard absolutely anything, and no, it doesn't matter how eloquently you write your profile text, if you aren't a potential model then either lower your standards further than you thought possible or just give up. Some of the genuine women seemingly only want endless flirty chat, until they get bored at which point you will never hear from them again.

One woman with whom I chatted (via text message, so no record on the site sadly) turned out to be a bit loopy and this eventually forced me to call and have my profile deleted!

You will be kept dangling on the hook by "messages" from women who do not really exist, and who live slightly too far away from you, while those who appear to be most likely to be genuine will do nothing more than "wink" at you even if you match what they claim to be seeking 100%.

I also tried logging on as a woman and estimate that men outnumber women on this site at least 100:1! Don't waste your money fellas.

Additional word of warning: the company running this site (Global Personals) will list your profile on all of its other dating sites, and lists people from all of its other dating sites on this one, thus substantially increasing your chances of getting into difficulty.