When Sophie Townsend, a widowed mother-of-two, began to navigate the trails of virtual matchmaking, she uncovered a weird world inhabited by faux feminists, shocking spellers, and a meat-loving "vegan" who refused to eat during a dinner date as he'd just devoured a banana.
A few years had passed since her husband's death when friends of the Sydney-based author and creative audio specialist, started urging her to "get back out there".
"Compared to 'out there' I kind of quite like 'in here'," she said.