Elena, I think you misunderstand Robert’s problem. He is talking specifically about women who can’t even hold a decent conversation in the first place. This topic has come up many times on this forum, and there are many women on this site to whom it applies. It’s not reasonable to expect a man to travel to a woman who puts very little effort into conversation. Why should he spend his time and money to find out if the woman who is boring to talk with online is boring to talk with in person? That’s absurd.