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By Tom Blake

Many single women feel that if they're honest about their age in a personal ad or if they provide a current photo, they'll get few date offers. Likewise if they disclose a health issue.

To improve their marketability, they shave off a few years, provide an older photo or don't reveal their health problem upfront.

Take, for example, Edie Dickinson of Raleigh, N.C. Edie visited an Internet dating site and posted an ad and photo that stated she was 55, although she's 60.

'I want and deserve a social life. You could call it social survival/catch 22,' e-mails Edie. 'I tell men by the second date I'm older. Some don't care; it's a risk I take."