You know if you wrecked the truck on purpose because you needed the insurance money to make the next payment, you might be a redneck. At least that's what Jeff Foxworthy says.

And if your date is up to any of the following, s/he just might be married.

1) If his or her picture isn't online, but he or she has plenty to send you…he or she might be married.

Yeah, well…maybe he or she is embarrassed to be seen online by coworkers, etc. With online dating becoming more and more mainstream, that excuse is going to be less and less useful.

2) If he or she always has an excuse for not having you over the house…he or she might be married.

Especially guys. If a man does not want women over to his house, it can only mean one of two things: a) He's married, or… b) …he's homeless (or at least close).

Now here's the other side of the coin. Checking out someone's place is an excellent way to get this whole issued resolved. Unless s/he's an independently wealthy one with ‘crash pads' other than the primary residence, you'll be able to tell PDQ that dude/dudette is single.

3) If he or she can only see you at weird hours…he or she might be married.

Are you being penciled in for a lot of weekday breakfasts or lunches? A "quick dinner" that ends by 7.30? Saturday afternoon from 1-2.30? OK…you can wake up now.

Bear in mind this point stands only when a blanket statement. If there are weird times in addition to blocks of time during weekends and evenings, that's probably a good sign.

4) If he or she can only see you for a short while at a time…he or she might be married.

This goes right along with the previous point. If someone likes you, s/he wants to hang around for more than an hour at a time…at least sometimes. Again, some short visits are a good sign…if there are also blocks of time being spent together. 5) If he or she live in a major metro area but are flying around the country/world to meet you…he or she might be married.

This is a good one. A lot of people think that meeting someone online from far away and doing the LDR (i.e. "long distance relationship") is so romantic. My simple question to you is this: If s/he's such an incredible gem of a "hottie", why does this person need to meet people hundreds or thousands of miles away when he or she lives in oh, say, Chicago? I'm thinking that in a metro area of 10m people (or 250K people, for that matter), there's someone local to date. Granted, God may have put your soulmate far away from you to teach you both discipline, dedication, patience, etc. But through the fog of infatuation, at least consider how virtually foolproof it is for someone who is married to set up trysts in far away places.

Be especially wary when someone from far away has existing business concerns in your city, or could logically. For example, if dude works for a supplier to AT&T out of Oakland, CA, he's probably coming to San Antonio at some point anyway. It's way too easy to get away with this for a married person. Even if someone is coming in for the weekend, find out if s/he has some hobby or interest that would have earned a "kitchen pass" with the spouse.

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