A SINGLE line on an internet dating site, free of the usual GSOH and LTR acronyms, clinched the future for Warwick romantic Sue Hesketh.

Three years ago, divorced, with three grown-up sons, and “feeling a little lonely”, she joined the RSVP match-making website.

Initially she considered internet dating a welcome, if slightly amusing, deviation from the clubs and pubs she'd ventured into in search of the love of her life.

“I didn't take it seriously. In fact I hadn't been brave enough to do more than exchange a few emails until my partner came along,” she said.

Her would-be partner, a Warwick-based interstate truck driver, who preferred to remain the strong, silent type, had also opted to take a relationship gamble online.

“He'd had his details online for two years and hadn't replied to anyone, until he read my ad,” Ms Hesketh said.

What prompted him was a single line which described her hobbies: “It's not what you like to do, it's who you are with that makes experiences enjoyable.”

That simple line clinched her future.

“He emailed me and then we started phoning each other. I was in Ipswich and he was on the highway between here and everywhere and somewhere along the line we really hit it off,” Ms Hesketh said.

The couple's first meeting was - as Sue's sister and son insisted - in broad daylight, in a public place and she drove her own car.

“Our first date was McDonalds in Toowoomba; goodness knows when Hungry Jacks opens here we'll have somewhere really romantic to go,” she joked.

“Seriously though we just got on from the start. I meet his four sons, he meet my three sons, between us we have a lot of boys, and we just got on.”

She does however acknowledge that internet dating has its risks: “You do hear stories about disastrous online experiences, so you do need to use common sense.”

Their relationship is going strong after three years: It's survived life-threatening illness and the joy of becoming grandparents.

“I'm pretty lucky, I found my special someone. Sometimes I think you just have to be prepared to look and love it not always in the places you expect.”