How much is too much?

In the post "Let's Forget About the Past", I talk a little bit about some of my worsts.  Ever since The Offender, I've been really hesitant (and rightfully so) about going into a relationship, or on a date even, without having enough back up information.  For the record, I highly recommend googling someone before going out with them.  But, then the question becomes - where is the line?  At what point do I have too much information about someone to make a decent decision?  I've discovered the baggage without getting to know the person.  And god knows, no one's baggage is pretty.

I'm supposed to go out with Linguini (Linguist = Linguini, no?) on Wednesday next week.  I hadn't really looked at his profile since we started communicating over a week ago.  In a pre-slumber boredom, I decided to go through the "Questions" that OKC offers.  For those of you unfamiliar with the process, you are supposed to answer questions on the site to determine who would be a good match for you.  The answers are displayed publicly, and those people that are either freakishly nosey or depressingly loaded with free time (I'm the former, thank you very much) can go through them.  And that is precisely what I did.

What I found was more information than I should know.  Turns out that this guy felt the need to answer a lot of the sex questions (which is not unusual for men), and he's quite "experienced".  Now I'm no prude or Virgin Mary, so I'm not exactly sure why this is freaking me out.  It must be because he's displaying his dirty laundry on a website, but then I am too.  I guess I found the line that determines what you want to know.  I don't need to know about past experiences...especially before a first date.  Good god.

I also discovered that he was previously married.  This is clearly something that should be discussed later in the relationship...think like 4th/5th date.  This is information I'd like to know before I sleep with you, but doesn't need to be on the table immediately.  And here I am, ruining all the surprises for myself.

I'm still planning on going out with Linguini, but I'm a little less excited than I was initially.  It's kind of terrible, isn't it?  I managed to freak myself over things I shouldn't know and shouldn't even be concerned with at this point.  Never again, Questions...your content is more than I can handle.