Article: Should you have your mate investigated. (Lifestyles).

Could Mr. or Ms. Right be alias Mr. Scam Artist or Ms. Restraining Order? There's really no way to know for sure unless you investigate his or her background. And why not? Employers do it; banks do it; even schools are doing it.

Back in the old days it used to be easy to know the person you were getting involved with. Most love interests lived on the same block, the same neighborhood, and went to the same high school or church. You could always find a nosy neighbor or chatty relative ready to dish the "now-you-didn't-hear-this-from-me-honey" dirt on your (prospective) significant other.

But now we live in such a fast-paced, digitally altered [or ...

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