To Google or not to Google..that is the question?

I have always been a taught to believe what people say to you until they give u a reason not to. So when it comes to meeting someone new do you believe them or do you Google them? I met guy a couple years ago in a bar/restaurant. The bar was a whole in the wall, the men weren't something to be desired until "he" came walking in. Tall, meduim build, tan, bald and straight from the army. We will call him"Army guy". He sat down next to me, ordered a drink and preceeded to watch some sport show on the TV. Being a people person I found this to be a great opportunity to start up conversation, a conversation that lasted for two hours, then we went to another place and the conversation kept going. Turned out he was divorce with two children and live 1 1/2 hrs away. Is distance a problem? In my mind I thought well lets see where this ends up going, give it the old college try! Well we exchanged numbers, talked for a couple days and decided that we should meet. He asked me to come out to his place, remember a distance away, to go hiking in the woods. I told him I think not on the hiking but dinner and a movie would be great! We set the date...I knew that for me I had to make it in the next couple days or I would run the other direction, find some reason not to go..u know nerves! We kept talking on the phone, lady's ask questions not question's about you but about him i.e. if married.. how long? try and get her name, where they lived..children..what are there names? you get the point. Make sure when you ask you make it his idea to tell you DON"T GRILL HIM, he will not give the info needed. Anyways, I asked these questions and got the answers, I was more curious then anything. It wasn't till the day we were supposed to meet that I was feeling strange about everything. Remember believe what they tell you until they give you a reason not to! Well Void that..I don't Google people but for some reason 2 hours before I was supposed to leave I decided to Google him. I looked up his name..nothing, looked up the place where he lived and finally something...I was so excited, was he for real? Was he the great guy I thought? Well turned out the link was for the court system, you know public records. I read everything, can you say in shock.. "Army guy" still married, retraining order for domestic abuse and so on...I called "Army guy" cancelled the date. Chalk it off as a lesson learned. Lady's when it comes to anyone if your nervous about something other then the obvious, have a crazy feeling about someone..GOOGLE HIM!