Joe...I know how scary it is to date someone you don't really know...
but technically, that's what grown up dating is for. It's for you to meet someone you think is attractive and that you want to maybe get to know better, hang out with them a bit...see if things mesh...and if they do, move on, if they don't...well, move on in the other direction.
I've only dated two guys like that...this guy named Todd...who broke up with me in the parking lot of a McDonald's (I should have known he was tool) and WHF...whom things worked out really great with.
But it's actually kind of fun to meet people like this.
And remember, there is no pressure. If it works, it works, if it doesn't, well, at least you learned a little more about what you do and don't like in a significant other. It will help you find a girl that you will care about for the long haul.