subject: Safe Dating Online - Is It Really Safe? [print this page] Author: Vidal Aponte Author: Vidal Aponte
Below are tips on how to follow safe dating online! If you follow these tips then yes,safe dating online is safe. When meeting for the 1st time, never allow your date to pick you up from your home. This is not safe dating online! For a 1st meeting, always meet in a public place where other people are in close proximity. This way you are practicing safe dating online. You may also want to consider going out with a group of people or a double date. Another way to practice safe dating online is go dutch by paying half of the bill. It is always respectful for a man to pay for the bill. Unfortunately some men ruin the gesture by expecting something in return. Pay half the bill so that you won't feel under any obligation to "return" the favor. The biggest threat to a person's judgement, and to practice safe dating online is alcohol. Not only does it affect your judgement, but alcohol also lessens your inhibitions. If you are drinking, keep your drink is sight at all times and don't get so drunk that you don't know what you are doing. Better yet, avoid alcohol on your first date that way you can practice safe dating online. Provide your own transportation to your public meeting place and make sure you have more than enough gas. This way you are practicing safe dating online and you are always in control. It's important to never let your guard down. By always keeping your guard up you will be practicing safe dating online. Also, never assume a man is safe just because he claims to be religious or a gentleman. Do not let him know where you live. If you want to see him again, arrange a 2nd date and take it from there. Always remember in order to practice safe dating online you must stay in a public place for your 1st date and avoid secluded areas such as parks. Listen to your gut! If it smells like a rat it is a rat! If something doesn't feel right it probably isn't. Also, if you haven't met him before and at the beginning of the date that something doesn't feel right, then leave immediately. Last but not least, always remain alert! Even if you are having a blast and the chemistry is great. Stay alert the whole evening, and make sure you have a cell phone on you. Safe dating online is very important so please follow these tips!About the Author:
