Do you think on line dating is really safe?

Question

I have considered on line dating even talked to a few guys, but is it really safe to meet them?

Answer 1

All I can do is answer for myself. I have meet several women online and we had a great time. I don't know how to answer your question except believe what your intuition is telling you...

Answer 2

It can be just as safe as meeting some guy in a bar. Just make sure you meet in a public place and make the first meeting short, (coffee or lunch) so you have an "out" if they creep you out. And don't give out too much personal info, where you work, where you live, home phone number, etc. Make sure someone knows where you are going, when you'll be back.
I met a lot of nice guys online, a few creepy ones too. Ended up meeting my bf at work though, the old fashioned way.
Good luck!

Answer 3

Of course it's not safe, you never know who these people are but that doesn't need to stop you. Talk to them for a long time, don't give your last name or exactly where you live. and if you ever meet, meet in a public place and tell someone you know what your doing just in case. At least until you get a feel for him and then you can decide if you trust him or not.

Answer 4

What's the difference from meeting someone in a bar that is a stalker or pedophile or someone on the Internet who is a child molester or rapist? There are some crazy people out there, regardless of the way you go about meeting people. If you choose to try online, play it safe. Don't give out personal information and never give hints to certain things. Don't give out your last name or address or anything personal. The difference between the online dating is, they can pretend to be someone they're not. For example you can talk to someone who is a woman and you just want to be friends, and it's really a man on the other end pretending to be someone they're not, only because they want to lure people like you into certain situations. When you established what you want to establish between one another, meaning seeing pictures of one another and talking to one another on the phone, and another good thing is see if he can do web cam or something, than make sure if you meet, you meet in a public place with lots of people around. Like I said, people are crazy and sick from one end of the world to the other. Just be careful and use your best judgment. It would be best to not sleep or have sexual relations and make sure you meet his friends and such. Just go about things in a friendly manner, don't lead anyone on. Be careful and the best of luck to you.

Answer 5

It is no safer than dating someone you met some other way. Just use your regular common sense...meet in a public place and let your friends know where you are. Be sure not to fill in the blanks. We tend to do that with people we've not met in person.

I met the guy I currently date online. He's a doctor. The only tough thing we've had to deal with is that because we met online months ago, we forgot that we "just met" and it was incredibly confusing to establish how well we really knew each other and where our dating would start.

Answer 6

Life is not safe. Everything we do is a risk. How to tip the odds in your favor is perhaps what I can suggest: eHarmony vs. Click-to-Flirt. There might be a degree of seriousness that paying customers who fill out long questionaires have that customers of free services may not have.

Pick a public place to meet the guy first.

Good luck!

;-)

Answer 7

No i dont think its really safe BUT i have done it before..
YOu need to take the right percautions...
first meet, go some where VERY public..like a mall or resturant...
DONT go any where with them, no matter how well u are getting along.... things could change!

take it slow for the first few months... see how much they reveal to you about them, who they want you and let u meet in person from their family.. listen carfully... does what he say on differnt days/occasions match...is he getting lost in lies?
Dont revealt oo much about your self or where u live.. Maybe an area, but not the exact road or address...
Good Luck.

Answer 8

I don't believe it to be safe at all. Too many predators on the net. The guys who pay or the dating sites...the ones who have been members for a long time are just preying on the women who are looking for genuine relationships...they tell you whatever you want to hear in order to get what they want and then they move on to the next available profile and you end up heartbroke and used.

Answer 9

it may be safer that me trying to give an opinion at the matter. as i just left the screen when i was in spell check and was just going through the fine print and hit the wrong click when the spell check was on i entered a letter that was not the menus operative and it zwahanng!!and the blue sky was all there was,, at the time boy are you lucky I could almost feel the Internet did it, i still forget how to keep off the mouse until the spell check is cleared your paragraph it in the system, to let us know how you do?

Answer 10

That doesn't guarantee you of meeting a "real" person. You'll only be stuck on certain ideals and standards for your "knight in shining armor" - which ends up in frustration come judgment day. then you'll realize you just wasted time and money for this.

Personally, I still favor the good ol conventional way of meeting a potential life partner - in a date.

Answer 11

yeah I consider it safe..I talked to this guy for 6 years come Dec. 13...we finally met on my birthday weekend of Feb. 2005 , I went back to TN to live up there, we got married 2 months later, now live in florida, and having a baby next April...I had never met him up until Feb. 2005...no body liked It when I left home, but I had to do It..just so i can have independce..and explore the world..but of course, we exchanged emails, pics. and daily phone convos. so he wasn't really a stranger, and plus my family knew about him..so I think It's ok..