HOw many people beleive that meeting people on internet is just fine as meeting someone in real.?

Question

Like we meet someone on chat and then we meet them in real..is this safe and this kind of relation last long.

Answer 1

It doesn't matter where you meet them. It all has to do with the attraction. I have never heard of an internet relationship working out in real life.

Answer 2

Oh I just LOVE this question when it comes up. And I like to tell people, unless they have actually done it, they have no business commenting.

I have met people off the internet, in person, by placing personal ads or just from receiving random chats that have continued into lasting friendships. I've done this since 1999. I have never once been in a dangerous or uncomfortable situation with any of them. And I'd say I've actually met probably close to 30 people over the years.

That said, I am smart about it.
1) I don't lie about myself or give false information, I just don't give a lot of identifying information in the beginning while I'm getting to know someone online. In other words, they would never be able to find me with the little bit of information I tell them.
2) I tend to keep it online for a while before agreeing to meet in person. Chatting is a good opportunity to learn more about that person's real attitude toward things, their mood, the way they communicate, their opinions, etc. You can find out a lot about a person by chatting, and sometimes you can save yourself the time of even bothering to meet them because you both realize after a week of chatting that you're not as compatible as it seemed initially.
3) This should be a no-brainer. Always meet in a public place the first time. Do not let them come to your home. Even though it may not have happened to me, people do lie online and might seem really sweet and trustworthy. But you can't really be a good judge of that until you meet them in person.

Lastly, this is all from the perspective of an adult female's experience. I firmly believe that kids under 18 should NOT be meeting anyone in person. It is difficult enough for older, wiser adults to be savvy enough to detect a bullsh*tter. But kids and teenagers are still too trusting and tend to believe too much of what they're told.

I've seen kids as young as 12 yrs old (who claim to be 15, the minimum age) with myspace accounts and some of their profiles are just unbelievable. Those kids are asking for trouble. Any pedophile can create an account and claim to be a peer. That is what is scary to me. I'm not concerned about adults meeting adults off the internet, from personals or whatever ... I'm worried about kids agreeing to meet other kids (who are actually adults).

Answer 3

People on the Internet can falsely represent themselves. You have to be very careful meeting people from chat rooms. They are often not what they appear after all you are not seeing them like you would in real time. They only feed you information they think you want to know.

Answer 4

Actually it is very dangerous, because online we can portray ourselves as anything that we want to be. A lot of Pedophiles work this way, act like they are the same age as the child, tell them they want to meet them, to discuss homework, enviromental affairs, such things that interest the child. Then When the child meets them it turns out to be an older adult and the adult, rapes and even, sometimes kills.

Answer 5

Some people feel safer relating to someone on the net, rather than getting to know the face to face. There are risks involved but I know a number of people who got just the right persom through internet dating.

Answer 6

Email and chat buddies are best left where you find them, in cyberspace.

Answer 7

MOST PEOPLE LIE WHILE CHATTING ONLINE.. I DON'T THINK IT IS SAFE...