dating can be just as dangerous in person... or is it ?
tell me .
2007-08-18 10:41:16 · 18 answers · asked by JL 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
sex online is good... dunno about the dating... ;)
2007-08-18 10:46:18 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Online dating isn't dangerous. However, you will want to know that the person you're with is actually a person you anticipate him/her being, so just make sure that your first few meetings always include you both taking separate vehicles and meeting in populated, public places. At that point, you know who the individual is, so you run the same risks with him/her that you would meeting a stranger anywhere else. Personally though, most of the scammers online aren't people who harm you in the real world; they're usually sob story cases from Nigeria, frequently missionaries with severe ailments, who want you to send money out to them. Don't do that. Date people instead. That's what online dating is. Dating. It isn't any more dangerous per capita, or whatever, than any other thing you do where you meet new people and talk or hang out or see shows etc. Again though... Don't, you know, agree to have a first meeting in a dark alley on the edge of town... Go to the mall or something. It also helps if you use a paid site, since fewer scammers/predators will feel the need to pay when there are so many free services (not to mention that paying members are more serious about dating and finding a real relationship).
2016-05-22 05:30:15 · answer #2 · answered by courtney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you never know who you're getting involved with. People can lie so much better on the internet and through e-mails/chat rooms, then they can face to face (lie about their age, for one, and who they are, i.e. fake pictures). Also, there are just a lot of predatory people that can get easier prey on a dating site then sitting for four hours in a filthy bar waiting for a decent woman to come in so he can rape her behind the dumpster. (Sorry that was so raw, but it is how it is.) This world is just like that. A lot of people get murdered and kidnapped because some psycho lured them out into the middle of nowhere, tied them up and threw them in the back of the car. You've gotta be careful either way, but it's just more dangerous on the net, because you can never tell if you're getting what you think you're getting. Hope that helps. Good luck and stay safe. ;)
2007-08-18 10:49:10 · answer #3 · answered by Dana Mulder 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they've been told it is. Also because there are people out there, who are predators, pretending to be who they're not. This theory sort of causes a paranoia. And they're stereo typping. Some sites might be dangerous, in various ways, including the possibilty of identity theft, forgery, phisihing. But beleive me, some of the sites that are so much at risk of that, arn't dating ones. myspace.com is where I've had any problems. Never had any with a dating site.
2007-08-18 10:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the unknown factor that tips the scales...when in person you see the person talk walk and make an azz of himself...online the person could be some fat old fart who has some extra duct tape and place in the desert for a date.
But you're right it's just as dangerous..it's knowing how and when to meet some one.
2007-08-18 10:50:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Poeple say because so many poeple make flurts, and cheat with each other in online dating. But the bottom line lies in the sincerety. One should be sincere in making a online date, or be realistic. And these things lies within u and the other guy(He/She). If either u or the other person is not sincere than it will be dangerous.
2007-08-18 10:57:34 · answer #6 · answered by samiz 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any type of "dating" can be dangerous, but at least with online you don't have the person sitting with you and you can probe with questions much better and perhaps catch them in lies...and you can always Block them if it just doesn't sound good at all.
2007-08-18 10:46:30 · answer #7 · answered by Zombie Birdhouse 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its not any more dangerous then traditional dating. There is just a stupid stigma attatched with online dating. People just have a hard time accepting change.
It is here to stay though folks.
People with the stupid arguments like
"You could be raped/kidnapped" or my personal favorite "They could be lying to you" all know that people have been getting raped and kidnapped and lied to way before the internet?
2007-08-18 10:48:43 · answer #8 · answered by luckyman 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Dating online and regular dating are very different. When your dating online that person could be lying to you. You could even tell really private stuff to that person that they shouldn't know. Be safe and try regular dating.
2007-08-18 10:47:48 · answer #9 · answered by RichieSamboraGirl93 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Internet preditors are more dangerous than those you meet in person. You don't know if the person you meet is genuine like the person he portrayed himself to be on line.
I know a woman who went to meet someone she met on line and ended up dead in the motel room.
You'd be safer dating locally.
2007-08-18 10:48:10 · answer #10 · answered by David T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
U have no idea, what a persons really like on line, but in person u've meet them, talked 2 them, and I'm sure ur not going 2 go 2 a motel in another city right off.
2007-08-18 10:47:40 · answer #11 · answered by drillsgt77 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋