I’m a 22 yr old female who’s thinking about giving online dating a try — I live in a small town where it’s hard to meet someone. Believe me, I have tried many ways. I also have my preferences; I’d like someone of the same beliefs/morals, etc. I don’t want to meet someone at a bar/club or something of that nature. Unlike a lot of people my age, I want to find someone & settle down fairly soon. I take relationships pretty seriously. (just wanted to give some background info if it helps for giving advice). Anyway, what are some good tips for online dating? What do you do if you get contacted by several people? How do you narrow it down? If you’re interested in someone/talking to them & dont want others contacting or bothering you, how does that work? I just want to go into this at least having some knowledge & advice.. Its greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I have tried few online-dating sites but no luck and I hate wasting time on the net.
I’m a 22 yr old female who’s thinking about giving online dating a try — I live in a small town where it’s hard to meet someone. Believe me, I have tried many ways. I also have my preferences; I’d like someone of the same beliefs/morals, etc. I don’t want to meet someone at a bar/club or something of that nature. Unlike a lot of people my age, I want to find someone & settle down fairly soon. I take relationships pretty seriously. (just wanted to give some background info if it helps for giving advice). Anyway, what are some good tips for online dating? What do you do if you get contacted by several people? How do you narrow it down? If you’re interested in someone & dont want others contacting or bothering you, how does that work? I just want to go into this at least having some knowledge & advice.. Its greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Hi I joined an online dating web site
week ago had an e-mail of this guy Tim who it turns out knows my dad and my
brother works in theatre like them and I found out i kinda know him through
theatre etc
Anyway we e-mail,swap numbers and chat on phone
He asks would i like to go on date i say yeah when?
hes busy with work so gives me dates of when hes free.
We decided to arrange for Thurs last but he text me and cancelled saying he was
ill etc. I replied no worries you will have to make it up to me! He says sure i
can think of something! All sounds good we have kept in touch via e-mail or
Text,then today hes online i say hi,he replies hi how are you? really busy with
work over next couple of months,I say oh well looks like we wont get that date
then! he says I’m sure we will at some point,just really rubbish at getting time
off! So…….. I ask him what hes up to tonight says hes going out with mates
to cinema! and going with the flow! So now I’m thinking does he like me? does he
want to meet up? if not why not tonight since hes busy from now on? and if not
why bother setting up date in first place? help!!!!!!!!
I’m a 22 yr old female who’s thinking about giving online dating a try — I live in a small town where it’s hard to meet someone. Believe me, I have tried many ways. I also have my preferences; I’d like someone of the same beliefs/morals, etc. I don’t want to meet someone at a bar/club or something of that nature. Unlike a lot of people my age, I want to find someone & settle down fairly soon. I take relationships pretty seriously. (just wanted to give some background info if it helps for giving advice). Anyway, what are some good tips for online dating? What do you do if you get contacted by several people? How do you narrow it down? If you’re interested in someone/talking to them & dont want others contacting or bothering you, how does that work? I just want to go into this at least having some knowledge & advice.. Its greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Never give out your phone number or address until you’ve met them in person and feel comfortable with that.
Always meet in a public place and, when you leave to go home, make sure that your’e not followed.
Find out where they work, what church they go to, what school they went to and when they graduated. you never know, you might know someone that works with them or goes to the same church or went to school with them. That happened to a friend of mine, she found out he used to work a certain place that one of her friends used to work and, through the friend, she found out that he’s OK. She also found out that I know him so she asked me. They got married and celebrated their 3rd anniversary last month.
For many of the millions of Americans who have tried online dating, it is an exciting new way to look for the partner of their dreams. But there are potential physical and financial dangers lurking, too.
Cat Hermansen said her experience with online dating took a terrifying turn when she invited a man she met online to pick her up at home for their first date.
“I told him to have a seat on the couch and I sat down beside him,” Hermansen said.
“And he pushed me back … and started pawing at me and everything, and what he didn’t know is that I could reach down and I pulled my gun out and I put it in his face right between his eyes.”
Hermansen said she feels she would have been raped if she didn’t have her gun.
“He jumped up and ran out the door — didn’t even say bye.”
Millions Look for Love Online, and Many Find It
The latest research finds more than 1,000 dating sites on the Web, and nearly 9 million Americans say they subscribed to dating Web sites during the last year, according to analysts at Jupiter Research.
A few, such as True.com, do background checks on subscribers, but most do not.
True.com is lobbying state legislatures for laws requiring background checks or at least clear warnings that users are on their own. But some executives of other dating sites say meeting people the old fashioned way isn’t any less risky.
“Dating that begins online is no more dangerous than dating that begins offline,” said Kristin Kelly of Match.com.
And, for many customers, using a dating Web site pays off.
“My experience was excellent,” said Sara Labowitz, who found her husband, David, through an online dating service. “I met the man of my dreams.”
Roses and Champagne for a Scam Artist
But experts warn online daters to look out for their financial as well as physical safety when using the sites.
After signing up for Yahoo.com’s dating service, Julia Abrantes received an e-mail from a potential suitor telling her, “I can promise you my everlasting devotion, my loyalty and my respect for a lifetime.”
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