How To Stay Safer When Meeting Someone Online
60Safer Dates' Self-Defense Safety Expert Rick DeAguila
First Date Safety Checklist
These are great examples of accepted ways in which you can be prepared and aware of how to avoid a hazardous situation.
Whether using an online dating site or meeting people through social networks, you still want to practice ways to eliminate potential hazards and although it may not sound romantic, your personal safety could be at risk if you ignore certain precautions. Here are a few of my recommendations that should help you be more prepared and aware while dating:
- Before going out, gather information on your date and share that information with friends and family. Keeping any romance a secret could lead to serious complications later.
- Be vague. You’re not being deceptive if you tell someone you live in a big city instead of saying you live in a specific town.
- Make sure your first date is in a public place and agree to meet them versus having them pick you up at home.
- Have someone call and check up on you sometime during the evening. You can always use code words to get out of an uncomfortable situation.
- Finally, before you go out with someone, make sure to always run a background check. Your safety is worth it!
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Great hub and useful information. I met my husband online. He lived in England. The only thing I can say I did was not keep my romance a secret. I told my mom. We met in october 2010, he came here in February 2011 and we married in may 2011. We now have our first child. Either I must have been a very lucky girl or there aren't as many evil people in the virtual world as I was made to believe. Anyway, I voted your hub up and useful. Love the videos too. A nice touch :)
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Very good information. Most women are still naive about that can happen to them out there. The world is a crazy place and they need to remember that and have a plan, just in case. If I were dating today, a background check would be one of the first things I would do. Very good hub. Voted up and useful. :)
SaferDates Hub Author 3 months ago
Thank you for your feedback Skylar Spring. Happy to hear you at least told your mom about the romance, and that everything worked out for you and your family. Congratulations on your new edition;)