Dating Help and Advice

Almost everything you read about online dating safety is directed at women but men need to be concerned as well. Perverts, sexual predators and weirdos come in both sexes, all sizes, and all ages…as do, liars and cheaters. So men need to stay on guard, too.

It is common knowledge not to readily give out personal information to strangers. The reason for not doing so is as large as the number of strangers who want that information. If you come across a person who is giving out personal information and asking others to do the same, don’t do it. You don’t know what they want to use it for….and you had better believe they want to use it for something.

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Falling in love online can be just as completely emotionally real as falling in love in the real world. While it seems rather silly to think that we can give our hearts to someone we have never even met in person, on the internet it happens a million times a day.

When they are new to the internet, most people are pretty innocent characters who venture into chat rooms or instant messages, with the hope of finding some stimulation for an hour or two. But when they get into chatting, they are possessed by a current and dragged down a river of virtual sensations that completely sweeps them away. They are surprised when they notice the time and hours and hours have passed. And in not too long a time, they are addicted.

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What exactly is an online dater? It’s someone who has centered their focus on meeting someone through the internet. There are even people who have given up trying to meet someone in any other venue.

Who is the online dater? The online dater is the man in front of you or behind you in the grocery checkout line, no matter what his age is. He’s the man who just cut you off to get to the traffic light ahead of you, he’s the loudmouth at the bar, he’s the idiot standing behind you at motor vehicle. He’s the more mature man who just held the door open for you, he’s the guy who delivers water or packages at your office, he’s the man who smiled at you after you accidentally cut him off. He’s the man pouring your coffee or changing your tires or washing his clothes in the local Laundromat. He could be your neighbor, your colleague, your boss, your brother, your best friend, your nephew, your son or even your husband.

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I guess it’s no crime for pretty people to want to date someone up to their own standards, instead of wasting time responding to people they’d never be interested in. But, if you think about it, there may be whole segments that they may be sorry they’re missing. So I have some advice for anyone starting a new dating site.

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