Top 10 Safety Tips to Keep in Mind When Meeting Your Online Date For the First Time

So you're ready to meet your online date for the first time?

After a long time you feel like it's about time to find out who the person you've been meeting virtually online really is. You feel the urgency to come out and finally meet him/her for the very first time!

As many people who are beginning to experience this online dating world, you may have been chatting online with someone for a long time and you may feel that you know him or her well. However, this may not be true! Why? - You may ask. The reason is very simple... because your online "friend" may have been lying to you all the time! That's right. Unfortunately, this is something very common in many cases of the online dating world :-(

Online dating can be a very fun experience but it can also bring you deceptions. So, if you're ready to meet your online date for the first time, be careful about meeting him/her. You should especially be cautious about revealing personal information about yourself, just as you would when you meet a stranger for the first time. There will be excitement coupled with anxiety when you meet your online date for the first time, but you need to think about protecting yourself first.

Here are the top 10 recommended safety tips to keep in mind when you meet your online date for the first time:

1. First of all, let your date know that you want to meet him/her. However, forget about agreeing on being picked up from your home. You should take your own means of transportation. And although photos can be deceiving, you should have requested one from your online partner (preferably a recent one) beforehand so you have an idea who you'll be meeting with.

2. You should meet your online date in a highly trafficked public place. Also, a good idea is to take a friend along (who keeps out of sight just in case).

3. DO tell someone where you are going and whom you will be meeting. Fix a time when you will be calling them to confirm when you're back and safe.

4. Always use your own car to go for the date and make sure that you have sufficient fuel.

5. To avoid the feeling of being pressured, insist on splitting the bill with your date.

6. Be very careful if you choose to drink alcohol. Keep your glass in sight so that you are aware of what you are drinking.

7. In case you're getting a weird idea about the type of person you're dating, don't just ignore it. If for any reason you sense that something is not right, get out of there as soon as possible.

8. Never agree to meet your date in a lonely place. This is crucial!

9. Even if you're having a great time, keep on alert. Keeping a cell phone handy is helpful. It's much better to give your date your cell phone number, rather than your home phone number.

10. NEVER tell your date your address on your first date. You can make plans to meet a second time. You will have time to decide if you want to tell him/her where you live during this second meeting.

So there you have it. Ten of the most recommended safety tips to follow when meeting your online date for the first time. If you can keep them in mind, you'll be a step ahead in case something is not working as you expect. Good luck in your first real meeting with your online date. ;-)

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Traditional Dating Versus Online Dating

When you are single and you wish to place yourself on the dating market, you should first consider what kind of dating you prefer. With today's technology, there are two kinds of dating available - traditional and online.

What does online and traditional dating has to offer?

1) Traditional means. If you are a kind of person that is lucky in finding prospective dates on a regular basis using traditional dating methods, you may not need online dating. However, if you have a hard time finding a date in real time, you will benefit from online dating services.

2) The importance of time. For most single people, time is a valuable thing. When a busy and stressful daily life captures you, you will not have time to go out to party and meet new people. Online dating saves your time because it acts as a filter before you even meet someone.

3) Common location. In traditional dating, location will never be a problem because most of the time, you are acquainted at parties, social events, and other happenings just around the city. Although online dating offers you the opportunity to meet new people in all parts of the world, it would be a problem when you are located three continents farther from your date.

4) The dreaded blind date. Have you ever experienced being set up by your friends with no clue on whom your date would be? Well, if you hate this scenario of traditional dating, you would enjoy online dating. Through the internet, you have the opportunity to get to know someone before you meet face to face. By becoming acquainted with your date beforehand, you could easily see the probability of a smooth conversation when you meet in real time.

5) The dream partner. When you meet a person in a bar, party or social gatherings, the first thing that attracts you to someone includes the physical attributes. You may not know where the person was born, goals in life or personality. In dating online, you have the choice to search for possible dates that have the same interest, religion, location, personality, and situation as yourself. There is a larger possibility that you would find the person who would complement you the most.

6) Cost effective. Unlike meeting your date for dinner or coffee, online dating is more cost effective than traditional dating.

Whatever kind of dating you decide is suitable for you, always be cautious in giving out personal information to a person you just met. Be sure that your date is genuinely safe. He could either be the person of your dreams or your worst nightmare.

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Lawrence Andrews is an ePublisher, software developer, consultant, and author of numerous books. Visit his Private Label Content and Software site at [http://www.lmamedia.com] for more information about Dating Do's and Dont's.

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Why Baby Boomers Are Changing The Face Of Online Dating

Many baby boomers see themselves as trendsetters. This is great news for online dating sites and the industry itself.

The Associated Press recently reported, "Half of all people ages 40 to 69 are either divorced or separated, and 30 percent have never married. Baby boomers are turning to the Internet, speed dating or the old fashioned hook-up for companionship."

Many dating websites now report that the over 50 crowd makes up one of the fastest growing segments in the online dating world. In referring to online dating, Stephanie Coontz, a family historian of the Evergreen State College in Washington recently said, "people in their 40s and 50s don't want to be hanging out at bars. Now they have access to this incredible pool of single people their age."

Boomers find online dating very convenient. They have less hang-ups about meeting people online then the generation before them. They appear to be more comfortable with themselves and realize how convenient online dating can be. They don't necessarily turn to online dating as the only way to meet people, but they certainly see the convenience of adding online dating as a way of complementing the more traditional ways of meeting new people.

How will baby boomers change the face of online dating?

Baby boomers will change the online dating industry through their expectations of customer service levels and their honesty about themselves.

Two of the biggest criticisms of online dating are the level of customer service members receive from individual dating websites and wondering if the profiles that are posted on many of the sites, are real or fake.

Boomers have come to expect first class customer service. They will not tolerate poor customer service from an online dating website site that charges them a monthly fee while not providing an easy way to access customer service. They will not tolerate dating websites that clearly do not have contact information posted. Baby boomers will not tolerate having their credit card charged for membership renewals without their consent.

This is a good thing because it will force online dating websites to increase their level of customer service to attract the disposable income that comes from dealing with baby boomers. In order to attract baby boomers, online dating websites must do a better job of meeting the needs of this very important customer base. Baby boomers expectations will increase the overall customer service level of the online dating industry.

Baby boomers are also very comfortable about who they are as a group. Many baby boomers are past the "I care what other people think" stage of their lives. They are more interested in doing what they think is right for them. They are more honest about themselves and expect the same from others.

With this freedom, baby boomers appear more likely to post their real pictures online.

Baby boomers also appear to be less tolerant of other people who misrepresent themselves online. Because they are comfortable with themselves, they are less likely to jump right in to a relationship. They are less likely to believe they must act now.

People who post a real picture and real description about themselves in their profiles are more likely to have success with online dating.

Hopefully, this will become the standard for the industry.

An increase in customer service and an increase in honesty can only be good for online dating members and the industry itself.

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Is the Best Online Dating Service, the Biggest?

According to surveys, 84% of online singles prefer online dating services for finding "The One" and building long term relationships. In the light of this fact, the question is: Are the best online dating services, the biggest sites where you can search for your match from millions of profiles, or in other words where you cannot find anyone actually interested in your profile?

In the huge pool of internet dating services, there are very decent dating sites with tens of thousands of members rather than millions of profiles, giving much better services than bigger dating sites, who are only concerned with their marketing campaign and their sales.

So how can you choose the best dating site for you?

Practice makes perfect. Although i don't recommend you to use free dating services, for practicing and understanding what you can get out of online dating and why you're looking for your mate in online dating, can be a good practice.

Why don't I recommend a completely free dating services?

Because completely free dating sites are places where scammers hide and look for their hunts to fall in to their evil traps. Finding genuine profiles is two times harder than cheap dating sites with less profiles.

So after you decide what you're looking for, you can take one of the following actions as your next step:

If you only wanted to try or have fun with online dating, there is no point for you to register a paying service and you can try different free dating sites keeping scammers in mind. But if your intentions are serious, if you really want to meet a genuine person and start dating with her/him, then you must find a middle sized, cheap dating site with plenty of good features. Being middle sized, the dating service in concern, will try to impress you and other members with flashy features for building a reputation and you'd be able to find your match within the middle sized pool of profiles more easily and effectively.

So what features should you look for in the dating service of your choice?

Privacy. Your details should be kept confidential from other members. You can check privacy terms of any decent dating site from their terms and conditions page.

Chat and messaging service. Chat services in dating sites are really useful. You can get advantages of instant messaging with complete confidentiality which is better than using online messengers which reveal your email address, immediately.

Statistics and reports. Statistics and reports of you, and other members who are interested in you could be very handy for you. You can keep track of people who've sent you message, viewed your profile. You can then, get in contact with people who're actually interested.

Local dating option. A dating service with a distance searching option for your country could be a big plus as you can find your matches in your local area and you'd not have to go thousands of miles to meet your match.

Besides good features, getting opinions from decent review sites and friends could be a good idea. You'll have an idea of the site you're joining, You can know if the site you choose, is a reputable and/or a genuine dating site with genuine profiles.

In the big sea of dating sites, finding the one which suits your needs the best is not easy. So many factors are in concern but once you've found it, it's easier to find love, than you think. Statistics show that online dating really works and that many dates turn into serious relationships or marriages. All you need to do is to know what you want from online dating and decide which dating site to recruit as your assistant.

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Online Dating - Young Singles Love it - And So Do Baby Boomers!

Finding a partner through an online dating site was once just for young singles who were technologically savvy. Now days, the more senior generations are clued up to technology and are also utilizing online dating sites which has become a universal matchmaking tool for both young and old.

For any baby boomers reading our article, we are sure you will agree that the dating options for singles have been vastly expanded over the last 15 years. If you have become suddenly single and are moving on in age, it's time to think outside the square and adopt the advancements of online dating technology. Take advantage of a whole new world of dating opportunities that you probably thought never existed.

Dating agencies have been around far longer than its online cousin. Online dating uses the same concept in principal, only you don't need to front up to a physical address and be interviewed by a matchmaking consultant. Online dating is kind of like a self serve version where, you, choose who you would like to contact by viewing profiles and pictures online, rather than leaving it to the judgment of a matchmaking consultant to play cupid on your behalf.

In the beginning, and up until recently, online dating was for younger singles who were often timid when it came to meeting people by conventional means. Today, however, online dating is not only for the shy, busy lifestyles for professional singles, and senior singles who have made the decision to move forward into the 20th century are commonly signing up to online dating sites to potentially meet a new life partner.

Apart from the shear volume of choice online dating offers singles, convenience is other excellent selling point as anyone dating online can do so with the creature comforts of home. The basic aim of joining an online dating site is to narrow down the profiles where there is potential for real life chemistry. After you are confident you have met someone genuine online that poses no threat to your personal safety, go ahead and set up a real life date - make sure your first date is in a public place so you can be sure they are the same person you met online.

Often deciding which online dating site to join is a challenge in itself. Do a little research online and search for consumer reviews. Customer feedback on blogs and forums is the best way to get a non-bias and true opinion of what you could expect with a particular dating site.

Once you register on your choice or choices of online dating sites the next step is to complete your profile. This is your chance to make an impact on potential dates that will be eagerly assessing your worth. Also make sure you upload an amazing picture of yourself where you are happy and smiling, but make the picture as natural and as recent as possible.

When a potential date is checking you and your profile out, you need to ensure that it offers a great first impression. Try to portray your real personality into your profile, don't come across as dry and boring. Stuck for ideas on writing your profile? Don't worry, it's pretty normal for most people new to online dating, so look at the other members profiles and gather some ideas.

The advancement in online dating has seen features introduced such as live chat rooms and web cam chat. Chat technology takes the guess work out, and you can see exactly what you're getting yourself into before arranging a real life date.

Before you make the final decision to become a member of an online dating site, prepare yourself for possible rejections from other singles you meet online. Not all first online dates end up romantic. Like anything, it's a numbers game, a law of averages and if you stick with it your number WILL come up!

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Are Online Dating Tests Reliable?

Nowadays, more and more people are finding online dating a remarkable way of gaining new friends, companions, or love mates. As it grows at breakneck speed, the online dating industry has devised a new way of services for their members and even non-members. Many online dating sites are offering the so-called online dating tests.

Most of these online dating tests are about personality and compatibility. They range from the simple to most complex questions but all are designed to give people the results that might help them on their online dates.

However, even if it gained tremendous popularity, many experts contend that online dating tests are not that reliable. In fact, many psychologists contend that the reliability and efficiency of online dating tests is less than 50%. This means that, when the results of an online dating test concerning compatibility state that the person who tried the test and the person being paired say they are compatible, chances are, only half of it is true.

Why Were They Created?

Because of the unprecedented growth of online dating and the increasing demand for matchmaking, most of the online dating industry has come up with the concept of online dating tests in order to help with a better match. Hence, different online dating tests have emerged like personality tests and compatibility tests.

Psychologists have asserted that when a person tried to access online dating tests and answered some questions, chances are, his or her answers will be affected by many outside factors such as feelings, attitude, mood, and context. This means that there are possibilities wherein a person may have two different answers on one given question if it will be asked on two different situations.

For example, if an individual is feeling low or is "heartbroken" by the time he or she tried to answer an online dating test and answered them again on a different mood, chances are, the results may vary.

Some psychologists explain that the reason for these discrepancies is that the Internet-based online dating test are only through self-evaluation and are not guided by reliable psychological assessment, which usually are done in clinical conditions.

Therefore, for people who are fond of answering online dating tests, there's no problem on that. The problem arises if it will be the basis of something serious like marriage.

Boiled down, these tests can be amusing but it should never be used by people in making decisions about love and relationship.

About The Author:

Lawrence Andrews is an ePublisher, software developer, consultant, and author of numerous books. Visit his Private Label Content and Software site at [http://www.lmamedia.com] for more information about Dating Do's and Dont's.

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Online Dating Websites - How To Use These Technological Cupids

Online dating websites have become a haven for singles from all over the world irrespective of their traditions, age groups, personalities, and other traits. It is a dating method that is rapidly increasing in popularity simply because it is inexpensive, convenient, and logical. It gives singles the opportunity to meet, chat, and interact at minimum risk to themselves and almost no monetary investment. Several people have related success stories of how they met their significant other online and of how that meeting led to marriage.

Most Effective Dating Method

Online dating services are traditional matchmaking companies that have modified their services to cater to the needs of Internet users with the result that more and more people can now find their significant other online. One of their innumerable services include the provision of a database that enables the growth of relationships between different people who seek a match online.

Online dating services are professional with various features such as e-mailing, chatting, voice conferencing, and profiling. Professional online dating services offer a wide range of facilities from personal messaging to chat rooms. You can also avail of features such as voice greeting or video. In this way, it is much more effective than a tiny personal ad tucked away in a corner of the newspaper or magazine or a personal meeting at a party.

Finding a Suitable Dating Website

Finding a suitable online dating site could be difficult task. First, you have to invest a lot of time in researching a number of online dating websites because although they basically offer the same services, they have their distinct features, which might not be the best for you.

Comparing hundreds and thousands of online dating services is quite a daunting task. Read plenty of reviews of people who have already used certain dating sites in order to ascertain its efficiency for yourself.

Using a Dating Website

It is important that a person who has registered for online dating services should be above eighteen years of age and have a personal computer with an Internet access. Since thousands of singles register for online dating services, you have the opportunity to choose from a variety of exciting people.

The best way to introduce yourself to other members of an online dating website is by creating a dynamic profile. The website can then match you to potential partners according to certain criteria you have mentioned in your profile. The website will also inform you about potential partners who match your age, location, interests, and preferences.

Although people who register for online dating services are not limited by geographical locations, the websites have the facility to enable you to find people from your locality. In addition, there are several features that enable you to communicate online.

Tips for Successful Online Dating

Online dating websites are convenient tools that leads you to your special person. Exercise a lot of caution in the process of finding your significant other this way. Enjoy an exciting communication with your potential partner through e-mail and chat before agreeing to a telephonic conversation or arranging your first traditional date.

Keep in mind the following tips for successful online dating in order to avoid being scammed.

- Take your time. Be on your guard against people who seem too good to be true. Before meeting anyone in person, get to know the person well though e-mail and text messaging.

- Remain anonymous. Don't reveal information such as your street address, last name, real e-mail address, workplace, and other contact details.

- Ensure that your e-mail does not carry a signature revealing personal information about you. Don't communicate with people who press you to reveal personal information.

- Before revealing personal information, ensure that you are really comfortable with that person and know him or her really well. Ask questions and ascertain for yourself if your potential partner is being truthful or not. Be very particular about your choice and take heed of any warning that your sixth sense might give you. When you make your decisions carefully, you gain favorable results.

- Request your potential partner to share a photograph. This will give you some idea about the person's physical appearance. Have a telephonic conversation to know how well he or she sounds over the phone and communicates. For your first telephonic conversation use a public telephone booth.

- Protect your privacy in order to prevent falling into the wrong hands.

You can make use of several online dating sites in order to meet the significant other of your life. You online dating service is like a modern Cupid. Remember simple online dating rules and your Cupid will find your love for you.

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