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When You Meet Your Online Date For The First Time

 
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alfren



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:52 am    Post subject: When You Meet Your Online Date For The First Time Reply with quote

When You Meet Your Online Date For The First Time

When I first read this article, I found myself nodding my head frequently in agreement. Hours and hours wasted online searching for useful information about this topic had led me to find this one - and it was great.

You may have been chatting online with someone for a long time and you may feel that you know him or her well. This may not be true, because your online friend may have been lying to you.

Be careful about meeting him or her, or 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.

In the rest of this article, you'll discover even more stuff about the topic - and it is simple and easy to follow.

Keep the following tips in mind when you meet your online date for the first time:

1. Meet your online date in a public place and take a friend along. You can try to make it a double date or meet with a group of friends.

2. Tell your date that you will meet him or her. Don\'t agree to be picked up from your home

3. To avoid feeling like you are under an obligation, insist on splitting the bill with your date.

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

5. If you choose to drink, always remember that alcohol will reduce your inhibitions and impair your judgment. Always keep your glass in sight, so that you are aware of what you are drinking.

6. Avoid telling your date your address on your first date. Make plans to meet a second time and then decide if you want to tell him or her where you live.

7. If you have an intuition about the type of person your date is, don\'t ignore it. If a sixth sense warns you that something is not right, leave right then.

8. If your date tells you that he or she is very religious, don\'t take it for granted that you will be safe with him or her.

9. Never agree to meet your date in a lonely place.

10. Even if there is a lot of attraction and you are having a great time, remain vigilant. Keeping a cell phone handy can help.

11. It is better to give your date your cell phone number, rather than your home phone number.

12. Tell someone where you are going and whom you will be meeting. Fix a time when you will be calling them to confirm that you are back and safe.

Remember, take good care of yourself first !
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Ciprian



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Definately important to make sure nothing bad can happen, these tips can help for that.
Also, don't rush to a first date, take some time to get to know him/her a bit better through mail/chat first.
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accelle



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You should know him better before you trust it.

We don't know who he/she was. Smile Smile Smile
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