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Online Dating: Safe Dating Tips
Safe Dating Tips
- Don’t use your real name when setting up your profile, use a screen name
- Protect your identity, don’t reveal your name, phone numbers, home address, work address or email address on the site
- Don’t reveal where you work, or the general location of your residence
- You can communicate anonymously with anyone on the site for as long as you are a member. Make sure you trust your instincts and feel comfortable and safe before revealing any personal information about yourself
- Get to know an individual before you offer any personal information such as your name, phone number or email address
- If someone is abusive to you, block them immediately and notify Let’s Grab a Drink!
- Learn as much about the individual that you can before agreeing to meet with them. Ask a lot of questions when communicating. Look for consistency in their answers
- Talk on the phone. You can learn a lot about an individual when talking to them on the phone
- Make sure you see several photos of the individual. Ask them to send you recent photos, in addition to the ones on the website
- Always meet in a public place. It is generally a good idea to meet during the day, but if you are meeting in the evening go to a familiar location that is very public, such as a coffee house, busy restaurant, etc.
- Always plan your own travel arrangements initially. Do not accept a ride from anyone when you are first getting to know the person
- Let your friends and family members know where you are going and what time you will be arriving and returning home
- Always take a cell phone with you and make sure the battery is fully charged
- If you change locations, don’t accept a ride, drive your own car
- If you change locations make sure to call your friends and/or family members to notify them where you are going and what time you are planning to be home
- Call your friends or family members when you arrive home
- If you are traveling far to meet someone, make your own travel arrangements and confirm the arrangements prior to your departure
- Do not accept a ride home on your first date
- Do not give out your address on your first date
- Bring money or a credit card with you in the event the situation becomes uncomfortable and consider leaving your car and taking a taxi home so that the individual will not see your car and license plate number
- Make sure you are not being followed on the way home. Look in your rear view mirror frequently to see if someone is following you
- If you think you are being followed, drive to a police or fire station. Do not drive home
- Follow your instincts
- Be careful and cautious
- You have no obligation to meet anyone. Don’t be talked into a meeting if you don’t feel comfortable