Dating Safety Rules: Dating Profile Headline of the Day

There has been a lot of noise over the past two weeks with Match.com deciding to check member profiles against a national (USA) sex offender registry.

While I do agree with any additional safety feature that any online service can offer as a way to better protect their members, I think that ultimately the safety of the person is the responsibility of the person.

Think of it this way, if you buy something online and use your credit card, a host of information now has to be secured by the merchant company to be able to not only process your order but also to maintain that personal information you had to agree to provide to complete the order.
You assume that the company will protect your information, use it only with your consent, and store it safely.
Ultimately, however, it is up to you to watch where you make a purchase and see that the online shop uses very good security of a provable service. And even the product you buy you might have done a little bit of research into.

With online dating not only should you use caution when selecting a dating service to use (that’s why we have reviewed more than 500 for you) you should do some simple search engine searches (google him/her) and maybe even check out their profile on social networking sites.

Finding out this type of information should be a basic part of your online dating adventure but remember, doing these steps to check out someone’s background is up to you. I suggest you do them, just to be a little more certain of your personal safety.

You may even want to open an account at “Net Detective” so you can run even more background and criminal checks against someone you might be interested in dating and know a little more about them without having to ask those uncomfortable questions.

And the biggest rule of dating online is this:
Tell a friend where and when you are going and when you will be returning and who you are going to meet. It would be best for you to have a friend “follow you” in a type of undercover security role.
Limit the meeting to a very public place in daylight and set a predetermined time for this date to end.
Never lose sight of your drinks and food. If you have an emergency trip to the bathroom, and you’ve left your food or drink on the table, when you return just order something different saying the food doesn’t agree with your stomach, or something similar.
And call someone when you get home safely. And if at any time you feel uncomfortable, make up an excuse and leave. And call your “security person” that you are headed home before then end of the date.
These rules should cover you for your first three dates, at a minimum.

For the headline of your online dating profile, try this:
“I’m not crazy my mother had me tested.”

Have a great day!

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