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Originally Posted by maleficent
(...)they could be a wanted felon in 28 states, a serial killer, or married.
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I really like the equivalencies in that line.
"He's
married! Call 911!"
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Originally Posted by aladdin sane
To those of you who have met cyber friends in RT for a date: how did you keep it safe? What steps did you take to insure your safety?
Also did anyone end up in bed on the first rendezvous? Was the real thing as good as the cyber thing?
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I've met people via match.com, here, and via an off-line profiling system. The key thing was to meet them in public first if you hadn't interacted before. At least on-line, you MIGHT get an idea of who this person is before you get the interference of what they actually look like, which can be a problem for some people.
I had more first dates via an off-line profiling system back in the late '90s than with any other method I've used. After a few of these 5 minute dates, I started meeting them in places where I'd have something else to do after the "date" collapsed, such as book or grocery shopping.
Someone around here has suggested that self-fulfilling prophecy may be involved, and it may, but
she never met these women. Yikes. I mean, ridicule what I do for a living almost instantly on first meeting me. Yeah, that'll go over well. I met one person that way who was worthwhile as an acquaintence, and another who might have been a great gf but for other issues. The point is that it doesn't matter how you meet someone. What matters is whether you do or not, and what you do afterwards.
The woman from match.com lied in her profile, or I'd never have met her: she had kids, which ultimately killed the relationship.
Oh, and I don't "cyber" either.