I recently came across an article online posted by John M. Grohol, Psy.D., in 2003. Yep, nearly 10 years ago. It’s amazing that in that nearly decade’s-worth of time, while technology has changed and advanced, simple caution and common sense is still a major part of the safe online dating equation. Yes, I say amazing [...]
Updates on Dating Safely Online
UK investigative website The Private Detective has released a report stating that online dating sites are expected to be worth over $240 million by 2014, equivalent to 150 million British pounds. What this basically means is that a LOT of people are using online dating sites both nationwide and worldwide. The more people involved, [...]
Online Dating: 5 Safety Tips For The Ladies
One of the main difficulties regarding protecting yourself from predators in the online dating arena is the simple fact that predators can be quite intelligent and cagey with deception. Trusting your intuition simply isn’t enough. You have to be willing to do your own due diligence to make sure you’re safe, including measures other than [...]
Facebook Isn’t All Bad…How I Met My Fiance
I’ve written a lot about online dating, safety tips, do’s and don’ts, etc. and I thought I’d share my own personal experience with you…especially since it involves meeting someone through Facebook. I met my fiancee’ through Facebook, something I never thought would happen. Being 40-something, divorced and male, I get friend requests seemingly every [...]
Is Someone Doing a Background Check on You
Liar, liar, pants on fire! Those may be the words you used as a child when you found out you were being deceived. Usually, when you are the victim of a lie, your feelings might be hurt and you may lose a bit of your childhood innocence. Repeated occurrences of deceit and deception make all of [...]
A $7,000 Dating Mistake! Prevention?… a Criminal Background Check
The things people will do for a date. I just read this story about a 65 year old woman who paid (outrageously is my personal opinion) for a date(s) and got placed with someone with quite a few skeletons in his closet. Skeletons that were supposed to have been investigated with a criminal background check. [...]
The Experts Reveal 7 Tips for Safer Online Dating
Seven Tips for Safer Online Dating Online dating is no longer considered weird and certainly isn’t exclusively for the socially awkward nerd who doesn’t know how to meet girls. Thanks to the internet, social media, smart phones and liberals, social gatherings are fast going the way of the record player, and meeting people often comes [...]








