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The Importance of Staying Safe in Online Dating

By Maria Bashi
Nov 27, 2018
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When people go on the Internet with the possibility of dating, there are also a lot of other possibilities they have to keep in mind. There’s a real potential threat to your safety on the web, especially when you meet a person that you’ve only spoken with a few times, and without being able to observe their body language or hear their voice to check for inconsistencies.

The standard advice with the web and meeting strangers for the first time or two is almost always applied to women. After all, there are a lot of potential threats to a woman’s safety and peace of mind out there, and many men are a lot less than gentle. Some are even downright criminal and dangerous. Of course, this ignores the fact that men can be under almost as much of a threat as women can, particularly with the world being as it is today.

Physical Threats Go Both Ways

If you’ve ever seen the movie Fatal Attraction, you know that a woman who grows obsessed with a man can do horrible things. If you have pets, those pets could end up being injured, poisoned, or even killed. Your friends could be harmed in some way whenever they visit you at your home or in person.

In some instances, the other person can even become a serious physical threat to a your safety. While men may be bigger, stronger, and tougher in many cases, a woman can still use a gun or a car to even the odds. As well, many men are far more hesitant to hit back when a woman attacks them, which can allow a situation to escalate from bare hands to a knife, a gun, or whatever kind of weapons that might be convenient.

Your Property Under Threat

If a person you meet becomes obsessed or otherwise feels scorned, your safety may not be the only possible thing they can go after. After all, if you own anything at all, it can be damaged in a way that hurts you. There are even songs about how people take their revenge on vehicles, houses, or other property, which can come to no small price tag while being difficult to prove.

If you own your home or have property, this can be even worse. Just like tenants can destroy property from the inside, there are tons of ways an angry person whose sanity is questionable can hurt what you have. They can do physical damage, and they can harass your tenants to the point where you constantly have to respond to complaints. This may even cost you some otherwise good tenants.

Your Time Is Valuable

Often, the early process of talking is going to tell you some useful things about their personality. When you Chat with women or men, you can often weed out the psychos before they have a chance to get too crazy or attached. It’s important to protect yourself, no matter what your gender is.

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