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I think I am beginning to get a little bored, because I keep looking at old
Whyville newspapers (just kidding ^o^)! I read JasmineK's article on having Whyville
dating services, and I am here to follow up on that article and the many
varying BBS comments. I don't so much want to talk about dating services as the issue of
online dating itself.
Online dating presents a real potential danger. It's like climbing a tree. You could
fall out of it, or you could stay in the tree. Your mother always warned you to not do
this or that because those things have potential danger.
When you do something with potential danger (yes, I will be using this word a lot),
the risks are great. Going back to the example with climbing a tree, you could
fall out and seriously injure yourself. Same thing with online dating. Soon your
"dating" could move to talking on AOL or MSN, giving out personal information,
and maybe even meeting in real life -- because you decide you want to, or
otherwise.
You're probably thinking, "Yeah, right," but these things do happen. When you talk
to a person who you really connect with, you might start to open up in ways you
didn't intend. He or she may want to meet
you. This is the time to act.
I'm not saying online dating is a bad thing, but it does have some risks
involved. You need to keep your eyes open and watch out for warning signals when
talking to this person. If you keep hearing a little voice in the back of your
head telling you to stop talking, then stop. Put down the keyboard and mouse,
sign off and go outside. If this person continues to talk to you while you're
gone, then I think you'd better
block, silence, warn, report or whatever you can do to stop this person from
contacting you again. That's just too much....
Just play it on the safe side.
*click, click*
ABbayb290
-taking the safer route-
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