Some of the dangers of internet dating?

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question:is it rare to find someone honest and good?or is it common or just a chance?

Some of the dangers of internet dating?
Its no more dangerous that dating in real life, its just easier to hide who you are online.





I met my boyfriend online (just by chatting on a music forum) and he is who he says he is. Unless he has been fooling me for 2 years, haha.
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Reply:i guess by chance, i met a guy (my babys father) on the internet...after 3 yrs (and psychological and emotional abuse) for most of it, i finished with him....im VERY wary of such knobs!
Reply:Dodgy business,lots of people masquerading as something they ain't.
Reply:Online dating is no safer or more dangerous than any other form of dating. It does allow people to hide their true identities a little longer, but anyone using a little common sense and caution can avoid most of the serious dangers of online dating.


You can meet many good and honest people online - they just may not be an ideal or suitable mate for you.
Reply:It's rare to find someone honest and good period, not just on the internet.





You usually can tell though if someone is pretendingt o be someone they're not even on line. Especially on here coz it isn't a dating site.





You can scroll through Q%26amp;A's and even if they don't ask any Questions it tells you something about that person. (usually that they already think they know everything). You can also see by looking at their contacts i.e. who they hang out with. just like in real life.





There language can give away where their from, their mood, theri state of mind.





You can also look for congruence. Congruence is consistency.





Sometimes it is a feeling. You don't know what it is exactly but you just get a feeling that all is not as it seems.





The problem with dating is that some ppl who come on line looking for a date are desperate enough to stop 'listening' to their own common sense and intuition, and start taking silly risks.





You would have to know someone very well before ever agreeing to meet with them, and then you would be wise to arrange to meet in a public place, with friends if possible.
Reply:The only difference between Internet dating and any other form of meeting people is the physical appearance which over the net can be hidden but in a face to face meeting can't.


If you meet someone in a pub club or anywhere they can give you a load of waffle as to their job, where they live, marital status, hobbies, sexual preferences, even age but given time care and a certain amount of experience in life most people can tell when a person is lying, and those that get caught out and most of us have at some time fallen for or fancied someone who wasn't what they seemed, as long as that person doesn't rush into a long term commitment then the truth will come out eventually.
Reply:That s terrible a lesson to be learnt Be careful out there
Reply:The main danger of the internet is that anybody can be pretend to be something they are not. That is why everyone should be very guarded about what personal information they put out about themselves. Obviously, there are honest and good people, but its a lottery isnt it?
Reply:There are many beautiful people on the Internet.


I am here for one.





But I would not meet up with anyone I met on the net, it is just too plain dangerous.
Reply:I would say it's hard to find someone good on the internet. Men always lie and say they are single.
Reply:It's very impersonal %26amp; can cloud your judgement.I don't think you can beat talking to someone face to face to suss them out.On here people can be who they wat to and mislead you.I think you'd be very lucky to find the genuine article on dating sites.