First Date with Your Online Mate

First dates can be awkward, be it you met your date via the World Wide Web or while walking down half way tree.   Anxiety attacks and desire to impress can fracture communication lines and retard any development of a relationship beyond the first date. First dates for individuals who met online can be both harrowing and dramatic.  Additionally, first time meetings for online daters may end up in remorse and even tragedy. Therefore it is important to plan your meeting with your online friend. The internet offers predators and violators a feeding ground for their pathological behaviors.  You do not want to be on the receiving end of any of these misleading and sociopathic individual.

Here are a few guidelines to guarantee a great experience when you meet your internet mate in person for the first time.

• Never meet an online friend without apprising your friends or kins of your whereabouts. This include where you will be meeting the person. What time you should be expected home and the nature of the meeting.  Let someone look at your net friend’s profile so as to be able to identify them if something should happen to you.
• Agree on a time and date to meet your online mate. Arrive at the rendezvous spot an hour earlier and launch a stake out with a friend.  
• Do not tell your date exactly what you are wearing and it is best to not be in the exact area you agreed upon. If you are driving do not inform your date of what type for vehicle you will be driving.
• It is best to meet your date in a public place. Do not agree to meet in a hotel room or in a solitary place. You need to be around people or in a crowd in case you find yourself in a situation that may warrant the assistance of another.
• The minute that you have met your date and you have been properly introduced, call your friend or family and tell them that you are okay and that you are with John Doe. Describe John Doe to your family. If he drives a car, text his license plate number to your friend or family member.  
• This is a great time to ascertain your online friend’s identity. Asked to see his ID in the form of passport of driver’s license.   Ensure that this information is passed to a second party n the phone. This information should be passed on if you intend to spend overnight or weekend with your online friend.
• Whether or not you decide to have sexual intercourse with your online friend is entirely based on your convictions. Remember to use a condom and other supplementary contraceptives.  Do not have unprotected sex.  Remember that you do not know this person well enough. You do not want to contract a disease or get impregnated by a man that your barely know and vice versa for the men.  Make wise choices.  Life is essentially made up of a million tiny moments and choices.  A decision can change the course of your life forever.
• Do not throw caution to the wind.  I know that you are excited to meet this person and spend some quality interpersonal time together.  Remember that there are chances that you may never see this person again. Cherish the experience. Have fun but be safe. Return home alive and safe.  You now have a new story to tell.