Oh my geeze me im so nervous, I am pretty sure this person is not a creeper, we are meeting in a park, I have never done this before it's so weird. ---------- Post added 15th Jul 2012 at 02:36 PM ---------- What I wanted to say was any advice?
If you're meeting in a park, make sure the two of you stay in sight of other people (even if it is tempting to wander off on your own). Let at least two other people know where you'll be and who you'll be with, and make sure you know her real name (not a username). Other than that... hope it goes well and good luck! <3
Be careful, but generally I wish you the best. Bring friends if you're out to anyone, and I applaud your courage at trying this. ^^
As long as it's during daytime and you're in a place where there'll be more people (park is a good choice!), then I say go for it. Just be yourself, and have fun
Well, the others already gave good advice about safety so have a great time and let us know how it went
As long as you're meeting in a relatively public area you should be fine when I first started online dating it was strange for me too...but you get less nervous as you go on more. Good luck today!!
Ah it's all okay guys, we both ended up chickening out, I went there, found no one, then left. Messaged her and she had gotten scared when she saw some random guys drive into the park (she thought I had been a creep) so she left, so it was a failure. Might happen again, but unknown at the moment. Thanks for all the support guys!
Have you two ever talked on the phone or skyped before? If you haven't, I think you should do that first before meeting them in person. It will probably make it a lot easier.
Yes. A phone conversation would be good. Also, a description of the clothes you'd be wearing and she'd be wearing so you both know who the right person is.
Please have a video chat with her first. There has been at least one person on this forum in the past where it turned out that the person they were talking to was fake.
It's nothing really too hard. Personally I require a skype call. Everyone has webcams or smartphones these days at my age. If you don't, well.. Eh. Still. They need to verify themselves somehow because I've already encountered a 35 year old, and drove the fuck home... It's not fun. Just don't sleep with them; all I got to say in that regard. Online dating makes it SUPER easy to find someone you're compatible with and you'll need to go slowly.
I met my current boyfriend online so, no complaints here. I'd say the error rate is high for the first date. You'll end up not seeing most people again after the first or second time. But eventually you'll find one worth keeping. Of the 10-ish people I met online I'd say 2 were profoundly less attractive than their pictures indicated. They both had only 1 picture though. So I was kinda taking a chance.
Not only that, but video chat is a great way to see if you're compatible with someone, and it can also be really fun. You can't tell someone's tone from text, and it's much harder to lie when you can see the other person's eyes. It might not paint a completely accurate picture as to what they're like in person, but it's a good start.
Honestly 90% of Teenagers that use the internet these days are using laptops. With built in microphones and cameras. I think a good chunk of anyone in my age group will have one of these. And if they don't, they have a friend who does.
