Everyone loves a good love story with a couple living happily ever after, but besides from Hollywood, its hard to find a true to life boy meets girl romance free of thorns. Not being a pessimistic, but everyone knows how hard it is to meet our significant others without casting a doubt on whether it would truly last or would he or she be truly the one.
But more difficult than maintaining a relationship is finding a person to start with. For some who has mastered the art of dating, it is a cinch, even making up games along with it. But for most of us ordinary Joes, that is sometimes a task that would border on impossibility.
Not all of us are Don Juan de Marco or Casanova, not withstanding the looks, even the art of small talk has been deprived, that is why some people are very shy or has low self-esteem in them selves and cant conjure the courage to walk up on someone they find attractive or at the least they are interested in.
So whoever thought up of online dating was a genius. He or she provided a venue for people who have had a hard time looking for someone to talk to or share their lives with meet and chat with other people that can be a potential partner or friend.
There are those who are skeptics though thinking that online dating sites are just out to grab the membership fees amidst the loneliness and the need for some people for companionship. While some do collect membership fees, there are services being offered and so many members have had their success stories to share to show how effective online dating is.
But just to show that there are online dating sites that do not rely on fees, free online dating sites have been created to cater those who don’t have the money to pay for the membership dues.
If you are a first time dweller in the realm of love and romance in online dating, there are some things you need to learn about, some reminders that can keep your online dating fun yet safe. Not to scare anyone, but we do live in a world where there are persons willing to pounce on the weaknesses of others.
· Always remember that the internet is full of people lurking for personal information for their advantage. Your Email address, your phone numbers, your street address are all commodities that they can sell and use for their benefit and for money.
· When creating your profile, start with using an alias. You can just reveal your true identity when you trust the person enough. Details like your home address, phone numbers, social security numbers and financial details should be kept a secret.
· Ask a lot of questions, but not too personal, the other person may suspect you as well. If you feel that the other person is being evasive, stop chatting with him or her.
· If you get to the point where you trust each other enough for a face-to-face date bring your own car. Never get into his or her car and be left alone.
· Always bring with you a cell phone and let your family or friends know where you’re going and with whom.
· Set a time to when you are coming back. If you're very late, ask your friends to call you, if you don’t answer there’s probably something wrong.
But don’t let all of this ruin online dating for you. Online dating is still a lot of fun, millions of people who are members of online dating cant all be wrong.
So check it out, it wont cost you a cent. Free online dating can provide you a glimpse of the future, socialization around the world through computers. Who knows, your significant other could be halfway around the world, free online dating can get you in touch with her or him without the delay of snail mail nor the cost of overseas calls.
Don miss this chance of a lifetime, check it out and find out why more and more people are joining and why online dating has been one of the fastest rising industry in the internet.
