Online dating safety tips for beginners

If you are an online dating beginner, you should learn some internet dating safety tips before you go any further in your online dating journey because your safety is paramount! 😉

How to protect yourself by avoiding being catfished:

Anyone who asks for your money on a dating website is a scammer, so you have to stop chatting with that “member” and report them to the dating website as soon as possible.

Also, for the very first few dates, you have to meet people in public venues like coffee shops, bars and restaurants where others are present in the same space.

Remember that your instinct is always right. If you feel that someone is the wrong candidate, that’s already the wrong person – you don’t really need more evidence. Another signal is contraction in your body: If your body literally contracts when you are interacting with a person, that means your body’s wisdom is telling you that you are talking to the wrong person. Full stop.

13 years ago, I married my ex-husband. My best friend attended the wedding. The next morning, I received a text message from my best friend: “I’m sorry to tell you that I have a feeling that your husband is a very dangerous person. I know you just had a wedding yesterday, and I shouldn’t say this today. But I really want to protect you because my intuition told me that your husband is so dangerous. I just want you to be happy, safe and satisfied in life.”

Then I met with my best friend as quickly as possible and told her what happened, including what made me marry my ex-husband and what he had already done at that time. She understood what I said and wished me well.

At that time, my best friend was also married. I would say she was happily married 13 years ago. Nevertheless, she got divorced a few years later because her husband invited his close friend (a woman who just gave birth to a baby) to their house – that woman lived there for a very long time and caused some friction in the household. Then my best friend was pregnant, but unfortunately, she became very unwell and the baby died before he was born. After that, my best friend and her parents had serious issues with her husband at that time and then they got divorced.

About 1 or 2 years later, I told my best friend that I also needed to get divorced, so she recommended her divorce lawyer to me. I got divorced with the help of the right legal advice. That means both my best friend and I got divorced.

Fortunately, I discovered online dating and now I’ve met my true love. As I’m writing this article right now, I’m happily engaged and will get married again in June 2023. This time I trust my intuition 100%. Therefore, I would argue that the No. 1 dating safety tip is to trust your instinct. 😊

Avoid these on a dating website:

Always avoid vague dating profiles on a dating website because genuine candidates wouldn’t make their dating profile description vague.

Avoid those who refuse to have an audio/video chat with you online because a genuine person certainly wants to have a video/audio chat on the internet first in order to build a connection properly.

Please don’t misrepresent yourself on a dating platform and don’t play hard-to-get. Playing mind games only leads to stressful relationships.

My ultimate dating safety tip for you: Be authentic. You’ll find the right relationship that you really want online.