Safe Dating Tips

Important Safe Dating Tips to Make Your Matchmaking Experience with

Personals Match Online Safe, Comfortable & Successful

With busy life today most of us barely have some time for themselves, besides it is not easy just to go out and approach some one we meet and think that this is a person we would like to meet. Therefore more people now use online matchmaking sites to meet a person who may match what they are looking for. Personals Match Online is here to help you find the most compatible matches possible. We provide many tools for you to search members of our site and connect with new friends to help you discover your best qualities and those who might qualify to be potential partners throughout your search.

With this said, we would like to mention that your safety always comes first, and we very much ask and encourage you to be cautious whether online or offline and to use your judgment and instincts are to protect yourself. Please read the following safety rules for a safely navigating on the web.

1. Take Your Time and Think thoroughly Before Making Your Judgment

Personals Match Online observes accounts activity and seriously considers all complaints of unacceptable or inappropriate members’ accounts; yet Personals match Online does not screen backgrounds of new members at the time an account is registered. You would need to remember that it is always possible that people may misrepresent themselves; therefore assessment of a match's truthfulness and good will is ultimately your responsibility. Don't ignore any fact that doesn't feel right, stop communication and if on a date, excuse yourself and leave right away. You can choose to or not to step further depending on how comfortable you feel.

Be cautious of someone who:

• Asks for money or any type of financial assistance, whether before or even after you have met in person for few times.

• Asks you to assist with financial or personal transactions (open any type of account in your name, depositing funds, shipments, etc).

• Wants to rush steps of your relationship.

• Asks you to provide help or assistance for any situation or crisis thought you barely know each other.

• Asks inappropriate or non related questions.

• Gives unclear answers to specific questions.

• Encourages you to compromise your principles.

• Steps on getting very close in a very short time of knowing each other

2. Be Cautious When Sharing Any Personal Information

We strongly encourage you to be cautious when sharing personal information that could reveal your identity. Resist the urge to provide a personal email or phone number right away, no matter how strong a connection to your match may feel. Once you've given out personal information, you cannot take it back! We encourage you to get to know a match well enough via our site communication system before taking the next step and sharing a telephone number, instant messenger handle or email address.

Phone talking with the other person is an important procedure in getting to know each other better, yet before you share your phone number, make sure that you have discussed the requirement to respect each other's privacy, and if decide to end communication in the future, phone number will not be used to push for an unwanted relationship. We would also suggest that you use phone's privacy features when you call or receive calls. You also have the option to use Personals Match Online video and audio chat service that allows you and your match to talk to each other without the need to exchange your phone numbers.

3. Do Your Own Homework

As mentioned above, Personals Match Online does not perform background checks on its members. Personals Match Online does not perform criminal background checks on its users because it is a global site, besides that many crimes may never be reported to authorities, so even background checks might be a false sense of security. It is important to use caution and common sense with every match.

We rely on the honesty of our members when filling out our Join form to provide their date of birth, marital status, city and state of residence, occupation, educational background, etc. Regardless of the connection you feel with any of your matches, we encourage you to do your own thorough research before and even after meeting in person, use your common sense and cleverly pay attention to the details someone shares and if you find anything that doesn't seem to add up, stop the communication.

4. Take Your Time, Do not Rush Steps

While online communication can accelerate one's sense of comfort and intimacy, we can't stress enough how important it is for you to take your time getting to know your match real well. We encourage you to be patient and take your time to learn better about your match before suggesting or stepping to meet in person.

Even though Personals Match Online matching system creates very compatible matches depending on your interest in regard of look, age, etc.., compatibility alone does not eliminate the need for real-life experience. It is vital even after date to get to know each other in a deep, revealing and meaningful way. The more experiences you share, the better your chances of avoiding hidden and possibly unpleasant surprises. So allow time for a variety of experiences together, particularly the simple everyday routine. Step slowly, learn and pay attention to the reality of your new relationship, as well as your relationship goals.

5. Make Your Date Safe and Successful

Meeting in person is a very exciting time, you look forward to have fun and explore the chemistry that you might feel with your date, but don't let excitement effect your ability to exercise safety caution. Always remember that safety comes first:

• Choose the time and place of your date wisely and cautiously. Meet in a public place at a decent hour during which lots of people will be around. Lunch dates would be a good choice. It is even better to ask a friend or maybe a family member to accompany you.

• Avoid or limit alcohol consumption until you know the person well enough.

• Use your own vehicle, even when meeting someone who lives a great distance away from you. It's never a good idea to get into someone's personal vehicle. Drive yourself or take a taxi.

• Tell at least one friend or family member about your plans, and arrange to check in with them after each of the dates.

• Carry a fully charged mobile phone with easy access to emergency numbers, family members and friends.

Make Sure Not To:

• Leave personal belongings or IDs that could reveal your personal information, such as a driver's license, credit cards, ATM receipts, etc.

• Meet at your house or place of work or give that information out until you have had a good opportunity to know the other person well enough.

• Go home with someone, even if it feels like everything is safe and going great. You have not spent enough time with him or her to assess whether your safety might possible be at risk by any mean.

6. Always be Respectful, Understanding and Kind

Always be respectful and treat your matches whether online or when you meet in person as you would want others to treat you. Not every match is going to be right for you so closing communication with a match or a match close communication with you is a natural thing. You still need to carefully consider whether this person in particular is the one with whom you would like to go further in a relationship. If you feel the need to end communication, then be honest, direct and polite. The sooner you address this determination, the better for both of you.

If a match feels the need to close communication with you, please respect his or her wish.

7. Report Concerns about a Match to Personals Match Online

Personals Match Online works hard to close individuals who misrepresent who they are on our site, and we take member complaints seriously. If you have concerns about a particular match on Personals Match Online please do not hesitate to contact us so that appropriate steps can be taken to keep our site a safe and right place to start a relationship on the web. Email your concerns to us. Never give anyone money or send goods requested or items of value. If a match asks you for money, a loan or any other merchandise, please let us know so that Personals Match Online can investigate this matter.

If Personals Match Online closes an account for suspect activity, inappropriate behavior or falsified identity, you may be notified via email to discontinue communicating with the match in question. We strongly encourage all of our members to review emails received from Personals Match Online to ensure this communication is received promptly.

We hope these main guidelines will help in making your online matchmaking experience a fun and success, and that you will find your soul mate or partner.

With all our best wishes to you,
Personals Match Online team