Online Dating for the 30 Something Woman
Jun 30th, 2009 by Gail Jones
Life isn’t fair, is it? Men get all the breaks. You have devoted all of your 20’s to establishing your career. It is not that you haven’t been dating you have, but not seriously. Now here you are 30 + and there is no long term relationship in sight.
You can actually hear your biological clock ticking. You have precious few years to find a man to fall in love with, make him fall in love with you, get married, and have a baby or it’s over. You already know all of the men in your social circle. Not that they aren’t nice guys, some of them, but none of them is your soul mate. What’s a girl supposed to do?
Consider online dating. You have the opportunity to read hundreds of profiles and look at hundreds of pictures in search of that someone that will be right for you. Maybe he lives in the same city you do, maybe he will live across the country or even in another country altogether. You aren’t limited to only those men that you come in contact with personally. The possibilities are practically endless.
Is online dating safe, you might ask? Aren’t the online dating sites made up entirely of perverts, sexual predators and crazies in assorted shapes and sizes? the short reply is, no they aren’t - not any more anyway, if they ever were.
Perhaps that was true when online dating first started but now it is above board. It’s as safe as you make it using common sense and sound judgment. Use the same caution that you would when meeting any stranger. Don’t give him your full name, address or mobile phone number until you feel quite safe doing so.
Nowadays, the Internet is more regulated than before. It is still very open, but there are many honest business owners on the Internet who regulate their websites, including dating agencies, in order to weed out the trouble makers. You can help make online dating safer too by telling the owner of the online dating agency if one of the members acts unpleasantly while online. I’m sure the person will be kicked out.
Don’t rush into a face-to-face meeting until you are confident and then make the first meeting in a public place and during the daytime. Give it a try! Mr. Right just might be a few mouse clicks away
