Meeting people online can be a bit scary…we never really know who they are, do we? So those looking for a spouse can be vulnerable–especially women! Here’s a tip from Amy Bonaccorso, the author of How to Get to ‘I Do’ – A Dating Guide for Catholic Women.
When dating, people – especially women, can get concerned about preserving their sense of privacy. Boundaries are important. What if someone turns out to be a pest?
Here’s a quick tip: Create an email address specifically for the early stages of dating.
Most of us have easy access to free email providers like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc. Use a special email address for online dating websites and for the people you meet there. You may even want to use this email address for new potential dates you meet in real life.
Having a separate email address will create a communications buffer. If you decide that you no longer want to interact with a person, and he/she doesn’t like that decision, they won’t have access to your regular personal email address or your work email address. The emails will be on your terms. They won’t be able to harass you at work by pinging you with unwanted or distracting emails.
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I think it’s awful that a young woman or young man has to turn to the internet to find a potential spouse! What about Church?! Shouldn’t that be the place to meet like minded people? Well, there’s how it should be and then there’s how it is. It’s very sad.
Lisa, I couldn’t have said it better myself. People are trying hard as a rock to make it so that the internet is the ONLY way to meet people, and it’s a miracle things have not gotten that far…yet.
I’d prefer to meet that special someone the old fashioned way; face-to-face!