aravain
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If it feels sketchy to you... don't do it. BUT it seems like you're saying it doesn't. Either way, though, I would suggest at LEAST taking a friend (who's either open to the lifestyle, or who could at least be a good 'chaperon' for you and your 'internet boyfriend' if he/she isn't) or a couple you're friends with and then go out on a date. It beats having to take two different cars, and you're with someone else at any point... I do suggest that this friend be male, or that the couple has a male, though because, sad but true, predators who prey on women are less likely to try anything when another man is around, and the other man, if he's looking for it, can usually tell if he's sketchy or not (whereas you might be too swept up in the 'first meet' to notice). That isn't to say that taking a girlfriend without isn't bad, it's just, erroneously, safer to have a man there too/instead. You could even set up a 'safe phrase' with your friends. If you or them utter the phrase at any point, you're to find a way to politely get the hell out of there, maybe drive the guy to a hotel room or give him a taxi place's number. Good safe phrases would be something like 'You'd LOVE my cat Fluffy!' when the speaker doesn't even have a cat, that sort of thing. But I'd also like to be slightly old fashioned, silly, generally patronizing and point out that, unless you met him somewhere else... the maximum that you've known him is 7 days (gotten from right under your name in your post). One week. It's good that you're waiting till January to meet him, that shows some real maturity on both parts to let a relationship really bloom and get at least mostly out of that lovey-dovey phase... but maybe it's the cynic in me that throws warning bells when I hear someone so smitten so quickly. I wouldn't ever, EVER place a huge amount of trust in anyone, no matter how awesome they seem to be, until I've met them face to face or have been talking to them for YEARS. Then again, I've been burned pretty badly by both 'friends' and an internet 'relationship' so I might be biased. It's also true that people you meet face to face can be total snakes as well... sooooo take this worth a grain of salt. :) I just wouldn't have been able to sleep without saying it EDIT: to make me not sound like I only believe in single sex couples
< Message edited by aravain -- 9/17/2008 9:32:07 PM >
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