Dating Online and the 30'ish Woman

by Gail Jones

Life just isn't fair, is it? Men get all the good luck. You've devoted most of your 20's to getting your career off the ground. It really is not that you haven't been dating at all - you have, but not seriously. Now here you are 30 + and there is no long term relationship in sight.

You can actually listen to your biological clock ticking away. You have precious few years to find a bloke to fall in love with, make him fall in love with you, get married, and have a baby or it's lights out. You already know all of the men in your social circle. Not that they aren't nice enough guys, some of them anyway, but none of them is really your soul mate. Just what is a girl to do?

Think about 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 weirdos in assorted shapes and sizes? the short answer is, no they aren't - not any more anyway, if they ever were.

   Maybe that was true when online dating first started but now it is main stream. 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: ie don't give him your full name, address or cell phone number until you feel quite comfortable doing so.

Nowadays, the Internet is more regulated than before. It is still very open, but there are many honest business owners on the net who police their websites, including dating agencies, in order to weed out the trouble makers. You can help make online dating safer too by informing the online dating agency if one of the members acts unpleasantly online. I'm sure he will be banned.

Don't rush into a personal meeting until you are confident and then make the first meeting in a public place and during daylight hours. Give it a try! Mr. Right just might be a few mouse clicks away