Thursday, August 10, 2006

Free Online Dating Service - Use It Responsibly

It seems that loneliness is reaching epidemic proportions among the hip, young, and wired. That there is a whole generation out there who is only recourse to romance is with a free online dating service.

However, if this description fits you, fear not. There are all kinds of others out there as eager as you to find someone to love, and although it is not quite as easy as the free dating services online will make it seem, it is something that anyone can find online.

When you search within Google with keyword "free dating service online" or "free online dating service", you will get 10s of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of hits for all those websites that yield to serving you a partner for your dating.

Beware, however, and use common sense. Many of the sites, which advertise themselves as a free online dating service, are not free. Sometimes they are not even dating services but imposing as one.

If, for example, a site promises you to "meet hot singles" or something about all of the "sexy girls waiting," it is probably some weird internet version of a pay per minute phone thing. There are frauds everywhere and nowhere more so than the internet.

My favorite free online dating service is Craiglist. Yeah, I know. It has a reputation for being the stomping ground of perverts and fetishists of every description, a reputation not wholly unwarranted, but with the number of people using Craigslist as a free online dating service, it still isn't that hard to find someone who meets your interests, no matter how vanilla, or how kinky your needs are.

In addition, instead of relying on silly stock profiles like most free online dating services, you communicate through postings. These postings last a couple of weeks, can be changed or removed whenever you want, yet do not require you giving personal information to anyone.

Of course, the problem with using Craigslist, as a free online dating service is that there is no guarantee that the person who you are writing to is who they say they are as in the typical Internet. This is why with this, or any other free online dating service, it is really best to talk enough to make sure that the person is okay through trust building as you goes; meet in a public place the first time, where both people can feel comfortable and safe. The person you are meeting might be okay, but it never pays to take chances.

It is not a free online dating service where you have to request membership, or give them your email. It is a simple public forum where anyone can look for anything or someone they want, giving you tremendous freedom, yet a sense for your own safety. Especially if you are a girl.

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