| Maybe you've been dating for a while, or maybe you | | | | dates or for however many you feel comfortable. |
| are newly single and dating seems like something you | | | | 5) For the first date or two, you might want to |
| did in another lifetime. Whatever your situation, | | | | make it a double date. Remember the old adage, |
| staying safe is important. So, we have provided you | | | | there is safety in numbers. |
| with reminders of ways to stay safe when you are | | | | 6) Carry your cell phone. If the date is going horrible, |
| meeting new people and dipping into the dating pool. | | | | you can always excuse yourself to the bathroom |
| 1) As a precaution, before you begin dating, get an | | | | and call a friend to save you or to rescue with |
| unlisted and unpublished phone number so a barrier | | | | another phone call a few moments later. |
| will exist for someone who tries to link your phone | | | | 7) Try to arrive at the date locate first and then sit |
| number and address. | | | | facing the door. That way you will see the first |
| 2) Then, with any potential date, give only your | | | | reaction of your date and you will have no surprises. |
| phone number or e-mail address but not too much | | | | 8) Be the last to leave the date location to ensure |
| information about where, specifically, you work or | | | | you aren't followed home. |
| where, specifically, you live. It isn't good to be | | | | 9) Stay aware of your surroundings and all of the |
| paranoid, but it is also wise to take safety | | | | other people present at all times. |
| precautions when meeting someone new, especially | | | | 10) And most of all, if you feel uncomfortable or |
| someone you and your friends no nothing about. | | | | unsafe, alert a waiter, bartender, or other "official" |
| 3) Agree to meet in only very public places. | | | | person at your location. |
| 4) Provide your own transportation for the first few | | | | |