Online Dating

Online dating is one of the new ways people are meeting someone to date. It is a way for people to meet people who are actually single.  No guessing within the bar if a person is single or even interested in getting to know people for a relationship.  Yet on these sites there are people who you will want to get to know and things won't work out.  There are other times that you will meet someone and you find that you wish you had not given out your number to a person.  While there are some great safety features within online dating websites, there is also a time in which you want to get to know someone between the website and meeting in person. (And perhaps even a few dates after meeting a person.)  That you wish your personal information had not been given out to people. Thus the reason that I write this article.

For most people they want a way to get to know someone through email, text messages, or web chat before meeting them in person.  Other people would like to just do one of these, you can chose your way that would work for you.

Google has some great things to help with each one of these areas.  Gmail is a great way of filtering your emails into circles.  This can help you keep track of the different people that you are.  You can understand who is interested in you and who is not.  You can also figure out who would be a better match for you after getting to know them better.

Gmail also offers a means of chatting with a person, either through instant messaging or web chat.  The chatting allows you to have longer conversations to get to know each person and it is recorded to really keep track of it. The instant messaging would be filtered just as the emails are filtered to help you remember and keep track of people, their interests and even how much the person could be a good match for you.

Google also offers a different application called Voice.  With voice you are able to select a phone number.  That number remains on a server but if anyone calls it, it will redirect to your cell phone.  Through this number, you are able to send unlimited text messages.  You can access these texts through the app either online or the app for your phone.  This number also allows you to keep track of the phone numbers through a separate directory.  This allows you to do text messages but not picture messages.

With all of these options you can also block messages and numbers for people who continue to want your attention but you are not interested.  While these are tools to be used, a person should also use common sense and if necessary file a complaint with the police.

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