What should you do if you met a guy on the Internet and you are a little concerned that he won't like you if he meets you?

Answer 1

Getting Over Your ConcernsIt is hard to get out from behind the computer and into real life, but meeting an online partner is not any different from a job interview. Unlike other ways of meeting, you do have some sense of what the person is like from his writing style (is it positive, does he like the things you do?). Talk to him a few times on the phone, and if you still like him, go out. Set your meeting up so it is easy--daytime in a neutral place is nice. I personally liked breakfast or an hour walk in a local park with lots of people. Don't extend the first meeting into longer than that. Dress nicely and look forward to a nice time. Call a girlfriend/family member and let her know where you are going and when you will call her back. In my experience, I couldn't tell the nicest guys from their pictures, nor could I tell how they would "feel" until I met them. Going out with several guys over time (one at a time was more sane for me) gave me a comfort level in doing this. Some of the best writers weren't the best ones I met. The one I made my partner definitely didn't look like I thought "the One" would, but his profile said it all. Look for the guy to be a gentleman, interesting and interested, show up on or near to on time, kind and considerate, and the rest will take care of itself. BTW don't get too serious for the first few meetings. Also keep up your other life activities, because this process can take awhile.

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• It doesnt matter how you look; you met them online. If you dont like the way he look, dont worry about it you dont have to see him again if you dont want to. A good way to find out if your blind date is ugly or not, make sure you're standing a distance from your meeting place and get a look at him before he can get a g good look at you and if he's ugly, leave immediately and stand him up! LOL

• I'm going to be a little kinder on this one. First off only a very small percentage of internet relationships works out. When you find someone on the Internet you run the risk of this situation, but worst of all you also run the risk of being in the "danger zone." This may not be the young guy you think and he could be an older man and a dangerous one. Nix the Internet to meet guys and get out in reality and meet guys the old fashion way.

If you're curious take a girlfriend along and meet with the guy. If you don't care for him then move on. If you do like him then don't go out on a date alone with him for awhile and always have a girlfriend (and her boyfriend) or be with a group of your friends while you are seeing him. Get him to meet your parents!

• It's questions like this that make me choke. If the guy doesn't "like" you does it matter? It simply wasn't meant to be. Anyone who is depending on the internet for meeting a potential partner has their own reason(s) for doing so (I am not going to comment here), but whatever their reason(s), I *think* it better to find out sooner, rather than later, if any attraction is mutual. For the decision to be made to "meet up" we must assume that there is some measure of attraction, if it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out, get over it. Rightly, or wrongly, I believe there is "someone" out there for everybody, someone "right", if it doesn't work out this time, maybe it will the next time, the important thing is to keep "out there", the "right one" will come along.