Use Your Cell Phone

Never give out your phone number online in a chat room or use your home phone number on an online dating or matchmaking site. If you really feel you want to talk to someone on the phone use a cell phone number. You may even want to set up a separate cell phone, such as a pay-as-you-go cell phone, just for this purpose. By going this route if someone becomes annoying you can choose to ignore the phone ringing or even change that number without the hassle of notifying everyone who calls your other number. The other advantage of using a cell phone number is that you can use one of several new online services to find out what kind of person you are going to date by putting their cell phone number into a set of text blocks and then find out what their dating habits are. You can even add your own set of comments. There are even dating sites that allow you to use your cell phone to connect to others looking to date you so you do not have to wait for an email. While this may be a bit more of a risk than using a standard online dating site it may suit your lifestyle better.