Online dating, especially with Meettyournextdate.com and its revolutionary features, is a great way to find your potential partner, but you should always be careful when meeting someone you don't know. So take precautions to meet in public and get to know as much as you can about the other person first. This should help for a safe and enjoyable experience when you meet the compatible dates that our 'Matchfinder' service has found for you!

Get to know the date before revealing personal information. Once you decide to make contact with a potential date, make sure you spend enough time with them online to get to know them. Messaging via the Meet Your Next Date's website allows you to communicate with your match without revealing information such as your email address or phone number. Only give a match that information once you have spent some time getting to know them online first.

Talk on the telephone before arranging to meet in person. You can tell a lot more about a person from talking to them on the phone, than you can from an email or IM, which they may have spent time perfecting. If you don't wish to give your match your phone number yet, call them and block your identity from caller ID if possible. Check with your phone company, but most caller ID's are blocked using *67.

Have your first date in daylight in a public place. Make your first date somewhere with plenty of other people around and during daylight hours. Meet your date there; do not allow them to pick you up from home or work. A coffee shop or gallery are ideal, low-pressure venues for a first date in safe surroundings. Only meet your date after dark or alone after you are completely sure about them.
 

Where should you take your first date? The location of your first date together is extremely important to its success and the impression that your date will form of you. So where should you take your match on your very first date?

The most important thing about a first date location is that it should be fun! Fun for both of you – don’t take you date to do something you hate just because he or she likes it, or you think it will impress him or her. Make sure it is low pressure by not going somewhere very expensive and trying to impress your date with your money. Make sure it is affordable, so your date can offer to split the bill without embarrassment.

The location of the first date should also be easy to find and somewhere where there are plenty of other people around, so you and your date can relax and enjoy each other’s company in safety. Consider an activity such as a trip to an event involving a shared interest, as this will give you an instant topic of conversation and help break the ice if you are nervous.

Possible first date ideas include:
• A breakfast date can be a great no pressure ice breaker
• Coffee and pastries at a coffeehouse
• A festival, gallery or museum involving a shared interest
• Lunch at a restaurant or café with a relaxed style
• A picnic in the park or at the beach

Be comfortable in your dress and appearance. Although it may be very tempting to dress up to impress your date, wear clothes that are comfortable and do not make you self-conscious. Don't wear something that you will be fiddling with all night or is so tight it will make eating impossible!

Relax and hold back a little to leave your date wanting more! Don't overdo things on your first date. If it is overlong, time will start to drag. It's better to keep it short and sweet and always leave your date wanting more.