With so many people meeting their dates online today, dating is affiliated with more than just excitement, butterflies, hopefulness, and curiosity—there’s also a little bit of fear. Even the dating websites that have thorough vetting processes and and require members to fill out long profiles for a high fee can still get some strange characters.
If you’re a man who dates online, you need to know that all of your dates arrive at your meeting place feeling cautious, and with their fight-or-flight instincts in full swing. They have to! So you have a larger job than just making a woman laugh, making a good impression, and planning a fun date. You also have to make a woman feel safe. You know that you’re a perfectly harmless guy, but she doesn’t know that until you show her. So gentlemen: here is how to make a woman feel safe on a first date.