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emmasfriend · 46-50, F
My safety procedure for meeting someone from the internet:
There is a farm-shop / café about 1.5 miles from where I live. It is spacious, with tables outside, some under cover for the weather. Plenty of people about.
I suggest meeting there for coffee at 11.30. [My bus will drop me there at 11.15]
There is an hour and a quarter until my bus home; plenty of time to assess my companion, to discover if we are on the same wavelength or not.
Ample time to decide whether or not to accept a lift home.
I have used this procedure twice so far.
In both cases we agreed to part amicably.
A comfortable place to have a second cup of coffee while waiting for the bus home !
There is a farm-shop / café about 1.5 miles from where I live. It is spacious, with tables outside, some under cover for the weather. Plenty of people about.
I suggest meeting there for coffee at 11.30. [My bus will drop me there at 11.15]
There is an hour and a quarter until my bus home; plenty of time to assess my companion, to discover if we are on the same wavelength or not.
Ample time to decide whether or not to accept a lift home.
I have used this procedure twice so far.
In both cases we agreed to part amicably.
A comfortable place to have a second cup of coffee while waiting for the bus home !
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
@emmasfriend good planning. I wouldn't know what first dates are like anymore
Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M
@emmasfriend That sounds like a good plan. Safety first.
MrDavidson · M
@emmasfriend Sensible plan. Have used the same approach myself on occasions.