| Giving Your Number Out
Posted: 6/23/2009 9:04:54 AM | Guys want my number all the time whenever i am walking downtown Des moines, I am cautious about this. There are some over assertive guys out there. I tell these guys i have an unlisted number or my cell phone has so many minutes and i can't give my number out! I don't like to give my number out on dating sites eiether.
I prefer email or instant messenger then you can block them if they get goofy on you! If a guy gets my number he is very lucky! Stay safe. | |
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| Giving Your Number Out
Posted: 6/27/2009 9:19:19 AM | I agree with you Playfully-yours I think if several emails have gone back and forth
and you tell the guy, that you'll call him using *67 along with a time you will call, he will understand | |
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| Giving Your Number Out
Posted: 6/27/2009 4:14:28 PM | I would say when you've graduated from emails to messenger and feel you would like to talk to the person.
I'd only give out my landline, though, when I really, really felt I knew the person. | |
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| Giving Your Number Out
Posted: 6/27/2009 4:23:36 PM | | I wouldn't do it. That's how I ended up with a stalker freak who sent me 27 messages in one night and wouldn't leave me alone until I put a restraining order on him...and I knew him for 3 months before I even gave him my digits. | |
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| Giving Your Number Out
Posted: 6/27/2009 6:07:58 PM | | use your instincts... its only a number its not your virginity | |
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| Giving Your Number Out
Posted: 6/27/2009 9:25:51 PM | | When i 1st start internet dating about 7 yrs. ago I learned the hard way not to give my number out. One guy I started talking to on the phone with told me that his ex girfriend put a restaining order on him. This was when i told him I am no longer interetsed in him. He called me 50 times, saying nasty things to me. It is better to email or to instant messenger then you can block them. When a guy gets my phone number right away , lets say he is very lucky!!!!!! | |
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| Giving Your Number Out
Posted: 6/28/2009 1:53:11 PM |
Have any of you ever considered calling from the computer instead of the phone? Like through yahoo, skype, etc? That way, you get to talk and hear the voice without having to give out any phone numbers or addresses.
Good advice, even cell phone numbers are traceable. I did a reverse lookup on my cell number, it was wrong! The city quoted was several miles from me and it also mentioned a second city that was also incorrect. My cell phone is is a company phone, has been my number for several years but should show up as my companies address.
My experience has been good giving out my number(cell phone, I ignore my home phone as it is only telemarketers that call that number and i ignore them!). First time we spoke for over an hour within a week of contact, she was able to call me on our first date to say she was running late(Atlanta area traffic is a beach!) so no drama there.
The second person I was in contact with was able to guide me to our planned meeting point, we'd talked previously on the phone, one of the road I had planned to take was closed for repair and I was forced to detour resulting in getting me getting lost and very late(yes ladies some of us do get lost and require help).
The end result was I was able to reassure her I was on the way and a successful meeting followed. We have talked and met up on numerous occasions since(as we are both on the same carrier we have unlimited cell-to-cell minutes)
The third person I only spoke briefly to cell-to-cell as we were on different carriers but we did have a long conversation using Yahoo IM with voice.
IM services with voice is the best way to go if you have any concerns, all you need is a a cheap headset with microphone - it is best if at least one of you use a headset as the PC speakers can cause an annoying echo effect.
Safe fishing! | |
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| Giving Your Number Out
Posted: 6/28/2009 1:59:01 PM | | At a minimum, I don't give out my number until I have at least met the person. Most women don't like that. They want to hear your voice, not sure why, and sometimes they have that uneasy feeling about meeting somebody for the first time, like we're all rapists or something. My best advice, from the guy side, don't give your number until you think you might connect with the guy, and you can't do that via email and IM. If you want, and if the guy doesn't get too bad, take a girlfriend with you and meet the guy first. We want you to be comfortable also. | |
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Joined: 6/14/2009
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| Giving Your Number Out
Posted: 6/28/2009 4:49:28 PM | | I usually give out my cell number before a meeting - I do want to hear a live voice before meet the person! Even if they did a trace on my cell, they would only get a box number that is nowhere near my house. I also live with my parents so would not be too concerned about being home alone with strange men knowing where I live. | |
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