Dating used to be largely a matter of spending time with a love interest, discovering the good, the bad and the ugly in person. If you were lucky, friends helped fill in some of the blanks.
These days, the Internet — and the ability to check people out before they ever meet up — has forever changed the rules.
For better or worse, “Googling” your date has become standard practice.
Often, though, information is almost too easy to find.
MaryBeth Moore discovered that after she got a call from a guy her mother’s hairdresser suggested as a good match. At first, Moore was game. But then she checked out his MySpace page and found photos showing him naked in a bath tub.
And, then, there’s also the problem of mistaken identity.
And if you’re older – do you Google who your kids are dating?
He should be glad a possible employer didn’t google him. Thats becoming more and more common. I am lucky, try to google me and you will get tons about a pro athlete with the same name, keeping me anonymous.
I have checked my kids’ MySpace pages, and their links. It amounts to what I expected…some silliness, bad poetry, and names of bands I never heard of before. Unfortunately, I’m easy to google. Fortunately, there’s little about me to find.
My current girlfriend and I Googled each other at the start and got a good laugh out of what we found. No harm done. I see this as just an extension of what we’ve always done. We are curious beasts no news there.
Ditto on #2. I monitor my child’s MySpace page. It’s kind of distressing. Many of the kids these days post inappropriate pictures of themselves. Just an invitation for stalkers. But thus far, none of his friends are drug warlords, necrophiliacs, Republicans, or worse. Fingers crossed.
I’ve got a couple “google twins”. I disambiguate my “self” by using my middle name or nym online.
Yeah, you gotta watch out for those Republicans they’ll monitor your phone calls, websites, myspace pages, internet traffic, car mileage, etc.
Yeah, I do it… but thats just how it is.
Dates? You mean when young people go out sparking? I didn’t know that kind of thing was out there in those intertubes too.
You bed I google people I have a date with. I also check the sex offender database.
#8…..you checking for convictions or trolling for dates? 🙂