Dating online is a daunting endeavor for some singles and certainly a challenge for many others. Initially, everyone who engages in the process enters uncharted territory, a new experience filled with many unknowns. Naturally, when I decided to give Internet dating a try, I was...

Back in the early 1900s, a popular saying related to personal safety was widely circulated. Its message, “Carefulness costs you nothing. Carelessness may cost you your life.” Another maxim pertaining to the cost of maintaining one’s safety says it even more succinctly and pointedly, “Safety...