Meeting someone new.

I met my fiance online. We met when I was 14 on a Teen Matchmaking website. We talked for FOUR years before we actually met face to face even though he only lived an hour away from me for most of the 4 years we talked online. We're both initially shy people so it was easy for us to get to know each other online! I would say wait a while longer before deciding to meet this guy. If you've only chatted for a week, give it more time. Maybe making some phone calls to each other before you meet face to face would be a good plan as well (my advice would be to get HIS number and you call him. Dial *67 before you dial his number and then he won't be able to get your phone# off of his caller ID phone and won't be able to get your address from online reverse phone directories). And when you decide to meet up, I agree with your first plan. Meet some place public in your town. Maybe go out for supper or do lunch or something.

First of all, I have to say, stay near your town, be careful about it and stay where you feel comfortable. Make him come to you, and if he is really interested, he will. I have dated a good number of men that I met online. They all started out great (for the most part), all told me the same thing over and over again (sweet nothings that they knew would impress me). I did fall for a couple of these men and had my heart broken, but to many of them, it was all a game. I even had a man who would drive 3 hours to see me on the weekends and then found out that he had a girlfriend and was a player and lied so much about how he wanted to provide for me and my kids and blah blah blah....anyhow, I have been through and seen the bad side of online dating and with that being said, I have also seen it work out. I know of a few couples who met online and are now happily married. So I guess it just depends on if you find the one guy who is honest with you (they all seem like it in the beginning). I wish you the best of luck, I hope it works out with you and your new friend.