I do online dating, and I have a rule before meeting my date in person. We have to have a live video chat at least once

Very useful article I wished I had read this article before meeting a predator on line. He violated my space and attempted crime when I strongly said NO. I was fortunate to get out of the situation only God protected me through this. He was exactly what you described the online predator that acts nice but a vicious monster in disguise using conniving ways. Such bastards need to thrown in jail. After I said no he still stalks me for years if any authorities want his info expect a full cooperation on my part. I could seriously be saving lives from this creepy predator! I am only reserved for my future husband. This guy was a creep and he made my skin crawl and lured me to meet him. Recently he had the nerve to contact me on a dating site and I completely ignored him like he does not even exist!

C'mon people! Give the writer some slack, she's just trying to voice out her opinion. Granted, she might've pissed some of you with her "insensitive & incorrect" description of people with mental illnesses, I on the other hand commend her for publicly stating what most people actually feel! Let's be honest with ourselves okay, I truly believe most of us actually have that certain reservations when dealing with mentally ill people! Whether they be friends or relatives, The fact remains that we are all wary of them in one way or another. I myself would admit I'd be a little freaked out if I have to interact with mentally ill people. I'm not saying all evil in this world is caused by these people. All I'm saying is we have to face the sad reality that there really is a stigma towards persons with this kind of illness. The writer, Eliza, just somehow made it all a bit glaringly real by inadvertently putting it down in writing. No offense to those who are affected by this illness, directly or indirectly. We just have to learn to deal with it. Yeah, life's a bitch! Peace to y'all! 😜

Wtf, How do we edit or delete a comment on here? Haha. I'm on my ipad I accidentally clicked the send buttin. LOL. Anyway what I was trying to say is I sometimes actually envy the state of unaccountabilty these mentally ill people have! Hahaha. I mean, they are actually at the stage wherein they are totally oblivious to pain & suffering right? So... I rest my case... 😆

Please don't refer to a person as "schizophrenic", but rather as a person with schizophrenia. We are not our diseases.

As someone suffers bad her mental health,#5 came off as insensitive though I sure the author wasn't intending it to read that way

I have a very close family member with schizophrenia.... I also think its very unlikely someone with a severe mental illness is going to end up on an online dating site

Damn it, I have like 3 mental illnesses. Guess I'll never find love. Hahahahahaha... *sobbing noises*

This article is completely redundant considering most of these are common sense. The mental health one is completely uninformed, incorrect and only serves to widen the stigma towards mental health. Having a mental health issue does not automatically make you violent, you're more of a danger to yourself than others. Do some research next time.

#1 it is always best to make ways in meeting someone new in public otherwise, you won't know that this person can cause harm