Online dating is a multibillion-dollar industry and as its popular elsewhere were felt, it is also gaining its ground in Australia. According to ABS 2016 Census, there are 7 million Australians either unmarried or divorce. However, due diligent needed to be considered when it comes to online safety. Due to online scamming is also on the rise, therefore, matchmakers and relationship counselors and psychotherapists warn that people need to be cautious when they do online dating.
Katherine Wei, a matchmaker, and founder of Contact AJ said that online dating is a daunting task. People have tried many times without success and it is very time-consuming. We should acknowledge that the first couple of online dating cannot find our prince charming or our dream princesses. So please do not let our loneliness making us vulnerable and fall prey to online dating scams. The important thing to remember is that we should know ourselves better and know who we are and set the quality of our would be partners, so we can find a suitable match as we expect.
Tiffany Villaluz would like also warn that do not provide our personal or financial information such as contact number or bank details to strangers we meet online. She said that instead of online dating, scammers are trying to squeeze more information about us, what do we do, if we have families, whether if we save some money and then they will try to get our sympathy by telling us their sad and compelling stories, so they can get money from us.
Psychotherapist and relationship counselor Melissa Ferrari said that online dating is not an easy business especially for those new to technology, but it could be a window opportunities to meet more potential partners, whereas Wei said that online dating is like a game, it is time-consuming because, in the modern era, time is money.
Wei said that she doesn't want people who have just met online to jump into the conclusion that they have already fallen in love with, they want to move in together or they want to get married right away, but we should have spent time to develop long-lasting friendships, have enough time to feel and to observe that person if we can sense any nuisance or if we feel attracted to that person physically, emotionally and mentally that this relationship will sustain in the long run.
