Comments on: Is It Okay to Snoop on Your Dates?

By: Brenz

Brenz — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:55:23 +0000

I dunno if it’s okay to google a date or not, but it’s okay by me if someone tries it on me.

It’s certainly okay in your case because he googled you first.

By: dkzone

dkzone — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:15:11 +0000

depends on the person. I found one chick I dated in a lesbians chatroom. a news article about another friend who used to play HS softball.

I tend not to keep in touch. So this allows me to take a tiny peek in on people.

By: lamesabassman......

lamesabassman...... — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:26:10 +0000

and…. dkzone…… are you surprised at what you find….

lamesabassman…… me 2…..

By: dkzone

dkzone — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:46:32 +0000

I google just about everybody( including screen names and email address ) just for shits and giggles.

By: Shia

Shia — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:13:12 +0000

I internet snoop of course! It makes me feel like they can be held accountable if I do find the facebook page, twitter, email on a site etc. It’s like they aren’t 1. married and hiding with this secret account 2. want me to know their main email = trust worthy but then again I want to find that stripper site where they posted their email as well. Lord.

I search for the good and the bad… if nothing pops up then… I work out a plan B.

Okay, if what they are saying doesn’t match up with what I heard… then they are not likely to hear back from me (if it is something serious most likely = work lie, relationship lie etc). If this person is confused about their life then I’ll leave them to figure it out on their own. People are too insane to do anything else (in my p.o.v.)

By: lamesabassman......

lamesabassman...... — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:42:38 +0000

whoa….. yeah, if the gut starts to talk…… better listen

lamesabassman……. kinda reminds one of Robert Palmer’s songs… ” Looking for clues….”

By: Black Girl

Black Girl — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:36:10 +0000

I hate the fact that my name is ridiculously Google-able. I couldn’t lie about myself if I tried. That said, I think doing a simple search is fine- better safe than sorry.

By: Blkbudafly

Blkbudafly — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:28:28 +0000

Hell to the Yea! Girl, Goggle those folk. As you can see he did it to you. And he probably doesn’t have any credentials to speak of – not medical anyway. Or, maybe he meant he was a phd -or not.

By: tryinhrd2

tryinhrd2 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:53:37 +0000

I have gone back and forth with the idea of internet snooping. I understand a person’s desire to verify another’s bonafides. However, you cannot trust everything you read online either. Personally, I feel violated just thinking about it. I had a friend call and leave me a message that said, “I know your birthday is around this time if I missed it Happy Belated Birthday and if not Happy Birthday.” We finally caught up yesterday and I let her know that I got her message, she says, “yeah I could not remember if your birthday was Saturday or Monday, so I went online to find that it was Sunday.” Even though she got the right date, she still stuck with her message left on my voicemail days before. I said to myself, “yeah thanks for making me feel violated!”

By: Diana Vilibert

Diana Vilibert — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:26:13 +0000

Great timing–just wrote about this very topic for Marie Claire (http://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/advice/tips/google-stalking-date)! In my opinion, it’s not only OK to Google your dates, but it’s expected and totally acceptable. I do it to everyone I date and assume they’re doing the same–and your friend’s boyfriend has a good point. I definitely raise an eyebrow if I can’t find ANY trace of him on Google.

Also, LOL at that kissing/pissing exchange!