Safety tips

Last Updated: November 10, 2025

Safety Tips Overview

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Dating By Blaine is committed to facilitating safe and healthy relationships. We want you to feel comfortable on any date you go on, but especially dates facilitated by matchmakers on our team.

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If you have a concern regarding your safety, please contact your matchmaker immediately, and call 911 in an emergency situation!

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We've compiled the following safety best-practices to help you stay safe on dates.

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General Principles

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Be Kind And Respectful

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  • Remember the golden rule: treat your matches as you would want them to treat you.
  • If you don't want to communicate with a match further, please be direct, honest, and polite.

Move At An Appropriate Pace

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  • To build a fulfilling, long-term relationship, proceed at a pace that feels appropriate for you.
  • If you feel rushed by your match, it is ALWAYS your right to slow things down, or leave.

Safety First

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  • We would never help arrange an introduction or date if we thought doing so would create any risk to your safety.
  • Still, always trust your instincts and judgment, and never hesitate to leave a date (or cut off communication with a match) if you feel uncomfortable.
  • Please alert us ASAP in this unlikely event!

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Making Your Dates Safe and Successful

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First dates are exciting, but be mindful of these guidelines to help you stay safe at all times.

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  • As you're first becoming acquainted, meet dates in public, well-populated places. Don't meet in remote or private locations (e.g. your date's home). If you feel pressure to move to a remote or private location and you feel uncomfortable, end the date, and leave immediately.
  • Tell one or more friends or family members about your plans with matches (i.e. where you are going, who you will be with, and when you will return) beforehand. Arrange to check in with your friends or family members after each of the first few dates.
  • If your match offers to pick you up before a date, they are most likely trying to be chivalrous. However, if that makes you feel uncomfortable, absolutely meet your match at the date location instead. We generally don't recommend letting anyone pick you up for a first date.
  • Keep your cell phone charged, and on your person, at all times.
  • Consuming alcohol or drugs can impede your judgment, and potentially put you in danger. We don't recommend consuming alcohol or drugs before or during dates with a match accordingly.
  • Make backup plans in case your dates don't go as expected, so you can easily leave early if you feel uncomfortable.
  • Alert nearby staff and anyone else nearby if you ever feel uncomfortable on a date, and contact 911 immediately in the unlikely event of an emergency.

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Protect Your Personal Information

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Remember, anyone you go on a date with is technically a stranger from the internet. Protect your personal information accordingly.

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  • Never share sensitive personal information (e.g. social security numbers, credit card number or bank information) with a match regardless of their reasons for claiming to need such information.
  • Never share your home or work address with someone you haven't met in person, and may not completely trust.

Please report any matches who violate these Safety Tips to your matchmaker, and our team at blaine@datingbyblaine.com ASAP.

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Violations include:

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  • Acting inappropriately in person, or virtually
  • Sending offensive communications
  • Asking you for money/donations

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Health & Safety

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Sexual health and safety are paramount. Please consider:

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  • Using protection. When used correctly and consistently, protections like condoms can reduce the risk of contracting or passing on sexually transmitted infections (STI). Note that it's possible to get certain STIs, e.g. herpes or HPV, from contact with your partner's skin even when using a condom.
  • We encourage you to lead a conversation with your partner regarding sexual activities before engaging in any. Smart questions to ask a new sexual partner include recency of STI testing, for example.
  • If you have STIs, please disclose as much, and seek treatment before engaging in sexual activity!
  • Not all STIs show symptoms, so please undergo regular testing to know your STI status if you're engaging in sexual activity.

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For Further Help, Support, or Advice...

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God forbid, if you ever encounter any type of emergency, immediately call 911.

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Examples of emergencies include (but are not limited to) if you feel your health or anyone else's safety or health is in jeopardy, and/or dealing with abuse (or threats of abuse) whether verbal or physical.

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If you need help, support, or advice related to physical or sexual violence, please take advantage of these 24-hour hotlines:

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Limitation of liability

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The Dating By Blaine team takes a number of precautions and screening measures to ensure we only work with matchmaking clients who we would be proud to introduce you to.

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With that in mind, per our Terms of Service:

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  • We may (or may not) engage third parties to conduct criminal background checks on clients. Regardless, criminal background checks cannot always ensure good behavior!
  • Like with any online dating service, anyone who uses our service is accountable for their own choices and behavior. Dating By Blaine is not liable for the messages or actions of the users who engage (or otherwise participate) in any of our services.

If you have any questions about these Safety Tips or our Terms of Service, please contact us at blaine@datingbyblaine.com.

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Thanks for reading, and cheers to safe and positive connections!