So I have been cat-fished a couple of times, showing up to a data and finding someone completely different from the person in the MULTIPLE pics I received. One guy played dumb and said he must have accidentally sent me [a bunch of] pics of his cousin. Another guy said he was a teacher and could put up real pics because of his job - mind you this was a regular dating site, nothing kinky or cheating or anything like that. I have also been stood up a couple of times as well... where I would get to the location and no one showed up.

My male BFF asked if I was worried about being followed when I left. It suddenly dawned on me that without knowing what this person looked liked, I could have been followed home or to my next location. I never even thought about this until he asked. It also made me wonder how common something like that is (to follow someone). None of my girlfriends ever thought of this but the 1 guy I told immediately asked me this.

Because I this I refuse to meet without a video chat. It's a safety issue. Not to mention it reassures both parties that the person in the pics is real and pics are recent and not filtered.

Anyone else do this??