It's terrible that people feel the need to take such measures to feel/stay safe but I understand why they do so I never begrudge them for it. I just go into a date expecting her best friend to know my name, face, and address; or wherever it is that we happen to be meeting. And while I find people spending time on their phone during a date to be annoying, for all I know she's updating her friend on her continued safety so I don't make a deal of it.

Tbf I did end up meeting a girl I could have seen myself ending up with but she had commitment issues that made that impossible.

I was looking for something more serious, she said she was just looking for something casual. She kept telling me I should keep seeing other people, like repeatedly telling me. I kept saying no until after a couple months of her saying this I gave in and did so. Then she got jealous and upset that I was doing exactly what she had been telling me to do for months. Then she denied ever doing so. 🙄 Oh well, the sex was great while it lasted and I eventually learned that she wanted kids while I seriously do not and that it wouldn't have worked out anyways.

Yeah I've heard those kinds of stories but I've never actually met anyone who had that story. I think it may be clever background marketing by tinder to draw more people into their app.

I hooked up with a poly girl who had a friend call twice while she was over, and she even had code phrases set up, one she specifically needed to say in order to discreetly let her friend know everything was going okay and not saying it would initiate a rescue mission. She even let me know beforehand that if she failed to answer the phone (which she was slightly worried about due to the expected kinky sexytimes) when her friend called they would be coming to break down my door lol. Seemed like a very good system to me.

Yeah, there's got to be dating apps for OP but Grindr is notorious for being for hookups. It makes tinder look like a marriage app by comparison.