00:00I am a big believer and I'm a big cheerleader for anyone that does dating apps.
00:07I wish them all the best.
00:09For me personally, it's not for me.
00:11I know that.
00:12I'm not even going down that road.
00:15However, I feel like we need to start using these tools to our advantage.
00:21What I mean by that is, look, I put up that 50-part series where I talk about
00:26how I didn't do something as simple as a background check.
00:30Background checks are easily available to everyone in this day and age.
00:37It's like I'm such, I cannot tell you, Dominique, I'm such a big proponent for Run That Background.
00:43The fact of the matter is you really do not know who you are dealing with.
00:48Look at the social media.
00:49If they don't have social media, that's not a red flag.
00:52Sometimes that's a green flag.
00:54But look at it.
00:55I mean, why not?
00:55It's there for the public anyway.
00:57Go ahead and look at it.
00:58If the person you've met is on multiple dating apps, but they're not matching up,
01:03either the pictures are not quite the same, the name isn't quite the same.
01:07My ex-husband had multiple apps, but they were all under a variation of his name.
01:13That actually is a red flag because it kind of leaned a little to, in my opinion, a little to secrecy.
01:19Because in other words, are they kind of presenting themselves one way on Hinge,
01:23but they're presenting themselves a completely different way on Match.com.
01:28If they are already talking about kind of things that in a way feel very love-alming,
01:35so soon, red flag.
01:37If you're on date number two and he's talking about, you know, your future together in 20,
01:4330 years and the number of kids, and that makes you feel a little antsy, pause.
01:48Because something isn't right about that.
