you’ll only be able to find out with the passing of time.
Even then, there’s no reason to pass on confidential financial information to
someone who isn’t your spouse, a close relative, or next of kin.
Other personal
information that you shouldn’t disclose includes your mother’s maiden name, which
is often used as a security feature. You should also seek to keep personal
space and maintain some boundaries with your new date. You therefore shouldn’t
give extra copies of keys to your car or home to your date until you are sure
he or she is completely trustworthy.
Even if your
date is offended by your wanting to keep some things private, you shouldn’t
relent. You likely won’t be seeking similar private information from your date
and you can point that out.
It’s also a
good idea to not reveal your full daily routine to someone you don’t know much
about and whom you are dating. You should actually be suspicious if your date
wants to know what you are doing 24/7. Even if your date doesn’t have any
unscrupulous plans up their sleeve, it could mean that he or she may be jealous
or possessive. Those qualities, if they exist in your date, aren’t ones that
will facilitate the development of a close and trusting bond.
Guarding your
personal information also means you should be careful about letting your new
date into your home or apartment at the very early stages of dating. Having
someone come to your home is letting them into your private space. When that is
done, it means that a certain level of familiarity has been reached.
In monitoring your personal safety, you in turn should also
be wary of a date who won’t give you certain basic information, or is evasive
abut revealing information such as their home – where he or she lives and if
the person is constantly changing their phone number. It could indicate that
your