Oftentimes, people who are on dating sites may run into the dating profile of someone that they know.

Being that the use of dating sites has become so popular, encountering someone that you know on dating sites is not at all far-fetched.

People have often come across the dating profiles of their friends, colleagues, family members, even previous romantic partners on dating sites.

They may be looking for the same kind of relationship that you are or they may be looking for something else.

If you come across someone that you know on dating sites, you may wonder about what you should do.

You may ask yourself about whether it would be appropriate to reach out to the person and say hello.

You may ask yourself about whether it would be wise to even stay on as a member of the dating site because you worry about people you know being aware that you are using dating sites.

If it is the dating profile of an ex, you may even wonder whether that ex only signed up on the dating site because they are stalking you.

All kinds of questions can go through your mind when you come across someone you know on dating sites.

Do understand that even though you know them, you aren’t obligated to talk to them.

Sometimes, people feel this sense of duty or obligation to talk to someone that they know on dating sites.

They may feel that doing so would be showing courtesy.

They may not even be able to help themselves but reach out because they are so relieved to see a familiar face on a dating site.

You shouldn’t feel the need to talk to someone that you know on dating sites under any circumstances. In fact, it may be best that you keep yourself from starting a conversation with them.

What often happens when you start talking to someone that you know on dating sites just to be friendly is that, you may end up losing focus on what you joined the dating sites for in the first place.

You may get so caught up in talking to this person that you know, that you forget to put in the right kind of energy and effort in talking to other people.

This person that you know may become the shoulder that you cry on when someone of interest on the dating site doesn’t return a message that you may have sent them.

This means that this person that you know would be really influential in how you go about interacting with people on the dating site on a day to day basis.

You may go to this person all the time with your complaints.

In turn this person that you know may also come to you with their complaints.

Suddenly, it becomes a game about who can complain to the other the most about online dating issues.

Instead of working on improving your results on dating sites, you would just go to each other to complain.

It is easier to do this with each other than to face whatever online dating issues that you may be having and fixing them.

This is the danger when you allow yourself to start talking to someone you know on dating sites.

You would want to get some kind of reassurance from the person that you are not the problem and the problem is all those people who aren’t responding to your messages.

This person basically becomes the outlet by which you can let out all of your frustrations about online dating.

With this kind of outlet, you may be remiss to take responsibility for why a recent correspondence with a romantic interest on the dating site faltered.

You should never take responsibility away from you when it is due.

In order to keep yourself from becoming the victim in your mind, it may be best that you avoid talking to this person that you know.