# Article on Dating Warning Signs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-dating-warning-signs/654840 "2013-04-04T17:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-dating-warning-signs/654840/41 "2013-04-08T13:37:18Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > That’s what Google Chrome’s incognito mode is for. I paid extra for the upgraded version with the sunglasses and fake mustache. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-dating-warning-signs/654840/42 "2013-04-08T18:24:16Z")
Though, to give whatever credit is due, I do see ‘casually looking at the browsing history on someone else’s computer’ as a whole different level of snooping than ‘installing spyware on someone else’s computer’. Kind of the difference between looking through an unshaded window, and breaking into a house and installing a webcam, or looking in the medicine cabinet versus breaking into a doctor’s office to read medical files. There’s a whole different expectation of privacy about the two, and in fact one is probably illegal while the other probably isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-dating-warning-signs/654840/43 "2013-04-08T18:54:08Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > I’m not familiar with the thread in question but if Der Trihs’ characterisation of what occurred is correct it sounds like he was posing a hypothetical in counter to positions he didn’t agree with expressed by others. I am familiar with the thread. It wasn’t posited as a hypothetical. Well, except in the most trivial sense. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-dating-warning-signs/654840/44 "2013-04-08T19:52:15Z")
hoisted by her own petard! ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-dating-warning-signs/654840/45 "2013-04-09T13:02:38Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > If I were a woman, and if I found that “my man” had porn in his history, I’d consider dumping him. Not because I would hate porn, but because he should’ve learned to clear his damn history at 12 like the rest of us, and so it says things about his smarts. :dubious: Psh, that only makes sense if you think there’s something inherently bad or shameful about watching porn. _I’d_ be more :dubious: if I found out “my man” had cleared his history to hide porn viewing. Of course, I was the one who showed my husband the fucking HILARIOUS “pterodactyl porn” clip\*, so hey. - I’ve been called the Finder-of-the-Weirdest-but-Hilarious-Shit-on-the-Internet by numerous people, which I take pride in. From pterodactyl porn to the detailed account of an at-home trepanning, I have truly opened many a friend’s eyes to the wonders online. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-dating-warning-signs/654840/46 "2013-04-09T13:09:36Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > - I’ve been called the Finder-of-the-Weirdest-but-Hilarious-Shit-on-the-Internet by numerous people, which I take pride in. From pterodactyl porn to the detailed account of an at-home trepanning, I have truly opened many a friend’s eyes to the wonders online. 🆒 While this is certainly a fascinating self-assessment, it is a little difficult for the objective observer to confirm without a shitload of “Finder-of-the-Weirdest-but-Hilarious-Shit-on-the-Internet” style links. Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-dating-warning-signs/654840/47 "2013-04-09T16:12:44Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Do they need to update [7 psychotic pieces of relationship advice from Cosmo](http://www.cracked.com/article_19066_7-psychotic-pieces-relationship-advice-from-cosmo.html)? Foof. And so it turns out that “Overly Attached Girlfriend” isn’t as insane as we thought. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-dating-warning-signs/654840/48 "2013-04-09T16:45:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > So, “spy sites” are a red flag that the man is undateable. The aunt and uncle of a friend of mine have a PI agency. Should we tell them to divorce? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-dating-warning-signs/654840.md?page=2)