Ladies, Before You Date!

Posted on September 29th, 2008. Written by Rico.

Make sure to do a basic background check on your suitor, at least if things are turning serious. Google and other search engines are your best friend here.

Last Saturday, I caught up with an old friend. She was telling how she dated a guy for four years, only to discover something shocking recently.

She’s not really the type who does background checks online. But out of curiosity, she typed in her date’s name in Google. Imagine her surprise when she discovered a video of the guys wedding on YouTube, the first result returned.

To make things worse, the said video was uploaded on YouTube way back in 2006. Which meant that my friend was dating a married guy for at least two years. Even though it was, in her words, an “on and off thing”, I’m sure she felt really betrayed seeing her date crying as his bride was walking down the aisle.

Conversely guys, if you consider Ramon Revilla and Joseph Estrada as your role models, play it safe. Keep a low key, and most importantly, don’t put anything incriminating online. Of course, you can always not juggle more than one woman in your life, but it’s hard to expect that from someone like you, right?