Navigating the world of dating can be tricky, especially when it's not always clear exactly what someone's intentions are when you first start getting to know them.
And one mum on Mumsnet has found that meeting new people online can be particularly risky, as some people use dating apps to lie about their own relationship status and find someone to cheat on their partner with - rather than as a way of finding a meaningful connection.
The mum explained she went on a first date with a man she met on Bumble and thought things were going swimmingly until he showed her something on his phone.
The screen he showed her featured a list of some of his contacts, including her own, but there was one glaring mistake among them - she was saved under a man's name rather than her actual moniker.
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In her post, she wrote: "So I had a first date on Friday night with a guy from Bumble. All went well until the end of the date, when he was showing me something on the messaging app we used to chat on after matching.
"He had saved my name as ‘Charles’ and not ‘Charlotte’.
"I said 'Why did you save my name like that?' He said it was just a typing mistake. I got a weird gut feeling, but he immediately changed my name to the right name.
"He asked to meet again this week - we had some light messaging backwards and forwards but I cannot shake the feeling that he is lying and saved me as a guy's name to cover up that he is in a relationship already and monkey branching into the next or cheating (both not great).
"Am I being unreasonable to just call off the next date based on this? Or could it really be innocent?"
Commenters on the Mumsnet post were split, as while some said the contact blunder was a clear sign she should run for the hills, others said they wouldn't cut him off completely if they "really liked him", but they would be more careful around him.
One person said: "There is no one innocent explanation. Not-a-one. He’s already got a woman in his life and he’s concealing you. That’s the only explanation."
While another added: "Whatever the reason he did it, it’s odd. He wrote it that way for a reason. Trust your gut."
But someone else disagreed, stating: "You're not being unreasonable to be wary, but it could be true that it was an auto-correct he just never changed. If I really liked him I wouldn't stop seeing him just for that but I'd definitely have my eyes open."
"Such an easy fix. He is hiding you for whatever reason", a fourth wrote.
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