If You're A Woman, What Essential Dating Safety Tip Do You Swear By?

Dating for women can be really difficult to navigate. Not only are we dealing with the normal stuff like our dates being awkward, but we also have to always keep our safety in mind.

So, if you're a woman who is or has been dating recently, what are some of your biggest safety tips? Maybe you and your friends ALWAYS share your locations when you're on a date and, if your date has a car, you share the license plate number.

Or maybe you always drive yourself so that, if you're ever uncomfortable, you can leave.

Or maybe you always carry a Birdie — a small keychain alarm with an ear-piercing siren and flashing light — with you everywhere you go.

Whatever your dating safety tip is as a woman, we want to hear it! Let us know in the comments below or in this anonymous form and your response could be featured in a BuzzFeed Community post.