The place first. The face later.

Your profile is a handful of real places and the pages you wrote there. People peek the surface. The diary, the voice note, and the exact spot open only when you both do.

A seal, not a selfie. No live location. Ever.

Start a diary I already have one

Pin a public place

Coffee, a run, a bookshop. Not a home, office, school, clinic, or place of worship.

Leave a surface line

Others see the neighbourhood a day later. The deeper page stays sealed.

Peek back

When it is mutual, the seal lifts. Then you can send one honest scribble.

Dating is a switch you turn on yourself. People who have not turned it on are not told that you did. House rules