Is Online Dating for You?
Online dating has been around for over a decade now. This is one of the fastest-growing industries on the Internet. Right now there are over 50 million singles looking to find their mates online, and the numbers keep growing by the thousands every day.
Many dating websites have begun to advertise on television, so pretty much everyone (even those without a computer) has the chance to hear about online dating. If you are single, you have probably asked yourself if online dating is for you, and whether or not you should try it.
Jump right in! I believe that online dating is suitable for anyone, unless of course you do not like computers or the Internet.
Online dating is another way to meet people, just like going to a bar, placing newspaper ads, or using a matchmaking service. It is simply a choice you make, and as with any other way of meeting singles, there are advantages and disadvantages. Of course, there are always some people ready to criticize and put down anything new in our society.
People who do not like online dating will criticize the impersonal aspect of it. They say that you do not have real contact with people, that people online are just in front of their computers, typing on their keyboards in their rooms or basements, interacting with other people in a virtual world but in reality, alone. To them, the physical contact of meeting new individuals in the traditional way is missing. Since the physical contact is necessary to find out if there is chemistry or not, and to finally get to know someone truly, they will argue that online dating is not good or makes no sense.
So yes, online dating has its disadvantages, like any other way to meet singles. But to me it is clear that the advantages surpass the disadvantages.
When dating online, you have access to thousand of people at once. You know that those people have posted their ads to find a date or a soul mate. There is no confusion: Everyone you find on a dating site is single and wants to find someone.
Another advantage is that you get a lot of information about the other person before you meet. Most dating websites have designed a list of several questions that subscribers answer when posting their profiles.
By reading these profiles, you can find out if people have kids, if they want more kids, if they smoke or drink, if they are the outgoing type. You can find out their income, the type of work they do, and how they look, hair color and length, height, body type, plus anything else you can imagine writing on a personal profile. These profiles help a lot in weeding out people who do not interest you, and all this before you even meet for the first time.
In real time, it could take you several weeks, months or even years to get all this information from your new partner, while online you can get it all at once, in a matter of minutes.
There are other advantages of online dating, such as being able to find your match in your pajamas in the comfort of your home, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
So when you really look at it, there are no reasons to think there is anything wrong with online dating. Any single person with a computer can use online dating to find and meet someone, and who knows: He or she maybe the love of your life.
David Roy
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Comments
obviously he’s not ready for a relationship, also you have to take his word for it that he was hurt and not at fault. you should probably move on and get with someone who does not have so many problems. it doesn’t seem like a good start to a relationship.
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=it doesn’t appear he is on an emotional roller coaster. I am not as concerned about him getting divorced for the second time as I am about all of the broken promises which destroys trust. Chances are he is the type of person who could never open up and trust. Remember a zebra never loses his stripes. Take care of yourself and move on to someone who deserves your love and you don’t have to work so hard. Best wishes.
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July 9th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
online dating?
I met this guy off of one of the online dating services, everything has been good so far…but he is currently going through a divorce for the second time (he 40 and i’m 26), I dont have a problem with the age difference because i have always dated older men. my problem is he’s been hurt not once but twice so now it hard for him to open up and trust…. I’m currently at the point of giving up, not only because of his emotionally rollercoaster, but he like to make promises but never fulfills them..what do you think this is a case of?