January 5th, 2009
The Perks of Online Dating
It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but online dating has experienced an extraordinary growth in terms of both size and popularity in the few short years since its birth. While the safety aspects do dull the sheen on this method of meeting and getting to know prospective partners, there are various advantages that make online dating score over its traditional counterpart – like the fact that:
• It’s cost-effective: Dating in the real world is a costly affair – right from investing in transportation costs to get to the location of your rendezvous to shelling out for drinks and a meal at a fancy restaurant, you’re spending money all night long. The virtual version does not impose such a burden on you, at least not until you like your date well enough to meet them in person. Think of all the money you’re saving.
• You’re more in control: Unlike face to face meetings where you tend to blurt out inappropriate statements that could prove embarrassing or get you into trouble, online dating lets you take a minute or two to think out your replies and even erase what you don’t want to send before you hit the enter button, and save yourself the blushes.
• There’re tons of possible matches: Unlike meeting random people at parties and bars and hoping they’re available or looking for someone, you know that everyone out there in the online dating world is like you, hoping to find a suitable match. And with the geographical boundaries removed, there are many more people to choose from, which increases your probability of meeting someone you like.
• It’s easier to get over rejection: When you’ve never met someone, rejection is not that hard to handle, mostly because it happens in the privacy of your home and not in the public eye where you’re bound to get an equal amount of smirks and pity.
• It’s good when you’re shy in public: When you know you’re a good catch if only you’re given the chance to get through the first few meetings, online dating is your ideal option to meet other singles like you. You can break the ice from the relative anonymity of your home and once you’re comfortable with each other, move on to video chats before you actually decide to meet in person. By that time, any awkwardness that might have lingered tends to go up in smoke and you’re on your way to a lasting relationship.
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