In this day and age of technology, can one find love on the Internet? It seems that there is an abundance of websites that have something out there for everyone. Whether you are looking for someone that has curves, someone that is a specific race, or someone of a specific religion, it is out there. Have we come to the point where online dating is taking over and we have lost the face to face communication? Have we lost the personal touch?
With Internet dating you can fill out a profile and be matched with people of the same interest. In theory that seems like a great idea. But isn't some of the fun taken out of getting to know someone on a first date? Or does it take away the anxiety of a first date to know that you have so much in common? It all depends on you and how you feel about dating. In our busy world, Internet dating helps people like me to weed out the "losers" or the people that you are not be interested in. Then you can go out with the ones that you do have things in common with and not waste your time. Because we all know that our time is valuable. But at the same time it can be very over-whelming. When you are talking to several people and can not remember who likes what or your inbox if full of emails from potential dates. I have a friend that was on Eharmony.com and she had her mom looking at her account because it was very over-whelming for her to go through the profiles of potential dates. I will say for me that I have done the Internet dating thing and I have been on several different sites. I always think that I am putting myself out there to help me find love. Over the several years, none of them have worked for me personally. However, I have known several people that have met and married each other.
There are many statistics about online dating, such as Match.com. Their commercial states that they are the online matchmaker that leads to more dates, more relationships, and more marriages. Now from experience, I can say that I did not think that Match.com gave me more dates and definitely not more relationships. One and five singles have dated someone that they have met on a dating site. Along with that one and five singles are currently in a committed relations with someone they met on the Internet. Now I am not a mathematician, but those are some good numbers. Each site will boast about their number of matches that are being created everyday. They all offer different personality test or common threads to help people find a match. Does it work? Well it is all about who you ask. Is this the wave of the future? I believe that we are looking at dating more and more online as our lives get busier, but we all want to find love whether it is on the internet or face to face. It is all up to you!!!
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Current Online Dating Statistics
