Online Dating
– 11 Reasons To Go Online For Love
by: Alison Edwards
Where do you go when you are
looking for love?
Are you considering joining
an online dating site but not sure it’s for
you?
Let me tell you how I first
discovered online dating and why I firmly
believe it fits in with our modern day
lifestyles.
A couple of years ago online
dating still had a stigma attached to it.
Although people were using the internet as a
method of dating, they did not discuss it
with friends or colleagues for fear of
coming across desperate.
I recall a friend of mine
who was initially embarrassed to tell me she
had joined an online dating site. At the
time, I was rather surprised as she was an
attractive girl who would be considered
quite a catch. However, after chatting to
her I completely understood why she had
resorted to this method of dating; she was
simply tired of meeting timewasters who were
not interested in committing to a
relationship.
Whilst she had no desire to
date some of the men who contacted her,
there were quite a few she was interested in
and she began a dating spell to make any
"singleton" jealous. She then struck up an
online relationship with someone who lived
100 miles from her. After exchanging many
emails and chatting on the telephone, she
decided to meet him. Obviously, the distance
didn’t make the relationship ideal but the
spark was there and she enjoyed 6 months
dating someone with similar interests,
shared romantic weekends together and had a
fantastic holiday. Although he didn’t turn
out to be “the one”, when I asked if she
regretted joining an online dating site her
answer was "Definitely not!" Her view was
that if she hadn’t joined an online dating
site, those 6 months would have been spent
moaning about meeting the same timewasters
in the same old haunts and wondering "what
if". She was simply being proactive in her
search for love; after all life is far too
short!
If you’re not convinced
online dating is for you, here are 11
reasons why I think online dating has its
advantages:-
1. You don’t have to wait
until the weekend to meet someone.
2. You don’t have to get
dressed up for a night "online". Wear
whatever you feel comfortable in at home.
3. If you work unusual hours
online dating fits in with your schedule.
You can log on at any time of the day to
suit you; there is always someone online
waiting to chat.
4. If you start chatting to
someone and then decide they are not what
you are looking for, put them back in the
net gently and choose another. There are
plenty of fish in the sea!
5. If you are tired of
seeing the same old faces when you go out,
there are people of all age groups all
across the country waiting online to meet
someone.
6. If you are new to an area
online dating is a great way of meeting
people whether it's for friendship or
dating. If you meet a few people online in
your area, you can arrange a get together
for you all rather than meeting on a
one-to-one basis.
7. If all of your friends
have settled down or you have recently
become single what better way to meet new
someone quickly than to go online and meet
more singles!
8. Anonymous messaging and
chat rooms let you flirt to your heart’s
content without any embarrassment or getting
tongue-tied.
9. You will probably find
out more about someone online before you
arrange a date with them than you would if
you had met them in a bar. Online dating
usually makes people more cautious about who
they choose to date and in this day and age
that can’t be a bad thing!
10. We now live and date
very differently to previous generations
where the traditional place to meet people
was in nightclubs, parties, at work or
through friends. By joining an online dating
site you are not excluding these avenues but
simply extending your opportunities of
meeting someone.
11. Finally, 1 month’s
membership costs less than a night out and
gives you hundreds of opportunities to meet
your perfect partner – every night!
With so many positive
reasons to go online for love, finding your
perfect partner has never been easier. Try
it out for yourself and please let me know
how you're doing.
