In Part 1 I made 5 admissions. In Part 2 I reviewed the best sites. In part 3 I hope to list 5 PROS of online dating.
Five PROS
1. Quantity- There's a lot of fish in the online sea. I live in a town of less than 3,000 people. The online dating community is millions of people. The odds of finding a decent match seem dramatically better.
2. Conversation- While many offline dating scenarios involve superficial attraction, online dating provokes meaningful discussion. You find out the person's likes, dislikes, history, etc. In my experience you can identify the personality pretty quickly.
3. No Guessing- Most online dating profiles describe the person's intentions. Maybe they just want to make some friends. Maybe they are extremely forward about their desperate desire to find a soul-mate. More often it's something between the two.
4. Practice- Even if you aren't too excited about the possibility of finding a meaningful relationship online, the internet can help you improve your skills. And if there's one thing Napolean Dynamite has taught us, it's that girls only wanna date guys that have great skills.
5. Easy Exit- If someone is much more annoying than their profile let on, you can just block them or something. No awkward cliches. No hints. Click, click, gone. You don't even have to wait till the end of a meal or movie.
Tomorrow: Five CONS
4 comments:
i tried it once...but didn't have time to hone my numchuck skills...
just kidding, i've never tried it, and i don't know that i ever will. to me, it's just so impersonal...doesn't have the same effect as seeing a person in...well, person. but, i agree that's it great if you want a relationship to be based initially/primarily on intuition.
Just for clarification I have never 'dated' anyone online. Nor would I.
PRO #6: You can't have an online date only to find out the restaurant isn't OPEN on Mondays!
silly sarah
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