Online dating is the new big thing in the cyber world. Interestingly enough it is also a very controversial matter as well. A lot of question have been brought to everyone’s attention such as whether or not this is a result of lifestyle changes that take away our time that could be used for traditional interaction. Is this like speed dating or is it more personable? Is this going to be the new way we all find love? How does the old age look at this in comparison to the way they did things? Or is this really and truly one of the best avenues for finding love.
There millions and millions of links that lead you to this new found cyber dating. Google, Yahoo, Adult Friend Finder, Craig list, MySpace, Jdate (specific to Jewish people), and 25dates. 25dates seems to be a pretty cool concept. This service literally sets it up for you to meet 25 possible dates on the same day. It is held at a nice venue somewhere near home. It is very similar to speed dating in that you sit in front of prospects for 3 minutes to see if sparks fly. After you rate all of the people that you’ve met you give them ratings on the site. My goodness, it used to be that our town was so small that we knew everyone, but using a service like this makes you realize just how many people live in your area that you would have never known existed. Our populations have grown immensely it’s not slowing down for us by any means.
These services have evolved and been made more and more user friendly over the years. You are able to start with a free trial after creating a profile. A profile gives you the opportunity to tell everyone about yourself and show a picture. You are also able to browse the members and view their profiles. You will be contacted, but during free trials you may only be able to respond with one sentence or flirts. Once you become a member of the site there are countless ways for you to communicate with your prospects. They offer webcam options, photo swaps, instant messaging, chat rooms, anonymous emailing and many more avenues of communication.
So the question is whether or not this can really work. Is this what our human interaction has become? Are we okay with this? Unless you have been savvy to this all along you have no idea that there millions of online dating services with millions of members. The sites have become more and more specific to suite peoples needs. They offer age group sites, sexual orientation specific, race specific, hobbies specific, religion specific and even down to single parent specific.
Of course you grandparents and parents probably look at what dating and human reaction has come to cant either grab hold of this while new concept. Before the internet ever even existed our ancestors had to do it the “normal or traditional” way. You meet someone in your workplace, at church, at school or maybe even through a friend. Then you start courting. You bring them home to meet the family so that they may approve. You date for a while and then the question is popped, marriage happens, and a new family has arrived. Whatever happened to those good old days? Have we now resorted to using the internet to do our personal and intimate relationships?
They say if you can’t beat them, join them. If you see that many others have had success at this, then what do you have to lose. Sometimes the traditional way just doesn’t work. Are you willing to try something new?
