Online Dating Gets Better Dates?

Posted by admin on May 4, 2008

How not to be a lousy bad date? Ethel at Thel Talk asked:

Imagine how it is like to date in the real world. How many nights have you asked your friends to set you up on a blind date, only to get frustrated? How many weekends have you gone to a bar in hopes of meeting someone, yet again end up frustrated? How many times have you asked a friend to watch a movie with you, or to dinner, yet boldly tells you in the end that you are just not their type?

Is that why online dating has blossomed so much over the last few years? A search on the internet revealed many benefits of getting a really nice date online

1. Anonymity - The most important benefit to online dating is safety. When you sign up at any given dating and matchmaking service, you can remain anonymous to everyone. You don’t have to give out any identifying information unless you chose to.

2. Security- Most dating sites allow you to report a user who is harassing you.. You can also have certain people blocked from contacting you within the site or even have their user rights revoked if they are being really malicious. This type of protection does not exist when you are scoping for singles in a bar.

3. Free Lots of online dating services allow you to sign up and create a profile FOC. You can cruise the site for potential matches without paying a cent. Only when you found someone you like to communicate would you need to subscribe as a paying member.

4. Single’s heaven> - At an online dating site, you can find thousands of singles where you can potentially find an absolute perfect match. Of course, you have to do your due diligence to ascertain they are truly singles as they claimed to be.

5. Low Cost- You can date as many people online as you want and for as long as you want, for around $20 per month. That is a huge difference to dating in person and spending tens to hundreds of dollars on one single outing.

6. Time You can get to know as many people you like at one time without diminishing the amount of your personal time.

7. Fear of Rejection is Eliminated- You can introduce yourself to hundreds of people painlessly, and if for some reasons they rejected your friendship, you will be able to handle the rejection easier. Online rejection is easier to stomach as you don’t see them face to face.

8. Honesty - When people date online they have the inclination to be more honest about who they are, what they stand for and what they value. The computer adds as a great buffer. However, the opposite can be true with folks painting a rosier picture than they actually are. So you got to be real careful on this.

Do you agree with these benefits? Let’s talk.