What should I wear? How does my hair look? These are some of the nerve wrecking questions that flows through the mind of singles getting ready for their date. Not to worry, when it comes to online dating you do not have to worry about these things. Everyone wants to find love and to be loved. Now a days love is being found all over the internet but is it true love? The internet is a place for people to escape and to explore. More and More dating sites are becoming easier to access and more people are getting involved. But why online dating?
When it comes to online dating, their are so many benefits to starting a relationship. First off, their is unlimited numbers of people out there willing to meet you. Not only are their tons of pictures to look at, but you are also able to look at profiles of people that contain information that is relevant for you. You are able to see shared interest, age, height, dislikes, location, and incomes. Most importantly before you start to explore your options, the dating websites ask you some questions to help find your most compatible matches maybe even lover.
It is very common to hear people’s first reaction of dating online is negative because of lying and being catfish. Honestly, I can not speak on every dating websites but the ones like match, eHarmony, or Okcupid are accurate dating sites. Studies show that with online dating couples are first attractive to personalities instead of looks. Also the information given is easily traceable, but even better the person shows characteristics of seeming real and not too perfect.
Unfortunately online dating also as it downfalls, not everyone is so lucky. We have deceptions of online dating that consist of people lying about themselves. It can be any thing from location, age, occupation, income, and weight. Most of these are found from online dating that usually starts from a website that is not a dating website. Usually these fake relationships start from websites such as Twitter, Instagram, Tinder, or Facebook. People think that these are dating websites but they are not. The main goals of these social networks is not dating so when they do meet people on them then that is when it is a problem because a lot of people use these for more social networking with news, jobs, gossip, and fashion.
It really amazes me that people do get catfish, it is so heartbreaking. I see a lot of it happening on Facebook. People dedicate their lives to online dating and in the end it was nothing of what they expected. What makes it worst is that studies show that the more a person talks online the higher their expectations become. Usually the ones being catfish are the ones that have been in an online relationship for years at a time. It just shows that people really can have a connection with someone that is a complete stranger. http://on.mtv.com/1rLJYHN Even though, Felicia did not lie about her appearance to Mike, she lied about other things such as her location and occupation but as you can see it was not intentionally for her to hurt Mike’s feeling. She was just use to portraying other people because she felt being herself was not good enough. So when she finally found someone to like her as herself she lost him. In the end, Mike did forgive Felicia but instead of being in a relationship with her, he wanted to start over and actually get to know her as the real her.
Online dating has its pros and its cons when it comes to finding true love. When it comes to dating it is not always easy, and not everyone is the same when it comes to dating. Everyone is different and everyone uses different techniques to find their perfect match. It is just easier to find love now using methods such as online dating. There will always be a flaw when it comes to online dating but that does not mean you can not just give it a try. Statistics show that 40 million Americans have or still uses online dating to find love(http://www.match.com/magazine/article/4671/). Don’t ever feel as though you are an outcast for using online dating because for every 86 unmarried men there is 100 unmarried women(http://www.match.com/magazine/article/4671/). So go for it and take the chance of finding love on the internet, there is no harm in diving into the online dating life!
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