Somebody1003 wrote...
We always wondered how that works, online dating.
Not that we'd ever do it.
Online, long distance relationships are tough. They can work though it does require meeting in person at some point within a reasonable period of time as specified between the involved parties. Once that occurs there is no guarantee that the online attraction will play out the same way in real life. It might though, and if it is to continue it will require that one of the two people, or both of them, take active steps to relocate near the other (or both move to a third location) in order to integrate their daily lives with each other.
Internet based relationships are still somewhat taboo in mainstream society and yet with the increasing demands on our limited time thanks to careers and other aspects of modern life, it is increasingly difficult for many professionally working people to meet a potential match. Besides, let us not forget that just because you meet someone in person and not online that in itself is no guarantee of success (just look at the divorce rates in developed countries). It may be easier for an online date to lie to you yet this is hardly limited to the internet. People lie in real life relationships as well, people are unfaithful in real life as well, etc.
It's not always easy to get things to work the way you want in a relationship - that goes for both in-life and online. I like to think of online social activity (this includes online dating) as just another layer in our growing human social "cake". Online socialising doesn't replace the benefits of socialising in person, yet it does offer one more avenue to be socially active with other people. Real life and online need not be mutually exclusive if you take a balanced approach towards it, IMO.
Modifié par The_KFD_Case, 07 mars 2010 - 12:04 .