Is Online Dating for Losers?
Is Online Dating for Losers?
No.
On second thought, this topic probably wasn’t a good idea for a dating advice article since the answer to the question is pretty straight forward. I still need to come up with 500 or so words to make this a complete article so I can either tell you guys about my boring weekend or give you 5 examples of why people join online dating sites and let you make up your own mind as to whether or not online dating is for losers.
5 people in life who are more likely than not to join an online dating service:
1. Busy Professionals
In this day and age people are working longer hours than ever. I personally know several people who walk into their office at 6am and don’t leave until 7-8pm. All in the name of climbing the corporate ladder. Personally, that’s not for me but I understand their reasons for wanting to do so. On any given week/weekend going out in public and meeting new people probably isn’t at the top of their “things to do” list. Online dating serves a vital role in their ability to get out in life and meet new people.
2. Single Moms
With their priorities squarely placed upon the welfare and well being of their child, single moms can’t get out and socialize as much as they used to prior to having a kid. Well they could I suppose….but it wouldn’t look right. With online dating, single moms can actively browse the profiles from the safety and comfort of their home without having to find a babysitter and potentially spend a lot of money going out. Being that a good portion of the guys out there are adverse to dating a single mom, online dating is a good way to find a man who is willing to date a woman with a child.
3. Shy People (who are otherwise considered “normal”)
Back in the 1990′s, it used to be that only fat guys living in their mother’s basement comprised the majority of the online daters out there. Nowadays people from all walks of life participate and successfully date people they meet in an online dating site. If you aren’t looking for a party boy or party girl (which you will most undoubtedly find in a bar setting), then online dating is a great way to meet people who might be a bit reserved in life. What’s so great about that? You will normally not meet these types of people in a social situation. They are shy and reserved. That doesn’t necessarily mean that they are a weirdo or a creep, but rather their social skills aren’t as practiced as others. You open up a whole new realm of possibility when joining an online dating site. You will meet good people who you might not normally encounter in public.
4. People who are tired of the bar scene and tired of being set up on lame blind dates.
You can only do the bar scene for so long until it gets old and tiring. Maybe your friend’s idea of what would comprise the perfect man or woman isn’t necessarily your idea. Online dating allows people to meet others who exactly fit their criteria of what they are looking for in a partner. You can select from a multitude of qualifiers such as age, location, likes, dislikes, personality and so on. Think of online dating as walking into a restaurant and telling the waiter exactly what you want to eat.
5. Increased chance of meeting someone new and finding a date.
Ok, so this isn’t really a “type” of person that you would meet in an online dating service, but it is the overall mantra of why millions of people join a dating site. Simply put: You increase your chances of finding someone to date. How often do you meet new people in real life and out of those people, how many are “dating potential?” If you’re like most people, you don’t come across dating potential too often in your day to day routine. Online dating gives you the ability to meet and connect with other like minded people, all without having to go out to a bar, spend buckoo dollars and wake up the next morning with a hangover.
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