~~~~~ Online Dating ~~~~~

“Marriages are made in heaven”, so goes the old saying. But in the present generation, marriages are made online. Sounds strange though, but yes, this is a fact. Earlier there was a tradition where both the boy and the girl were introduced with the family in the girl’s house. Then both of them would spend some few minutes to understand each other and if they like each other, then both the family would congratulate each other and distribute sweets. Then they would make all the preparations for the wedding. Gone are these days. Now people can choose their partner from the comfort of a chair. Just one click away and they are able to search for profile and that too with photos. What’s more, they can even search their background/values, likes/dislikes, proximity and the list is endless.

After they chat for long hours they actually meet each other in a public place and if they find that their thoughts and approach to life to be similar, they give a thought of tying the knot with the like-minded person.

There are many advantages of online dating. It is much cheaper and there is a huge scope and this is the reason why we find more and more people joining the dating services from every nook and corner of the world. It is a different feeling or joy that you derive by finding the love of your life.

There are people who have actually been successful finding their long awaited life partner of their choice. We can see the comments by different people in different dating sites where they speak their heart out relating how did they meet online and got happily married.

Now you must be thinking how successful is the online dating. Does this relationship lasts long? Dr Jeff Gavin carried out a survey on online dating. He said: “Given that the most successful relationships lasted at least seven months, and in some cases over a year, it seems that these relationships have a similar level of success as ones formed in more conventional ways.”

Every coin has both ends. Online dating suffers from some drawbacks too. Just think that you met a person online and you decided to meet him and on the very first day of your meeting you come to know that the person you were actually chatting online had put a different photo. This is the most important flaw in online dating. People put up someone else’s photo claiming to be his/hers. And when you come to know that the person actually ditched you, it makes you feel like that you are the unluckiest person on the earth. And you make up your mind that you will never date online again. You have the impression that you will never find Mr or Miss Wonderful in this life.

There are people who lie about their marital status (not to mention about their actual age) and the like. They mislead the people and sometimes you will find people who are actually divorcee or even they have kids but mention on their profile as “Never Married.”

You receive mails from unknown person who wants to meet you. At the end of the day your mailbox is full with lots of proposals from different persons all over the globe and you continue to delete those messages, which waste you a lot of precious time.

To be on a safer side, do not ever share your address and phone number of your residence unless you know the person well. Who knows what intention does he hold about you? There are people who still believe in love at first sight but this is not applicable when you date online. So, don’t be in haste and take some time. Let love flourish in its own subtle way.