25 March 2009

Is online dating for you?

Online dating has grown in popularity as a source of finding love and finding your life partner. However there are many concerns about the security and effectiveness of online dating.

In the ideal world of boys meet girls; fall in love and get married, such occurrence don’t happen easily to some people. A busy professional, a shy person or a person lacking in confidence can find it difficult to meet the love of their life. Sometimes, the age factor can limit the possibility to finding the right person too.

Online dating is like modern matchmaker.Online Dating have open up many opportunities for men and women finding love and marriage all around the world.

There are advantages to online dating:

In online dating, the intention is clear. You could be the most extroverted person, you could have lots of friends and activities but that doesn’t mean that the people you meet could share the same intention as you about finding a soul mate. The people who sign up with online dating sites have one common intention, that is, to find a soul mate. Communication becomes open and honest when that intention is known.

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Perhaps you are an introvert and you find it difficult to engage in a proper conversation. When creating your profile in the dating site, you have time to organise your thoughts and present them in the way you are most comfortable in. It is also not intimidating to engage initial contact with fellow online members through writing. You have the time to get to know the other person without jittery and fear of creating a wrong impression. Once you are comfortable with the person, you could then decide to take the next step of communication.

Of course there would be danger in online dating. There will be unscrupulous people in online dating sites preying on unsuspected people. Practice due diligence, do not divulge in your personal information like your home address, personal email and even work or financial situation too easily. Be aware that there are bad people around. Read articles on how to be safe in online dating, how to avoid mistakes in online dating and how to create a genuine and interesting profile that will attract the right kind of people.

Online dating has become more acceptable nowadays and it is slowly losing the stigma of ‘only for the desperate’.

Online dating sites have evolved and have become more sophisticated in their service to their members.

Most online dating sites offers free trial service for people to try the service for a short period of time.

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