Is Online Dating More Beneficial?
May 12th, 2017
Within the past few years, online dating has become more of the norm in our society. A few years ago when sites like Tinder were first being introduced, they were very out of the ordinary and a lot of people were very skeptical of them. However, as our society continues to advance with social media and other technological advances, it's not as out of the ordinary as it used to be and in fact it is actually pretty common to online date. But I have always wondered, does online dating really work? Is it really more beneficial to make a profile about yourself in hopes that someone clicks on it and find you with taking the chances that this person could not be real?
According to The Telegraph UK, the whole concept of online dating, is more likely to last than "regular dating." The simple fact is that people like online dating because it gives them a chance to be who they want to be behind a computer or phone screen. They don't have to hold back who they are because the other person doesn't have to see them. It gives other people a chance to just mess around with the people that actually want a relationship. This is a negative to online dating that everyone has to take.
However, researchers took a study of 20,000 marriages between 2005 to 2012. They found that a little more than 1/3 of these marriages met from online dating. They also found that online relationships are 25% stronger than just a traditional relationship. The reason behind this is because there are so many "options" and people to "choose" from that it is almost impossible not to find your "perfect" match. Over 40 million people alone in the US are signed up to an online dating website so with this digital marketplace, there are so many opportunities to find someone. Whereas using the traditional way of dating like finding someone at work or at a bar, there are only so many people to "choose" from.
Online dating has many pros and cons to it. Whether or not you support online dating, it can be seen as a very beneficial way of dating for the people that want a more serious relationship.
Within the past few years, online dating has become more of the norm in our society. A few years ago when sites like Tinder were first being introduced, they were very out of the ordinary and a lot of people were very skeptical of them. However, as our society continues to advance with social media and other technological advances, it's not as out of the ordinary as it used to be and in fact it is actually pretty common to online date. But I have always wondered, does online dating really work? Is it really more beneficial to make a profile about yourself in hopes that someone clicks on it and find you with taking the chances that this person could not be real?
According to The Telegraph UK, the whole concept of online dating, is more likely to last than "regular dating." The simple fact is that people like online dating because it gives them a chance to be who they want to be behind a computer or phone screen. They don't have to hold back who they are because the other person doesn't have to see them. It gives other people a chance to just mess around with the people that actually want a relationship. This is a negative to online dating that everyone has to take.
However, researchers took a study of 20,000 marriages between 2005 to 2012. They found that a little more than 1/3 of these marriages met from online dating. They also found that online relationships are 25% stronger than just a traditional relationship. The reason behind this is because there are so many "options" and people to "choose" from that it is almost impossible not to find your "perfect" match. Over 40 million people alone in the US are signed up to an online dating website so with this digital marketplace, there are so many opportunities to find someone. Whereas using the traditional way of dating like finding someone at work or at a bar, there are only so many people to "choose" from.
Online dating has many pros and cons to it. Whether or not you support online dating, it can be seen as a very beneficial way of dating for the people that want a more serious relationship.
Online dating cracks me up like Humpty Dumpty falling off that wall. (bad jokes) I think I find it silly because of the fact people can now be "themselves" as they hide behind a screen. Why can't they in person? I think the answer lies within the internet itself. People stopped having to speak and act like who they are in person because the internet offered an easier way to "express your individuality." I'm sure anyone could express that face-to-face if they tried. Saying all that, how can it be more serious if you can't be yourself? Doesn't make sense. I believe it was all a pretty big scam, the actual dating websites I mean, to make money. They don't care about your love life. They just pretty much told you that you weren't good enough in person, so pay them money to find you a perfect match who also wasn't good enough and payed money as well.
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