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The Internet Of Online-Dating Age: You Make Choice At Your Own
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igor-zu on 10 May, 2008 03:04:00
 
The history of human romance and love relations changed deeply according to
changes of our civilisation and society. Many thousand years ago a savage, who
wanted to get married, went to forest with a huge stick, beat the first woman
he met – and they became a couple. Years passed away, ancient times came
– and there were parents only, who decided whether two young ones could
get married. Another centuries flew away – and people started use
newspapers to place their marital announcements. Nowadays, we use the most
advanced ways to find our soul-mates and partners for life. The history came
back to its start again – as savage went to forest to beat his future
wife with a stick, we also go to the woods and bushes of the world net to find
our possible spouse and to overwhelm it with our personal charisma...
Going back in time again... Once upon a time, people generally met their future
spouses when they were in high school. Then came the advent of the practically
mandatory four-year college degree and people began putting off marriage until
later, and later, and later. Now it isn't uncommon for people to wait until
they're in their early thirties to get married, if they marry at all. It is a
lot harder to meet people when you aren't going out to football games and
rec-room parties, so enter the glorious age of online dating.
Because gone are the days when online dating was thought of as strictly for
losers (or worse!). The Internet is the ultimate singles bar - without the
noise, the drunks, and the high cost of all those not-so-happy hours. Nor,
thanks to online dating membership sites, do you have to depend on your friends
and family to hook you up with people they think would be perfect for you - and
who wouldn't be perfect for, well, anyone, which is why they are still
unattached.
But that's not true of you. You're savvy and know that online dating makes it
possible for you to connect with a lot more people a lot quicker than you could
any other way. You'll find that person who's perfect for you yourself. After
all, there are plenty of fish in the sea, and online dating is an absolutely
wonderful way to weed out the guppies from the sharks.
Because you do need to be cautious when connecting with other singles online.
It almost goes without saying that most everyone stretches the truth a little,
and it takes some practice to learn what to look out for. Actually, online
dating personal ads are a lot like classified employment ads, that say a
company's looking for eager, go-getters is really after people who are willing
to work 16 to 18 hours a day for low pay and even lower appreciation.
The same is true for lots of online dating ads. Women will most likely fudge a
bit about their weight, and guys are likely to add a few inches of, um, height.
More serious lies happen, but not as often as you might think. These days, most
people are trying to find more than just dates online, they're looking for
long-lasting relationships and use online dating sites to help with their
search.
You may have some ho-hum dates that you've connected with online before you
find the man or woman of your dreams. This isn't necessarily because there are
more ho-hums who are involved in online dating than with conventional dating,
but that the pool of dates is much larger for online dating, so you actually
date more or at least have chances to date more - and hey, thats a good thing,
right?
(by http://www.joolsgold.com)