Is Online Dating Truly Better Than Traditional Dating Methods

(2006-02-04) Free Online Dating Services

Find out how online dating can help people find their soulmates.

Many people are taking advantage of the opportunities Internet dating provides to find viable partners. There are several reasons why that's a good idea.

First of all, it's a quick way to look when there are time constraints. College offers lots of singles to choose from and lots of time to do it. Once that opportunity is past, however, we're locked into the busy lifestyle of working adults.

With the divorce rate hovering around 50 percent, individuals of all ages are looking for partners. Many have children to care for and/or aging parents, making it difficult to date.

Secondly, there are no location constraints. If someone is living in a remote location or in a city where there's a lack of available singles, Internet dating can extend the reach.

It also gives a chance to get to know the person before taking the time and expense to meet.

So what's the downside? The greatest concern is with the anonymity of the Internet. The person you're communicating with may be misrepresenting themselves. They may be married or they may be single but presenting themselves as another identity.

There are no guarantees on the Internet, or anywhere else. Someone who's insecure enough to masquerade as a 6'1", rich, athletic, good-looking 36 year-old single male, may actually be a 5'6" balding middle-aged married man in dire financial straits. At least, however, you will have only wasted some impersonal time corresponding before you find out. A person may misrepresent themselves on the initial profile, but once you get into correspondence with them, which is generally how it's done and highly recommended, you'll have a chance to find out more.

Internet dating might be better at ferreting these out. According to a new study from Cornell University on lying, we lie most easily on the telephone than face-to-face, than on instant messenger and least frequently by email. It may be a good idea to take the time to go through the email stage.

It's easiest to lie on the phone because the person can't see us (for telltale signs like eye contact), and also because there's no permanent record of what's being said. Although we can't be seen via email, we are putting it in writing. Also, why would everyone recommend "journaling" as an adventure in self-discovery, if writing didn't lend itself to self-disclosure? For whatever reason, when we write we tend to bare our souls, and when writing to another, we're also aware that it's going to be accessible to the person for a long time.

How often do people lie? Again, setting aside the sociopath or pathological liar, the study reports people lie about 26 percent of the time, with the email rate running around 14 percent.

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