7 Benefits of Online Dating
Setting up a profile on a free online dating site is a lot of effort, so what benefits will this time investment bring you.
How many profile can you sift through while sitting in your pyjamas, eating a croissant and enjoying your morning coffee? Answer, a lot. Now compare that to the number of single people you may have met if you’d taken the trouble to get dressed and head to Starbucks for breakfast. Even when you are not online, potential matches are, and they could be checking out your profile, while you are on the bus or in a meeting. The number of potential interactions via a dating site is far greater than the number of singles you could hope to meet in real life.
If you work irregular shift patterns, or enjoy a time-consuming hobby, the times when you are available to meet people, may not coordinate with the traditional times for singles to hookup (Friday and Saturday evening). You can check out online dating profiles whenever you want, for however much, or little, time you have available.
If you’re at a party in real life and you try talking to three single people simultaneously, someone is going to get hurt, and it will probably be you. When you are on a free dating site you can have online chats with a few people at once, and none of them need to know about each other.
In the early stages of a relationship, it is not uncommon for one party to make slight exaggerations about their wealth, social standing, sexual prowess, and general awesomeness. If these exaggerations were made during a chance encounter in a nightclub, it may be difficult for the other party to later recall whether these statements really were made, or were just an alcohol-fuelled figment of their imagination. With online dating, the first few exchanges will be in writing, so it’s easier to check back to see if someone is playing you. Cynical, but realistic.
If it’s important to you that your match is a non-smoker, or a member of a particular religion, it is much easier to identify suitable candidates by sifting through online profiles, than to risk striking up a real-life conversation and then later causing offense. To narrow the field down even further, take a look at niche common interest dating sites, where single people who share the same pastimes as you will be looking for a date.
Dating is all about putting yourself out there, getting knocked back, and then being brave enough to try all over again. Rejection will be a lot easier to take if it comes in the form of an ignored ‘poke’ or unanswered message, than if a stranger you’ve met in a public place says outright that they aren’t interested in you.
It may seem counter-intuitive that you will the more like the real you when interacting in cyberspace. When you chat with someone online, from the comfort of your own home, you will be more relaxed, making it easier for the real you to shine through.