Common Questions About Online Dating

There are plenty of advertisements for online dating websites all over the place, but they don’t tend to address the particular questions of people who are brand new to online dating. This short article hopes to take a look at some of the questions you might have and help you deal with them in your own head before you take the plunge.

Is There Still A Stigma About Meeting Someone Online?

Sort of, among some generations, but its fading fast. The older generation for a while didn’t quite get it because computers were a mystery to many of them, while the current middling generation had an association between the internet and a kind of geeky reclusiveness that is incredibly sad – but for the younger generation of the moment, computers are a part of life and the internet is a real place and geek chic is ‘in’. It’s no stranger that you should meet someone online than that you should meet them in your local pub.

How Do I Know They Are Who They Say They Are?

To a certain extent, you can’t; it’s still true that on the internet nobody knows you’re a dog, and people could indeed set up fake profiles. It’s getting less and less common, though, as people are increasingly their real selves online – and if you’re particularly worried you could always avoid meeting someone who isn’t prepared to give you, say, their Facebook profile name. it’s also worth bearing in mind that if you meet someone in a more “traditional” fashion they could also be lying about who they are and what they’re like – it’s just as easy to lie to your real face as to your virtual one.

Doesn’t That Make It Kind Of Dangerous?

Only if you don’t take the kinds of precautions you should take whenever meeting up with someone you don’t know well – mostly staying in a public place and ensuring that someone knows where you’re going and when you’ll be back and how to contact you.

Can Real Relationships Even Be Forged Over The Internet?

Absolutely, though it doesn’t work for everyone. The point of online dating, though, isn’t to build a relationship on the internet – it’s to meet someone off the internet in pretty short order and from there proceed as normal.

Does Online Dating Actually Work?

For a lot of people, yes. The statistics are looking pretty good all told – but the only way to discover whether or not it will work for you is to try it, after all!