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The Odds Are In Your Favor With Online Dating
According to one recently-published survey, there are currently upwards of 40 million people in the United States that regularly visit online dating websites. Another 7 to 10 million users in Canada do the same. While these numbers do include people that log onto sites to assuage their curiosity or to see what theyre like, they nonetheless remain impressive. Nearly 50 million people using online dating sites mean that the number of potential matches that you are likely to find is quite high.
In order to fully appreciate this statistic, think about the scene that you experienced the last time you spent a night out at a bar. Even on a busy weekend night, it is a good bet that only a handful of people there were what you might deem worthy to talk to. Its not likely that this determination was based off of anything terribly deep; rather, the three or four people that caught your eye were probably physically attractive and thus drew your attention. Moreover, it is doubtful that you were the only person in the bar or club that felt the same way. By the time you saw them from across the room, chances are that the other person or people had already been approached several times during the course of the night, and the likelihood of them being slightly irritable was good.
As this scenario demonstrates, the odds are not necessarily stacked in your favor in a bar or nightclub-type setting. The proverbial pickings are relatively slim, and what is there is fought for tirelessly by the other singles at the locale. All of this for the chance to simply talk with another person, let alone hit it off with them. Remember, there always exists the chance that the man or woman that seems perfect from a distance will turn into a nightmare once they open their mouth.
Needless to say, the odds are slightly better when it comes to online dating. With the sheer number of people frequenting the websites, there is a strong likelihood that you will find an intriguing person near your area. Additionally, casual correspondence via email means that you ultimately stand a better chance of being heard by the person; letters are far less obtrusive than hastily-shouted greetings at a club, and there is little direct competition with your line of communication.
And what of the possibility that the person who initially seems so attractive to you becomes exponentially less so once you learn about their personality? Happily, online dating allows you to learn a bit more about the person in question before you even begin correspondence. No more crossing your fingers and hoping for success: with online dating, youll have a fairly good gauge as to the likelihood of a successful relationship before you even begin speaking with the person.
Regardless of the type of match or relationship that youre searching for, you are far more apt to find it via an online dating website than during a random trip to the bar. Ere you dismiss it as a technological fad, youd do well to see what online dating can do for you.
BONUS : The Online Dating Jungle - What Kind Of Creature Are You?
It's like a jungle sometimes! The Sugar Hill Gang could have been talking about online dating when they penned their greatest hit. Of course, back in the early 1980s the idea of finding a partner via the Internet would have been regarded in the same light as taking a day trip to the moon; twenty plus years on and strolling around Copernicus for the afternoon is still the stuff of fantasy, but finding the perfect match on the Internet is something that more and more of us are doing.
Out there in the online jungle are a great many different creatures, all of whom make their respective ways down to the watering hole with their own aims in mind. Some come merely to socialise, to chew the fat with the other denizens of this fertile environment, rub shoulders with the great and the tiny, hear the latest gossip on the bush telegraph and keep abreast of recent goings on; others come to prowl, surveying the ranks of assorted beasts, picking the choicest morsels to feast their eyes upon (or more)! Still more come in hope of something less tangible, they come seeking companionship from creatures like themselves; a life partner to raise a brood with or share a nest.
So, what kind of dating creature are you? We identified a few of the inhabitants of the dating jungle below:
With their long legs and lurid pink plumage; the flamingos come down to the watering hole to preen, flirt and catch tiny krill. The slightest noise or sudden move and they take to the air, startled. Flamingos in the world of online singles are equally skittish; they upload pictures of themselves so that they can be admired, preening in the water, thriving on compliments they snap up like so much krill. These flamingos will take to the wing at the slightest mention of meeting, or taking things to a more serious level.
Howler monkeys are the jungle's gossips; rampantly sociable, they come to the water to meet and chatter, to groom and to reinforce their social bonds. Howler monkey dating site users are often looking for friends to chat and gossip with. They tend to use the sites very regularly and sometimes for hours on end, chatting to new friends and adding to their favourites lists. This can be a great way to use dating sites for people who have just moved to a new town or city, or who find it difficult to meet people because of work constraints.
And then the lion the self-styled King of the Jungle may have a mighty roar but is actually quite a timid creature, shying away from large groups of prey, preferring to circle silently and pick the perfect target. These types of daters will often view your profile six or seven times before sending you a hello; they like to make sure of what they're getting as lions don't like to waste energy. Of course when they do make their choice this skilled hunter's charms can often prove hard to resist!
So flamingo, monkey or lion; whatever type of dating creature you are have fun, be safe and remember it's a jungle out there!
It's like a jungle sometimes! The Sugar Hill Gang could have been talking about online dating when they penned their greatest hit. Of course, back in the early 1980s the idea of finding a partner via the Internet would have been regarded in the same light as taking a day trip to the moon; twenty plus years on and strolling around Copernicus for the afternoon is still the stuff of fantasy, but finding the perfect match on the Internet is something that more and more of us are doing.
Out there in the online jungle are a great many different creatures, all of whom make their respective ways down to the watering hole with their own aims in mind. Some come merely to socialise, to chew the fat with the other denizens of this fertile environment, rub shoulders with the great and the tiny, hear the latest gossip on the bush telegraph and keep abreast of recent goings on; others come to prowl, surveying the ranks of assorted beasts, picking the choicest morsels to feast their eyes upon (or more)! Still more come in hope of something less tangible, they come seeking companionship from creatures like themselves; a life partner to raise a brood with or share a nest.
So, what kind of dating creature are you? We identified a few of the inhabitants of the dating jungle below:
With their long legs and lurid pink plumage; the flamingos come down to the watering hole to preen, flirt and catch tiny krill. The slightest noise or sudden move and they take to the air, startled. Flamingos in the world of online singles are equally skittish; they upload pictures of themselves so that they can be admired, preening in the water, thriving on compliments they snap up like so much krill. These flamingos will take to the wing at the slightest mention of meeting, or taking things to a more serious level.
Howler monkeys are the jungle's gossips; rampantly sociable, they come to the water to meet and chatter, to groom and to reinforce their social bonds. Howler monkey dating site users are often looking for friends to chat and gossip with. They tend to use the sites very regularly and sometimes for hours on end, chatting to new friends and adding to their favourites lists. This can be a great way to use dating sites for people who have just moved to a new town or city, or who find it difficult to meet people because of work constraints.
And then the lion the self-styled King of the Jungle may have a mighty roar but is actually quite a timid creature, shying away from large groups of prey, preferring to circle silently and pick the perfect target. These types of daters will often view your profile six or seven times before sending you a hello; they like to make sure of what they're getting as lions don't like to waste energy. Of course when they do make their choice this skilled hunter's charms can often prove hard to resist!
So flamingo, monkey or lion; whatever type of dating creature you are have fun, be safe and remember it's a jungle out there!
