Perks and Downsides of Online Dating

By Micheal Watts


With the popularity of online dating, it's easy to be persuaded to join the crowd. However, before you shop around and sign up for an online dating site, you better read the following advantages and disadvantages of online dating.

Advantages of Online Dating

1. It saves time

How does it feel to be sitting in your room and communicating with that one person you think you're compatible with? It feels great, right? There's no pressure to be dressed nicely to do that and it doesn't even require you to be in a specific place.

Convenience is that one of the many things that lure people to get into online dating. It suits well most people these days because of the lifestyle. Many don't have the luxury of time to be in a conventional date.

2. Feeling awkward is least likely to happen

Despite the popularity of dating, many are still hesitant to get into one because of anxiety or awkwardness that comes with the though of meeting another person and trying to get to know him/her better. These feelings are almost non-existent with online dating.

Because two people only communicate through private messages and chat, it's least likely for one or both parties to feel nervous with the presence of the other. In fact, one reason why many people are getting hooked to online dating is because it makes them at ease in its kind of dating setup.

3. It's less costly

Although some premium dating sites are more costly than the others, you are assured that you're getting the best out of online dating. And if you consider the amount of money you spent for these premium dating sites, you will realize that you're spending less than what you typically spend in one date alone.

Disadvantages of Online Dating

1. Deception

This is especially true with free online dating sites. Because it's too easy to sign up in these sites, many take advantage of them and use them to scam people. Also, with online dating sites, it's hard to determine whether the info. found on the member's profile is true or not.

2. Lack of chemistry

Chemistry is an important factor in dating but is often mislooked by online dating sites. Determining chemistry between two people goes beyond words in profile pages and photos.




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