Cyberloving

Finding love online... Is it possible?  Is it probable?  But more importantly, is it totally creepy?

Roughly 15% of Americans have used the internet as a means to finding a hot date.  Unfortunately 48% believe that searching the internet for love is a total waste of time, not to mention a little desperate.

What's so taboo about internet dating?  Why does nearly half the nation seem to believe that matchmaking sites are only for the desperate and undateable?  How is it any different from going out and picking up some stranger from your local bar?

It's not.  The only real difference is you're doing it from the safety of your own home.  Maybe you've given up on the bar scene (alcoholism is never really that attractive).  Maybe you don't want to have to go out to the coffee shops and movie theaters and yoga classes to have to find a sensitive guy.  Maybe you just want to stay home and veg out while surfing Match.come for Mr. Wonderful.  And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

I remember when the love of my life sent me an e-mail on Myspace.com.  Small talk is a lot easier online, no awkward silences.  We'd never formally met, but he'd always notice when I came into his workplace.  He never quite had the nads to work up the nerve to speak to me in person, not to mention I was dating a skeezbag at the time.  But he found me online and we've been ga-ga over each other since.

I know a few people who found true love on facebook, myspace, or other online dating/networking sites. 

Finding love online isn't really any more creepy or weird than finding love in person.  It's just as dangerous, fun, and exciting.  So if you had any doubts, throw them to the wind and start connecting with people online.

Cheers!