Online Dating Not For Losers, Weirdos, Or Geeks
Like customs, old beliefs, stereotypes and attitudes die hard. They can tend to linger, sometimes long after they have long been debunked. Sadly, there is a lingering stigma or shame about online dating today, long after it has gained wide acceptance.
Once thought to be the domain of losers, weirdos and geeks, online dating is today an acceptable way of meeting a partner or even a spouse. It is estimated that one in five relationships now begin online. Why then, is there some trace stigma or shame attached to it still? I found an interesting post that re-visits this subject. Here are excerpts:
Online dating was once something that people did in private. But recently when someone told me she met her boyfriend "in line at the bookstore" and I later met him and discovered A.) he wasn't a "bookstore" kind of guy and B.) they actually met on Match.com, I was surprised. Isn't online dating kind of the norm now?
After all this time, I would think online dating would have long since surpassed the stigma it once had of weirdos in basements who pretended to be 6'2" lawyers when they are actually 5'1" and have no jobs at all. I have seen enough marriages come of online dating and now even celebrities (like Carrie Ann Inaba) are doing it like it's the norm.
Or maybe people are lying. Maybe more people are meeting online than are admitting it. So what's up with the stigma? It's 2011, people! Almost everyone I know has gone on at least one online date. See original story
I totally agree. No one should feel even remotely ashamed or embarrassed to say they met their significant other online. Not in the 21st century anyway. Your thoughts welcome (you can leave your comments below).
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I feel the same way as you, people shouldn’t be ashamed about online dating. I think it does still hold a bit of a negative stigma but not like it once did. Everything is on the internet now, and with Facebook and social networking being bigger than ever more and more people are connecting online. I think some people are just judgmental and feel like something must be ‘wrong’ with you or that you are socially incompetent if you can’t meet someone in real life. But it’s hard to meet people, I think there’s nothing wrong with trying online dating.
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I met a girl from online dating site. After meeting her in person I found her interesting and asked her if she likes go for another date. She said yes does that mean she is interesting me. If yes, should I kiss her on second date? Please advise.
I really hat that people think that online dating is for the social outcast! I have some really great friends that are on dating sites that are amazing! Also my man has done some online dating and he is amazing! Everyone who hears about him asks if he can be their boyfriend (girls and guys alike).
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