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Topic: Romance

A Hard Truth About Online Dating

By Gareth Eastwood 2008-01-02

I'm not generally inclined to disparage online dating websites, which are unquestionably here to stay. In reviewing their usefulness though, consider this.

During the time that they have become popular and prolific, a period of around five years, the number of single people, in Adelaide at least, does not appear to have diminished in the slightest. That fact alone suggests that the initial belief which drew people to them - the notion that they offered a new and improved magic way to fill a worrisome void in people's romantic lives - was a load of piffle.

New and improved magic ways to achieve things are all too often highly plausible, strongly tempting hogwash. They frequently amount to just a new and improved magic way for profiteers to cash-in on people's desperate needs, promising fulfillment in areas of strong personal disappointment.

Most dating websites directly target the earnest desires of single people, pointedly suggesting that participants are very likely to win the partner of their dreams by using the service. Perhaps there's not too much wrong with that when you consider that people have a personal responsibility to be discerning in what they believe.

To their credit, dating websites do provide those who are 'single and looking' with a highly convenient, fun way of 'perusing the stock'. They certainly help their customers to feel that they have some larger degree of control over their attempts to find love than by using other means. Perhaps those benefits alone are worth paying for.

What they definitely aren't, though, is a magic answer that didn't previously exist. Proof of that fact lies in their own claims, that there are over a million Australian singles registered with them to choose from.

How come so many? They've had long enough now to sort that matter out.

Gareth Eastwood contributes articles to www.mindesque.com. He is an enthusiastic Rock 'n' Roll Dancer and teacher in Adelaide, South Australia. He maintains a premier website dedicated to Rock n Roll Dance at www.rocknrolldance.com. He also created and runs a large singles social network in Adelaide based around www.garethevents.info/