Online dating... and no I am not talking about escorts.
E-harmony, j-date, match.com, the list goes on and on. Over the last 10 years the idea of meeting the love of your life online has become more and more normal. I just have one question.
Why?
I understand that for some people meeting others online is an attractive idea. You get to do it from home. There is no awkward forced date, or club cover charge to pay, and you get to move beyond idle chit chat and get to meet the "real" person. Here is one of my many problems.
First, isn't viewing a profile based on an hour long survey someone had to take awkward. Isnt even more awkward to tell them that you "aren't interested" based on that profile. When did we become a society that was afraid to reject people face to face? I would much rather have a woman reject me in person (and believe me - they have), rather than be notified over email that a woman I have never seen has decided that their "just isnt any chemistry". Are you f'ing kidding me???!!!
Second, I have to pay for a computer to potentially match me with someone! At least when I go to a bar and don't meet anyone my money goes towards the slow poisoning/numbing of my body through the consumption of alcohol. Advantage trying to meet someone face to face.
Third, why should I trust a computer to match me with somebody? If a computer cannot get the College Football Championship Game right how in the heck am I supposed to expect it to find my true love. Oklahoma versus Florida. Are you kidding me!?!?! If thats the kind of garbage match making computers are capable of count me out of online dating.
In summary, the internet is many things to me. It's where I get my e-mail. It's where I can rant online. It's where can keep in touch with friends. It's where I read my news. It's were I can view pornography without embarrassment. The one thing that the internet is not however, is cupid. Here is to face to face interaction and rejection, to bad pick up lines, spending money I dont have at the bar, mindless chatter, trying desperately not to embarrass myself dancing and all the other wonderful things that meeting people should entail.
viva la romance!
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