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There's an ongoing debate on whether online dating or offline dating is better. Both kinds of dating have their own pros and cons. A lot of people consider dating offline to be more honest, as expressing our emotions in natural environment will always be more faithful. We don't have time and options to disguise our true feelings or their absence.
On the other hand, online dating sites act as a huge time-saver. One cannot argue that the 21st century is the most time-consuming age in our history. Dating online also saves you from a lot of risks you may face delving into offline dating.
We can't advise you what kind of dating you should practice, but we can give you certain information that will help you choose. So, without further ado, check out the pros and cons of online and offline dating.
Pros of Online Dating
1. Matchmaking Algorithms
Not like it is the most trustworthy thing in the world, still matchmaking algorithms of certain online dating services may be way better than your own matchmaking skills. All you have to do is to fill in the traits or interests of what you consider to be your perfect match and press “execute”.
2. Platonic Communication
One of the main advantages of online dating is that you have enough time to get to know each other mentally. You don't have any distractions like appearance, which plays important role when it comes to offline dating. You can chat for as long as you need to figure out how much in common you have, how interesting you are for each other. After chatting for a while, it is much easier to figure out whether your first offline date is worth a try or not.
3. Marriages That Started Online Are Stronger
Although it may sound almost unbelievable, marriages between people that got acquainted online are much stronger than those that started offline. This phenomenon can be easily explained. Couples whose relationships started online are immune to separations, as their romance started as long-distance relationships. And as those couples got to know each other mentally, they have nothing to hide from each other.
Cons of Online Dating
1. Multiple Choice Problems
Loneliness, shortage of time, and absence of ideas how to find a date offline lead you to online dating apps. The main reason was to find your perfect one. Unfortunately, when you see thousands of beautiful girls, it is really hard to choose on whom you should concentrate.
2. Online Dating Scams
The main danger that you can face using dating sites is online dating scams. Swindlers and con artists pretend to be girls of your dreams to hack you email or to steal your money. The best way to avoid scam is to stick with reputable online dating services, so dig some information on the site you're about to sign in.
3. Lying
Unfortunately, no one can prevent people from lying. If you are using some suspicious and not trustworthy online dating services, beware that you chat mate may lie about his or her age, background, literally everything.
Pros of Offline Dating
1. The Chemistry Determination
Online dating gives you a lot of options to calculate your actions beforehand, thus you or your chat mate may not be completely honest. When it comes to offline dating – you cannot hide, thus you can easily determine whether there is a romantic chemistry between the two of you or not.
2. You Can Ask Your Friends for Advice
Of course, love concerns only two of you, but you can always ask your friends' or relatives' opinion about your partner. Sometimes an advice like that can help you avoid getting into a trouble. Your friends and relatives won't help you when it comes to online dating, as they see as much as you – what your chat mate allows you to see.
3. You Don't Care for Your Dating Profile
Once again, no one can prevent you from lying when it comes to online dating. You can make up any story that will make you more interesting for you prospective partners, and you can pick the best picture. Offline dating requires you as you are, and you are unlikely to trick anyone with a beautiful but artificial facade, which is your profile on the dating site.
Cons of Offline Dating
1. You're Limited By Your Social Circles
When you are using online dating services, you can find a partner from each and every corner of the world. However, when it comes to offline dating, you are limited by your social circles. You have your college or your work, and you favorite club or cafe. So, when all the sources of prospective partners are exhausted your friends' friends are your only hope.
2. You May Feel Too Shy
Millions of people use online dating, because they are too shy to go straight ahead and ask someone out. Moreover, a lot of people don't know how to present themselves when it comes to offline dating. Appearance plays an important role in offline dating, thus you can be the coolest person in the world, but no one will give you an opportunity to show it if you are not that good looking. Even if you don't have problems mentioned above, you still may be unable to find an interesting conversational topic on your first date, which will transform your first date into your last one.
3. You're Out Of Time
What stands between you and building relationships via offline dating is the absolute lack of time. Your studies and your work consume almost all of your time, which means that you will unlikely have enough time to have enough offline dates to build the emotional and intellectual connection that is crucial for the further development of your relationships.
After learning the advantages and disadvantages of both kinds of dating, you can easily figure out which one suits you better. Online dating is available almost anytime and anywhere, while offline dating depends on your schedule. Offline dating is better when it comes to determining whether you have romantic chemistry or not, while online dating gives you the possibility to learn the personality of each other. One thing we can say for sure, relationships that started online sooner or later go offline.
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