Singles Talk: The Realities of Online Dating for Singles

Al Mango leads a Singles Talk series on Thursday nights at Atlanta Unity North Church. We closed out the series last Thursday and had a dynamic discussion about the pros and cons of online dating. The conversation brought lots of laughter and insight into a topic that  can be a lot of fun for some and a very sensitive one for others.  

Here are  some of the insightful pros and cons that were covered. See unitynorth.org for future Singles Talk Series.

Pros:

• The variety is almost limitless.
• No matter your background you can almost guaranteed to find a match.
• You can arrange group meetings instead individual ones.
• You can meet people based on career, qualifications, looks or any other criteria.
• You can find potential partners with similar interests.
• Online dating is safe and secure when used with a little common sense.
• Many sites cater for disabilities.
• It can be fun: imagine meeting a millionaire?
• In most cases it’s affordable and low cost.
• If you have a particular background, you can almost definitely find some one with a similar background too.
• You don’t nee to meet people internationally or nationally, you can almost certain find some one locally.
• You can just search for friends and not just partners.
• It’s very easy to do: simply create a profile, place it on the online dating site and start emailing other members.

Cons:

• You can’t see the person you are emailing.
• It’s easy to pretend to be some one else as identity is not verified.
• Rarely, because of the anonymous nature of the Web, it does attract some undesirable characters.
• On most sites you have to pay a fee; there are some free ones but most are not too great.
• It can be nervous meeting some one off the Internet you have never seen before.
• Some times it can be time-consuming.
• If you’re a female, you can usually expect a deluge of emails.

If you’re aware of any more pros and cons of online dating, please email them to me at janeckamarcel4@gmail.com.     

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