Modern love
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 8:52 am
The the various connections across the world wide web.. and the ideas of so many. We are connecting to such a vast group of people, finding that certain someone seems to have become even more possible.
Case and point, my wife was located 5000 km or so away at the point I "met" her.. Though a silly app meant for amusrment, I and many others met their true love and married.. all through this app which had no intent to accomplish this.. People meeting and marrying in MMORPG space even! It's advanced beyond the dating website and is now like going to the mall to meet the opposite sex, like it was when I was a young teen. It's not going to the bar, where people can't speak because of the loud music, and are not so far out of their heads from booze that true meaningful conversations can be had.
There are detriments though.. there are those who prey on others hoping to find love. Either emptying their bank accounts.. or in at least one case, getting them to fly out and then robbing them and killing them on the spot..
I'm curious what all of you think of this.. do you think it's better to meet face to face? or do you enjoy the security of the net, where you need not share more than a screen name at first? Do you think something has been lost in this process? or is it mostly gain?.. and how about those dating sites.. are they as useful as they used to be? or are they somewhat pointless now..?
Case and point, my wife was located 5000 km or so away at the point I "met" her.. Though a silly app meant for amusrment, I and many others met their true love and married.. all through this app which had no intent to accomplish this.. People meeting and marrying in MMORPG space even! It's advanced beyond the dating website and is now like going to the mall to meet the opposite sex, like it was when I was a young teen. It's not going to the bar, where people can't speak because of the loud music, and are not so far out of their heads from booze that true meaningful conversations can be had.
There are detriments though.. there are those who prey on others hoping to find love. Either emptying their bank accounts.. or in at least one case, getting them to fly out and then robbing them and killing them on the spot..
I'm curious what all of you think of this.. do you think it's better to meet face to face? or do you enjoy the security of the net, where you need not share more than a screen name at first? Do you think something has been lost in this process? or is it mostly gain?.. and how about those dating sites.. are they as useful as they used to be? or are they somewhat pointless now..?