Internet Dating

I know several people that have found love via internet dating, some who are very happily married to the person they met online. So I do not have a problem with internet dating, and I do believe it works for some people, just not me. But, I have to wonder what the world is coming to when people start to think you are crazy for NOT being on one or twenty of these sites. You see,I may be old fashioned, but I prefer to meet someone in person and see where it goes from there (yeah, yeah, I know this obviously has not worked for me to this point, but I still maintain it could). I also do not have the patience to fish through hundreds of profiles, emails and pics hoping to find someone I may have a connection with, to find out they completely lied in their profile and they prefer watching Seinfeld (which I hate) reruns to going hiking, or spending time with me (and no, this did not happen to me - it is purely an example).

Don't get me wrong, there have been occasions that I have started to sign up or start a profile, just for fun or when I have been particularly lonely, but then in a day or so I forget all about it. That is until I start getting the 50 million emails that tell me my true love is right around the corner and has viewed my profile, and all I have to do is pay $39.95 a month to find him. This I have a problem with as well, am I really only going to find true love if I pay for it!?!

I just don't get how for hundreds of years people have hooked up the "old fashioned" way and now everyone thinks it needs to be done via cyberspace first, to see if someone is worth your time. Plus in my case, my personality trumps my looks every time, so someone is likely to be pretty disappointed if they fall for me online and then meet me in person (this is not me being self-deprecating, simply being honest).

And I guess being the hopeless romantic I secretly am (I don't know if this is a secret or not), I want a beautiful "how we met, how we got to know each other, when we just knew we were in love" story. The last time I was interested in someone people kept telling me I needed to make the first move and tell him how I felt, but I want a guy that is bold enough to tell me first, that thinks I'm worth that effort. I really am old-fashioned!!! I guess that's why I have chosen to be content with being single, because I am scared in the era of speed and cyber dating, that I may not find that, but like I've said before I will always believe it's possible and live life hopeful!

And for purposes of total disclosure, I have to admit I did meet someone on Myspace once. He was a nice guy, but we had more chemistry via IM than we did in person.

Note: I was going to write about how extremely positive and happy I have been with life in general lately(well, except for the last two days - but I blame that on the low caffeine levels and giving up sodas), but this rant seemed like more fun!