Dating and Intimate Relationships – Online Vs In-Person – Which is Better?
In August 2003, 5 years ago, U.S. News and World Report reported that about 40 million people clicked on online dating sites. There are many important questions that need to be answered about this new phenomenon in dating, meeting and connecting. This article is only the tip of the iceberg in responding to these questions. 1. Is there a difference in personality, attitude, behavior, upbringing, and/or basic values, between people who date and find their partners online compared to those who choose to meet potential partners in person? 2. Is there a difference in the quality and depth of intimacy in relationship ultimately developed by people who have met initially online compared to those who have met initially in person? 3. Is there a difference in the speed with which two people become sexually involved and/or emotionally intimate depending upon whether they initially met online or in-person? Recently, I viewed a discussion debating whether internet dating is more or less worthwhile
