Saturday, 20 August 2011

Online Dating

The rise of online dating is symptomatic of changes in society. Changes brought about by the internet itself of course, but also by technological developments which reduce face to face interaction in day-to-day life (automated tellers, non-attended checkouts at supermarkets etc..).

There are plenty of online dating agencies, but few of them actually offer free online dating. According to TV adverts I have seen, a good proportion of couples actually getting married, originally met on online dating sites. Hence the idea that online dating a last resort for aging singles is actually eroding quite rapidly.

1 comment:

Rachel said...

I met my husband on ten year online dating - we used to think it was a good story telling people we had met this way but now everyone is doing it...!