Helpful Hints on Dating Site Pros, Cons

It’s no secret that in this digital age, more and more people turn to Internet dating sites to try to meet their dating needs. Are they really a good place to meet people?  How safe are they?  Can you build a lasting relationship with someone you met online? We’ll find out the answers to these questions and others as we take a look at a typical online dating site, pros, cons and alternatives to digital dating. 

Dating Site Pros

•         Dating sites give you access to far more people than you could ever meet in “real” life. 

•         You also have a much greater choice in who you decide to meet because you can browse through hundreds, even thousands of profiles before you decide to contact someone.  Likewise, if someone indicates they are interested in communicating with you, you can block them and deny contact. 

•         The first contact and interaction is usually anonymous. That really reduces the fear of rejection that is such an impediment to meeting potential dates. 

•         If you do decide to communicate with someone, it is generally via the Internet, so you can interact for a long time before meeting in person.  In theory this gives you the chance to get to know them better before you actually meet. 

Dating Site Cons

•         In theory you have access to more people than you might ordinarily meet, but are they people you really want to meet?  You will scroll past ninety percent of the profiles and reject them immediately.  Of the other ten percent, some are scammers looking to bilk you out of money.  Some are people who join dating sites just to view profiles and really aren’t interested in dating. Some people register and never visit the site again.

•         Members of most online dating sites can remain anonymous.  Because of that, they can post profile pictures that are out of date or not even of them.  They can lie or exaggerate their financial status, their profession and more.

•         One more lie that you have to beware of:  members who claim to be single when they are actually married. 

•         When you agree to meet someone you’ve met through a dating site, your safety and security are in jeopardy.  Even communicating with them via the Internet can put you in danger.  

Dating Site Alternatives

There is a dating site you can visit online where your safety will be protected, where you will meet people who are exactly who they say they are, and where you will get personal individualized service.  That site is Two of Us.  Your Two of Us experience begins with the website where you will fill out a questionnaire.  The next step is very different than dating sites that exist only on the Internet.  Instead of posting a picture and writing your biography, you visit one of our locations where a relationship consultant will review your questionnaire answers and find out what you are looking for in a relationship.  At Two of Us, we develop a relationship with all our members.  It gives our expert matchmaking consultants an insight into who will be compatible with whom that an online site could never match.