Well, since I had a computer issue where I am hobbled with my internet relationship building activities, I felt it was time to again address the issue of singles aiming to meet each other in the offline world.
Internet Matchmaking industry leader Match.com is reporting that 1 out of 5 relationship started in one way or another online. Well, don’t forget. If you’re single and you don’t want to be…. If you’re looking for a boyfriend or girlfriend relationship…. Then do notice that Match.com’s statistic means that 4 out of 5 relationships do still start out offline!
What that means for singles is do keep your eyes and ears open when you are out and about in the real world away from your computer. Of course, if you have a cool smart phone like the iPhone, the iPad, Android, or Blackberry, then your computer just might be with you at all times. However, you can put it down periodically and look about you at your surroundings and certainly do make a concerted effort to look around you see who else is there.
One of the jokes I make about how singles and everyone actually, can get so internet obsessed – just look at all the television ads for unrelated items which feature Facebook in some manner. There is now even an automobile with an interface with Facebook so you can see and access your Facebook account while in the car. They wove it in with the single guy checking his Facebook wall after a First Date and the single woman had just posted “Best First Date Ever!” (BTW, don’t do that. Maintain a bit more mystery about your dating life both with your dates and with your friends)
My joke is, don’t get so obsessed with checking your internet dating web email account while you’re out and about in life that you literally miss the single cutie next to you checking you out at the store!
So remember to embrace the 4 out of 5 relationship statistic from Match.com and keep making efforts to get out and mingle with live interactive people in the offline world. You just might meet your next girlfriend or boyfriend that way. People still do!
Happy Dating and Relationships,
April Braswell
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Reading Body Language says
May 10, 2011 at 11:22 AMMore sources equals more opportunities for singles to meet their Soul Mate: )
Kevin Bettencourt says
May 10, 2011 at 12:44 PMI’m absolutely stunned 25% of relationships start out online. It really is proof that the internet has taken over when people try to find common ground. It does make sense.
Eva Palmer says
May 10, 2011 at 1:45 PMOh yes! we are so connected on the internet world that sometimes we forget about the real one! thanks for the reminding!!
Sonya Lenzo says
May 10, 2011 at 1:59 PMApril, I was thinking the same thing today as I walked thru the park..people were walking their dogs, having lunch, chatting, listening to an impromptu band…and I thought it was a good day to turn the Internet OFF and just meet people face to face!
Sonya Lenzo
Trisha Chambers says
May 10, 2011 at 4:40 PMPeople have become so unfriendly and insecure since the internet, iPhone, texting, etc. have become so popular……seems everyone walking or jogging along the bike path, sitting at Starbucks, etc. is obsessed with looking or listening to their iPhone instead of glancing up to look around. I do feel for singles in this iPhone obsessed society.
Neil Dhawan says
May 10, 2011 at 5:52 PMGood point … I was somewhat focused on the 1 out of 4 relationships start out online statistic, without reconsidering the information to mean that 3 out of 4 relationships start out offline … There used to be such a stigma associated with finding love online and soon it is going to become the norm(?)
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Dewayne Chriswell says
May 11, 2011 at 2:14 AMWow, there’s still hope for the technophobes and Luddites to find love! But, for how much longer?
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Clare Delaney says
May 11, 2011 at 8:27 AMAmazing statistic – both for the fact that online dating has garnered 25% of the market, as well as that 75% of relationships start out offline, despite the ever-present smart phones!
Clare
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May 11, 2011 at 8:46 PMApril, I can see how someone would walk past their future love just by not paying attention to the person next to them.
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Michael D Walker says
May 13, 2011 at 10:03 PMYou make a very valid point about people being so plugged in to the online technology that they can easily miss the world around them.
Michael
Bryan says
May 15, 2011 at 1:15 PMMost of the people I know and are married have met off line…even in today’s internet age…
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