Online Dating Often Leads to Marriage, Study Shows

And really, is this any kind of surprise? How could knowing more about someone before meeting, and then getting to know each other through e-mails before meeting in person be harmful? Okay, there are the risks of meeting a crazed psycho, but honestly, we all run that same risk when meeting someone at a bar. Better yet, some of the dating sites like eHarmony and Parship require you to complete an exhaustive personality test, significantly increasing the odds of you meeting someone with similar interests.
Take for instance Robert Hammond, a 51-year-old worker at Leeds University. "Parship appealed to me because to join you had to complete an hour's worth of psychometric questions about yourself and interests," he told the Daily Mail. "It means you instantly bypass all those people you are least likely to get along with." He's currently on track to marry author Martina Bund after meeting on the site.
If anything, online dating has received a substantial amount of credibility in the last few years. And this doesn't just include dating-specific sites -- we can't tell you how many people we know who've gone on dates after meeting on MySpace and Facebook. So are we all for online dating? Hell yeah. But just like in real life, we urge you to take the proper precautions for safety. Have you tried online dating? Was it successful? Let us know in the comments! [From: The Daily Mail]
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Subscribe to commentsNobody specialFeb 17th 2009 2:00PM
I met my man on aol, we lived three streets away from eachother but never would have met otherwise.
raptorFeb 17th 2009 4:11PM
I met my wife online back when we were teenages then as time went by we became attached and got married!
Raptor
VivekMar 8th 2009 3:41PM
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ModicaDec 19th 2009 1:28AM
Nice idea! keep up the good work. Beatles