Online Dating - Good as a Blind Date or Better? Articles | Parenting

By: Guy Starbuck

There can surely come a time when a friend of yours realizes that you would need assistance to improve the social aspect of your living. And she may just hook you up on a blind date with some distant friend of hers. What happens next that within 60 minutes of knowing that person you are with that very person in a restaurant which you do not prefer that much? And to top it up all she starts off on a topic that you are least interested in. You find out that you are in front of a person who has probably by hearted the program timings for the entire week while you rarely sit in front of the idiot box as you are into running long distances and doing a bit of social service. The worst is yet to come and it finally arrives when he points out that being a volunteer is absolutely useless as you cannot assist the people directly at all. After hearing all this you have a glance at your watch just to find out that you had a look just moments ago and then you just calm yourself and wait for the date to end. Does this sound familiar at all?

On the other hand think of a meeting with someone you have met online. You have been in touch for sometime and know quite a bit about them as you have been interacting via chat or communicating via emails. The situation turns out to be quite different as you will not need a formal introduction and you end up going to a place which both of you like, something like Italian food which you both swayed about while chatting. Both of you have quite a bit to share, a lot of topics to talk about, your interests lay in the same things and you find out that running long distances and interest in the past is a common factor as well. They appreciate your volunteering and offers to join as well and finally you just happen to look at you watch which says that you are already very late but you just do not understand where time is lost.

Whenever you think about a blind date there is always a mediator who feels that you could probably be compatible with another person he/she may know or might have heard about. There is no particular involvement of yours in deciding who will be your date but it is generally an friend who has probably thought some good for you however while dating a person whom you have met via the internet you at least are involved in the process of selection of your date and tend to know a bit about the person you are about to meet and you know that there are quite a few things that you share or can talk about. It is then up to you to decide which is a better option. Well both can be equally exciting but may be one can involve a bit more risk taking ability than the other!