The year 1690 is believed to have marked the apparition of the modern newspapers and only 10 years later, through this communicational channel, a first matrimonial service was developed – single women and men started to ran ads trying to find someone to marry, as being single over the age of 21 represented a real tragedy at that time.
Nowadays however, the trend evolved towards online dating, which is one of the most popular internet services. As opposed to the 1700s, there are millions of people across the world looking for a better half. And if the rise of such online services made many people reluctant while thinking that serious relationships cannot evolve from internet interactions, many of us, even passed over the age of 30, are hoping to find love and potentially get married over the internet.
Should you ask yourself whether online dating can lead to marriage or not, the answer is simple: it can. If, on the other hand, you are wondering about the success rate, the answer is more difficult to provide, as there is no such thing as a list with all the couples who met online so that they could be interviewed and asked if they eventually got married.
Nevertheless, online businesses that promote or facilitate dating over the internet order pools every now and then. As a consequence, some claim that one out of five such relationships lead to marriage. It may not be precisely this ratio, but we do have an evidence of this reality.
After all, almost every person knows someone who got romantically involved with a person encountered online or even got married. And as long as two persons love each other, marriage is just a matter of time, regardless the way they met.