Living in a world where we have no time for interacting with people around us, we are still struggling to find true love, even when looking for that special person on one of those over 1.500 websites specialized in online dating.
Statistics show that more than 25% of the people who normally use internet have looked into online dating at some point and 33% of them have actually managed to get involved in a relationship and even start a marriage.
If you are still searching and have no success, it may be because of some common mistakes that we are all tempted to make when looking for a better half on the internet.
To begin with, it may simply be too soon. If you have just recently created your account, you must be anxious to find someone you like. However, it takes more than a night to find a person and a lot more to build a relationship. Men are known to have up to 6 dates a year with women encountered online and women up to 4 dates, which means it can take even months until you will decide for someone and want to actually meet him or her.
This leads us to a next potential mistake, which is the hurry of making things work. Since online dating is way different from real life dating, love at first mouse click on a profile is something not likely to happen. Sometimes you meet someone to whom you can talk online but find it hard to interact with face to face. Other times it may be the opposite, which is why you should simply enjoy your first conversations and find a rhythm for the two of you. Meet an apparently special person when you feel it is the right time, not when you are in a hurry or simply too excited about what you think you have discovered.
And because things are never easy when it comes to relationships, waiting too long is also a common mistake. If you were often disappointed in love, you may be tempted to be more critical and reject other people without taking the time to know them. Forgetting that there are no such things as Prince Charming or Princesses in the real world is another common mistake that prevent people from finding a pair through online dating.
As opposed to these three above mentioned issues, there is also the risk of not knowing how to handle your profile. You sure want to make the best of you, yet uploading a photo that doesn’t belong to you is not advisable. Most people can tell when a photo looks too good to be real and persons who try to appear anything else than they are have little success.
After all, dating over the internet is fun and unpredictable, with a few and uncomplicated general rules. Knowing them helps us all to enjoy such experiences even more.