Saturday, January 24, 2009

Dont get yourself to be dragged into a dull online romance

By Desmond Ray

Online dating has one really great advantage over the meeting someone for the first time off-line, i.e. on a street (bar, museum, party, wherever). In dating on web you already know something on the person you are about to meet. This is especially important for those of us, who are shy. It is easy to beat the fear of rejection, when you already made some steps.

Preliminary message exchange, on-line chat and phone talks help to overcome the shyness, which can make dating impossible otherwise. For the same time, you didnt have a personal contact with this man or woman before, so all that you are relying upon is a photo and the information, which your partner passed to you. Personal meeting is your only way to fill the blanks.

Finding right moment to meet in person (or to quit at once) is a key to success in online dating. That moment comes at some point in every virtual romance, and, most important, it usually does not stays for too long. You intuition should help you to recognize the moment when the time is right and you have to make the next move. Delaying it will be a mistake.

After a brief exchange in the network you will have enough information to conclude either that this person might be the one you were looking for, or not. Of course, if discussions getting too boring and you feel that you lost your interest, it is better to look for someone else before one of you becomes too attached to another. Too prolonged online exchange can cause you these two problems:

1. Keeping online exchange with a person who is not too interesting to you may create a lot of confusion on the other side of the line. Perhaps, this guy or girl sitting in front of another monitor is contemplating some plans on you. It is not fair to give him or her false hope that this virtual connection may be materialized into something more substantial. It is hard to say no sometimes, but this is exactly the case when saying no is better, than getting yourself dragged into an endless and useless connection. Besides, the better you know the person, the harder is to end the virtual exchange with him or her. So you better do it as soon as you feel it, do not let yourself a second thought, and do not give him (or her) a second chance: just move-on!

2. When the actual meeting is delayed, the imagination fills the blanks of a virtual friend. So instead of real person, you will have to deal with some ideal one. If ever the real person will materialize, the mismatch could be quite disappointing for both of you.

The online pool of potential dates is immense, so savvy users of online dating networks use those networks only as a candidate sources, leaving the rest for actual dating. Two or three online messages and set the real date or quit and move for another candidate. This will be the best approach for both sides. There is no need to waste your and his (her) time on lengthy virtual exchange, you better see each other off-line, and either be happy or move on.

Good luck! - 15437

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