Pew Research: Just 12% of Married/CR Couples Met Via Online Dating! (US)

westernman

westernman

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12% is very high to me. Scary high. It obviously depends on the selection, but if that data is representative, that could mean more people are meeting online than in any other way.

Meeting women online feels so unnatural. At least the start. In real life, there is so much non-verbal communication going on between us when we are in the meeting phases... Online bypasses and commodifies all that.
 
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PixelFree said:
I have to say I'm also shocked at the low % of people who have used online. Goes to show you how blinkered we have been - especially the 'all woman are terrible and internet dating ruined them all'.

This really gives me hope. I'm convinced a big part of our perceived problem we're jaded from looking in the wrong areas.

Not to mention, online could be swipyslutfinder.com OR religious meet.com OR even marriage minded.com.

I know two couples who met on eHarmony. One has kids. The others are only 2 years in but still.

Also wonder how many really did meet online but say they met at a bar.

Having said all that, I agree, online is terrible in general but there are exceptions.
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I have seen stats it was more like 30 percent have used online dating before, which seemed about right to me. I have used four US sites, and did two of them twice, but it was an exercise in futility.
 
lunchmoney

lunchmoney

Woodpecker
I know a few couples who met online, 1 who just married in February. I give each the same percentage to succeed as those who meet traditionally.
 
homersheineken

homersheineken

Pelican
Protestant
I met my significant other online, 6 years ago when the landscape was quite different.

Ironically, we've come to find out that we share a lot of the same social circles so there's a very good chance we met before or was at the same social gathering. Just didn't work out that way.
 
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The rate of change is much more important than the absolute numbers. Online is an excellent tool for attractive guys to have their fun and for the women to have access to said guys. Near every western young women has used a dating app at least once, regardless of what they might say.
 
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The_Observer

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Buddhist / Eastern
I am not sure if an authentic long term relationship can be built by finding your partner online but still, regardless of the way you met them, what matters at the end of the day is how the chemistry and co-ordination between the couples actually is.

It is possible yes, but that is not the typical way one meets their partners.

There is a shallow element to it.

The fact is most women who use online apps, do not actually care about wanting a relationship but just use it out of boredom which also complicate things and this has been documented in various researches.

The best way to find a girl is through traditional means either by social circle, family, friends and so on and so forth.

But I wouldn't say that online is useless completely.

It is difficult but not impossible to get a girl online.
 
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PixelFree said:
I think the quality of the relationship you find online is related the effort required in setting up the profile.

i.e. Tinder vs eHarmony
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I used an international site but put good effort into my profile. It paid off. Have to try to stand out from the rest as we are all unique.
 
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