I'm exhausting myself in writing about the icky love stuff that torments us all from time to time. What is modern love in today's society. Do we 1. Search for love in all corners of the world, 2. Feel that love completes us, 3. Require love to function as a person. I consider the online dating scene to be one of the most interesting facets of the dating scene today. Does an online date mean any less than the physical, "lets meet in a bar" type scenario. For one you get to know the person inside without the "wow I'm attracted to you but hey we don't have anything in common" factor. So many relationships are based on attraction first and foremost and lets get to know the inside last. Has online dating revolutionised this for us, forcing us to get to know a person first. The unfortunate aspect of this, is the ability to lie easily when not faced with a person. Body language speak volumes. I had the opportunity to speak with an acquaintance about his experiences with meeting his beloved online. They were in different states in the US and were communicating via the Internet. They based their relationship on honestly and mutual respect for one another PLUS the amazing connection they shared in their thoughts and dreams allowed them to indulge in a fantasy of being together in the physical sense. They then met, and found that their attraction to each was huge, which they both considered an added bonus to their already close and satisfying relationship. They both felt that had they met in the bar or in the normal way that one meets a future partner, they would not be as close as they are today.
I sat after I finished speaking with my friend about this, and thought what a lucky guy to have found the right one all via the Internet. Would this love last, the normal every day life annoyances slip into every relationship, they had gotten to know each inside first, do most couples actually get this close when meeting in the normal way, it gave me so much to consider, when it comes to modern love. I had warm fuzzies after talking to him and more than a little envy, for his situation. I am after all a self confessed hopeless romantic after all.
