Finding Someone To Date Grows More Difficult.

Dating was so much easier a generation ago.

Who hasn't heard stories from their Mum's or Gran's, telling you how many suitors they had. Gosh they even had to choose who to marry. No scarcity of men there !

Doesn't it seem more difficult now to find that special someone. You know, the one you want to
" steal horses with ". Dating sites on the Internet are growing exponentially, almost supporting that fact. They have at times become the first port of call and not the shameful last resort that they once were.

Here are a few points that I think remove us from meeting potential ' Dates ':

1. The Social Media channels have become the " Town Square " where everyone mingles, in Cyberspace.
2. It's a global workplace nowadays...hardly anyone is fortunate enough to live where they grew up, close to family.
3. Workouts have gone from outdoors into our living rooms.
4. Collectively we have forgotten how to have an old-fashioned face to face social interaction or conversation.
5. More and more of us now work from home.
6. Books are downloaded or ordered online, instead of going to the bookstore or library.

Long ago, each one of these activities that we now do through a computer, was a place where we met new people and made friends.

As to that last point, in my single days, the Bookstore was my personal Panacea for everything. When I felt sad or even lonely, buying a novel gave me something to look forward to. You know, sitting on the couch starting a new adventure, with chocolates close at hand.

The Bookstore also was the place to meet people who had the same hobbies as you-reading. If only people knew how easy it is to start a conversation with fellow readers. Discussing various books and their merits would ( and could ) often lead to phone numbers being exchanged !

The Internet is a great invention and I certainly use it liberally, in fact very much so. Yet, the ease of living a life mostly through and with Internet, has made us loose the ability to meet and interact with people, in " the flesh " as they say.

Biggi