Comments on: Who Benefits More From Online Dating: City Dwellers or Suburbanites? http://techcoquette.com/2010/02/online-dating-city-dwellers-or-suburbanites-who-benefits-more/ The art of online flirting Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:20:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Evan Q http://techcoquette.com/2010/02/online-dating-city-dwellers-or-suburbanites-who-benefits-more/comment-page-1/#comment-3180 Evan Q Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:18:11 +0000 http://techcoquette.com/?p=1353#comment-3180 I have also tried online dating because I was the early-20s single guy in the suburbs, and needless to say, I was un-impressed. What it came down to for me was that online dating puts a science to love, which is inherently the least scientific thing out there. I had more luck dating a neighbor than I did dating someone I found on the internet. Online dating strikes me as something for people who lack the confidence to go out and find someone else who also enjoys doing what they love and striking a common interest. Relationships ultimately come down to trust, and confidence in the other person. If you don't have confidence to start, you shouldn't be willing to pay a computer to give it to you. I have also tried online dating because I was the early-20s single guy in the suburbs, and needless to say, I was un-impressed. What it came down to for me was that online dating puts a science to love, which is inherently the least scientific thing out there. I had more luck dating a neighbor than I did dating someone I found on the internet.

Online dating strikes me as something for people who lack the confidence to go out and find someone else who also enjoys doing what they love and striking a common interest. Relationships ultimately come down to trust, and confidence in the other person. If you don’t have confidence to start, you shouldn’t be willing to pay a computer to give it to you.

]]> By: Kate Battle http://techcoquette.com/2010/02/online-dating-city-dwellers-or-suburbanites-who-benefits-more/comment-page-1/#comment-3170 Kate Battle Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:32:48 +0000 http://techcoquette.com/?p=1353#comment-3170 As someone who has ventured into online dating, I can honestly say it is RARELY my best bet. For some reason, not every good writer is great in person, and I just can't get past it. Almost every single online potential I've gone out with has turned out to be completely shy or completely wimpy. For a girl who likes a take-charge kind of guy, I'm not so sure online dating is great for that type of person. On the other hand, I have met some great guys at networking events, happy hours, Yelp parties, volunteering and other similar events that throw tons of different people into the same mix to discover a new cocktail, volunteer for a new cause or discuss some unimportant art, social matter, or intellectual musings. Online dating may work for some, but in our mid-20s, I kinda think getting out of the house and into the community is the best bet. As someone who has ventured into online dating, I can honestly say it is RARELY my best bet. For some reason, not every good writer is great in person, and I just can’t get past it. Almost every single online potential I’ve gone out with has turned out to be completely shy or completely wimpy. For a girl who likes a take-charge kind of guy, I’m not so sure online dating is great for that type of person. On the other hand, I have met some great guys at networking events, happy hours, Yelp parties, volunteering and other similar events that throw tons of different people into the same mix to discover a new cocktail, volunteer for a new cause or discuss some unimportant art, social matter, or intellectual musings. Online dating may work for some, but in our mid-20s, I kinda think getting out of the house and into the community is the best bet.

]]> By: stephanie http://techcoquette.com/2010/02/online-dating-city-dwellers-or-suburbanites-who-benefits-more/comment-page-1/#comment-3169 stephanie Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:04:57 +0000 http://techcoquette.com/?p=1353#comment-3169 I was literally LOLing at this article. So true!! I was literally LOLing at this article. So true!!

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