Blind Dating or Online Dating: Which One Really Works?
May 21st, 2009
It’s all too familiar now. Your well-meaning friends talk you into joining them for dinner and voila! A single guy they know from work happens to walk into the restaurant, alone, and your friends say, “You wouldn’t mind if he joined our table, would you?” Of course, your friends would then have “emergencies” before the first course is even served. You should know that you have sweet, lovely friends. It’s just that with blind dates, you’re more likely to have misses than be Mrs.
Dishing out on blind dating
If you’ve been single for long, your “condition” is likely to concern some family members and friends—especially the married ones. They make it their personal mission to lead love right to your doorstep, and if you take too long, they’d be banging on the door. Their thoughts on blind dating would be that they know enough about you and your would-be date to play matchmakers. Unfortunately, no matter how noble their motives are, it’s your heart and your idea of what makes a relationship work that matter. For instance, your family or friends may think that you’d like their vet, because he’s cute and volunteers at a shelter like you do at soup kitchens. What they don’t know is that you want someone who’ll see you as an independent woman who doesn’t need doting on like a lovesick puppy.
The difference between blind dating and online dating
Online dating is your call. You get to choose which guy you’d want to go out with before you actually meet him. Perhaps, the major difference between blind dating and online dating is that with the latter, you know enough about your online date to make you want to go on a real date with him. Also, dating someone online means that you’re already considering him as a candidate for a potential long-term relationship, and it’s not just that other people think you should get to know him.
Unless you’re lazy and indecisive—or just plain lucky, blind dating might work for you. Just keep in mind that a checklist of similarities and a set of mutual friends aren’t enough to make a relationship work.
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