March 7, 2008

• What do you think of online dating? Have you tried it?

  
  Hmm, depending on how you'd like to use this term, "online dating".

  
  

  For a quick and easy answer, I would say no, I have never tried it.  But if you want the whole story, I would say yes:

  
  

  No, I have not tried some dating website, not that at all.  I think those websites seem a little sketchy--give out some personal information to so many unknowns?  I don't really know details about it.  But I'm sure it has worked wonders for some people...and been a waste of time for others.  Actually, one of my Spanish reading assignments in the book Perspectivas was about online dating--evidently it isn't laughable, but a REAL way to meet people.  Personally, I would not like to try this method nonetheless.  It's sad that society has become so, or that I perceive society as so, but I wouldn't completely trust people through the internet.  I still trust, and believe that finding genuinely nice people shouldn't be difficult, but there is always that shadow of doubt..

  
  

  But rather, I am currently in a long distance relationship (if you consider 560 miles long distance), if you could consider that online dating...

  
  

  Then some comments on long distance relationships:

  
  

  
  
  • To keep it healthy, I think communication is the most important thing above all.  Communication helps establish trust, which pretty much is the basis of any relationship.  Keep things clear and honest, and that's the best foundation--even in normal relationships
  
  
  • Compromises should be made on both ends, as with most relationships. 
  
  
  • I don't mind it too much, granted you miss some closeness through physical contact, but this way you can concentrate on some things that are less ephemeral--(trying not to sound cheesy) like spiritual connections
  
  
  • However, one thing that bothers me is that our social circles don't really overlap much this way!  Thus, I don't know any of his friends, and vice versa.  That makes it harder on occasions, i.e. when he came over for homecoming, there was some awkwardness between my friends and him.  Then there is that isolation, since a lot of times I end up running home to (BESIDES HOMEWORK^infinity) talk to him...I don't really hang out with school friends this way...
  
  
  • Trips and webcam sure do help =) (and you can find some pretty cheap webcams on ebay amounting to less than 10 dollars, including shipping!)   

  
  

  Blah blah =)

  
  

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