Looking for Love...

I met a really good friend of mine on an online dating site. This was actually the few good things that happened to me when dating online. A young woman wrote about here experiences online dating and they, naturally mirrored my own, so I was inspired to write again. You can read her story right here: "Regrettable Experiences With Online Dating"

My friend and I often remark that most of the people that are on these sites are not serious about actually having any sort of relationship. That because there are so many different internet dating sites that people get the "grass is greener" syndrome and continue to want to keep trading up. I've written about this countless times that I'm even sick of thinking about it, let alone reiterating these sentiments.

I work as a ghostwriter. Recently, I had to do a bunch of articles about the positive aspect of internet dating. I wrote the articles and praised this concept, but felt like a prostitute. The idea that anyone would read these articles and get tricked into thinking that this is a good idea is makes me ill. Of course, not as ill as not eating, so that's why I wrote the articles. The only time I sunk lower is when I wrote pornography for some guy in India. But that's another story.

Anyway, I've met some people who claim to have met the "love of their lives" on internet dating sites. Some people even got married. But the majority of people have no such luck with internet dating. Many of the people who are on the sites are what my friend likes to refer to as "lifers."

After taking myself off of all dating sites at least nine months ago, I still get mail. I still get "my matches" from a certain site. I delete them all of the time because there is nothing in this world that would ever induce me again to subject myself to this meat market. There are more important things in life than finding a date, but I am forever grateful for the experience for two reasons.

I met my friend and it gave me an opportunity to not only have a new career but one that I really love. And work at home, which has always been my goal.