Archive for January 22nd, 2008

Hot fuss: why is online dating still treated as though it’s mysterious and new?

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Cate Sevilla writes…

Can we get over this whole “online dating” thing and stop calling it a phenomena? After its initial boom and mystery practically 10 years ago, why are we still freaking out about it? I suppose that it’s still technically new, and that the Internet and social networking and meeting people online is somewhat scary to the more conservative and the blessed technophobes.

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Getting to know you

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Can love blossom on the internet, or is dating someone online a sure fire way to be deceived? Anna Simms investigates

YEARS ago dating went something like this: boy meets girl, boy asks girl out, boy and girl get to know and like each other, boy and girl get married and live happily ever after.

But in the 21st Century dating, like pretty much everything else, has got a lot more complicated, not to mention technological.

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/feature-news/fashion-lifestyle/2008/01/22/getting-to-know-you-91466-20376902/