Advantages To Online Dating

• The immediacy: opportunities are just a click away.

• Cost: computer contact can be less costly than phone calls, and certainly less costly than a date.

• Control: you are in total control of when, where, and with whom you connect, so the pressure is off.

• Practicing social skills: a good way to improve your social skills if need be but you can make mistakes without severe consequences, because you never have to "see" that person again.

• Learning Verbal Expression: when you type your profile or messages, you practice expressing yourself the way you want to. When chatting online with the other person, you get a sense of how articulate and expressive the person is.

• Developing relationships: computer contact can help foster the friendship that is the basis for a long-lasting love by allowing the time and safety for a relationship to grow. If you hold off visual contact you can start out relating to someone whose physical characteristics are a mystery- so the connection is based on more substantial qualities.

• Accessibility: those who live in small towns, isolated places, or who can't easily get out because of physical limitations, illness, or other conditions can still access the internet without restrictions.