Dorks need love?
I'll come right out and admit to using online personals sites to meet people. I also do it the old fashioned way, ...clumsily slurring your way through a pick up line in a crowded, smokey, noisy bar, ...call me nostalgic. I used to say I preferred to meet my mate the old way, but now I honestly don't see the difference. I haven't quite pin-pointed the reason, but something has changed in the giant clearance bin that is American culture. These sites are now
necessary. My theory is that with our general affluence, cheap and easy travel opportunities, and futuristic-style communications ...the available pool of potential mates is enormous. It spans mountains, timezones, even international borders. Frankly, I think this gives us false hope that the perfect someone is "out there". Not "perfect" people, mind you, ...but people who compliment our lifestyle choices quite nicely. Think about it, we're not forced to marry someone from our neighborhood, hometown, home state, or workplace. Hardly anyone I know sets out to meet "a nice girl" or "nice guy". I'm also convinced that the people who claim to be seeking something as simple as that are lying. How many times have we passed over a nice girl or nice guy for no reason other than that there was some undefinable quality missing. We're all looking for that spark, that slap on the back of head from cupid's yardstick. Maybe we've all seen too many movies. I knew that somehow this was John Cusack's fault.
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