Here’s a quick exercise you can use if you’re trying to figure out whether or not to get involved with online dating. Each of us has different ideas on what is important, but it sometimes helps to write things down on paper.

Here’s a quick list that applies to me.

Pros:

• If you’re shy, online dating is a lot easier than walking up to a complete stranger.

• The pool available online is pretty large. I’m able to chat with a lot of quality females from the privacy of my living room.

• What a savings of time. I can talk with many different singles all at once, at a time that’s convenient to me, whether it’s early in the morning before work or late at night.

• If using a paid service, you’re confident that the other person communicating is single and is interested in finding another single. That’s never the case in the real world.

• The cost is relatively cheap. The monthly cost of an online membership is way cheaper than buying a woman a couple of drinks or taking a date out to a movie.

• You actually know someone when you finally go out on a date in the real world. Getting to know them in the virtual world makes the first meeting a lot less stressful.

• You get something accomplished each time you log on. You will have a couple of constructive discussions and a couple of leads for future sessions. Lord knows how many times I used to come home from a night out all depressed because I didn’t meet any...read more