The emergence of technology has indeed brought about changes in how we do things. Come to think of the time we had to go to the post office to get a message delivered. Now one can easily do that at the comfort of his home just by the click of a button. Or how you need to meet with people first before you can establish a relationship with them and go on to dating.
But in today's world, reverse is the case. You can date someone online before you even get to meet them physically. We call it online dating. In a way this platform has helped in the way of helping people reach out to a wider range of people. It won't say it is good or neither bad. But for me when it comes to dating, I think I'm the old fashioned kind of guy.
I prefer seeing whoever I am dating or having any serious thing to do with flesh and blood. There are a lot things we see online these days that it's hard to know which one is real or which one isn't. In a way, the saying that goes, "seeing is believing" is not entirely true, especially when it comes to the online space. You can be chatting with someone whose expression is totally different from the chats you are reading and it's all thanks to emojis and GIFs.
Dating online and finally getting the chance to meet your partner could result in a "what you ordered versus what you got" scenario. It may not necessarily be about the physical appearance, it could be in the person's behavior. On the internet, people make you see what they want you to see. So you can see certain aspect of the person and be thinking that's all, not knowing there's more to it.
Some, if not most, of the online scams we face today were results of so-called online dating. I believe that most times what you are looking for is within you and you don't need to go so far in order to get it. Anyone can easily chat up someone the see online. You may be feeling all confident when chatting up or doing a video call with that pretty girl or good-looking guy online. But how you know when you are truly confident, especially as a guy, is when you can see a lady and walk up to her and look her in the eyes and ask her out.
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I think that there some aspects that technological advancement has brought about ease that is just a bit too much. Sometimes that inconvenience is kind of worth it. If there was a technological alternative for everything physical action we carry out I think it'll make us more lazy. For me, online presence can never beat physical presence. It's just like attending a seminar; I'll prefer to be at the physical venue with the facilitator than on some Twitter space. I'll be able to connect more that way.
Like I said earlier on this post, I won't say dating online is good or bad. But on a matter of preference, I think I prefer to old-fashioned way of dating. There's no doubt that it has worked for some people. But I guess some things are not just for everyone after all. This is my entry on the @hive-naija edition 86.
