Has online dating killed traditional ideas about romance and marriage?

[jojouzumaki]

Has online dating killed traditional ideas about romance and marriage?

[xkildy]

Talking in person will allow you to judge them in a while new light. Such as expressions and body language. If you know how to read those you can figure out the person fairly quickly and avoid a large bull at the end of the night and end up alone to the next lady. With online dating you can't tell if there ignoring your messages or just really busy with work or home life such as kids and maybe a live in roommate there sleeping with just to pass the time or maybe she a single mom who just does not have the time to much messages who knows. But I do know that if your interested you will make the time (2 mins) to turn your phone on and check your messages if your interested... I say again lol. If they don't reply for days chances are you have wasted those days waiting. But how will you know that you wasted your time you don't sadly with online dating so. What you do is you throw out a wide bet and start talking to many at once and then your screwed cause all of them are texting and your like I pick one and she replays once or so a day but when u pick 3 they all reply.. you think what the heck is going on and you realize something. Online dating is only for people who are really bored with life and just want to chat with people and if a date comes about that's great but most are actually not looking for love even if there profile says so. Chances are you just (fishing term) throw your line out and got a nipple but the line broke at the end before you got a chance to reel it in. That's online dating

[poseidon1111]

No I think the concept is the same it's just a more direct way of achieving it rather than loitering some place and then finding out if they are looking for long term, short term or a simple hook up you now everyone on a dating site is looking for that special some one.

[NickiB]

The world has changed and is adapting to the technology. Didn't ur parents feel the same way about ur generation? Every generation adapts there own traditions.

[janna_jcb]

Not killed but the culture around us has definitely made it harder to find someone who wants an actual relationship

[janna_jcb]

*it*

[JackSmy]

Only if you let it!! It sounds like BS, to me, and I meet women everywhere, and we chat, and most are married, or in relationships, but we have a good chat!!
I hate the online crap!! I would rather meet, and see her in person!
Tonight, at Target, one with a full cart, said I could go ahead, as I had just a little basket.
I said I wasn't in any rush, because she was really cute, and she had a great smile!! Also, a ring!
But why can't I just talk, and flirt with her? She is OBVIOUSLY an 'ORGANIZER' and having a lot of containers, and then putting things on the conveyor, then adjusting, and adjusting again, and putting things in the plastic containers, but using canvass bags!
I joked with her, about the 'duality' of her actions, and organizing, and all the time, just loving how she looked so amazing, just average, a little 'cuddly' and just the interaction made my night!!
She seemed to be married, but VERY MUCH, my 'type' but just a few moments, in life, sharing some laughs, and a 'connection' of sorts, and not expecting anything!!

[Jamie05rhs]

That's not dating or romance. That's called being neighborly.

[andreasderjuengere]

I would not blame 'online' for this. During the past 20 years or so I believe to have noticed a general shift of 'values' and behaviour in large parts of the world (not throughout, though).
Especially the idea of 'marriage' is suffering from cancer since quite a while longer.
I think, most 'dating' still happens face-to-face. Online tools just facilitate it differently, and it is a bit more... effective.
Romance - is a fictional invention from long ago. If we adapt the concept now... do we lose or gain? Or is it just: evolution.

[daniel5863]

Well I wouldn't say they killed it,
It's not femnism or the men are evil alone, modern day economy seeks for people to have higher degrees and higher degrees requires more time studying less time dating, also by the time the come out of University most people want to focus on there career and forget marriage.
But while some people don't want marriage and/or romance other seek it more than never.

But people are definitely more aware and those who actually take more time and want to be actually think of marriage will be more likely to have a successful marriage due to the knowledge of who they are and what they want.

[GalacticPlatypus]

Depends what you mean by traditional. What's worse is when the two of them intersect.

I met a girl on Tinder who then decided by herself we were getting married and her dad keeps trying to Skype me to discuss dowry.

[AmandaYVR]

Oh no!

[englisc]

I wouldn't say that online dating is what killed it. With the rise of modern feminism came a rise in divorce and over time hook-up culture. Those things of course came about way before online dating was even a thing.

[noelic]

It's hard to find a profile that actually shows substance. I think that's the fundamental issue with the dating apps. Talking to people in person yields better results in this regard.

[grkmanga]

Yes... online dating makes relationships like consumable products... not happy? Swipe right... need a newer model? Swipe right. Need to not bother repairing? Swipe right

[Anonymous]

Feminism and the constant badgering I heard about how men were evil killed traditional ideas about romance and marriage. I like the idea, but I don't trust the idea in this day and age. I'm much more comfortable approaching someone who is on a dating app, because the risk of their retaliation against me is minimized.

[AynonOMouse]

Online dating gives people more options to meet people they otherwise wouldn't have.
Courts and feminism killed marriage.

[Warmapplecrumble]

I met my husband online and we are very romantic :-)

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Yes , some people try online dating and get hurt than they refuse to
date someone they meet in real life , yes it does happen.

[Kinogo]

There's many different ways to date. The main point/goal for marriage or romance ideals are the same, just different ways to get there.

[slatyb]

No, it's just a different way to meet. After that life goes on just as it would with someone you met in a bar or market or whatever.

[Chuck21]

Hell yes it has. Back then a date would lead to a relationship and you would meet the family. Know you hook up and call it a day.

[AlexanderBrunnrgaard]

It hasn't really killed it I'd say. Those who still value traditional relationships and marriage are everywhere, but it has become a polar opposite to it, definitely.

[eagle1951]

I think it has. Face to face is always better. now you get people on the computer or there phones. who hide behind them you can not tell if what they are saying it true or not.

[thelokisniper]

It has definitely increased the prevalence of shallow relationships

[scooogy]

I think it became far easier for both sexes to just go for hookups.

[Smegskull]

No. It was killed along with chivalry long before online dating existed

[GreenGold1992]

Absolutely, no doubt, of course

I wish I knew how to meet women for real