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We’d all love to find our soul mate. But where should we start looking?
More and more people these days have been turning to the Internet for help in their search for true love. Online dating sites like Match.com allow you to create a profile and view others’ profiles (for a fee). If you see someone who’s picture and description you like, you can ask them for a chat, and eventually, a date.
In the past, couples who met online were embarrassed to admit that was how they met, because Internet dating was seen as a last resort for people searching for love. But as Jason and Amy discuss, online dating is becoming more and more popular.
Dialog
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Jason: Did you know that one in five relationships begin online these days, apparently?
Amy: Well that doesn’t really surprise me. I mean, I know a lot of people who have tried online dating sites.
Jason: I am always so surprised at how many people I know that have them.
Amy: Really? It seems like that’s the number one way people meet each other these days.
Jason: What? Really?
Amy: Yeah, well who has time to try to just randomly meet somebody? I mean, the dating world is pretty…you know, a pretty tough place to be. Who has time for all that?
Jason: I guess so. Did people have time for it before? Is it like we’re busier now so we need dating sites?
Amy: I don’t know, I mean, so many things that we used to do one way we do online now. It’s just like more of our lives are kind of moving online, and I think it’s also an easy way to find people who have things in common with you.
Jason: Isn’t there kind of a taboo about it though? Like I know some people who I know who have met online come up with a cover story, you know, and a lie about how they actually met, because they don’t want to tell people.
Amy: It’s true. I mean, the thing is it’s just really not an exciting story. It’s so much better to be able to say, “Oh, you know, we were both scuba diving, and we saw each other across a coral reef.”
Jason: Right! Exactly.
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Discussion
Jason says that 20% of all new relationships these days begin online. More and more people are meeting their boyfriend or girlfriend through internet dating sites.
Amy isn’t surprised to hear this. She knows a lot of people who have met online, and she thinks it is a great way to meet people. She says it’s hard to meet people in other ways. Also, much of our lives occurs online. So it’s natural that the dating world would move online as well.
But Jason thinks that internet dating is still taboo. He says most people think it’s not a cool way to meet. He even knows people who met online and lie about where they met because they’re embarrassed!
Have you ever tried Internet dating? Do you think it’s a good way to meet people? Is online dating taboo in your country?
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