Online Dating More Likely To End In Marriage Than Meeting In A Bar
A recent study conducted by dating site Match.com suggests that online dating is statistically more likely to end in either marriage or a long-term relationship than meeting in a bar. The same report from Match also states that online dating services are now the third most common route that people use to meet someone and end up getting married to them.
The thinking behind this is that using an online dating site allows you to find out a huge amount of information about someone before you even meet them. This means you're more likely to get on with the other person, as you already know a decent amount of information about them.
You can very quickly and easily find out a lot about a person via online dating sites, including a person's values, goals, likes, dislikes, political views and other elements that will help you decide whether or not you're likely to get on with someone, before you've even talked to them.
A lot of people would think of online dating to be a more sensible approach to finding your other half than simply dating people. Because of this, people looking for a long-term relationship are more and more turning towards online dating sites, with them being especially popular with women seeking men.
Meeting someone in a bar or pub for the first time can often be awkward if you don't get along or find you have nothing to talk about, and this one bad experience could end up lowering your confidence and affecting future dates. Talking to somone for a decent amount of time before you meet them in the real world gives you a much better idea of how well you'll get on.
It would also be fair to suggest that those who join these dating sites are generally more including towards long-term relationships, meaning you're more likely to meet someone else with similar values and goals on these sites that in a bar.
