Speed Dating vs Online Dating

Nowadays, life has gotten pretty quick, as people have no patience to spend a whole night with only one possible partner. That’s why speed dating and online dating became popular: they offer you multiple potential partners during a single event, and even if you couldn’t find the perfect match, declining them is much easier. Still, daters are quite diversified when it comes to decision making. This article might clean things up for you, and helps to decide which one is the right option for you.

Speed dating: quick, real contact

Speed dating is basically multiple micro-dates right after one another. There are a given number of couples, who have a short amount of time – usually between 5-7 minutes – to have a conversation. There are no restrictions; they are free to speak about anything. When the time is up, the contestants change partners, and everything starts again. The advantage of speed dating is that you see your partner face to face, so there are no surprises, or tricky profile pictures. Seeing someone in person, and hearing his or her voice makes it easier to decide whether you want to get to know the person better. The short time is a double-edged weapon, though: an unfruitful conversation between two singles, who clearly don’t have a chemistry, doesn’t drag as long. On the other hand, you also have a limited time to talk to an attractive person, and you’ll never know where you rank among the other contestants.

Still, finding a partner on the internet isn’t without dangers. There are lots of scammers hunting for you money, not to mention all the fake and inactive accounts and people with indecent intentions. Nothing gets you down more than finding the love of your life, only to find that the profile has been inactive for months. Still, the ability to register for free, and browse at the comfort of your own home makes online dating very much worthwhile.