5 Reasons To Try Online Dating

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Being a 20-something-year-old in the year 2016 has really taught me a lot about love. Ideas have changed, goals have evolved, and the overall theme of dating has morphed into something completely different from what it was in the past.

The outlets that have been created now in order to find that special someone have expanded to heights we never thought were possible. You can literally meet your soulmate through a device which fits in the palm of your hand.

You can swipe through the pickings as if you’re shopping for your BAE through a catalog. Within one second, you can decide if you like someone based on a small tidbit about themselves along with a few snapshots.

For many, this way of dating may be extremely intimidating. You really never know who you’re going to meet when it comes to online dating and that is definitely a frightening risk to factor into the not-so-easy dating game.

Thing is, dating in general has those risks and dangers regardless of the internet realm. So many people have told me that it’s too scary to create a Tinder profile, but how is Tinder dating any different from dating IRL?

I personally met my boyfriend on a Tinder-esque app and I’m not ashamed of it in any way. I love him just the same as I would if I were to have met him in a random bar somewhere. I definitely had my fair share of horrible dates through the world of online connecting, but that would have happened in any case.

For some reason the connotation that goes along with online dating is a negative one, but that’s why I am writing this: because I want that to change.

People should be more open to dating apps and online dating sites because it will give them an even better chance at finding that special someone even sooner.

Here are five reasons you should try online dating if you haven’t already done so.

1. It’s convenient. 

I don’t know about you, but my schedule is pretty hectic. If you juggle as much as I do then dating apps and online dating will definitely help in the area of time consumption.

It doesn’t take much time or effort to make a Tinder profile in the first place, let alone to use said profile to start swiping through the almost endless possibilities.

2. It will improve your ‘game.’

Everybody knows that practice really does make perfect and dating isn’t any different when it comes to that. The more you date, the better you will eventually get at it over time.

It’s like my mother always told me: “With each frog you kiss, you’re one step closer to your prince.”

3. It’ll boost your confidence.

If anything good comes out of online dating, it would be the confidence boost you get from all of the matches you receive in doing so.

Every time you swipe right on that really hot and amazing guy or girl and that ‘you have a match’ pops up, your heart will skip a beat.

I remember back in my swiping days I would look at a guy’s profile and fall in love instantly and swipe right, but then feel bad because I somehow would convince myself they would never do the same for me.

Thing is, I got a lot of matches of guys I would have never thought were actually interested in little ol’ me.

4. What do you have to lose?

So dating, overall, is a really tough thing to do. You have to get dressed up and dolled up to meet with someone you barely know if at all and it could be for nothing at the end of the day. Thing is, why not multiply your odds by multiplying the volume of dates in your calendar?

Dating apps will, if anything, allow you to meet and talk with people you would have never known before and will definitely help you get out there more often. In my opinion, the more you get out there, the better a chance you’ll have at meeting the one.

5. It’s not as scary as you think it is.

I have experience in many fields of dating. I’ve been to matchmakers, been on blind dates, signed up for dating sites, installed every app known to man, and spent my fair share of time in bars trolling for men.

All of these dating outlets have yielded the same exact results: good dates and, unfortunately, bad dates.

I had a few amazing dates with people I met from mutually swiping right while I have had many terrible dates with people I was ensured would be great for me through dating IRL.

Dating is a risk that can result in a few bad experiences (i.e. that guy that threw up on our first date), but it can also be wonderful. You just have to have an open mind to the practice.