INTERNET DATING: CYBER FUN OR CYBER FOOLS?

When we started shooting the documentary for Fast Food Dating Your 2 Cents as we were writing the book, many people we interviewed said they were currently using or at least tried Internet dating. Some claimed they had some success while others stated it had become a waste of time. Many also stated it became addictive and time consuming. If you were still using dial-up Internet services, then time was consumed big time!

People told us there were good reasons to use the Internet to meet people. In the end, most told us there was more bad then good for using Internet dating. Throughout our book, we made Top 10 lists for the good and bad for each type of dating service or method of dating. Since people had more bad then good to say, I thought I would tickle your taste buds with the Top 10 bad reasons for Fast Food Dating using the web. From our book, here were our top 10 reasons:

1) People posting pictures from previous decades, even centuries as representations of themselves today.

2) Exaggerate their body type, size and shape which is hard as heck to extrapolate from a head shot alone.

3) Height. What happened to the other 5-6 vertical inches you claimed to have?

4) Damn, on the Internet you didn’t have bad breath!

5) Posted ages off by anywhere between 5 to 10...20 years!

6) Married men pretending to be single.

7) Failure to realize that chatting on Internet dating services doesn’t actually constitute a true career.

8) Playing people by chatting on the Internet and pretending to actually want to meet for real.

9) Here today/this moment and gone forever.

10) Difficult to read into people’s messages due to lack of expression and not being able to look into one’s eyes or read facial expressions. Damn…No polygraphs!

Of course there were good reasons for using the Internet which included; shopping from home for your ideal mate, using it anytime and anywhere and being able to meet the person of your dreams wearing your undies or nothing and truly not being an exhibitionist! Hey, can you beat that?

Most people we spoke with thought deception and distance were the greatest deterrents. Lying and false pretenses were overwhelming experiences for many users. On the other hand, when some finally thought they had met Mr. or Ms. Right, they lived in another city, state, province, country or time zone. This only led to further frustration. We found you could meet what you wanted just about for anything you wanted on-line. The cyber world really is open-season for dating, romance, friendship and sex! We even interviewed a dating service for married people, people looking to have an affair or spice up their marriage without including their spouse. It would seem everything is fair game on-line.

It would seem Internet dating requires much persistence, perseverance and panache! As we were told, “It’s only going to prove effective and successful as much as you are willing to put in the time and effort.” Gee, doesn’t this sound like training for an Olympic event?

To learn more about Fast Food Dating Your 2 Cents and the Top 10 good reasons to Internet date or use other services, please visit www.booklocker.com and read the first couple of chapters for free or visit: www.petersacco.com to view the trailer, or order from www.barnesandnoble.com and www.amazon.com.