Courting Long Distance

One of the obvious benefits of the Internet is that it allows you to

meet people from every corner of the globe.
 
The majority of people who start Internet dating just assume that


there is no other option than to meet someone locally, and never

give long distance relationships a second thought.

Only searching for people within your local area (for most people

that would involve a 1-2 hour car ride at most) does limit the amount

of people you can meet. However, if you include your entire city as

your local area, which most people do, you should have no shortage

of people in major cities.

Most people stick to their local area for several reasons:

• It’s too inconvenient to meet people outside of your area. At

least one of you must make the effort to get to the other person.

• It can be expensive if you are talking about air travel.

• The odds really are quite low that that person is the ‘right one’

for you. Internet dating is after all effectively a blind date.

Travelling half way around the world for a blind date is not

everyone’s idea of a smart thing to do.

Many people will be naturally frightened by the prospect of

meeting someone from outside of their local area, and it really does

take a special kind of person to be able to do this.

Here are the pros and cons of trying to court long distance via

the Internet: