Posted May 28, Particularly for busy professionals, online dating has evolved from a novelty to a necessity. Yet with so many options, online dating can be time consuming given the enormous amount of potential partners to choose from. The challenge in modern times, for many users, is not dishonesty, but decision-making.
Have you ever lunched at a deli with so many menu items it was virtually impossible to order? When you finally manage to make a choice, you are lukewarm about your selection, eyeing nearby tables to see if what other diners ordered looks better than the choice you made.
For many singles, online dating fosters the same mindset due to the overflowing array of potential partners. This over-abundance of options might lead to an objectification mindset and decreased desire to commit to a single partner.
In fact just knowing how many options exist online can decrease commitment to an offline partner. In addition, despite the often exhaustive presentation of background, traits, and characteristics, the process of online date selection fails to account for experiential components of relational compatibility.
With so many menu items, online daters use methods to narrow down the overflowing pool of applicants. While everyone is thankfully looking for different things, there are some common disqualifiers. Other factors operate as disqualifiers. Common areas of incompatibility include religious differences, expressed goals having children , location, and other factors that allow you to screen out undesirable applicants before you develop feelings for someone with whom you do not realistically have a future together.
