Okay, so I recently came across the following (and yes I know its from 2017) but I'm slow.. Meet the Man with 7000 Tinder Matches This guy has attained 7000 Tinder matches! Whew he is popular! This is a nursing student in UK. So...takeaways from this: Nursing students are hot! Tinder helps nursing students get dates. Nursing students don't have time to meet others. Should we all use dating sites? So, how do we meet people with whom we want to have a relationship? Does anyone remember personal ads in the newspaper? The first personal ad seeking love was in the 1600's shortly after the first newspaper was published. It was a male looking for a lady. Then in 1727, women got in on this too in a Lonely Hearts Club ad. However, this poor woman was ahead of her time - the mayor of her town had her committed to an insane asylum for this action. People (both male/female) have used the media of the time (whether that was the newspaper, radio, TV, internet, online) to meet new people and develop relationships. There have always been people that have been looking for younger partners, ones looking for relationships where they have a common interest, same-sex partners, or partners with distinct expectations. Some folks want short term hook-ups, others want marriage and some want something else. So...what do you use to meet people? We all know in this day and age of the internet, more technology and less "face-time" this makes meeting people more difficult. And, there are many new options out there to meet people: Tinder is just one of many dating sites. They are a web-based app that advertises: "meet new and interesting people nearby." They specialize in finding your matches locally, as physically close to you as possible. This is a plus in that it if your match is 500 miles away the chance for a successful relationship decrease as the miles increase. And who can forget the FarmersOnly.com commercials? Many dating services cater to specific lifestyles and career choices. They offer the chance to browse photos without purchasing a subscription. And their advertising campaigns are memorable. Remember the city girl falling off the horse? The talking cows? Where do nurses and student nurses go to meet people? Well, I searched and found quite a few sites...some seemingly legit while others quite sketchy and some really nasty (which if I posted would be a terms of service violation). Nurses are a hot commodity for dating services but as nurses we also work 24/7 and weekends sometimes leaving little time for developing relationships. How do you meet people? Do you use different sites for different situations? How many people do you meet? Is it better to cast the net wider - accepting dates from anyone who find attractive or is it better to screen the list and only accept a select few to meet? How much time do you want to spend on this when time is at a premium? Maybe we use different resources based on our backgrounds, our ages, what we want in a partner. As we change our focus, are we changing the way we meet people. And in the end - is online dating wonderful? Or should we revert to more face to face time? References: The History of Dating from 1695 to Now
