In today’s society, the world really is getting smaller. As
we leap from one technological breakthrough to the next, we find
that within micro-seconds we can transfer information from one
side of the earth to the other. We can live on one continent and
be employed by a company on another. Air-travel means that many
people are part of a global workforce that commutes around the
globe attending meetings in every international outpost of the
company.
This minimizing the world is filtering slowly
down through the professional world, and into our personal
lives. No longer are we of the mind set that we will one day
grow up and marry the boy next door. It happens, but it’s just
as likely to marry the boy in the next State, or next country
…….or the one who lives on the other side of the world. The
Internet is probably the biggest influencing factor on current
day international dating.
Throughout history there have
been mail-order brides. From the women who were sent to the
colonies, to the women who answered small ads from ranchers out
west, and more recently, the Russian (and I’m sure other
nationalities) who place ads of their own looking for a partner
outside of their homelands. Despite this history, finding a mate
through some form of media has maintained a “desperate” image –
as if the person seeking is unable to find someone to have them
locally. The Internet, even with its reputation for “adult”
sites has somehow managed to remove some of the stigma, and
there is now a healthy and steadily growing international dating
scene.
The big question is always “Can international
dating lead to anything permanent”? The answer to this is a
resounding YES! Many people are prepared to take a chance on
love, and move themselves and their lives to be closer to their
overseas loved one. Those who do this find that they are
suddenly face-to-face on a daily basis with the name they’ve
been typing too for a period of time, learning how to co-habit
with someone who is physically a stranger, whilst at the same
time learning how to handle living in a new country. By far the
worst of this is being removed from family, and taking the place
of communicating with your partner online, you now spend your
time communicating with your family online instead!
There are still many people who regard international dating as
desperate, and deem any relationship that comes of such an
enterprise to be a failure waiting to happen. Ok, so it might
happen, but there are never any guarantees in the love and
romance game. Even if you shared a sandbox with the partner you
marry, there’s no guarantee that the flame wont go out and one
day you’ll wake up and find you have nothing in common with the
person who shares your life, your home, your bed. In the best of
situations, things go wrong. If the relationship came from an
exercise in internet dating, the fallout is messier because then
someone is left in a strange country with little by way of
personal support system. They then face the situation of either
toughing it out in their new country if the local immigration
laws permit, or they can return to their homeland and face
unemployment amidst the “I told you so” looks of friends.
For every naysayer on whether international dating can turn into
a permanent loving relationship, there are two people who can
stand together and say “It can work. We are proof of it!”
Whether you’re looking for a long-term relationship, or just a
little cultural difference, internet dating can offer you the
opportunity to meet up with potential partners who may just be
the person you’ve spent your life seeking!
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