HOW ONLINE NETWORKING CAN HELP YOU FIND A SOULMATE

Many women have said that they have trouble signing up to meet online. Especially if "making a connection" requires a picture. But in a networked world, how different is it from calling your old friend from college who now lives in Memphis, or your cousin Beth in NYC, or a woman you met at a conference in London and asked for help to meet that elusive someone. Here are three stories that may change your mind:

1. Anne* been divorced for over 20 years and had yet to meet someone to share her life with. She was definitely not into online dating but was tired of doing the friends and family jig.  So she put her bio and picture online.  She lied about her age though. She thought she’d meet grumpy old men If she said that she was over 55, so she lied and said that she was 50.  He saw her profile, called, they arranged a date.  She confessed over dinner.  But the magic was real and he didn’t mind.  They were married in October 2007.

2. Sean* just moved to New York City in December 2007 and knew no-one.  The hours at work in the investment industry were long, but the evenings and weekends when he wasn’t working felt even longer.  While he was never an online dating guy, he decided that it was really the only alternative.  He was shocked to find that there were over 35,000 people registered for the online dating service in Manhattan and area alone. Within 3 months he felt like an UN ambassador – he’d dated the world. But just after Valentine’s Day he met a woman for coffee.  They shared too much raw information about who they were and how they’d arrived at this point in their lives.  Both withdrew for a while.  But then she took the bull by the horns, so to speak, and called him.  They’ve been inseparable since. While they are from two different worlds, they share the same looks, humour, sharp intellect and delight in each other. In August, he asked her for dinner and to meet him where they’d first met - at Grand Central Station.  When she stepped off the train, he dropped to one knee and proposed.  By the time his knee hit the ground, her phone was buzzing.  She’d called her sister, who’d called a friend who shared on the news on Facebook.

3. Joseph* was young – only 21, but after 3 years in a smallish program at a local university, he was stuck.  Same friends, same circles, same old thing.  So he did the unthinkable (for him).  He went online.  The first try was a miss.  But then he found a profile that spoke to him.  She was 3 years older – 24, but brainy, beautiful and arty.  He took a shot.  At first she was skeptical because of his age.  But she researched him online – Facebook, his website, his work.  His achievements overcame her doubts.  They met on Valentine’s Day.  Their plan – to share the next 50 together.

It’s a new year.  Consider trying something new.
As Obama says: Yes you can!

*Stories are all true.  Names have been changed to protect privacy.

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