Online Dating

Like I am an expert on this topic. I can't be and never will. But it happens that nowadays online relationship has become a necessity for adult men and women as our economic policy-makers have reduced all relationships into some forms of economic reasons... which means all adults must transform a majority of their time as productive...Yay!

Okay, here's a very funny overview and an advice on online dating from David Wygant. Pardon me if I find it funny. Must be the east-west divide (no, I don't mean terrorism issues, lol!. I am not in the business of arms manufacturing, dealing or marketing! Am not even from the U.S. Haha!)

Why am I on this stuff? We have plans to launch an online dating site and basically, it is still on its development stage. And I need to know a few things about online dating and online affairs and cultivating online relationships...

But what's with online dating?

It seemed at first glance online dating and online affair was the evolution of SOP (sex on the phone). As for sex, Live Science says sex is something that's normally craved for...so much like violence and food.

But going farther, apart from sex, appreciation and expression are an intrinsic factors that online relationships (whether it be with real-life friends and family members to total strangers) thrive: in forums, chatrooms, blogs, elsewhere. An example is for Filipinos whose many families and friends are separated due to economic reasons translated remittances. Through networking sites, they can be updated about most screened and intentionally posted events, photos, whatever.

But for many Westerners, i.e., Caucasians, I have observed that many adult males and females are actually having an advantage and want to gain the most out of it. Unfortunately, though, as they discover and begin to appreciate Asian or Oriental values (family-centeredness, loyalty, and valueing character above material things), these are slowly melted and mixed with Western individualism, freedom and openness.

While it is safe to say that pornography, for instance, exists in most parts of the world since the naked creation, it has pushed a lot of boundaries as the body and its pleasures are glorified in the net.

What we miss as we are made to believe about the hype of the flesh are the more pleasant and acceptable ways on which we could interact and become intimate with other people as friends or relatives (clan or family members). As I tried to point out earlier, as an Asian, married and with children, I was able to develop friendship with Caucasian guys (teen and adults) who sought online means to connect and express, and not to see or show some of their body parts. In the long run, these are more pleasant, less stressful, and can be cultivated like a neighborhood friendship...