International Dating
International Dating - When Love Really Means Going the Distance!
by Angela Davis
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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