Modern dating technology is great. Online dating, speed dating, social networking, etc. There is no limit to the number of ways you can meet eligible coeds. And it’s easy. It doesn’t take much effort to strike up a virtual or actual conversation with a potential mate.
Unfortunately, I've found that this low barrier to entry, one of the biggest benefits to online dating, is also one of its biggest drawbacks. Yes, it’s fairly easy to meet a smorgasbord of ladies these days, but once two potential lovers have a conversation going, it’s just as easy for one of you to decide that you never want to speak to each other again. Easy come, easy go, as they say.
And since there are so many options, why not move on to the next one if something isn’t quite right? Sander van Der Linden sums it up nicely in a new article from Scientific American’s Mind Matters:
