Introduction

There's something about internet dating that is both insanely easy, and extremely daunting at the same time...

In this day in age, if you're single, you're almost expected to use internet dating to meet people. The

'good-old-days' of meeting people while out and about in the world, or through mutual friends seems like a long way off. For anyone that is even just REMOTELY an introvert (or introvert-like), this is an extremely daunting proposal. And yet, there's something easy and almost cathartic about meeting a complete stranger and having a (normal) conversation with someone you've never met...

... or so you think.

I am an introvert. I dislike meeting complete strangers, and I have had the same small group of friends for years - it's hard to meet people, and seemingly even harder to met reasonable people. This is where internet dating comes in - here's a platform, meant to help introduce you to new people, whether that be because you can't meet friends-of-friends, or because you're new to an area, or even because you're too busy for the otherwords 'conventional dating'.

On a tangent - I feel that the 'conventional dating' of meeting people face to face first, is completely outdated, and that the NEW conventional dating should be internet dating. If you're not doing it yet, and you're still single, it's time to jump onto the bandwagon.

And I say that with a bit of a grain of salt - being a seasoned veteran of internet dating, or being new to the scene, it's no less daunting. The introvert in me struggles with the concept - is it easier to meet people face to face? or is it easier to break one barrier and become (somewhat) comfortable with someone prior to meeting? There's no straight up answer to that question. Or at least I haven't found the answer.

I avoided internet dating for the longest time - I've heard the horror stories, and the good. I've had friends successfully meet (and marry) off free internet dating sites, and I've heard the good, bad and ugly. For some reason the horror stories always outweighed the good - give everything a value 1-10, with the best most amazing date, and long term values being 10, and the worst, never to see again, avoid and burn all your clothes a 1. Somewhere in between is the tolerable - those you can still talk to, but it's never going to go anywhere, just to appease people (maybe a solid 4) - all the way to those that you just want to be friends with (a solid 7!). The horrors STILL outweigh the good.

And this is where this blog comes in - Here is my run down on dating in general (not even internet dating, although that's going to be a large portion). Here is the good, the bad and the ugly. The fruits of my labour doing what my friends and I have dubbed 'trolling'. Many of these give a lot of 'what-the-fuck' thoughts, but also a good laugh, because if you can't laugh at yourself - what do you have?