Blind Date vs Internet Date

Have your friend ever decided that you need help with dating and set you up with a blind date usually a friend of a friend. Did you accept it?.  Now there you are. It’s less than one hour since you met.  You are sitting in a restaurant. The food has not yet been served.  His idea of enlightened conversation is who will be in the final in a sport event that you aren’t intrested in. He knows the weekly TV schedule you haven’t sat through a movie in months because you run marathons and volunteer at the local food bank. He says, Volunteering is a waste of time because you can’t help those people anyway. You look at your watch; see that it’s only been 10 minutes since you last looked at it the last time and wonder how long it is before you can gracefully remove yourself from the situation.  Been there? 

Now imagine a date with someone you met through internet dating and have been chatting online with and writing emails to for quite some time. First, you don’t need to be introduced.  You already know this man.  You are sitting in a restaurant enjoying a good meal because you both know that the other’s like. The conversation flows a lot easier as you discuss common things.  He runs marathons and loves history just like you do. You happily discuss the volunteer work that each of you is involved in. You look at your watch and discover that it is late very late where Has the time gone.

There is a big difference between a friend setting you up and choosing a date for yourself who shares your interests and tastes, isn’t there?  Now which is your choise? A friend fixing the date or do it yourself.