Romance Lost? Says Who?
Reporter Melissa Rayworth article “Romance lost in love found on dating sites” is interesting, if rather odd. While Rayworth is married, and to a man she met “in real life” and not through the Net, she is alternately curious, respectful, and appalled by Internet dating.
Probably, the basic weakness of the article is that Rayworth has not experienced Internet dating herself. How else could she title the article “Romance lost in love found on dating sites”? Who lost the romance? Online meetings and courtships can be VERY romantic. Just ask me. I had one. Actually three, if you count the two that went nowhere.
Rayworth quotes an expert: “The technology has increased the ability of people to meet others who are similar and meet a much greater number of people who are potential mates for them than has ever been true in human history,” says Robert E. Rosenwein, professor of social psychology at Lehigh University, who researches the connection between technology and human interaction.
Sounds right to me.
From Your Romance Coach, Kathryn Lord
