How Online Dating Could Make You Rediscover Yourself

in #steempress6 years ago


Online dating is the virtual version of regular dating. It enables you to connect with other singles online.
Women sometimes have forgotten the true essence of dating. It is not just a process of meeting and getting to know people, but it is a powerful tool to help you with your personal growth, learning, and self-discovery.
Online dating helps you to get to know yourself, your interests, and what you want out of life. It provides you with an opportunity to develop yourself as a person but also to better understand your feelings and emotions.
A lot of things can be learned in just a single bad date.
Everybody has a one or two bad date stories to share. But being in one will give you the opportunity to learn that there are some things that you want and some things you don't want. If it was a good or a bad date, you get to learn something new. Whether it’s about your date or that you’ve come to a realization of some sort.
Below are four ways to prove that online dating can also be a tool for self-discovery:
1. Online dating helps sort out your feelings towards a person
Have you experienced this feeling where you felt more comfortable with talking to the other person compared to the person you are talking to right now? We all have, that is why sometimes we end up making the wrong decisions when we ignore our guts.
Instead of making this mistake, make sure to name the person/people you’re interested in and imagine yourself when you’re chatting or hanging out with them. Then ask yourself:
Are they worth my time?
Are they serious about me?
Do I really like this person?
Remember all the feelings and emotions you have around them. Do you feel excited if this one person texts or calls you? If that's a yes, you already know.
2. Online dating helps you discover your own values
Have you ever been with a date who wants you to have the same hobby or interests, even though it's miles away from yours?
Being true to yourself is more important rather than embracing a hobby just because that's the other person's interest. Every person is unique. You've got to embrace your uniqueness and not let other people affect your judgment about what you want to do.
Once you understand your values and who you are as a person, it will be easier for you to find a partner that matches you.
3. Online dating teaches you how to love
We all know that there is no perfect relationship manual available on the market. It just takes time, practice, and patience to get the relationship you've always wanted.
Online dating helps you meet people online and discover what you want, but also it gives you some key points on how to love. It teaches you how important communication is in every relationship. How a little message about his day would put a smile on your face.
There is no perfect relationship.
What makes a relationship stay strong and long is two people who understand and respect each other. Though a lot of challenges will come between you two, they will only teach you how to be strong and fight for what you want. The mistakes you make help you to realize a lot of things that enable you to become a better person.
4. Online dating will teach you a lot of lessons
Online dating is an endless opportunity for meeting people from different walks of life, which will teach you quite a lot of lessons about understanding personalities. Make sure to think about and list down all the lessons you learned from your dates.
You could write something like:
1. I learned that I prefer a man who texts me first.
2. I learned that I should not waste my time on someone I’m not interested in.
3. I learned that I want a man who understands my humor.
4. I learned that I prefer a man who's more into serious relationships than casual ones.
We can all relate to how complicated relationships can be. Being in one can feel like a rollercoaster ride or worse. The point is, whether you found success in online dating or not, it made you discover something about yourself that you didn't know before you signed up on a dating site.
Once you start your online dating journey or if you’ve already got a huge headstart, it’s important to stay safe and be aware of scammers and their tactics.


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Nice post. But nothing can be compared to real life dating. There's a very huge difference between conversing with a person in real life and over a computer. Unless you Know the right questions to ask and the right approach to adopt, online dating is a very big risk. Go out more often and you'll meet the right person that will be truly interested in you

I tried online dating once, was more for the conversation, and in the end I just came off because I could just never bring myself to actually meet up with anyone! I think I've just heard/read too much that it's put me off lol!

Huh. Thanks for that post. I have really been dreading online dating again, which is what it seemed like my options were since I don't do bars... but you are absolutely right about it providing you an opportunity to know yourself better.

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