Online Dating Good For Romance
Monday, 21. February 2005 - 9:35 am
BBC — Feb 14 — bath University psychologist, Jeff Gavin,
surveyed 229 online daters. He told BBC News that 4% were already
married. UK-based internet dating agencies have an estimated six
million subscribers. only 9% of chatroom users chose to converse
via a webcam, most "shying away" in favour of "text-based
relationships." Almost one in five of those interviewed had
started a relationship lasting more than a year via a dating
website. Male website customers tended to be "more committed"
than female ones, as subsequent chatroom conversations gave them a way
to express their feelings which did not normally exist. FULL ARTICLE @ BBC NEWS