subject: Blind Date Or Blind Hate [print this page] Some people relish the dating game, the chance to meet new people, to flirt shamelessly and the excitement of a potential first kiss or more. But for others, dating - and first dates in particular - can be mired in an uncomfortable sea of uncertainty and awkwardness.
Then theres the etiquette: Do you kiss on a first date? Do you do that awkward hug when you have to judge the perfect distance between crotch space too much and you might seem repelled, too little and you look like a dog on heat. Or do you simply get hideously drunk, letting that uninhibited part of you take control and letting the chips fall where they may?
Even just thinking about the implications of dating can be too much for some and the idea of forcing that upon themselves by visiting dating sites seems either too desperate or just another way to crank up the anxiety-o-meter.
However, dating sites are no longer the unsavoury staple of psychopaths and the terminally odd that they were once known as, and instead provide a very necessary service for many people, be that those who are simply too busy to go out and meet people or those who just simply cant find the right person.
Free dating sites have boomed over the last few years as our relationships have become more digital in every sense. With many people spending as much time socialising online as offline, it seems to be a logical evolution for a large proportion of dating to begin there too. You are able to vet potential dates easily and thoroughly, and in many cases strike up a rapport in a safe, familiar online environment before taking that otherwise daunting first date. So it might just be that these free dating sites can help make dating fun all over again.
