On Internet dating sites, everybody is "unique." Everybody is well-read, everybody listens to "cool" indie bands, everybody is intellectual and refined and grown-up and perfect. Everybody online is the same boring person because online dating focuses on intellect and depth.
Unfortunately, real-life dating is more about sex appeal. It sounds shallow, but we can't help it; it’s related to evolution. If you’re not physically attracted to a person, you move on. You don’t mate with that person. End of story. Online dating doesn’t allow you to make this distinction until you’ve wasted $48 on drinks and 3 hours with somebody you’d never talk to in real life. You gave them a chance because of what you read, but the chemistry didn’t produce a reaction.
And then there are the people who misrepresent themselves. They look completely different in person because the pictures they had were drastically outdated or heavily edited. Online she looks like Kim Kardashian -- in real life she looks like Rob Kardashian. Even worse, the person you’re chatting it up with may have somebody else managing their account.
You read right. There are people whose profiles are managed by other people. I know, because my roommate used to do this for one of his friends [and no, it wasn’t me].
Original source: http://www.ibtimes.com/why-online-dating-sucks-80-time-1486694
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