International Dating - When Love Really Means Going The Distance!
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from one technological breakthrough to the next, we find that within
micro-seconds we can transfer information from one side of the earth
to the other. We can live on one continent and be employed by a
company on another. Air-travel means that many people are part of a
global workforce that commutes around the globe attending meetings in
every international outpost of the company.
This minimizing the world is filtering slowly down through the
professional world, and into our personal lives. No longer are we of
the mind set that we will one day grow up and marry the boy next door.
It happens, but it's just as likely to marry the boy in the next
State, or next country .......or the one who lives on the other side of
the world. The Internet is probably the biggest influencing factor on
current day international dating.
Throughout history there have been mail-order brides. From the women
who were sent to the colonies, to the women who answered small ads
from ranchers out west, and more recently, the Russian (and I'm sure
other nationalities) who place ads of their own looking for a partner
outside of their homelands. Despite this history, finding a mate
through some form of media has maintained a "desperate" image - as if
the person seeking is unable to find someone to have them locally. The
Internet, even with its reputation for "adult" sites has somehow
managed to remove some of the stigma, and there is now a healthy and
steadily growing international dating scene.
The big question is always "Can international dating lead to anything
permanent"? The answer to this is a resounding YES! Many people are
prepared to take a chance on love, and move themselves and their lives
to be closer to their overseas loved one. Those who do this find that
they are suddenly face-to-face on a daily basis with the name they've
been typing too for a period of time, learning how to co-habit with
someone who is physically a stranger, whilst at the same time learning
how to handle living in a new country. By far the worst of this is
being removed from family, and taking the place of communicating with
your partner online, you now spend your time communicating with your
family online instead!
There are still many people who regard international dating as
desperate, and deem any relationship that comes of such an enterprise
to be a failure waiting to happen. Ok, so it might happen, but there
are never any guarantees in the love and romance game. Even