"Social" Dating for the Socially Inept

Internet dating sites confuse me. Not logistically, I mean, but conceptually. Do people really think they're going to find the wo/man of their dreams online? What happened to fate?

Internet dating sites confuse me. Not logistically, I mean, but conceptually. Do people really think they’re going to find the wo/man of their dreams online? What happened to fate? What happened to the romantic serendipity of a happen-chance encounter on the subway or in a cafe? I’ve always thought it would happen like this: he’d see me from across the room. My hair would be blowing in the wind, and I’d be radiating angelic light – like when Tony spots Maria across the dance hall in West Side Story.

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