You may have welcomed online dating with open arms, but you have remained wary of the granddaddy of courtship; the blind date. Some people confuse the two, but with internet dating you can actually end up getting to know quite a bit about someone before you actually meet in person. As opposed to, say, being setup on a blind date by your neighbor who has this absolutely wonder nephew; need I say more?
A lot of people, whether they’re internet dating or not, have a thing about being set up on a blind date. They think no one knows them better than they know themselves and therefore no one could find potential matches for them. They’re wrong, and if you keep reading you’ll find out why;
1. You have no time
Rather than focusing all your time and energy on your career, friends, (perhaps) children, yourself not to mention some semblance of a dating life, why not unload some of the burden on others? Specifically, the dating part.
Which you well know is something that your friends would be only too happy to help you with. There are no guarantees of course, but there are no guarantees about anything in life. It could just as easily turn into a great date as a dud. At the end of the day (or evening) it’s just one date.
2. Were things to work out
you’ll have a terrific story to tell everyone when they ask how you met. Blind dates rank pretty high on the list of romantic “how we met” stories.
3. Our friends know us really well
Oftentimes our friends will have a better idea of who we should date than we do. This is especially true if we habitually date the same (and wrong) kind of people. This is something that most of us are loath to admit, so why not let your friends in on the decision making? Chances are you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
4. It’s practically risk free
Any bad date is a downer regardless of who you happen to go out with. The advantage of a blind date gone wrong is that you never have to see this person again. Which is more than can be said for dating a co-worker or that cute gal that lives upstairs. Blind dating takes the everyday out of your dating life, giving you some breathing room.
5. Your options multiply
Once you start making it okay for yourself to accept blind date suggestions from people, suddenly you have the potential to have dates coming in from all over the place: co-workers, family members, etc. That’s a way more broad-reaching net than just trying to do it yourself.
This article was written by the staff of the Datepad.com company where you can find hundreds of helpful .
