Hi. I am a student in college writing an essay about the advantages and disadvantages of online dating. Please help me out by answering any or all of the questions listed below. I am trying to gather some stats, so any input would be greatly appreciated! Either repost with your answers or just send them to my profile's email. Thanks.

1. What is your name? (screen name is fine)

2. Where do you live? (Country and state is fine)

3. How did you find this website?

4. How many other online dating websites do you / have you subscribed to?

5. How old are you?

6. Have you been married?

7. How many children do you have?

8. What has made you decide to use online dating websites?

9. Are you pleased with the results of this or other dating websites?

10. Have you met someone special? If yes, how long did it take?

11. How do you think the ever-growing popularity of online dating services will affect relationships in the future, say 50 years from now?

12. Do you think 'traditional' dating is being phased out by computers?

13. Do you think online dating is a result of Americans' desire to pick and choose only the best, but not have enough patience or energy to get up and find it?

14. Do you think online marriages will become a reality? How about virtual sex?

15. Do you think the rising divorce rate in America is related to online dating?

16. Have you experienced a 'broken heart' from someone on line? Explain.

17. What percentage of online daters do you feel are 'real'?

18. How do you know you can trust someone you meet online?

19. Do you feel online relationships allow your significant other to easily cheat on you?

20. Myspace.com alone has over 29,000 sexual predators. Do you feel online dating leaves you open to stalkers and predators?

21. Any comments, stories, feelings?

Thanks to anyone who took the time to answer any or all of these questions. Like I said, this is for a college essay, so any input it great. Thanks!

1.sexyin07
2.CHICKASHA, OK
3.JUST HAPPENED ON IT.
4.2
5.26
6.YES
7.1
8.THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASY TO FIND SOMEONE.
9.YES
10.YES NOT THAT LONG.
11.I DON'T KNOW
12.NO
13.NO
14.YES.YES
15.NO
16.YES. I WAS JUST STARTING TO SEE THIS GUY AND HAVE GONE OUT WITH HIM A COUPL OF TIMES AND THEN HE DECIDED THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE WITH ME ANYMORE.
17.ABOUT50%
18.I DON'T KNOW
19.YES
20.YES.
21.NO

Valerie or bttrflyv2
NORTH CAROLINA
IT WAS SENT OUT BY A FIREND
NONE ANYMORE
32
YES I WAS FOR 13 YEARS
2 CHILDREN A BOY AND A GIRL
TO MEET PEOPLE I COULDNT MEET AROUND HERE
YES IM PLEASED IVE MET ALOT OF VERY NICE PEOPLE

NO ONE SERIOUS YET..BUT WHO KNOWS

NO TRADITION WILL STILL STAY STRONG YOU CAN MEET PEOPLE ELSEWHERE TOO

NO ITS NOT BEING PHASED OUT

I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL AMERICANS BUT IM SURE IT HELPS

IVE KNOWN ALOT OF PEOPLE TO GET MARRIED FROM SOMEONE ONLINE
IM NOT INTO VIRTUAL SEX BUT THERE IS ALOT THAT IS SOME THING NEED TO STAY PRIVATE.

THE COMPUTER EFFECTS ALOT OF MARRIAGES...THATS A FACT
HAVENT HAD A BROKEN HEART FROM ONLINE DATING SITES
HUMMM NOT SURE HOW MANY ARE REALLY REAL I MEAN ITS THE NET YOU CAN ACT LIKE ANYONE BUT I WOULD HOPE MOST ARE HONEST.

THERES NEVER A WAY TO KNOW IF YOU CAN TRUST ANYONE YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE RISKS EVERY NOW AND THEN

PEOPLE CAN CHEAT WITH A COMPUTER OR NOT...CHEATERS WILL FIND AWAY

YES STALKERS CAN FIND YOU EASIER ONLINE YOU JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THE INFO YOU GIVE OUT.

NO COMMENTS EXCEPT GOODLUCK WITH YOUR SCHOOL WORK...

1. What is your name? Tony

2. Where do you live? TEnnesse US

3. How did you find this website? i can't remember

4. How many other online dating websites do you / have you subscribed to? This is the only one, i have a Myspace account but no other dating sites

5. How old are you? 27

6. Have you been married? I have never even had a serious girlfriend

7. How many children do you have? NONE

8. What has made you decide to use online dating websites? Just giving it a shot, I live in a sorta hickish town and i rerally don't feel the scene.

9. Are you pleased with the results of this or other dating websites? i guess so

10. Have you met someone special? If yes, how long did it take?nope

11. How do you think the ever-growing popularity of online dating services will affect relationships in the future, say 50 years from now? i'm not sure because this is my first real experience. I think it is awesome because you can get to know someone as a person versus what they look like, looks are important but not the most important..LOOKs are really really high on the list but not the most important

12. Do you think 'traditional' dating is being phased out by computers? no

13. Do you think online dating is a result of Americans' desire to pick and choose only the best, but not have enough patience or energy to get up and find it? Exactly, duh!

14. Do you think online marriages will become a reality? How about virtual sex? I wouldn't be getting into all that stuff..Jesus i'm jsut trying to meet people while i waste time before work,essentially my efforts are those to try and maximize my day..

15. Do you think the rising divorce rate in America is related to online dating? partially, online dating gives you the portal to be a betterr effective cheat...SCENERIO- MAn/woman wants to cheat he/she doesn't have to hit the bars and change his/her rountine to arouse suspiscion he/she simply hass to log on. He arranges all of the rendezvous via the net and the wife/husnad
and the spouse is none the wiser for some time atleast.
16. Have you experienced a 'broken heart' from someone on line? Explain. nope

17. What percentage of online daters do you feel are 'real'?
26% i think alot of people use these sites as like a plasstic bubble, they want to meet people and be excepted but they really are sure or feel safe about the actual encounter. I have friends in real life i just wanted more. I enjoy words but you can't go bowling with them...
18. How do you know you can trust someone you meet online?
you don't, how do you know you can trust you bank teller?
19. Do you feel online relationships allow your significant other to easily cheat on you? i think i already went over that, I think i might be clairvoiyant or somethin

20. Myspace.com alone has over 29,000 sexual predators. Do you feel online dating leaves you open to stalkers and predators?
life leaves you open to predators, LIFE.COM leaves you open to MILLIONS of sexual predators..
21. Any comments, stories, feelings?
well i'm slightly bummed cause yesterday i was hungover from the night before and decided to help myroomate start a fire i was gonna gathering wood but there wasn't any wood so i grabbed his hand axe and chopped down a freakin tree( i'm gonna plant another i was pretty out off it) now i have this freakin huge blister on my finger and i can go ride my bicycle.

1. What is your name? Laura

2. Where do you live? New Hampshire, USA

3. How did you find this website? I did a random search for free online dating sites.

4. How many other online dating websites do you / have you subscribed to? I'm not positive of the exact number. I'm going to say around five-ish.

5. How old are you? Twenty-one.

6. Have you been married? No.

7. How many children do you have? Zero.

8. What has made you decide to use online dating websites? Sometimes you want someone in your life, and it's not easy to meet people outside of work. And I hate meeting people at bars.

9. Are you pleased with the results of this or other dating websites? Very much so :)

10. Have you met someone special? If yes, how long did it take? I'm currently dating someone that I met on this site. It took me.. I'll say around a few weeks?

11. How do you think the ever-growing popularity of online dating services will affect relationships in the future, say 50 years from now? I'm not positive. I think more people will find it easier to meet others.

12. Do you think 'traditional' dating is being phased out by computers? Not at all. "Traditional" dating is what happens after you make the initial online connection.

13. Do you think online dating is a result of Americans' desire to pick and choose only the best, but not have enough patience or energy to get up and find it? Not at all, I think that people just get sick of meeting people in bars. You don't get to know the person when you're in a bar, you get to know their drinking habits.

14. Do you think online marriages will become a reality? How about virtual sex? I think that they're both pretty insane.

15. Do you think the rising divorce rate in America is related to online dating? I don't think that the rising divorce rate is related to online dating. People simply rush into things when they're not ready.

16. Have you experienced a 'broken heart' from someone on line? Explain. Nope, I'm standing by the statement that I've never had my heart broken. It's been beaten upon a bit, though.

17. What percentage of online daters do you feel are 'real'? I think that the majority of them are real, however a lot of them find it to be the easy way to find a hook up.

18. How do you know you can trust someone you meet online? I trust everyone until they prove that they cannot be trusted.

19. Do you feel online relationships allow your significant other to easily cheat on you? If the person cheats on you via online relationships, it's not online that's the problem.. and you should reevaluate your relationship.

20. Myspace.com alone has over 29,000 sexual predators. Do you feel online dating leaves you open to stalkers and predators? No, that just teaches you not to divulge too much personal information.

21. Any comments, stories, feelings? Not really. I think that most of these questions are geared towards saying online dating is a negative thing. A few of my friends and I agree that online is a lot better than meeting someone at a party or in a bar etc. You get to know someone when you meet them online. When you meet someone in a bar it's not nearly as personal (unless you want the physical nature).

Thanks to anyone who took the time to answer any or all of these questions. Like I said, this is for a college essay, so any input it great. Thanks!