Danes meet online

More than one in four Danish couples that met between 1997 and 2010 found each other on the internet, reports  Copenhagen Post with reference to MetroXpress newspaper.

 

Researchers at Oxford University conducted a study in 18 countries and concluded that 26.1% of Danish couples who found their "mate" in the past 14 years, met through Internet dating sites.

According to Charlie Breindahl, who was researching this phenomenon at the University of Copenhagen, to date around online dating is applied much less taboo than it was before. ”We have started accepting online dating because the internet has become such a significant part of our social lives.”- he says.

Morten Wagner, founder and owner of the largest dating site dating.dk, agrees: "When we started in 1998, many thought you had to be a bit geeky and desperate to do online dating. But the taboo and the prejudice is disappearing now."

Internet dating can be a solid foundation for good relations, because they allow people to better know each other before they meet in person - said Breyndal. "You get the chance to discuss some of the heavier issues that might be difficult to discuss in a bar, for instance the nature of your chronic disease or whether you want children or not." - he says.

However, real physical attraction does not take place until such time as you do not meet in person, said Breyndal. "You can easily fall in love online, but you can never be sure whether the love will survive when you actually meet." - he says, putting in mind that dating sites - it is a good potential, from which you can get a positive result.

 

By materials Copenhagen Post

Photo: MetroExpress