Being Disarmingly Truthful
One of the problems of online dating is that the seeker of a relationship wishes to appear strong and independent. Thus he or she will emphasize how good life is, …
A Psychiatrist Discusses the Illnesses of Affection
Now a norm, the relationship between man and woman often begins on-line. Through the magic of dating sites or Facebook friendships, two parties project onto each other attributes which they find desirable. Whether an actual physical meeting can survive the initial electronic attraction is not clear. Missing from e-mails are facial and bodily cues so vital to a bonding that constitutes love. Some loveless individual become so desperate for affection that they will imbue the e-mail correspondent with enormous fantasies and rush to meet them, with disappointing or even dire outcomes. Modern on-line dating practices are a bare beginning to love. Even contract and arranged marriages in other cultures involve a face-to-face meeting, though whether the two parties will actually come to love one another is unclear. Forthcoming posts will focus on the complexities of love in an electronic age.