can data really identify our soul mate?  Can the essence of a good relationship be brought down to a numbers game?  Can we predict who will match with who?  These questions are currently the  core of the online dating industry & to date there are no clear conclusions.  I came across a few articles this week that deal with this issue.

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I read two conflicting articles this week about which is the best avenue to find a partner online or offline dating.  Online dating certainly has its problems, lying, sites lack of integrity, the gap between virtual & reality, inability to identify chemistry until meeting to mention just a few.  Offline dating has a longer history and can still be subject to lying but there is no middleman with lack of integrity as in the dating sites, there is no virtual gap & chemistry can usually be identified immediately.

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a new study was published recently saying that one in five adults are in love with someone other than their partner.   Are so…many people are not fulfilled in their current relationship that they must find satisfaction with another partner?  Are they not committed enough to their current partner?  Or were they not selective enough when they initially got together?  Or have they changed so much whilst they have been in the relationship that their partner no longer fits as they did at the start?  This is amazing to me as I have preferred my own company to a relationship with anyone who is not a good match and whom I did not love.  Obviously I have been living in the dark, like a mushroom???

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romance may have been relegated to romantic comedies these days and ostensibly has changed considerably from the past.  However there is still a need for romance in our relationships.  If we have sacrificed adventure in life then we need to bring that spirit of adventure back into our romances. But it seems that we are marching ever onwards continuing to remove the romance from our relationships?

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