from Brooklyn, NY for suggesting this week’s topic: Online dating, once a fringe and stigmatized activity, is now over a billion industry.Over 40 million Americans have given online dating a try, and over a of the American couples married between 20 met online.It also provided some superior features and potential problems.Overall, Finkel and associates (2012) found that online dating differed in three main areas: Pros: Online dating provided individuals with access to many more potential partners than they could often find in their daily lives.Welcome back to The Attraction Doctor Experiences with online dating tend to be mixed.Some people have excellent experiences with online dating that end in satisfying relationships.Women though seem to have much more concerns and are a bit more hesitant with this process.

Finding a suitable mate meant putting yourself out there and actually walking out of your house.

Of course there are exceptions such as being hooked up by friends and family usually with someone who their punk asses wouldn’t date themselves : ). Well now we live in an age where convenience is king.

Everything is being made easier and more accessible which includes finding a potential partner.

So with this new wave of convenience comes online dating.

Many women as well as men are facing the decision of taking this new approach in searching for companionship.