9 Reasons to Give Online Dating a Chance

You’ve heard it all before. Black women are not getting married. In fact, according to the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, Black males and females are more likely to be unmarried than Whites, Hispanics, or American Indian/Alaskan Natives.

Wait.

You hear a lot about black women, but what you don’t hear a lot about is that, DUH, black men aren’t getting married either. Which makes it a bit tricky to try to figure out what your options are in this new world of dating and courtship when there isn’t always an end goal of walking down the aisle.

One thing that can help narrow the market are online dating sites, where many marriages have blossomed because members are more likely looking for a life partner there versus in the club. Although there are still many misconceptions about online dating, the fact is that it’s quickly becoming one of the best ways to meet a significant other.

But don’t take my word for it. Here are a few bits of recent research that show the potential of using online dating to transform your love life.

1. 1 in 6 marriages are now between people who met through an online dating site – more than twice the number of people meeting at bars, at clubs and other social events combined.
2. On average, 236 eHarmony members marry every day; that accounts for 2% of all U.S. marriages.
3. Married couples who met online have an average courtship period of 18.5 months. Married couples who met offline courtship period last on average 42 months.
4. 1 in 5 singles have dated someone they met on a dating site.
5. 1 in 5 singles are currently in a committed relationship with someone they met on a dating site.
6. Over 7 million American adults have gone out with someone they met online, according to the Pew Research Center.
7. 20 million Internet users visit a dating site once in a month.
8. In the US, 31% of the population either uses online dating service or at least knows people who are using it.
9. Some 44 percent of Americans believe that individuals have a better chance of meeting a partner online than in a singles bar, according to Ipsos-Reid, an international market and social research company.

What do you think about these stats? Online dating doesn’t seem so taboo now, does it?

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