Michael Norton, a Professor from Harvard, has found that unrealistic expectations cause online daters to be be disappointed much of the time.
Norton’s research findings indicate that the average person using the internet to meet people spends 5.2 hours per week searching and 6.7 hours per week reading and writing emails resulting in a poor date that lasts less than one hour.
The high expectations, he says, are based upon their date’s profile information and their communication before meeting. Too often the face-to-face meeting is quite different.
The professor suggests that virtual (online) dating may help keep expectations in check, leading to better first dates.
Perhaps, but the success of a first date really comes down to face-to-face chemistry. It’s either there, or it isn’t, and unfortunately, you can’t determine this online or by phone. Chatting by video before meeting, however, does help to determine if there may be an in-person connection worth pursuing.
High expectations are also due to romantic illusions, which are promoted heavily in romantic movies, matchmaking and bride TV shows, and other ways. We recommend taking a different approach, as outlined in our free report,13 Traps You Must Avoid for a Happy Love Life: http://www.howisyourlovelife.com/howisyourIndex.htm.
Read the professor’s entire research paper here:
http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/frost%20chance%20norton%20ariely.pdf
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