First, I would like to say that you are never too old to find love. Secondly, I would like to say that you are never too old to find love on the internet. I read an article on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27400087/ that stated that an 81 year old Chinese man named Wu met now 58 year old wife, online. They married three days after meeting in person for the first time. He saw her picture on an online matchmaking website and knew that she was the one for him. He says “The Internet doesn’t belong to the young alone”. He said that he had been using the internet since 1998.
This is a very interesting story because this shows online relationship formations gone “right”. There are always speculations and skepticism when it comes to meeting a mate online. There’s always the thought of if this person really is who they say they are or do they really look like this. It becomes the question of someone’s true self. But in this man’s case, his possible leeriness did not stop him from finding his true love. This also shows how positive online relationship formations can be because when physical contact and face to face conversation is not an option, you can really dig deep into somebody without physical attractiveness getting in the way of the attractiveness of their heart.
This article can relate back to the article called “The Psychology of Cyberspace” http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/showdown.html In this article it is stated that some people believe that they are more directly encountering the person’s heart, mind, and soul when they are not being distracted by appearance. It also states that physical presence is necessary in communication and intimacy which is why people feel they need to meet that person face to face before making any permanent decisions about their relationship. I personally think that online relationships can succeed and have a happy ending like Wu and his bride, because I believe there is a deeper connection when there’s less distractions. And there is someone for everybody regardless of how old you are or how you meet them.
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Candace--I too agree that you can find love at any age and anyway. Though online relationships are sketchy and raise much skepticism, I do know of two that have succeeded. I do think that it is possible because of the fewer distractions and the possibility of connection without physical attraction. I feel like in today's society, people first seek physical attraction before emotional attraction when it comes to picking a significant other. A teacher once told me however, "Hot goes away." I think it's true, the appearance of an individual changes over time, but emotional connection and chemistry remains the same.
I agree that this is a great story. It’s so nice to find articles like this that show the good that can come from the Internet. The communication ability that comes with the Internet allows these types of story to continuously happen. Hopefully people will see more stories like this one and start using Internet communication with a more positive attitude.
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