Years ago, it did not cross anyone’s mind that the computer would be the means through which the people of the future would be meeting, either for friendship, pen-pals, play-mates or their soul mates. Yet, that future is here now! Early in the year 2002, over 11 million people checked dating sites online, by the middle of the year 2002, the number had increased to over 18 million, and by the end of the same year, the number had jumped to over 35 million!By the middle of 2003, over 45 million people had visited online dating sites, that is approximately over 40 percent of all the single adults in America. The distrust that was attached to the dating online websites has been replaced by an innumerable abundance of them and are considered safe, reliable and popular. These are some of the reasons for someone who is seriously looking for the special person, to consider searching the web. People tend to believe that the majority of those who go to online dating are the young, when in reality, the top group, in terms of growth, are women, 35 to 44 years old, followed by men 35 to 44 years old, then the next growing group are men and women between the ages of 45 to 54, this is according to Yahoo, Inc., September of 2002.)Out of today’s population, more than 20 million are divorcees. Imagine how many of these are looking to move on, and what best way to do so but through Internet dating websites.How good do you think your chances of meeting mister or miss right on the street would be? And even if you did, would you dare approach this person and ask for his/her phone number because you would like to get to know him/her? Then again, how many times would you be able to do something like this, before you finally met your one and only.Online dating offers you the simplicity of subscribing to the site that feels right for you, once you have done that, it is a matter of going online, checking out as many profiles as you wish, the majority have photos, then you start by sending a short e-mail to those you feel have possibilities because of their looks, or their profiles are interesting, they sound intelligent, and live within a 25 mile radius.As our jobs, distances, lack of time and other factors become an issue that interferes with our social lives, and as people trust and depend on the internet dating websites more and more for meeting others, millions, men and or women, are realizing that the dating websites are the most effective and practical conduit to meet someone. The possibilities are endless. So, we encourage you to set aside your fears and pre-conceived ideas about online dating and go ahead and try it for a few months.