Online dating – have you? Would you?
No, when I was dating there was no ‘online’ as we know it today, although there have been forms of online dating for years – the personals in newspapers.
Would I? I don’t think so, I’m not that brave.
The closest I got to dating someone I’d never met before was a blind date. I was a bundle of nerves. My clothes, my hair, would he take one look and run? Worse, what would he look like? Fortunately, we didn’t run in opposite directions and had a lovely evening.
However, someone I know very well did test the online dating waters. She was at a crossroads in life, not sure which way to go and took the plunge. After chatting with a few people from various parts of the world, she connected with an American guy. I didn’t worry about this harmless chatting, after all she was in Australia, he was safely tucked away on the other side of the Pacific. Just like pen friends in the old days.
That changed when she decided to travel to America to meet him.
Dumbstruck, I spluttered, “Are you insane? Who is he, where does he live? Don’t you know con men and axe murderers lure unsuspecting females this way?” Finally, “You’re bloody mad.”
Undeterred, my daughter, who hates flying, travelled to the USA to meet the axe murderer. They clicked. She flew home, applied for her visa which was approved, and returned to the States. A couple of years later they married, she became a conditional permanent resident, then full permanent resident. Her citizenship application was approved on 9/11/2018.
I’ve enjoyed some wonderful holidays in the USA with my daughter and son in law and the bonuses that came with it. Visiting the beautiful Michigan Upper Peninsula and Niagara Falls are just two.
Now COVID has all of us confined to quarters, I’m grateful for ‘online’, where we can chat to friends and families on Skype and Facetime until it’s safe to travel again.
What do you think?
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So happy it worked out for your daughter. Thanks for sharing.
Sort of a modern day love story that connected two families and two countries for ever!
What a cute story about your daughter’s experience with on-line dating! Glad it turned out so well for her. And wow, I thought having 2 of my kids live 2 states over, hence a 5-hour-drive that I have to do to visit my daughter, or my son’s family with the 2 grandsons, was bad. Being around the world, you in Australia and her in the US? As mine do, your arms must ache to hug her. Virtual hugs are a poor substitute. I’ve found that masked hugs are almost as good as those without, because my kids won’t visit with me without putting on their masks first.
I love how your daughter met her husband! What a great story.