shmatch.com.

the commercial for popular dating website, match.com, makes me queasy. "1 in 5 relationships now begin online." i really hope that's a load of shit fake stat. how is this possible? better yet, is this the future trend for dating? will i be forced to join a local dating site to find a potential mate down the line? what happened to running into a cute guy at the corner coffee spot, spilling your drink on him and laughing nervously as you exchange numbers? sometimes i wish we could rewind just a little and get back to life pre-internet. (i know, it sounds lame) honestly, what ever happened to relating with people in real life. true, i re-activated my personal Facebook account so i could remain in touch with friends after giving myself a separation period of 3+ months...but sometimes i wish i could go back to having to communicate with someone via land line. remember when we had answering machines...and actually used them to receive messages we had missed? i remember being excited to talk to a crush on the phone. i remember being excited to get a call from my friend asking me if i wanted to go for a bike ride to the corner store for ice cream. am i getting too old for technology? or am i just not ready to expose myself to the dating world on yet another platform?