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"One of the biggest pros of online dating? An endless sea of cute, single men. And one of the biggest cons? Um, well, an endless sea of cute, single men. Last night, I headed to this month&amp;#x27;s New Yorker The Big Story chat. Seriously, there&amp;#x27;s no way I wouldn&amp;#x27;t be sitting front row for &amp;amp;#8220;Looking for Love: The Business of Online Dating,&amp;amp;#8221; with Professor Helen Fisher (Rutgers University), Mandy Ginsberg (Match.com), Julia Kamin (online dater) and Sam Yagan (OKCupid). The fantastic panelists shared everything from their views on online dating stigma to the science behind their matching algorithms, but one specific idea was on my mind well after the convo was over: Does online dating make you &amp;amp;#8220;restless?&amp;amp;#8221; The panel discussed how some people feel that online dating breeds a &amp;amp;#8220;grass is greener&amp;amp;#8221; mentality; because there are so many choices, your chances of actually committing to a guy you find online are slim, because you&amp;amp;#8217;ll always be wondering if there&amp;amp;#8217;s someone &amp;quot;better&amp;quot; out there. (Vocab lesson of the day: the phenomenon is called &amp;quot;cognitive overload.&amp;quot;) The logic behind it makes sense&amp;amp;mdash;if a site has hundreds of thousands of options and you&amp;#x27;ve only been on 10 dates, the odds that you&amp;#x27;ve found the best possible match are mathematically pretty slim. And every time your new guy performs his favorite obnoxious habit, you&amp;#x27;re bound to run those numbers through your head again. Having a few years of online dating experience myself&amp;amp;mdash;I met my current boyfriend on OKCupid, gasp!&amp;amp;mdash;I know I&amp;#x27;ve definitely experienced Restless Man Syndrome through a few different relationships. Online daters, have you ever found yourself with a serious case of cognitive overload that made you restless? And Q to all ladies: Do you think getting antsy over your vast number of options is any different in &amp;quot;traditional&amp;quot; dating than it is online? More on online dating: *Online Dating 101: If You&amp;#x27;re Dating Someone, Should You Take Down Your Profile? *The DOs and DON&amp;#x27;Ts of Breaking Up With Someone You Met Online *Online Dating 101: Is Your Facebook Page Ready For Love? More Ways to Get Glamour: NEW! Now You Can Read Glamour on Flipboard! Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter. Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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