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"   That&amp;#039;s what psychologists from Northwestern University and Texas A&amp;amp;amp;M University are suggesting after conducting research on daters. Here&amp;#039;s the deal: They essentially discovered that people tend to be pickier online than in person. Therefore, a woman who dates online could potentially miss out on meeting a great guy\u2014just because that guy doesn&amp;#039;t fit the woman&amp;#039;s idea of what she thinks she wants in a partner. The researchers observed subjects in a sort of simulated online dating experience and saw that they were most interested in the potential dates who matched their criteria for an ideal mate. Unsurprising. But here&amp;#039;s where it gets interesting: Once those subjects hung out in person, that criteria kinda went out the window. And daters found themselves clicking with people whom they weren&amp;#039;t interested in online. &amp;quot;People have ideas about the abstract qualities they&amp;#039;re looking for in a romantic partner,&amp;quot; explained the lead author of the study, Paul W. Eastwick on Eurekalert.org. &amp;quot;But once you actually meet somebody face to face, those ideal preferences for traits tend to be quite flexible.&amp;quot; Don&amp;#039;t worry, we&amp;#039;re not going to recommend you lower all your standards and write &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ll go out with anyone!&amp;quot; in your profile\u2014or quit online dating altogether. But this research makes us think that just because online dating sites allow you to be ultra picky (it&amp;#039;s as easy as checking off a few boxes saying you&amp;#039;re only interested in a man who&amp;#039;s over six feet and makes X amount of money per year), that doesn&amp;#039;t mean you necessarily should. Here&amp;#039;s our suggestion: Stick to the traits that are most important to you, but feel free to leave some preferences blank. This way, you&amp;#039;re able to keep your standards high (as you should!), but you&amp;#039;re still allowing yourself to cast a wide net to find yourself a keeper. Because, if the research holds true, you&amp;#039;ll care a whole lot less about those so-called must-haves when you&amp;#039;re sitting across from the guy at dinner. Do you think online dating allows women to be too picky? What traits do you look for in a partner? Tell us the top three you wouldn&amp;#039;t be willing to budge on. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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