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"&amp;amp;#8220;Online dating? I totally don&amp;amp;#8217;t have a problem with the concept, it&amp;amp;#8217;s just not for me.&amp;amp;#8221; Does that line of thinking sound familiar? It&amp;amp;#8217;s funny, despite the multitude of statistics available these days showing that more and more people are meeting their significant others online, there are still a lot of stubborn hold-outs who insist that online dating just isn&amp;amp;#8217;t right for them. Maybe it&amp;amp;#8217;s because, deep down, some people still fear the stigma of online dating, feel like resorting to filling out a profile and putting themselves out there is some sort of admission that they can&amp;amp;#8217;t get dates on their own. But online dating is less about last resorts and more about casting more lines in the water. It doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t have to be the only way you find dates &amp;amp;#8212; but if you&amp;amp;#8217;re dissatisfied with your dating life, might as well try a different approach, a new way to meet more people. Trust me, I get it. I get that online dating is fine for your friends, but the thought of signing up yourself makes you sort of sigh/cringe and think &amp;amp;#8220;No, not me. Not yet.&amp;amp;#8221; But before you make a final, absolute decision, read through this list and see if maybe you should rethink your stance. 1. You&amp;amp;#8217;re Just Not Meeting New People Anymore You&amp;amp;#8217;ve got your work friends, your friend friends, and your wider array of acquaintances, and by now you&amp;amp;#8217;ve definitely scoped out anyone single who might be peripherally attached to your social group. Time to cast a bigger net. 2. You get bored on Wednesday nights. Your post-work routine of gym, dinner, and Netflix is&amp;amp;#133;.fine. But definitely not as exciting as getting dressed up and meeting someone new and going to a concert or museum or bar or baseball game. You&amp;amp;#8217;re young! Act like it! 3. You need a reason to stop hooking up with your ex. Because until you have someone new in your life, or even just, like, a date, it&amp;amp;#8217;s all too easy to just keep going back to what you had&amp;amp;#133; 4.You&amp;amp;#8217;re dying to try this new restaurant. And, sure, you could bring a friend, but it&amp;amp;#8217;s such a &amp;amp;#8220;date-y&amp;amp;#8221; restaurant that it would be a shame not to go with a date, really&amp;amp;#133; 5. All your friends are in relationships. Which is like, fine. But now you need someone to hang out with while they&amp;amp;#8217;re all coupled up. 6. You really want a summer fling this year. Your summer plans include holding hands at a BBQ, watching fireworks, spontaneous weekend road trips, and making out by the beach. You&amp;amp;#8217;ve got it all planned, now you just need the right person to do it with. 7. You&amp;amp;#8217;re totally over the bar hook-up scene. Been there, done that. Some romance before midnight would be nice, for a change. 8.If you get set-up one more time, you might have to kill somebody. Do your friends really know who you should date? Rarely. Ultimately, it&amp;amp;#8217;s better to do the legwork and screening yourself. 9. If you get your friends involved, it can be kind of fun. To anyone whose never had a giggly, alcohol-fueled session of filling out a profile and checking out potential dates with friends, you are missing out. 10. You just need to get your dating confidence back. Sometimes, all you need is a really good date, or even a really good messaging back-and-forth, to remind you how fun dating can be, and how attractive, desirable, and awesome you are. &amp;amp;#8212;Written by Chiara Atik for HowAboutWe.com So what do you think? Are you convinced into giving online dating a real shot? What were your reasons for not trying it sooner? More from HowAboutWe: *10 Signs You Need to Go on a Date *The 5 Signs You&amp;amp;#8217;re a Filler Girlfriend *Online Dating 101: How to Write Your Friend&amp;amp;#8217;s Dating Profile Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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