Why is online love more likely to last?

Meeting someone online might have previously been viewed as a slightly strange option, but these days it is perfectly normal and in fact incredibly popular.

Such is the rise of online dating in recent years and the success of many major websites that it is now seen as arguably the best way to get in touch with a prospective new partner.

What's more, if you opt to go down this route, you might just stand a better chance of ending up with someone for the long haul than you would if you met them in a bar, club or social venue.

An important step in any online dating journey is to identify the method as one that is perfect for your needs – namely meeting a nice person of the opposite sex for a long and enjoyable relationship.

Once you have done this, it is time to enjoy the benefits that being an online dater brings, such as the ability to put as much time as you want into hunting for a new partner by browsing profiles of potential matches.

According to a report by the Daily Telegraph earlier this year, one in five relationships now start online and almost half of single people in the UK have at some point searched the internet in the hope of finding the one.

There are many advantages to online dating, but one is that you can learn so much about a person before you have to agree to meet them in real life. This gives you an opportunity to work out whether they might be a good fit for you – something you would not be granted access to in more traditional forms of dating.

What's more, it may well prove to be a key factor in keeping you together, as there is some evidence in advance that you and your date will be a match.

With this in mind, if you are fed up of being single you may well wish to sign up to a dating site today and start chatting to like-minded Britons.