The world of online dating: It always seems to work out on those eHarmony and match.com commercials.
The couples on the television screen look so happy with their lives after finding their Internet soul mate.
But what about college students?
Datemyschool.com is a dating website specifically for college students.
Its purpose? To meet people like you on campus.
We at The Plainsman feel it is a bit unnecessary.
We do not feel there is anything intrinsically wrong with online dating.
It can be a great way to find someone out there in the "real world," where we aren't surrounded by 25,000 of our peers.
But right now? We are.
There are roughly 25,000 students on this campus, many of whom join clubs.
Whether you're interested in sports, movies or video games, there is some kind of campus organization for just about everything.
Joining one of these available organizations will help you meet people like you, some of whom may even be single.
In today's technological era, the unwillingness or inability to communicate face-to-face with other human beings can be a barrier to finding that special someone.
Online dating enables that.
Things like dating sites and even Facebook can be detrimental to human communication skills.
If the vast majority of your life is spent in front of a screen, you'll never learn how to interact with other people in a social situation.
College is supposed to be a time of growing and learning and experiencing new things.
It's about making friends, dating, breaking up and maybe even finding your soul mate.
College is about interaction.
Whether that's with professors or friends, communication is one of the skills that should be honed in college.
We're all about family here at Auburn. Reaching out to that family in person can expand your social horizons.
Especially with dating, now is the time to go for it. The whole point of college is to make mistakes and learn from them.
The real world expects us to know what to do by the time we get there.
Relying on the Internet to find dates also carries with it the risk of disappointment and even danger.
It presents the opportunity for others as well as yourself to be misrepresented.
We all try to deny it, but appearances matter.
Someone could have the best personality and the biggest heart, but if they weren't physically attractive to us, we might not be as likely to seek a romantic connection.
On dating sites, you have to be careful. Make sure you know who is on the other side of that screen.
While we feel online dating is not bad, we do think it's unnecessary for a college campus.
Unless, of course, you're desperate.
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