4 Reasons Why Online Dating Will Weather The Economic Storm

The Washington Post claims that in this time of economic hardship, the Market For Romance Sinks, Along With Economy. However, one aspect of the dating industry remains unscathed: online dating.

Dinners at restaurants have been replaced by cooking at home, seeing movies in the theaters -- at a whopping $12 a ticket --seems excessive when you can wait until the film in on DVD, and traveling? For fun? Not in this economy!

But one social activity that's NOT seeing a dip in participation is online dating. According to The New York Times, Match.com had its strongest fourth quarter in the last seven years. An easy explanation is that though times may be tough, loneliness is loneliness, no matter how much money you have in your bank account.

Rich or poor, employed or recently laid off, everyone wants to have love. With that in mind, here are four reasons why online dating is recession proof.

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[FalconerHK]

Huh. I humbly offer an alternative four reasons:

1. People are used to the immediacy of the Internet for EVERYTHING. Why not dating?
2. Tough times make people more willing to open their minds and lower their expectations a bit.
3. People are still lonely in economic downturns.
4. And perhaps most importantly, people are still horny in economic downturns.

[kissmygrits]

5. Going online is cheaper than spending a lot of money in bars...