Chat rooms and chat dating may be one of the most popular activities on the net. People of all ages enjoy the chat rooms for a number of reasons. It's convenient you don't need to dress up or even leave the house. It's a way to meet new people from all over the world. You can pick and choose who you want to chat with and can learn a lot about what motivates them, pick up tidbits of knowledge and interact with people from different cultural perspectives. Sooner or later, you'll meet someone who's truly interesting and form a 'dating' sort of relationship.
Although there's a certain degree of anonymity inherent in the chat dating scenario, there comes a point when you develop a trust in this person that grows into the relationship. You may start private messaging and engage in lengthy discussions on your common interests. Your relationship becomes sort of a pen-pal thing. More frequently than not, you may never meet this person face to face. Then again, if you meet someone who lives in your area, you may decide to meet for coffee or lunch. I know of one couple in their early 20's who 'met' online and the online dating was such a mutual success, they met in person and really clicked. They fell in love and have been together for about three years now. However, this is more of an exception than the rule. Here, we take a look at the chat dating phenomenon what it is and what it isn't.
First, let's look at the anonymity factor. This can be a problem, depending on how you 'screen' the people you chat with. You also need to visit several chat rooms before you find one that suits you. By this, I mean chat rooms populated with people with similar interests, in your age group or whatever you're looking to get out of your encounters. You'll find a lot of chat rooms that are almost nonsensical in terms of conversations, with participants who hit on men or women indiscriminately and who really have nothing of substance to say. It's unlikely that you'll meet anyone that turns out to be a good chat dating partner. On the other hand, if you search for chat rooms with some specificity, you can meet people online and form great relationships that make your time well spent. This approach reduces the down side of the anonymity factor, because it's less likely you'll run into the infamous predator types. You may just meet the love of your life.
One good way to find chat rooms with interesting (to you) people is to Google search with specific criteria following 'chat room'. For example, if you'd like to meet people online who live in your area, try something like 'chat rooms your-town'. A search on my small, rural town (population 23,000) turned up 68,000 results. Would you believe that there are 10 million cooking chat rooms, 18 million for science, 43 million focused on music and 15 million for gardeners? So you can see that whatever types of people you'd like to meet online, there's an abundance of chat rooms from which to choose. If you're into music, the odds are good that you'll find a chat dating relationship that's a pleasure.
Chat dating isn't a substitute for face to face dates, but it can be a great way to meet people online that share your interests and develop into real life dating and perhaps a true love. The key is finding the right chat room.