June 30, 2009 Source: Military.com by Brian Mitchell.
In a recent article on Military.com, I was quoted on trends for those in the service who desire a connection through online dating.
In this article, I stated, “In difficult times, especially scary times when your life is in danger, the fact that you have someone to communicate with gives you a little more hope that you have someone in your corner pulling for you.” “If you know that there’s that special somebody who is thinking about you before you go to sleep, it makes your day.”
Like so many trends impacting service members, Spira stressed the increase in troops finding love online as a natural byproduct of rise in online dating across society.
“With the ease of technology and the decline in the stigma associated with online dating, it seems like everyone is out there trying to connect.” said Spira, citing research showing 40 million people looking for romance – whether searching for a spouse or tryst hunting – on no less that 2500 different web sites.
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