According to one recently-published survey, there are currently upwards of 40 million people in the United States that regularly visit online dating websites. Another 7 to 10 million users in Canada do the same. While these numbers do include people that log onto sites to assuage their curiosity or to see what theyre like, they nonetheless remain impressive. Nearly 50 million people using online dating sites mean that the number of potential matches that you are likely to find is quite high.
In order to fully appreciate this statistic, think about the scene that you experienced the last time you spent a night out at a bar. Even on a busy weekend night, it is a good bet that only a handful of people there were what you might deem worthy to talk to. Its not likely that this determination was based off of anything terribly deep; rather, the three or four people that caught your eye were probably physically attractive and thus drew your attention. Moreover, it is doubtful that you were the only person in the bar or club that felt the same way. By the time you saw them from across the room, chances are that the other person or people had already been approached several...