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An article about 'Escort Dating Services'...
by
Ian McNeice
Dating
agencies are not a recent phenomenon, they
have been around on one form or another for
centuries. People have always needed to meet
potential partners to produce families and
offspring and every civilization and society
has made that possible in one form or
another.
In strict faith societies the dating agency
may be viewed as the parents where they are the introducers
of a a prospective marriage partner through another set of
parents. In parts of Asia and Africa society still expects
the family to act as an introduction agency, especially
where arranged marriages are the norm. For the rest of us,
we have to do it ourselves. We are our own self promotion
campaign when need be and we are in fact extremely
sophisticated at marketing ourselves but that doesn't mean
its not without trials and tribulations.
In our modern society as more and more of us
have chosen the single path we find that the old systems of
meeting people are no longer adequate. Family life is not as
close for many, parents and families often not loving in the
same city or state. Therefore the reliance on family
gatherings for introductions is much rarer. A couple of
generations ago we may have met people through our local
friends and families too, but as we grow older many of our
friends get married and lives become distanced and separated
and I am afraid that our local communities are not as close
as in previous decades.
We often live in apartment communities where
the neighbor is as much a stranger as the man in the street.
Combine this with long working hours, stressful careers,
busy diaries and the need for rest and recuperation and
there are far fewer outlets for dating agencies than before.
Indeed many would argue that the modern dating agency is in
fact the workplace first and foremost with the after work
bar a close second.
A couple of decades ago I remember the dating
agencies of old appearing in magazine single page ads where
one was asked to list preferences for a partner together
with simple multiple choice boxes about what we liked to do
in our spare time. For me that was the epitome of the
original modern dating agencies. The traditional matchmakers
in fact. These still exist and fulfill their function
adequately. The way the work is to charge a set fee and then
to match you with people on their database. They generally
employ sales staff to keep in touch with clients and get new
people onto their books. Occasionally a match will occur and
you will receive an invitation to receive prospective
details before agreeing to a date. From then on it's down to
you.
The cost of traditional agencies is far from
cheap and you are paying for the time of a person to try and
match you. I made a few checks in the UK and US and found
that one can pay from $400 per annum up to $30,000 depending
on the niche service and level of matching required.
Traditional agencies are selective and are careful as to who
they place on their books however it can be a soul less
business with no guarantees of success. There can be no
guarantees with dating agencies of any kind because love is
not a guaranteed commodity.
Due to the lifestyles of daters everywhere,
we have seen the recent rise of the phenomenon of speed
dating. Essentially you would pay to attend a speed dating
event across the country for a fee of say $60, whereby you
attend a function with hundreds of other single people. You
get around 3 minutes with each person you wish to date to
get the measure of them. Those that match can then take
things further. A recent speed dating event in London
attracted 75% women to 25% men which is encouraging for me
but clearly states something about our society in general
presently. I feel that speed dating is fun but is too
expensive for what is on offer and is being cashed in upon
by the entrepreneurs. Its is a fashion that may have a
place, but not in the mainstream of dating. Essentially it
works best for the physically and verbally gifted.
The Internet has come into its own in the
last 5 years with the advent of professional dating agencies
available online 24 hours a day. Along with the professional
agencies also come the cash-in merchants who know nothing
about the dating industry and they are generally to be
avoided. Most online dating agencies function the same at
the lowest levels in that you can join for free and add a
profile which is basically an electronic form of some of
your details and a photograph. Potential suitors will then
match with you, or you with them at your leisure and
communicate via email.
The free sites are okay to begin with if you
simply wish to test the water but I would always recommend
going straight to a professional agency as they are always
free to join. Register for free and look for s site like our
sister site www.Lovebrowser.com that includes detailed
profiling and multiple photos for no cost. The problem with
completely free sites is that you can never be sure that the
people in the database are serious about dating. That is why
I recommend you use
a site that charges for full membership. A
full membership will reserve communication between members
for those who pay. That way you can be sure you are dealing
with serious daters only.
An Internet dating agency that charges will
usually be very secure with serious daters, and a proper
ecommerce system. Always select a dating agency that never
re-bills your credit card so that you can pick and choose
when you want to communicate and avoid sites that penalize
you for blocking people you don't wish to chat with. Some
websites will cancel your membership if you block too many
which is something we are totally against with as a safe
dating site. The top agencies will include instant
messaging, private email and chat rooms as well as voicemail
if possible.
The benefits of Internet dating are clearly
obvious. It is distance dating so your safety is assured.
You can pick and choose when and who you want to chat with.
You can remove yourself from the database at any time and
the cost is very small (typically around $24 a month for the
best sites) in proportion to any other kind of dating. You
may browse photos, leave messages and filter those you don't
like. That way you can narrow down the possible suitors to
those who you really stand a chance of matching with when
you meet.
From the personal ads in a local magazine to
dating online, all forms of modern dating are viable in our
singles generation and I recommend that you look at all the
alternatives on offer. There is no longer any stigma with
using dating agencies and I feel that they are extremely
valid in our campaign to find our ideal mate.
Happy dating guys..
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