[Tech]nically Speaking.....

"I'm tired of using Technology, I need you right in from of meh" -- Justin Timberlake "Ayo Technology"

---That is how I feel everyday about technology and social networks. Don't get me wrong, they both can be a great way to NETWORK or INITIATE a few things and interact with different types of people, but it seems like so many people depend so heavily on these things rather than face to face interaction when it comes to dating. I thought that a social network was just an initiating tool when it comes to the dating. You know, express interest get a little background information and determine if there's any initial desire to meet at a neutral public place then go from there. Instead, people ask you your life story in an inbox message or a text rather than just the basics but maybe I'm just too old-fashioned. I know some things seem easier to say when you don't have to say it directly to someones face, but expressing "true feelings" and asking deep personal questions, I feel, are Face to Face topics to discuss.Why wouldn't you want to express the emotions you're feeling and look into their eyes and feel that energy? I just don't get it!

" if you are both talking about all the important stuff via Twitter, what the hell do you talk about when you do actually ever talk?" Panama Jackson in the article - "When Online Dating and Social Media Collide"

Instead people form these generic "relationships" because they lose sight of the difference between LIKE vs. INTEREST. You know, the ones that claim you bout to be their "boo" and always talking about the future when you two have yet to breathe the same air? Someone may sound perfect via technology but most of the stuff people say about themselves is probably all good stuff so they can sound so good to you but you have yet to learn them all the way around so how can you "like" them on that level?. It ain't natural in my opinion and at the end of the day you are still only going by what you SEE in those pictures. They look so good that everything they say seems good because you so badly want what you see, lol (be real, admit it). The only way I can determine I truly like you is when I am around you and interact with you. You gotta sense that energy, chemistry and also that sexual tension(if any). Interest just means I want to know more about you to see if I like you...gotta know the diff!

I think basically the point I am making here is we gotta stop substituting talking with technology with this dating stuff...Unless your partner or person of interest is hundreds of miles away (which might I suggest Skype, OovoO or Facetime over text/tweet/phone) why not be in their presence when you can? .....Just something to think about. Feel free to post your thoughts, opinions, links to articles related to this post below!!!