Dating has definitely turned digital. The following interview by Kurt Gregory of NBC news sure explains why many says the excitement, mystery and the butterfly feelings at the early stages of dating will soon go extinct. It’s definitely easier and time-saving, but somehow it’s also quite sad.
Dining experts say smartphones and social networks are changing the way America dates.
“21% of our surveyors say that they are more likely to ask out a date via text message or e-mail or Facebook versus only 9% who said that in our 2009 survey”, says Tiffany Herklots, Zagat’s Director, Communications.
Zagat’s Dating & Dumping Survey also reveals that like today’s employers, a large number of digital daters do their homework. 52% of Zagat’s surveyors admit to Googling their date before they meet.
Other dos: find your date’s likes and dislikes, food and drink included, and pick a place where you can have both good food, and good conversation. And, there are the digital don’ts.
“Using their mobile phone or their blackberry at the table, texting and tweeting, is a sure-fire way to turn off your date,” says Herklots. And if the date and/or relationship just isn’t working, “21% of our surveyors have admitted to breaking up over e-mail. 11% of them have admitted to breaking up via text message”.
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