It's difficult living a prosperous life filled with abundance, without a network of deep and rich relationships. Our hurried and highly mobile society often makes it difficult to establish and maintain those relationships. The World Wide Web is changing many elements of how we connect and communicate - it's only natural that this impact would be felt in the dating world.

People choose online dating for many reasons. It is first and foremost an easier way to make connections for many. Online, there is less embarrassment when making initial contact and you can get to know a person before sharing pictures. When you date online, connections can be based more on personality than on looks, something that people wish could occur in the regular dating world. This is beneficial for you, but for other people as well, since you will be less biased about looks.

1. Cheaper - Before online dating, most singles went to a bar or dance club to try and meet other singles. While this is fun, it is a hard way for a lot of people to meet someone. For the cost of going out for a single night you could get at least a 6 month membership on most popular dating sites.

2. Faster - Meeting someone online is a lot faster than traditional dating. From here, if they are online, try sending them an instant message request or you could write a personal email that is tailored to the individual.

3. Dating Safety - This is important. When using your typical dating site, all mail and communication remains anonymous.

4. Dating Site Security - Most dating sites allow you to block members from appearing in your search results, sending you mail and chatting to you. This is usually as easy as clicking on the block button that appears next to their name in the search results or on their profile detail page.

5. The Number of Singles - When using an online dating service you have access to potentially millions of singles from your home computer. It all depends on your search criteria and how far you are willing to travel.

6. Initiating Contact - It is easier to send a carefully composed email than walking up to someone to initiate contact at a bar. Plus, you know when the person is reading your mail he or she is actively looking to meet someone online.

7. Get to know the person - With a reasonable degree of accuracy you have a great deal of information about the person instantly. You will have such information as their interests, location, education, description and most likely a photo. Plus, you will have such deal breaker details such as if the person is interested in having children, if they smoke and their religious preferences.

8. Everyone is Available - Who joins a dating service unless they want to meet someone?

9. Meeting New People - With dating online meeting new people is a snap. If you find yourself always dating the same type of people and it's not working out, online dating allows you to easily search for people with different interests and personalities, who says opposites attract!

10. Rejection - In online dating a simple email stating "No, I am not interested." is a lot easier to receive plus it is expected that not all the profiles you mail may be interested in you.

It's important to approach all dating situations with an openness and a sense of exploration. If you maintain a positive attitude you can meet some interesting people and learn a lot about yourself.