The terror attacks of September 11 have also changed the social landscape
forever. The realization that life could be so dramatically fleeting and unpredictable
meant folks rethought relationships suddenly: broke up, or committed
to one another foregoing — perhaps forever — the sense that we all have all the time in the world. Free online Dating site in this context has taken on a level of intensity
and urgency, with people often looking for instant meaning in an inappropriate
way — make my life meaningful, make me happy, make it all worthwhile — a
heavy burden indeed for a process that was invented to be light, delicate, and
lengthy. Modern dating has always worked best as a carefree, pleasant, experience,
at least initially, but that evaporated after September 11. Questioning
whether coupledom or bringing children into this world was a good idea was
offset by the questioning of the willingness to be alone if the world was about to
end. The simple question of “Am I willing to spend the rest of my life with you?”
has been altered by the fear factor in general and by the threat of terrorism
on a daily basis. Intellectually, people may have understood that anybody
could perish at anytime, but September 11 drove home that point in a dramatic
and tragic way.