"The resulting social dynamic comes off as artificial and juvenile - which is why the words "we met on the Internet" continue to carry a vaguely embarrassing stigma to this day." ~National Post, Canada.com

I always thought that meeting your mate online was similar to having met your mate through an old fashioned dating service, which I did by the way. Before the Internet was popular, 12 years ago, my husband and I met through a local dating service. A few years later the local dating services went out of business and online dating started becoming popular.

I just thought this was the next level of dating service. I never thought ill of it. I'd like to know what you think of online dating? Do you consider it childish or foolish to meet your mate online?