Reader's blog; Irish prefer to date online than in life

Dating is hard and social media has not made it any easier. Dating websites are choc-a-bloc with timewasters, nasty people, and those who like getting endless messages on their electronic devices so they can play with them.

Irish people do not like directness when dating or when forming intimate relationships. There is much cautious texting and messaging, but very little dating. Few people want to talk to each other — given mobile phones’ ability to block caller ID and numbers. People prefer to send volumes of tedious text, while refusing to talk. They live in a world of virtual dating and lack all ability to do it for real or to interact with new people.

Irish people prefer dating within their own inner circle, or through alcohol, when they do not know what they are doing.