It was a parade of photos and bios of people, and I immediately felt how small I truly was when faced with the magnitude of the human population. So many people in the world, a great number of which looking for that one person to spend at least a few good moments with. Is loneliness so rampant that this many people, including myself, has turned to the anonymity of online dating for a thin hope of happiness? I guess so.

There I was, alone, in my room, a room only lit by the glimmer of my computer monitor, looking… searching for someone that would lift me up from this shroud of isolation. There’s a shadow of thrill to this activity, seeing only a small part of a person’s personality and not really knowing if the entire package is going to work out well. I wonder what the people who are checking out my profile are thinking. Are they looking beyond my picture, looking past my physical appearance and taking a genuine interest in who I really am?

I wonder how they view me? Do they think I’m desperate? Do they see me as merely a potential lay and nothing more? So many questions, questions that I can’t stop myself from asking. I continue to browse… looking for an answer.

— sentiments of a self confessed online dating addict

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