This document summarizes interviews with three individuals about their experiences using online dating websites. Interviewee One used Single Muslim and felt it was 30% good and 70% bad, encountering people with wrong intentions. While Interviewee Two had an average experience on Tinder and made lifetime friends, Interviewee Three felt excitement and nervousness but confidence using Single Muslim. Both Interviewee One and Two would not fully recommend online dating due to negatives, but Interviewee Three would highly recommend it to meet someone approved by family with a matching personality and attraction.
5. Have you ever used an online dating website? If
yes which sites have you used?
Interviewee one: Yes, Single Muslim.
Interviewee two: Yes I have, Tinder
Interviewee three: Does Single Muslim count?
6. What is your opinion on online dating websites?
Interviewee one: I think that it is only good if it were used for the right
intentions, as you would find that there are some people who are on
them just as a time pass, I would consider this a waste of time
otherwise.
Interviewee two: I think that it is a fast way of dating or meeting people
that have the qualities that you would look for in a person.
Interviewee three: I feel that they are useful if you lead a life where your
social circle is limited and you are unlikely to meet a potential partner.
You have a higher control factor over on the personality of the person
you want to meet.
7. What made you turn to using online dating
websites?
Interviewee one: I wanted to try and find a life partner, as it is a
site where you know everyone is in it for the same reason.
Interviewee two: My busy work life style was the reason behind
me choosing to use online dating sites. I never found the time for
a personal life because everyone I associated with was more
business related than personal.
Interviewee three: I wanted to meet someone that I would be
attracted and have a matching personality to.
8. How would you describe your experience while
using the online dating websites?
Interviewee one: It was 30% good and 70% bad. You’d meet nice people
but then you’d come across people who were just on it for a ‘fling’ or a ‘one
off’, and just the wrong intentions in general. I only used it for a couple of
months and then stopped using it as people were giving the wrong
impressions, which wasn’t what I was looking for.
Interviewee two: I’ve had a good and average experience while using that
site. If not a life partner I have managed to meet some lifetime friendships.
Interviewee three: The feeling I had was of excitement and nervousness
because for me this wasn’t a normal of a previously used method to a meet
a partner, however it gave me confidence that I wasn’t rushed to make a
choice. Also I would interact with potential partners without having to go
through the motions of dating.
9. Would you recommend it to meet other people?
Interviewee one: Well I wouldn’t ever tell people to never use them because there are
people out there who find good life partners through dating sites but solely for
myself and from the experience I’ve had, I wouldn’t use it again and I wouldn’t be
the first to recommend it either.
Interviewee two: I would recommend it, but you must give time and be ready for the
negatives that come with using online dating, as well as the positive as you would
need to be prepared to deal with certain situation that may require… a little more
understanding. I would say that online dating isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, so
according to the type of person I think you are, I may well recommend it.
Interviewee three: I would highly recommend it and have done so on many
occasions to both family and friends. I truly believe that if your intentions are to
meet a certain type of person that you want to be attracted to, connect with mentally
and to some extent that your family would approve of, online dating is the way
forward.