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The other day I went to a hospital blood donor center and donated blood for someone I don’t know. I had heard that a woman with the same blood type as me was going to have surgery in a couple of weeks, and that the donated blood had to be checked and processed ahead of time. Since I had experience donating blood in the past, I thought that this was something I wanted to, and could, do.
Why am I telling you this? Certainly not to “toot my own horn.” When I realized that I could donate blood this time to an actual person, rather than to the blood bank, it felt much more personable and real. And that’s what I want to emphasize here – it’s an example of a relationship that started out as a concept in the abstract (donating blood to the blood bank will eventually make its way to a patient in need), and turned into a relationship that is actual and real (a woman with a name needs my blood directly).
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I’m taking the liberty of using the insight that I gained from this personal experience to segue into my latest Focused Points email newsletter article which addresses the experiences of singles who date via the internet – turning an online, “virtual” relationship into one that is in-person, or “actual.” With the help of technology that seems to change hourly, singles don't have to settle for just text messaging each other over the web. They now have the capabilities to see and hear each other as well. While all of this can be seen as grand and good, it still doesn't qualify as “dating.” But it is a great medium to facilitate eventually meeting in person, and potentially turning the relationship into one that is live and in three dimensions.
Touching and smelling via the internet coming soon? I don’t think so. But just having the means to connect, no matter what the source, helps singles that much more as they search to find their life partners.
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Posted by: Janice on Friday, February 27, 2004 - 11:00 PM
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