The last few years have seen a steady rise in the growth of internet dating sites and in particular the free dating sites. However, a recent study published in the NY Times by Klinenberg from his published book ‘Going Solo’ claims that more singles are choosing to live alone. So what could be the explanation for such two convoluted trends?

Online dating sites are witnessing growth but on the other hand more people are choosing to live alone?

Although Klinenberg gives very genuine reasons of why many singles enjoy living alone, he has not stipulated actual figures but more of a trend that has been happening in the modern times. For example, if you take the actual number of people living alone as opposed to the many people cohabiting, living with family or married, there are big differences in the figures. The numbers representing folks living together practically dwarfs the figures of the number of people living alone. Therefore, it makes perfect sense that internet free dating sites will continue to see positive growth for many years to come despite a minority group choosing to live alone.

However, the recent findings do indicate interesting trends in the behavior of people when it comes to dating and their outlook in life in general. One of the biggest stumbling blocks particularly in these hard economic times, is that only a handful of people have the luxury of being single and living alone. Consider the big cost of maintaining a dwelling all by yourself as opposed to a couple sharing a place as well as food, expenses etc. Despite these factors Klinenberg describes that the choices made to live alone have no bearing on being lonely or needing a partner, which is contrary to most people’s thinking. In fact, he has proven that the many people living this way are in fact very contented and happy in life.

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