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2 factors strike me.

1) online dating is more goal orientated. You are looking for a potential mate, possibly because (certainly years ago when these (ex) couples met) they feel the biological clock ticking and want to settle down have kids etc. So potentially these people are rushing into marriage quicker than say two people that met at uni?

2) background. My current partner and I met online. We have extremely different backgrounds[1]. If you meet someone irl, you probably share a job, an education, a hobby. You are likely to have more in common, and a similar cultural grounding.

[1]Shes Spanish, so maybe I'm extrapolating too much from that.



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