{"id":756,"date":"2015-01-27T12:20:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T12:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/?p=756"},"modified":"2015-01-30T02:53:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T02:53:38","slug":"time-mag-online-dating-saves-you-6400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/time-mag-online-dating-saves-you-6400","title":{"rendered":"Time Mag: Online Dating Saves You $6,400"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/time-magazine-vector.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-757 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/time-magazine-vector-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"time-magazine-vector\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/time-magazine-vector-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/time-magazine-vector-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/time-magazine-vector.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>While I think the only places you&#8217;ll still find a print copy of Time Magazine these days is on your aunt&#8217;s coffee table, the publisher is still very relevant as their website ranks in the top three hundred most visited sites on the Internet. \u00a0Not bad, eh? \u00a0You know what&#8217;s also not bad? \u00a0Their 2014 study on how online dating actually\u00a0<em>saves<\/em>\u00a0most folks money in the long run, to the tune of about $6,400 bucks. \u00a0Yeah, we didn&#8217;t believe it at first either; click below for more details!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s get down to the details. \u00a0Basically, a major research company out of New York called ConvergEx Group began compiling data, and in their online dating market research they started comparing the average relationship duration &#8211; meaning, from initial contact to actual marriage &#8211; in regular, offline couples with those that met via the Internet, like right here at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\">LFGdating<\/a>. \u00a0What they found is staggering, and I&#8217;m not even talking about the more six thousand dollars in savings that I mentioned earlier; the average offline courtship lasted approximately 42 months, while the average online courtship lasted just 18.5 months.<\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t that crazy? \u00a0Just think about that for a second: for those that are still too stubborn <em>not<\/em> to give online dating a try, they are not only giving away an extra $6,000, but they&#8217;re also spending an extra\u00a0<em>two years<\/em> in courtship. \u00a0Just wow.<\/p>\n<p>For the full research story over at Time.com <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/9562\/online-dating-saves-money\/\" target=\"_blank\">just click here<\/a> &#8211; and if you haven&#8217;t raised your LFG flag yet, what in the world are you waiting for? \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\">Click here to view your geek and gamer matches on LFGdating today!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I think the only places you&#8217;ll still find a print copy of Time Magazine these days is on your aunt&#8217;s coffee table, the publisher is still very relevant as their website ranks in the top three hundred most visited sites on the Internet. \u00a0Not bad, eh? \u00a0You know what&#8217;s also not bad? \u00a0Their 2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,3,202,17,259],"tags":[203,61,292,418,293,250,233,406,163,260],"class_list":["post-756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dating-advice","category-gamer-dating","category-geek-dating","category-online-dating","category-weddings","tag-date-a-geek","tag-gamer-relationships","tag-gamer-weddings","tag-geek-dating","tag-geek-weddings","tag-marriage","tag-relationship-tips","tag-relationships","tag-time-magazine","tag-video-game-weddings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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