As times change, the way that you usually do some things change.  For example, we all used to go to the bank and do our banking at a teller, but since the advent of ATMs, that is no longer the case.

Same goes for dating.  In the olden days, the way that you would find local singles was to go out, and ask random people for dates.  Okay, that might not be the exact way that you did it, but in a nutshell, that is the way it was.

But things have changed.  Instead of walking up to strangers, we now post our profiles on the many free online dating sites that are on the Internet, and wait for someone to bite.  It is much like filling out a job application, but everyone can see it, and make their decisions from there.

Sure, this method is full of many pitfalls, but I know of a handful of my friends that have had good success with this method.  All I can say is courtship is not the same as it used to be.