


Tinder, OKCupid, Plenty of Fish are all standard apps you'd expect to see on a single person’s smartphone. Now, having your own ‘oh, we met on the internet’ story is just as romantic as meeting IRL (in real life).
My friends tell stories of guys who ended up already having girlfriends, and - the most common - those who promise relationships, but leave after just one night.
1) He calls you ‘baby’ If you meet someone online and within a few messages they’re telling you how much you mean to them, and how they love you to bits: stay away.
The robot can be controlled from anywhere there is internet, so users can have a conversation with a potential suitor miles away Lucy the Robot is the brainchild of Lucy Kelly (pictured), marketing communications manager at Atomic 212, a media company based in Australia.
Kelly understands using a robot as a means of first contact might not be welcoming right away, but explained online dating was also taboo when it first started and is now the norm This allows users to see what is going on in the world around the robot, which means saving money from not having to pay for dinner or bar bills.
Of course there are ways technology has made long distance relationships much more manageable.
I can call my boyfriend every day without having to worry about massive phone bills.
Before he moved, we had joked that those i Phone commercials showing couples sharing intimate moments as they Face Time from opposite ends of the world would be our lives.
But after many months of anxiously glancing at my phone during work or dinners with friends to see if boyfriend was texting me, I realized that the devices and apps that were supposed to bring us closer together were actually driving us apart.
And, when done right, they are the most rewarding thing in the world.
Thankfully we live in the day and age where video chats on Skype are free, easy, and readily available. It took us a couple months of long distance to figure this one out. Because of the time difference (14 hours) we Skype every morning and every evening for AT LEAST 15 minutes.