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Isolation,
back-breaking work, drought and floods and lack of understanding are just
some of the problems that country people have to deal with. On the other
hand there are the joys of the beautiful landscape, wide-open spaces and
country pursuits. Often country people like to socialize with other rural
dwellers. This accounts for the huge popularity of rural dating sites
which have sprung up in many countries, including America, Australia and
England. A large American site, Farmers Only.com even uses the slogan,
“City folks just don’t get it!’
Jerry Miller set up the site when rural people told him about how
difficult it was for them to meet potential partners. The dating site is
very popular and has over 64,000 members.
There have been 40 weddings so far and there are 20 planned.
According to an article in the Winston-Salem Journal one success of the
site was the match of Amanda Szymnanik and Scott Harbaugh, Jr. They lived
over 400 miles away from each other and they both found it difficult to
meet potential partners. City people were usually not interested in the
hard work involved in farming or the struggles and lack of money. Now they
are married and setting up a farm together.
Although questions on member’s profiles may include: “What crops do you
grow?” or “What stock do you farm?”, not all of the site’s members are
farmers. Many are people who work in the country, such as teachers living
in rural towns.
Rural dating sites are also gaining popularity in the U.K One of these is
countryside-love.co.uk set up by the O’Brien family. They wanted to bring
romance to country people who are finding it difficult to meet people.
Mike O’Brien said in a BBC interview that: “It’s very difficult to find
anywhere to meet people or to get to know other people…if you live in a
village and get separated or divorced... and go into the pub and see
your ex husband or wife... it’s difficult to form new
relationships.”
One member said in the same interview that she hoped to find someone who
liked horses and was willing to ‘put up with the mud and the 5 a.m.
starts.’
The site which attracted more than 85,000 members in its first three
months doesn’t only appeal to farmers. Horse-riders, hunters, fishermen
and people who just love the outdoors have also joined.
These sites offer rural people a fresh and attractive way to meet
potential partners. The designs of the websites are also likely to appeal
specifically to country people and are almost likely to make city-dwellers
wish that they lived in the country! One journalist wrote that ‘you can
almost smell the apple blossom’ when looking at the countryside-love.co.uk
site! Hopefully, these sites will help many rural dwellers find romance.
Written by Miranda Koko. For more online romance dating tips
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