And those marriages are less likely to break down and are associated with slightly higher marital satisfaction rates than those of couples who met offline, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Of couples who got together online, 5.9% broke up, versus 7.6% of those who met offline, the study found. “Given the marriages that we studied were from one to seven years in duration, I was surprised we found any differences in marital breakups,” says John T.

In fact, new academic research claims that couples who meet on the Internet actually have a better chance of staying together long-term than those who meet in the real world.

He had met my son, so we had to ask: Do we have a future? I don't know what I did to deserve this, but I'm just going with it. But I liked him back, and he messaged me right away. If he seemed normal, we'd have a drink, rather than building up this idea of who he is. On the site we used, they have a question that asks the things you can't live without, and I wrote was bad for the eyes and something about the evil eye. I actually forgot his name — I only remembered that he was no. When I got home, he texted me that he was deleting his account, and I was like, OK. It was the beginning of summer in New York, and every weekend was busy.Listen as Stuart and Marisa delve into this interesting topic.What you’ll learn from today’s podcast: We’d like to extend a huge thank you to Marisa Cohen for giving of herself and her time to come on and do the podcast with Stuart.Nearly half a million people received an e-mail from u Samp, a company that pays people to take part in surveys.From the nearly 200,000 who responded, a population of 19,131 people were chosen, all of whom got married between 20.Millions of people first met their spouses through online dating.But how have those marriages fared compared with those of people who met in more traditional venues such as bars or parties? A survey of nearly 20,000 Americans reveals that marriages between people who met online are at least as stable and satisfying as those who first met in the real world—possibly more so.When online dating started gaining widespread attention a decade ago, many people considered it creepy.But after the exponential growth of dating websites such as Match and Ok Cupid, online dating has become a mainstream activity.Of 19,131 couples who met online and got married, only around 7% were either separated or divorced (the overall U. Cacioppo, director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at The University of Chicago and one of the study’s authors.The study was funded by online-dating site e but was overseen by independent statisticians, Cacioppo says. I had not changed my location settings or my age settings from the default, so Matt kind of snuck in there, because there's a 13-year age difference and we lived 50 miles apart.So we got a match, but neither of us was really taking it seriously.Neither of us was looking for anything super-serious, but we kept hanging out regularly and it just kind of happened without either of us noticing.I have a son from a previous relationship — Jackson, he was 2 at the time — and they met and just really hit it off.