So why do they go in for the Internet? When you surf the net alone, in front of a computer, without feeling shy of the marriage agency clerk, it is much more comfortable. In fact, meeting someone online and then transferring the acquaintance into real life is not as hard as it might sound.
Do you know that the first marriage ad (not a virtual one, of course) was published in England in the end of XVII century? After a hundred years, it became common practice for many Western European countries.
The main disadvantages in a marriage agency are that the clients do not estimate themselves adequately while submitting their profiles, and also, as a rule, that they have exaggerated requirements for the future partner. This could be overcome if you properly conduct subsequent correspondence and telephone conversations. It will help you to find out more about a prospective partner. If there is no intelligence, one cannot disguise it for a very long time. In the same manner, other unpleasant traits of character might emerge.
One comes to understand that meeting someone online is really quite effective. After all, if you don't like the person, it is again easier to break up an online relationship than a real one.