Online Dating Catches On In War Zones

Photo from Army Times.

From Air Force Times:

It may not have the romantic appeal of Paris on the eve of war, but the Internet is now the place for soldiers and Marines in combat to fall in love — through online dating services.

“It always amazes me when I think about how I had to go to Iraq to meet the person I would be with back in the United States,” says Jonathan Stoddard, 26, who met Lisa Wagner online while serving as a Marine lieutenant in Anbar province and married her in Fullerton, Calif., last Oct. 26.

Dating services such as Match.com and eHarmony are reporting that numerous service members are finding romance with someone in the United States while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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My Comment: I wish I had the internet when I was young. If I did .... at least my phone bills would have been (considerably) cheaper.