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New York Favorite Makes Splash In Australia

By: Phoenix Arrien

That movie, Sex and the City, is making a splash around Australia and appears to be quite a success over here. Riding on its success are a host of books and articles about men and women and careers, but especially about dating.

Dating is not easy these days, in Australia or anywhere else I imagine. I think we are losing the art of conversation, to any depth anyway. Too many text/SMS converse-bits and emails.

Take my brother. He couldn’t find a wife. Australia has 20 million people, but no, there was no-one for him here. He did travel abroad to search, but no happiness anywhere. Then he jumped onto the internet dating sites and presto! He is now married with three kids and living in the USA.

Another couple I knew found ‘friends’ in internet chat rooms at around the same time and subsequently hitched up with their respective friends and finally separated. They are actually quite happy about it all.

I feel quite conventional having met my partner the normal way - face to face.