{"id":2231,"date":"2013-06-05T16:56:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T16:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2231"},"modified":"2013-06-05T16:56:39","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T16:56:39","slug":"internet-dating-is-a-great-way-to-meet-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/internet-dating-is-a-great-way-to-meet-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet dating &#8220;is a great way to meet people&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keen online daters will be well aware of the many advantages of using the internet to find love, with thousands of couples meeting and getting to know each other thanks to the platform each year.<\/p>\n<p>Writer Dorothy Cummings McLean has been speaking to the Scottish Daily Record about her experiences of finding her husband Mark via the web.<\/p>\n<p>They tied the knot four years ago, after Mrs McLean began looking for love after getting divorced at the age of 27.<\/p>\n<p>She described online 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