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for single soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&rsquo;m like a kid in a lolly shop,&quot; one online dater told Ms Arndt. <\/p>\n<p>Bignews.biz recently advised that increasing numbers of people are realising that using the internet could prove to be the best way to find their soul mate.<\/p>\n<p>The site added that people&rsquo;s attitudes to looking for love online have changed in recent years, after having seen friends, colleagues and acquaintances find that special someone in this way.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19778830-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19778830\"\/>access to a whole host of potential partners thanks to the introduction of internet dating, it has been suggested. <\/p>\n<p>Bettina Arndt, writing for The Australian, states that thanks to the online dating environment, singletons are no longer reliant on friends or work contacts to find them a potential love match. <\/p>\n<p>She says that huge numbers of those looking for love now log on to the internet in the hope of finding that special someone, meaning there are &quot;ripe pickings&quot; for single soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&rsquo;m like a kid in a lolly shop,&quot; one online dater told Ms Arndt. <\/p>\n<p>Bignews.biz recently advised that increasing numbers of people are realising that using the internet could prove to be the best way to find their soul mate.<\/p>\n<p>The site added that people&rsquo;s attitudes to looking for love online have changed in recent years, after having seen friends, colleagues and acquaintances find that special someone in this way.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19778830-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19778830\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a huge range of potential partners now registered with online dating sites, singles will no longer feel isolated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Singles &#039;no longer isolated&#039; 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