Africa: Why Are We Not Ready to Say We Found Love Online?

More than half the world is online, with the numbers growing every day. People are increasingly spending every second of their existence on the World Wide Web, yet we are still uncomfortable with saying that is where the bae came from. Kagure Mugo wonders why.

"There is not a morsel of me that wants to say we met online." This is the sentiment of a friend who recently decided to throw herself into the dating pool. She, like many people who have decided to actively try to form connections with people they like the look of, has decided that online dating might be her best bet. "There is just no way to meet people offline, it seems, and I am tired of being single and sexless."

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