Single, lonely, tired of watching couples all around you in Kenya frolicking away all smiles and all you do is cringe? Most of us Kenyans are all there, stuck in a rut. Most Kenyans have tried dating in Kenya, and most of these Kenyans cannot get the right dating partner in Kenya. Of late, I have been seeing dating online advertisements in Kenya and mostly for the local Kenyan dating websites giving us hope to meet a soul mate online.
As a typical traditional Kenyan with Luhya blood streaming through me, online dating in Kenya is however a foreign concept. Whom will I meet online to date in the Kenyan Websites? Why are the potential dating partners in Kenya searching online? Anyway, this online dating concept in Kenya gets me thinking whether it's that hard to find a dating mate in Kenya. I think I prefer the old school style of bumping into a Karanja or Okello at the bus stop in Kenya and hitting it off. Or going down to the local clubs in Kenya and making sure my dance floor skills can pop an eye or two.
Dating online in Kenya is traversing into the unknown realms-not knowing who is sitting at the opposite end of the computer typing away. Is what the other person saying about themselves genuine or is it a psychopath hunting for his next victim? Kenyans are fearful of the online dating, though you cannot ignore the new fearless generation who have fresh blood to risk it all and experiment online dating in Kenya. For the Kenyans who are strong enough to start online dating, there are a couple of online dating websites in Kenya which include Dating Guru http://www.onlinedating-guru.com/, Online Dating For Singles kenyancupid.com , and online dating and eating http://www.supermarketguru.com/food-news-today/online-dating-and-eating.html.
Are the concepts of traditional dating in Kenya and online dating in Kenya the same? Or do I just need to get with the times and adjust to the digital era in Kenya? Or probably the online dating in Kenya is just making things too easy for Kenyans, just a click of a button and you have a date in Kenya.
Are we Kenyans just too lazy to put ourselves out there, away from the facade of the internet in Kenya and risk rejection? To answer all my questions, I signed up on a dating site in Kenya as a single and browsed through my potential matches. There was a great variety, eye candy and eye sores. After a few minutes, I decided to chat up a few and it was strange trying to share information about you with a complete stranger online in Kenya.
At the end of it all, I decided that online dating in Kenya and my preferred traditional mode of dating in Kenya could just be the same, personal preference would be the difference. Would you rather have all your possible options a click of a button away or would you prefer the hustle of chasing after your potential partner in Kenya like in the good old days. Well am not referring to chasing the girl down to the river and hoisting her away on your back, but just the plain old game of cat and mouse.