posted on Mar, 5 2008 @ 09:51 AM
Hmmm, I suppose its a funny little gimmick that people would enjoy. Especially the high school crowd where everything new is trendy.
As for the ethical issue, as long as people are not and do not have any way of meeting on it or finding personal information about someone from it, it
should be ok even though the age limits are set pretty young. If my friends teenage daughter new of this site im sure her and her little boyfriend
would think it is very cute and want to do it too. The problem is when do the people draw the line between fantasy/fun and reality. I could imagine
some of the younger people might take it a little too far and believe its a real marriage even though the site states that its not a legal one.
If this were a dating kind of site where you look for or get matched with people to actually date, then I would say that the red flags would go off
with the 13 to 60 age limits. Too easy for child predators to do harm.
On a side topic, I think the internet is becoming less taboo for meeting/dating someone. 10 years ago, if someone said they met someone online and are
getting married, they would have been ostracized and made fun of, people would automatically think something was wrong with you (at least here in
Canada). Now internet dating is more common than actually meeting someone as per the norms (shopping, bar, club, etc.) What worries me is that if that
is the way things are going, people will probably become too reliant on the net for social stimulus and will forget how to properly socialize in a
personal setting.
thats my two cents.
now I have to read what I posted to see if it makes sense as I usually do not.