For each gender there is a equivalent in an area. Think about it!!!

There are Female Gold Diggers that equal to Men who are looking for Barbie Dolls.

Men who use Women for just Sex equal to Women who prey on a Man's emotions or desire for sex to get Material possessions.

Married Women who sleep with the Cabana Boy equal to Married Men who sleep with his 20yo intern.

Men who are rejected on Match.com are equal to Women who are rejected on eHarmony.com.

I could go on and on for hours about the similarities between men and women but I think you get my point. I've been studying on line dating for 3 years and the only thing worth researching is its members. The fact is when someone knows they're in demand they become very selfish. This person will throw out matches they would normally consider dating. Sometimes this person will loose touch with reality and only seek out someone who's too prefect in their eyes. Finally, this person becomes a Perpetual Internet Dater, P.I.D. for short.

Over the last 3 months, I have been contacting as many of these P.I.D.s as I possibly can contact. When I contacted them I started out with a normal email to get their attention. In the second email I sent to them, I would point out that they have been using Internet dating for a long time. In most of the replies I received from these P.I.D.s, they saw no problems with their overuse of Internet dating. In fact, quite a few of them worded their reply in a hostile manner. Other times, they would blame the other gender and say there are too many inadequate members.

From what I can see about the P.I.D. subject, I think these people are addicted to Internet dating. Is it really healthy for someone to ward off a committed relationship or steady dating for 3, 4, 5, or even 6 years, while they're a member on a Internet dating site? I would say "NO" to this question.

From my observations, I think an Internet dating addiction is similar and just as powerful as a gambling addiction. As some posters have said, these P.I.D.s are waiting for that big payout, in terms of finding that prefect person. I agree with the posters who have said this. The reason I agree is these people are doing damage to themselves in order to collect on something at such high odds.

The sad fact is since P.I.D. is such a new disease it is misunderstood. Since there is not much understanding about P.I.D., there isn't any real way for these people to get the help they need to kick the disease.