Fate happens everyday, sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad. There are some things in life that definitely happen because you were at the right place at the right time, but when it comes to meeting someone you can really increase your odds by meeting people online!

Think about it. If you go out socially for 10 hours every week, you're hoping that in those ten hours you're going to meet the right person for you. Those ten hours are equivalent to less then 6% of your total week, hardly any time at all. Now within those ten hours, how many people will you actually see and have a conversation with? How many will you approach? How many will approach you? How many times will you find out that the person you were interested in is already taken?

There are so many reasons why meeting someone socially when going out can be difficult. For one, you never know anything about the person except what they look like. You don't know if they are single, or if they share the same beliefs as you, or if they share the same goals as you. After talking with someone for two hours, you might find that they you don't agree with their lifestyle. That's two hours of your week that were lost on the hope of that person being the one for you, now you're down to eight hours. The fact is; there are too many unknowns to deal with when you don't know enough about someone before you meet them.

The greatest advantage of dating online is that you'll have all of this information available to you right away. Almost every person will have a picture available along with a profile that describes themself. You can get a good idea about someone by reading their profile. If you're looking for an educated professional and the profile you are looking at contains awful spelling, you'll most likely move on. Call it 'date' shopping if you would. If you don't like what you see, you can simply move on to the next profile to see if something will click. There's no fear of rejection and no wasted time by singling people out from a crowd.

If you take those same ten hours you use to socially go out and apply them to meeting people online, how many more people can you meet and contact with? Most online dating sites have millions of members. Once you filter down to a geographic location, you're results could be in the thousands. How's that for better odds? Not only that, but you can be sure that all the people you are contacting are single and looking to meet someone. Your odds just got better!

By no means should you stop going out to meet people, but you should expand your selection by using some of your time to meet people online. Online dating can be done at your leisure any time during your day. In the morning, during lunch, and even from the comfort of your own bed. By using time that's normally wasted during the day, you'll be able to use it to your advantage and see other people who might just be the one for you.

When you look to meet people online, you're always at the right place any time during the day!

Kathy Valentine is an avid writer who maintains a dating and relationship column on http://www.localdatingsites.com