Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

I'm really glad that I'm married because I don't have to date people anymore, and I don't

have to do online dating, which while it has its rewards, there are a lot of horror stories

that I've heard when it comes to online dating.

And that's what we're going to talk about today here on Free For All Friday on the Council

of Trend Podcast.

I'm your host, Catholic Answers Apologist and Speaker, Trent Horn.

And that's one thing that I miss in my dating days before meeting my lovely wife is that I

never did, well, I never did speed dating, which looks hilarious.

And I never did online dating.

Everybody that I dated, I knew them in real life, but I in real life, I R L, you know,

they were friends, they were acquaintances.

Laura was someone that I reconnected with through the internet because we lived in different

states, but I'd first gotten to know her in person.

We met in the same city, but there are a lot of people who have met people on the internet

through online dating websites, you know, e-harmony, Catholic match.

My friend Chuck Galucci is a website Catholic chemistry.

You can always check out.

And there have, you know, they've met dated people.

They've been some great marriages that have come out of these websites.

And there's also been awkward and weird encounters.

Though I do think those dating websites are leaps and bounds beyond what I think is even

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