One of the great things about online dating is that you are more likely to be able to hook up with a man or woman outside of your own country. The world has become smaller in many respects so why not include dating in this globalisation trend?

There is something rather exotic and mystical about foreign men and as a lover of all French things myself, the idea of a French boyfriend goes down rather well. After all it is close enough to hop over the channel and see him if it is going well and far enough to avoid him if he turns out to be a creep.

Some people, though, go the whole hog and choose to start dating someone on the other side of the world and you hear of quite a few people who have accepted proposals of marriage without ever meeting the husband or bride to be in the flesh.

They up sticks and move their whole life to America based on a relationship forged over the internet, which is certainly brave and definitely foolhardy.

While it is possible to have a relationship with someone in a different country, and it can be quite fun going over for holidays, it can be very difficult in the long term, with long periods apart and different cultures to contend with.