After his first marriage ended in divorce, Steven Rudin, 42, decided to have a go at online dating. He wasn't expecting much. In December 1998, he logged onto a website he'd heard about devoted to matching prospective mates with an interest in rural life, countrysingles.com Soon enough one profile caught his eye, that of Ann Christensen, also 42. Within a few weeks, the two were e-mailing each other, and by February they were engaged. Rudin moved from Seattle to Fresno, Calif., found a job as an auto mechanic, and last June he married Christensen, a customer-service rep with an...
The Love Machines
Valentines may now be wired, but online dating is also fostering some very 19th century courtship
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