Couples who meet online are likely to have lasting marriages.

According to a survey of 20,000 married people, it's been revealed that couples who meet online are likely to have marriages that last.

John and Stephanie Cacioppo of the University of Chicago and their colleagues, examined this brave new world. They surveyed how marriages fare when the relationship was started online, compared with those started in the real world.

To many, the answer seems obvious:

There is no way the online relationships can 

lead to long lasting marriage.

The authors queried nearly 20,000 people married between 2005-2012 about the quality of their married life. Remarkably, more than a third had met online (mostly via dating sites).

After examining factors like age, education, income, ethnicity and religion, the authors 

concluded that, even if more research is needed to know if the marriage types compare after longer time period, for now couples who met online are likely to have lasting marriages

Source: WSJ