The ebbing develops into a throbbing when you realize that there is something familiar about the person you just matched with on a matchmaking website.
Then it hits you.
She is someone you have crossed paths with, and as the recognition fully avails you, you realize that she is a coworker.
Even though she believes that all she is doing on dating sites is talking to people, she is exposing herself to constant temptation.
In telling you that her only motivation in being on dating sites is to “just talk” to people, she absolves herself from the idea that what she is doing is inappropriate.
The guys she talks to on dating sites aren’t of the same mind.
Considering she is on a dating site, this isn’t all that surprisingly.
A long-distance boyfriend that is on an online matchmaking site is motivated by the desire for a physical connection with someone closer to where he lives.
Although you have been coping with the long distance, he has been struggling with the loneliness.