3 days ago
Cruise worker reveals the 'free-for-all' dating scene on ships
A cruise worker has revealed what dating is really like onboard ships.
In a video on her Youtube channel, Wanderlust Alley, entitled 'Working on a Cruise Ship – Expectation vs Reality', Alley says she always gets asked about 'intimacy and dating'.
She adds, 'the expectation is that it's just a massive free-for-all' – before confirming with a colleague that that perception is true.
Alley then goes on to share her own 'personal experiences'.
Explaining how onboard relationships are different to ones 'on land', as you have all the time in the world to see each other, she says: 'I would like to note that ships are a very expedited environment, if you enjoy someone's company, it is beyond tangible to spend so much time together and get to know each other.
'So maybe on the outside looking in, it may look like the situation is a bit rushed.
'But you can just form relationships super quickly here.'
Alley says that many cruise workers end up getting married to each other – but 'that doesn't mean that casual relationships aren't happening as well'.
And another agrees: 'You have to control yourself.'
One of her colleagues even admits he had a 'ship relationship' in which it was agreed that it would come to an end when they disembarked.
A fellow cruise worker adds: 'For me, if you have a girlfriend, you're not having a girlfriend to just play around – if you are committed, you have to be committed.
'But I know that other people have families at home and they have agreements where they get on a ship and then they have ship wives, ship husbands.'
Alley then goes on to admit 'there is a lot of opportunity' on a ship if you 'want it'.
Comparing onboard dating to at-land dating, she finishes: 'I think the major difference here is that the bar is as easy as a four-minute walk from your house and that just means it's simple to meet people.
'And on top of that, because we're in a confined environment, everyone just may seem to know about it.'
