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Dare To Be Real

August 28, 2010

Have you ever noticed that when your online date goes south (as in, you’re so uninterested in this guy that you’re considering fleeing to Mexico just to end the night early), you find yourself looking back on the evening as not so much a date as a casual get-to-know-you, sort of like those uncomfortable icebreakers [...]

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Separate Online Dating From Facebooking

August 1, 2010

There are a couple things you should consider about online dating in the era of Facebook.
One, remember that people’s online dating profiles are intended for viewing and interest. If you see a profile you like, you’re encouraged to initiate contact. Many Facebook profiles, on the other hand, are not intended for dating purposes. In fact, [...]

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Efficient E-Dating

July 23, 2010

Have you been wondering how to weed through volumes of online profiles that make the Encyclopedia Brittanica seem like a short story by comparison?  Once upon a time, I wondered that very same thing.  And using my highly evidence-based practice of research known as the guess-and-check method (“I guess I’ll go out with him if [...]

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When You Like Your Date

July 5, 2010

For every 50 first dates that read like a horror movie, sitcom scenario, or dull documentary, there will be the fortuitous chemical connection. This will be the date that you actually want to see again. And again, and then again. As things progress, and as your time together begins to take on [...]

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Online Dating Profiles – So Let Me Tell You About Me

June 26, 2010

While most dating sites have spots for you to briefly discuss specific areas of interest, such as your job, religious views, and favorite hot spots, the meat of the profile is found in your “About Me” section. This is where you can share a summary of yourself and what you’re looking for in a [...]

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Do Not Stalk Your Prey

June 15, 2010

Remember the stigma of shame once attached to online dating? Back when the tagline on every online profile was a variation of “I’ll lie about how we met if you do”? When online daters were presumed to be either old, creepy men, catwomen (old women with lots of cats, or Halle Berry after [...]

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This isn’t Jeopardy

June 13, 2010

A few weeks ago I ventured out on another online date (courtesy of Match.com). This fellow was handsome, gainfully employed, and funny. He even met my more superficial requirements; ideal age, height and build. But about an hour into the date, I started to feel more like I was up for a [...]

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First Things Last

April 28, 2010

So you might remember back to a simpler time when the first thing you did was get to know people, and the last thing you did was decide to date them. When you were first introduced, at a college class, perhaps, or during that first job you held at Subway when you still thought [...]

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Stop Chatting, Start Dating!!

April 27, 2010

So most of these online dating sites have the option to chat with prospective partners via an instant messaging program. But here’s an important online dating tip.
TURN THIS FEATURE OFF.
In my experience, the kind of guy who spends his entire day online chatting with women is not the type of guy I [...]

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The Other Woman

March 24, 2010

Make that “Women.”
So you’ve met the man of your dreams, on internet date #37, the last date you were going on before declaring permanent singledom and joining the nearest convent and/or seminary.  Internet date #37 seems to like you too.  You’re psyched, and you’d like to belt out your newfound infatuation from the rooftops of [...]

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