More First Email Examples for Online Dating
Published on June 20, 2011
I cover my approach writing first emails with online dating in my post First Contact Email Examples. In that article I also give some examples of how I would write some first emails based on several random dating profiles.
Keep readingChemistry Free Communication Weekend June 17 – 19, 2011
Published on June 14, 2011
Chemistry.com is having a free communication weekend starting on Friday, June 17th as 12AM and running until Sunday, June 19th at 11:59PM. This means that so far for the year of 2011, Chemistry has had a free event every month excluding one (April was skipped for some reason). These events are a great time to […]
Keep readingThoughts on Dating Confidence and Comfort
Published on June 10, 2011
When I first started this site, one of the things that bothered me most about the online dating advice I had been finding was that everything had the same answer: be more confident. I found this advice very hard to take and I actually gave up on acting confident. I think occasionally I might have […]
Keep readingBringing a Friend on a First Date with Online Dating
Published on June 5, 2011
From time to time I see online dating safety advice offering this as a suggestion: bring a friend with you on a first date. I understand the need to be safe but I really dislike this suggestion. Mostly because I had a woman bring a friend on a first date with me and it really […]
Keep readingPerfectMatch Promo: 3 Days Free
Published on May 30, 2011
PerfectMatch is currently offering a promotion for 3 days free with their dating service. This provides you with an opportunity to give the service a try to better understand what it has to offer. For more on what this dating service has to offer see my PerfectMatch Review. When Is the Best Time to Use […]
Keep readingShould I Use Multiple Online Dating Services?
Published on May 26, 2011
At times online dating can be difficult or at the very least frustrating. Many of us come to a point where we feel like we’re just not getting enough opportunity with the dating service we are using and begin to wonder about trying multiple dating services at once. Is this a good idea?
Keep readingeHarmony Free Weekend: May 27th to May 30th 2011
Published on May 26, 2011
I just found out that eHarmony is having a free communication weekend from May 27th to May 30th, 2011. I hadn’t heard anything regarding this free event but when I looked at eHarmony’s twitter page this morning I saw they were promoting it (so perhaps this is the new place to watch for free event […]
Keep readingTips for Better Conversations on the First Date
Published on May 19, 2011
First date conversations are a tricky thing: we all realize how important they are but sometimes we still don’t prepare while other times we put so much emphasis on having “good” conversations we actually create problems for ourselves. In one of my very first articles for this site, I had given tips for first date […]
Keep readingSpotting Fake Online Dating Profiles
Published on May 12, 2011
One problem that most of us who have used online dating have run into is the fake profile. Currently, online dating services don’t make it very easy to spot these fake profiles (although some discourage it better than others). In this article I want to talk in-depth about my experience with “fakes” as well as […]
Keep readingChemistry.com Free Weekend, May 13th – 15th 2011
Published on May 10, 2011
Chemistry.com is having another free weekend from May 13th to May 15th, 2011. The free weekend will start this Friday morning and will run until the end of Sunday. To learn more about these events see my article on Chemistry’s free weekends. It’s been several months since the last free weekend for Chemistry (or other […]
Keep readingDo You Hurt Your Chances with Unnecessary “Rules”?
Published on May 5, 2011
I was reviewing some of my old articles from when I first started this site back in 2007 and decided to bring up some of the “forgotten” articles. In this case I wanted to talk about a belief that many people hold true that can hurt their online dating experience: limiting themselves to dating a […]
Keep readingWhy Do People Stop Replying to Online Dating Messages?
Published on April 28, 2011
You’ve been sending emails back and forth after meeting using an online dating service. Things are going great! The emails are getting more in-depth, you’re sharing more about each other and a first date seems all but certain. Then they suddenly stop responding. What’s going on?!
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