Tips for Dating More Than One Person at a Time
Published on February 20, 2010
As I lay out in my online dating guide, I think one approach that should be taken with online dating is to date as many people as as you can simultaneously. There are many reasons for this such as gaining confidence and just improving your odds by the number of people you are meeting. However, […]
Keep readingHow to Use VIP Emails at Match.com
Published on February 19, 2010
What is a VIP email message? It stands for “Very Interested Person” and this is a new type of message that Match.com is testing at the time of this writing (right now only some users are currently able to use). You should see a “Use Your VIP Email” button when you’re writing an email if […]
Keep readingDating News: Profile Lies, Age Issues and a Widowed Mom
Published on February 18, 2010
Little White Profile Lies This Washington Post article discusses some of the most common lies in dating profiles: height and weight. It also states that 8 out of 10 profiles have some type of lie in it. When I was dating online I had plenty of first dates but only one where the woman I […]
Keep readingWoman Creates Personal Dating Service for…Insurance
Published on February 17, 2010
A woman named Terri Carlson has created her own personal online dating service called Will Marry for Health Insurance which is exactly what it sounds like (here’s a photo of her website just in case she does find that husband and brings her site down). Terri has a medical condition that costs her $300 more […]
Keep readingTips on Finding the Man or Woman of Your Dreams
Published on February 16, 2010
As I am frequent to complain about, finding really good dating advice can be difficult. I’ve found some good sources and I try to list them as I find them here. However far, far too many sites offer the “how to seduce a woman” type of advice that really isn’t helping anyone (excluding whoever is […]
Keep readingHappy Valentine’s Day to All the Singles Out There
Published on February 14, 2010
Just wanted to wish everyone a happy Valentine’s day and remind everyone that your ability to have a great day shouldn’t be determined solely based on your relationship status. Most of the dating service deals going on will be ending today but one last one will be occurring at Lavalife tonight. Lavalife will be allowing […]
Keep reading10 Tips on Taking Dating Advice
Published on February 12, 2010
This is the second part of my discussion regarding online dating advice. You can find more of my thoughts behind this in the first post, on why some dating advice can be more harmful than helpful. 1. Easy Answers In many cases there is no easy answer. The people who are selling easy answers often […]
Keep readingDating Advice Can Be Depressing
Published on February 12, 2010
There is a lot of dating advice out there and much of it tries to make your dating problems sound as if they are the easiest thing to solve in the world. Recently I was shown a video of a very handsome man giving dating advice on how everyone should just “get over” rejection. By […]
Keep readingAn Internet Scammer Speaks
Published on February 10, 2010
A few months ago I wrote a series of articles on avoiding online dating scams. One of the scams I discussed was the 419 scam. This involves the scammer convincing their target to send them money for one reason or another. With online dating it will often be the scam will often involve the person […]
Keep reading2010 Dating Service Valentine’s Day Specials
Published on February 9, 2010
Several services are offering specials for this upcoming Valentine’s Day. I should mention that I find out about most of these deals because I’m signed up for dozens of dating services for the purpose of receiving these types of emails. I’m making the assumption that the deals I’m being emailed are available to everyone (I […]
Keep readingRepairing a Crashed Table in phpMyAdmin
Published on February 8, 2010
I had a nasty surprise for me tonight when I realized none of my posts were available on my blog (the one you’re looking at now!). I could log into WordPress and see everything but my posts showed a count of zero (scary!). My first thought was to restore my latest backup only to realize […]
Keep readingDetermining the Age Range for Dating
Published on February 8, 2010
I found an interesting article that proposes a math equation for suggesting the age of people you should be willing to date. I really liked this idea although as the person’s age increases, the less correct this equation seems. I really thought it worked well at the lower age ranges but in the 40s things […]
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