Does Quantity Really Lead to Success?
Published on January 21, 2008
In a recent post, as well as in my guide, I argue that it is a good thing to date as many people as possible. A very interesting article at 40s Singleness takes exception with this advice. The author, one Lisa Q, challenges this idea with some questions that point out that simply dating for […]
Keep readingTips on Asking and Getting Asked Out
Published on January 19, 2008
Here are two articles that are helpful for finding dates outside of online dating: For the guys: 6 Ways to Ask Her Out For the ladies: Help Him Ask You Out! While I separated those articles based on who they were written for, I found the article for women more interesting. The advice for the […]
Keep reading5 Tips on Re-Entering the Dating Scene
Published on January 16, 2008
When I started online dating, I hadn’t been on a date for several years. Getting started was very difficult and to be honest I wasn’t sure where to begin. So, with that in mind, here are some tips to getting started: Take Advantage of Online Dating I’ve made the case for online dating time and […]
Keep readingOnline Dating Advice for the Shy
Published on January 8, 2008
One of the local newspapers here in Pittsburgh has an advice column which I discovered today. I’m not a fan of these columns because, in most cases, the columnists answer questions as if everything is overly simple. They also come off as overly-confident to me; as if no detail they are unaware of could possibly […]
Keep readingIs Online Dating Worth It?
Published on January 3, 2008
Recently I started offering dating advice through Yahoo! Answers. If you’re not familiar with Yahoo! Answers, it is a community where you earn points by answering questions and spend points to ask questions. The questions can be anything at all. There are plenty of people asking online dating questions so I check it out every […]
Keep readingWhen Dates Go Bad: The Self-Righteous Dater
Published on December 29, 2007
Have you ever been on a first date where from the very beginning your date was rude or angry? I’ve experienced this type of date once when using internet dating sites and have heard several horror stories from friends who have also run into this. From what I have seen, it seems to happen most […]
Keep readingOnline Dating What?
Published on December 20, 2007
I’ve been receiving a healthy amount of traffic to my blog posts lately. Surprisingly, very little of that traffic ends up viewing my online dating guide. I had anticipated that people would find my site through the individual posts but end up reading the dating guide. I looked into the statistics to try to understand […]
Keep readingWhen Dates Go Bad: The Withdrawn Dater
Published on December 18, 2007
I was on a date once and for the first fifteen minutes things were going fine. Mid-date, though, something changed and I could actually feel the woman across from me withdrawing from our conversations. Soon, every question I asked was met with a single word answer and she was making no attempts to start any […]
Keep readingFirst Email Length: Shorter is Better
Published on December 12, 2007
In my online dating guide, I discussed how first contact should be made. To quickly sum it up: keep the email brief with some type of proof you read the profile. I’ve covered those points several times in the past so why bring them up again? Primarily because I’ve always been providing second-hand information (that […]
Keep readingCrass Men Hurt Everyone in Online Dating
Published on December 8, 2007
crass /kras/ – without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid I read an article today that got me worked up regarding what some men see as reasonable communication with women. The author, Barbara/Layla, describes a bad online date which isn’t really the problem (we all have those). The problem begins when the man emailed […]
Keep readingFunny Dating Profiles
Published on December 3, 2007
First a warning: this article does not tell you how to create a funny dating profile. It explains why trying too hard to create a funny profile is a bad idea. There are many things that should be a part of your profile (which I cover in my online dating guide) but being funny, especially […]
Keep readingImprove Profile Views with your Heading
Published on November 30, 2007
We all have had to plug in some title on our dating profiles and everyone knows it is more difficult than it looks. I never held a bland profile heading against someone because I went through the same impossible task of summing myself up in one sentence. While I don’t see the profile heading as […]
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