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When Dates Go Bad: The Withdrawn Dater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 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 […]
Keep readingOnline Dating and MySpace, Take Two
Published on November 21, 2007
Today, I found an interesting article about online dating and MySpace. As I have mentioned, I think MySpace is not the best place to try and begin a serious relationship. However, the article does make a few points I had not thought of: The community of MySpace or Facebook creates a little more security in […]
Keep readingGreat Source for Online Dating Advice
Published on November 17, 2007
Since I started this site a few months ago, I’ve been actively looking for great resources that I could share here. Unfortunately, almost everything I have found online has fallen into one of three categories: Overly general advice that feels extremely polished and impersonal. For example, the type of advice I would expect to see […]
Keep readingUsing Online Dating Advice Intelligently
Published on November 16, 2007
In my last post, I talked briefly about background checks as well as the Safer Online Dating Alliance (SODA). As I mentioned there, I feel that the rules SODA lays out for safer dating are excellent. However, I would like to take a few moments to discuss just a few of the rules in an […]
Keep readingIdeas for Safer Online Dating
Published on November 14, 2007
A reader contacted me this week with some thoughts on my recent article regarding risks with online dating: Your post on October 29th titled the Risk of Trusting was a great reminder of how important it is to be cautious. I appreciated your willingness to point out that there is plenty of room for failure […]
Keep readingFive Online Daters to Avoid
Published on November 2, 2007
I really loved this article on online daters to avoid. I only wish I would have read it before I had started online dating. Give this a read: I really believe it can help people avoid making some mistakes. I just cannot say enough good things about this article because I experienced so much of […]
Keep readingIs [Blank] a Good Topic for a First Date Conversations?
Published on November 1, 2007
A few searches have come to the site questioning whether certain topics are good or not for a first date conversation. The most recent one that comes to mind is “Is profession a good topic for first dates?” In general, I think most topics are fine for first date conversations. Even topics such as politics […]
Keep readingInternet Dating: Profile Views vs. Actual Interest
Published on October 25, 2007
Once again I am using Google searches that send people to my site for article ideas. This time the search that sent someone my way was: “If a guy views your online profile often are they interested?” The Short Answer Wink at him and find out. It may not be called “winking” in the service […]
Keep readingOnline Dating from a Woman’s Perspective
Published on October 19, 2007
I am always hesitant to give women advice for online dating. Primarily, this is based on conversations I had with dates during my internet dating days. One great conversation starter was to simply talk about the online experience itself. These conversations revealed how very different a woman’s experiences were from mine, although many were similar […]
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