Archive for the ‘Online Dating and Relationship Tips’ Category

Online dating gets a documentary

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

A recent MSN dating survey reported that more than 40 million Americans have dated online — a staggering 40 percent of the country's 100 million single adults according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Unsurprisingly, online dating safety has been a growing concern as more and more Americans log on and ...

Singles get struck by Craigslist’s arrow

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

When my editor suggested that someone put an ad on Craigslist and find out why people use online dating services to meet people, I was more than eager. Meeting new people has always fascinated me, and it seemed like it might be interesting to use a new forum to make ...

Don’t Poop Where You Eat

Monday, October 15th, 2007

It's been said darn near a zillion times that 9/11 changed everything. But one thing the tragedy didn't change was Marcia Fish's dtermination to keep her romance with a co-worker strictly on the down line. The towers fell dour months after Marica, a direct-mail marketing coordinator at a major manhattan-based department ...

What to consider BEFORE getting married

Friday, October 5th, 2007

After 7 years of marriage I can honestly say that I would do it again. I'd marry the same woman without changing a thing. Well, maybe we would have spent our money a little more conservatively but as far as the the decision on marriage - it was a perfect ...

Cougars are on the prowl

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Older woman seduces younger man. Sound familiar? It's a scene from the new classic "Wedding Crashers." Actress Demi Moore is 15 years older than her husband, actor Ashton Kutcher. But high-profile Hollywood couples like Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins (12 years her junior) -- who met and began dating while filming ...

Forbes Best Cities For Singles

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Our seventh annual Best Cities For Singles contains some significant changes. First, because we are using a different U.S. census definition of "city" this year, four cities have been removed from consideration (Charlotte, Greensboro, Nashville, and Raleigh-Durham) and have been replaced with four new cities (Jacksonville, Buffalo,Memphis and Baltimore). Second, ...

When love is found online…

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Beth Speece of Mankato says when it comes to online dating, some people make assumptions. “I think there’s this misconception that you’ve got to be a loser. Hey, I was just busy,” she said.On a lark last year, Beth joined Match.com, one of the Web’s most popular dating sites. It ...

Match.com and True.com Both Trash

Friday, July 13th, 2007

While opening my credit card bill today, I noticed that I had been charged a subscription fee by Match.com, an account I had canceled months back. I was pretty frustrated with this, so I called the 800 number to see what was going on. After getting the operator on the ...

DateUnknown.com - Reality Online Dating

Monday, June 18th, 2007

If you haven't seen or heard about it yet, you need to go check out DateUnknown.com What is it? It's a reality web tv show by Brandon Fletcher. The premise is simple, and the delivery is awesome. Brandon, finds people who meet online, and are meeting in person ...

There’s gold in that silver

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

When it comes to online dating, one would think it a world dominated by the young, web-savvy folks in their 20s or 30s looking for love and the mates of their lives. There’s a lot to that. The young do very much dominate online dating. Yet increasingly dating sites report ...

Flaw-O-Matic 2.0

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

In this meta-analysis of online dating and speed dating, we propose a corollary to the Flaw-O-Matic theory of romantic revulsion. Current research reveals that the Flaw-O-Matic, a mechanism in the brain that instantly finds fault with any potential mate, can be reoriented positively in certain conditions through a newly identified ...

Google your online dating prospects

Monday, April 9th, 2007

Dating used to be largely a matter of spending time with a love interest, discovering the good, the bad and the ugly in person. If you were lucky, friends helped fill in some of the blanks. These days, the Internet - and the ability to check people out before they ever ...

Women research to stay safe

Monday, April 9th, 2007

BEWARE OF Gregory from Oakland. He is not single. Rather, he is married and cheats on his wife Saturday nights before church, no less. Not only that, but "he dyes his hair and lies about his age," according to a post by his anonymous ex-girlfriend on Dontdatehimgirl.com. Michael of Fremont? ...