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December 16, 2009

Emotionally Abusive Relationships

Anyone who believes abusive relationships entail physical abuse alone probably would think it's highly unlikely for a guy to be hurt by his girlfriend - and they would be dead wrong. I'm not trying to equate physical abuse with emotional abuse, but it seems like such a taboo thing to point out that when it comes to emotional assault, women can often times be much more offensive than men can. Recently a friend of mine met a chick on a sex dating site and things were looking up until she started attacking the poor guy for no apparent reason.

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September 23, 2009

Is Everlasting Love Just A Myth?

A much older person who I've always looked up to once told me that love does eventually fade no matter how perfect you think your partner is. This is quite a depressing thought and I wonder if his insight on the nonexistence of everlasting love is actually true. After meeting a great girl on a local dating site, things immediately became serious. I by no means wanted them to - sometimes relationships just happen that way!

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July 27, 2009

Understanding Women In Relationships

Someone once asked me how come some guys are good at matchmaking while a vast majority of men don't have a clue when it comes to pairing up compatible partners. My honest answer to that would be that it's intuition and that there are some things that you just instantly know, sort of like a light bulb lighting up in your head or hearing the sound of church bells ringing in the distance. I wouldn't go so far as to say that I see sparks flying between two people though. Of course, it would sound like something from a new age book, so I took the rational approach and simply stated that it's all about understanding women in relationships.

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April 1, 2009

The Wedding Date: A Chance To Show Off

It's pretty much common knowledge that nothing can be as crucial for single people hoping to find someone than the wedding date. For someone like myself and the select few like me who are in the business of online matchmaking by proxy (just call us Cyber-Cyranos) or giving advice that gets people together in real life, this special occasion has another advantage that very few realize or can take advantage of: the ability to impress.

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February 25, 2009

A cute beautiful girl who plays for both teams

According to Kinsey, everyone's bisexual to a certain degree. That's according to Kinsey. I've never met Kinsey and up until a few weeks ago didn't really care to because I thought his claim was a little bonkers. If everyone's bisexual then shouldn't bisexual dating sites just be called dating sites? After all, in China, Chinese food is just called food, right? Well, my opinion changed, thanks to a cute beautiful girl I met a few years ago through one of my lesbian friends she used to date and pegged her for the type that "plays for the other team" (an expression from the part of my vocabulary that never quite left high school).

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January 21, 2009

Pretty Beautiful Girls Are Just A Few Clicks Away

The internet has really gone a long way from its early days where it is primarily used as a tool for sharing information. These days, you can find anything and everything you want just by going online and typing in a few words. Let's say you're looking for pretty beautiful girls in your neighborhood that you might be interested to go out with. With just a few key strokes and a couple of clicks, you'll most likely end up in sites filled with dating personals to aid you in your quest. Finding pretty beautiful girls on the internet is a far cry from the traditional way of meeting people through mutual acquaintances and it's really a great way of finding potential mates.

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October 24, 2008

Looking To Both Sexes To Find One Love

We all have preconceptions about certain things in the dating world and many of us, including some very open-minded people, still subscribe to some stereotypes that don't ring true. One such stereotype is the notion that people not specifically looking for a man or a woman are just looking for a party or a fling, or maybe several flings, as opposed to one love to make a commitment to. Yes, some of them are, but so are some straight and gay men and women like the ones you'll find on some bisexual dating sites.

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September 29, 2008

It's Important To Have A Real, Rather Than Fake, Adult Date

The first people who really put the idea of universal human rights and dignity into words were the folks who wrote the U.S. declaration of independence. All the variants thought up during the French revolution or for the UN charter of rights are all derivatives. There is something interesting about the idea, though, in that it states that everyone is born equal, not that everyone is equal. We've got to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, but that doesn't mean everyone lives up to the responsibility of being a decent human being. Some people are just jerks. We have to respect their right to be jerks, but what we do not have to respect is the fact that they are jerks. This translates to the dating scene, because when you're searching through a sex dating site, you're probably looking for a real adult date. Someone who is emotionally mature rather than someone who, having reached the age of majority, still thinks that the world is their personal playground and that they don't have to treat anyone else with any dignity or respect. If you're really going to have fun with someone, they've got to be mature enough not to turn a simple relationship into a nightmare.

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August 8, 2008

All The Happy Relationships

I'm sure there are people out there with happy relationships. I know that many of my friends are in loving relationships and they seem to be having nice lives, but it's been a while since I've been in anything like that. I'm not whining, really. Maybe I'm complaining a little bit, but I'm certainly not feeling sorry for myself. However, I am starting to feel a bit jaded and I'm starting to wonder if it's my destiny to be single. Honestly, I'm quite fine being on my own, in fact, I also wonder if I've become too independent to be in a relationship with someone. However, I keep meeting people on matchmaking sites, just to see what'll happen.

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July 14, 2008

A Not So Reluctant Matchmaker

I consider myself to be a bit of a matchmaker. I'm usually pretty good at it, but, like all people who open their mouths to give advice, sometimes it goes horribly wrong. Not like anybody's lost a limb or anything, just that sometimes my instincts about this kind of thing can be off. My girlfriend thinks I should just keep my mouth shut and let people find each other on Internet matchmaking sites.

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July 4, 2008

You Had Better Learn How To Kiss

One of the first things we learn when in our very first relationship is how to kiss. I'm sure they weren't easy, those first few kisses, especially if neither of you had kissed before. There's an awkwardness that, while it may be endearing at the time, later on in life just gets to be troublesome. I mean, if you're out there looking on matchmaking sites for someone to be with, you had better know how to kiss, or your relationship dreams will probably never come true.

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May 28, 2008

A Beautiful Girl Who Is Obsessed With Pi

I've never really been into the whole idea of loving someone for their faults. I don't buy it. Faults are annoying, even if they're "cute" for the first little while. That said, I think it's important to recognize that (as the saying goes), people always have the faults of their qualities. Take, for example, what might happen if you meet a beautiful girl through a dating personals site who happened to be obsessed with calculating the infinite decimal places of Pi. Sure, if you're like me and math makes your head explode slightly then it might make you a little crazy when she talks about how "interesting" it is. On the other hand, if she's also able to teach you all kinds of interesting things about physics it might be worthwhile.

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April 21, 2008

There Are Such Things As Beautiful Personals

The first time I ever looked at an online dating personals page, I wasn't that impressed. It was probably a bad example of what they can be like, because I've come across some beautiful personals. I know that might sound like a funny thing to say, as a lot of people find something kind of odd about online dating, but it's true.

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March 31, 2008

Romance Stories

I have a tendency to roll my eyes at romance stories. It's not that I'm bitter... Ok, maybe I'm a little bitter, but that just comes with living in the real world. It's not that I don't think we should all have high hopes of finding true romance when we're looking around matchmaking sites, it's just that most romance stories have sugar coating so thick that they make me a little nauseous.

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March 19, 2008

Getting Over A Beautiful Angel

Common wisdom has it that the best way to get over a relationship is to start a new one, and dating personals can help with that. Personally, however, I've never understood the concept of getting over someone, especially when it is a woman who affects you like she is a beautiful angel.

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March 5, 2008

How Many Times Have You Said, "Don't Let Me Go?"

I don't know what my problem is today, but I just can't quite force myself to be optimistic. I suppose I'm always a little on the cynical side, but I think I usually manage to keep a stiff upper lip, so to speak. I guess I'm just having a bit of a rough time lately. I've met some cool gals through dating personals, which is a good thing. Ironically, the problems is that I liked a couple of them rather a lot. It's hard to try and keep your dignity when someone you're interested in is confidently walking away from you and you have to stop yourself from saying something like, "don't let me go."

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February 29, 2008

Tired Of Drunk Girls Kissing? Want To Meet Real People?

I like bars. I like beer. I like eating pub food, drinking a little too much, talking loudly and making friends with strangers. That said, toward last call, when there are a couple of drunk girls kissing everyone goodbye before stumbling home, I remember that meeting people through online dating personals is probably a far better idea than hoping you'll hit it off with someone in a bar.

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February 7, 2008

The Memories Of Girls Kissing Me That Really Stuck

If I think back to the times that I've had girls kissing me, I tend to really only remember three or four. It's not that there have been so many, it's more that I've only been kissed in such a manner as to have it be imprinted on my brain just a few times. Some may say that I'm lucky to have been kissed at all and I tend to agree. I must say that I'm always surprised by the girls who turn out to be the most passionate kissers. I wouldn't have expected it with most of them. I even met one gal through a site where one can meet adult singles online that turned out to be one of the most spectacular kissers I've ever met.

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January 29, 2008

Keep Your Enemies Close Your Friends At A Safe Distance

If you ever needed a reason to use to try use dating personals, I've got one for you. To be fair, there is really no reason why you wouldn't want to use them. You can meet all kinds of people from all over the world, be as picky as you like and still find people that can make you smile. That said, this latest revelation has convinced me that I should really keep all my dating online.

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January 20, 2008

Dating And Irony

I was talking with a friend the other day about the irony of the dating world. We were talking, specifically, about dry spells. They happen to the best of us, and I can live with that, but I wish I had some conception of what makes or breaks an image. There are times when you're just too busy to meet people. You've got a lot of work to do, you keep your head down and stick to your routine. Dating Personals are good when this happens because it makes meeting people a little easier to fit into your schedule.

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January 19, 2008

What Makes A Good Love Match Test?

What I find most interesting about matchmaking sites is that they usually offer something that we'll call a love match test. The tests offered on such sites vary pretty widely from fairly simple profiles allowing the system to match people that, say, like comedy films but don't like pets. Some sites get a lot more in-depth and go so far as to provide complete personality tests to try to find other people with complimentary or compatible personalities. The simpler tests only really seem good at screening out serious, deal-breaking biographical facts. For instance, getting together with a veterinarian or someone else who specifies that you must love dogs when you're deathly allergic to animals might not be the best idea. In cases like this, the no-pets issue will save you a lot of time. Now, saving time is great, but I find the more complicated love match tests more attractive because they are geared towards opening up your options.

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January 15, 2008

Who Are Your Love Icons?

I think it's important, once in a while, to think about who your love icons are. Especially in the world of online matchmaking, where we are faced with so many possibilities, it can be disturbingly easy to lose site of what you want in life. I know that we should all be open to the unexpected, especially in our romantic lives, but you still have to have some idea about what you want and where you're going.

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January 10, 2008

People Kissing

Some people have a real problem with public displays of affection. For others, people kissing in public is the most natural thing in the world. It's always a subject that seems to bring up a lot of debate. I know that, for some people, it is simply a matter of having to watch other people kissing when they're single that bothers them, in which case it is nothing that some time on the dating personals can't fix.

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December 27, 2007

Holiday Personals

It's no fun being alone for the holidays, so I hope that, at this festive time of year, everyone found people with whom to share some food and wine and good company. If you're life is anything like mine, though, you probably spent some time checking the dating personals looking for a date to take to take around to some of the events you attended.

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December 5, 2007

Mars And Venus

I know that relationships between men and women are complicated, I understand that fact. I don't really want to talk about all the problems I've encountered, but let's just say that there have been times that I wished I could just sign over my free will to a matchmaking service and let someone else try and figure me out.

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November 7, 2007

Finding Great Ideas For A Fun Date

For a single guy like me, going on a lot of dates can tend to make a person more and more jaded about the whole process. It's also not too hard to run out of ideas for a fun date. There comes a point when going for drinks, or going out to a movie, or taking a girl to yet another restaurant starts to lose its shine. I've found that dating athletic singles always gives you a little more leeway when searching for ideas, but there are great ideas for everyone out there. Ideas for a fun date are like gold: Incredibly hard to find, but worth looking for.

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October 25, 2007

Run Out Of Romantic Date Ideas? Don't Feel Bad.

Probably the best thing about new relationships is that they force you to grow a bit, break you out of your routine and encourage you to lead a healthier life. Maybe romance is healthy, like it's a kind of fitness dating. That said, human beings are creatures of habit. We do pretty much the same things over and over again. It's not that we're boring, it's just that we have lives where we need to get things done. Sadly, we can't all run around entertaining every whim and so we get rather set in our ways. The problem is that we associate "special" and "meaningful" with "unique" and so when we're looking for romantic date ideas we're suddenly expected to come up with plans that are out of the ordinary

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October 19, 2007

And So Begins The Search For Quality Dating Services

You'd think it would be easier, this whole dating thing. If you're anything like me, most of the people you know want pretty much the same thing and that is a relationship with little mutual respect, a little laughter and a little joy. It sounds simple. Your expectations are not unreasonable and so, you think, it shouldn't be hard. But of course it's always the simple things that seem to require the most work. You walk around mystified and spend half your time confused about what we want or what others are looking for in us. In any case, the dating scene can get frustrating and you start to hope there are some really high quality dating service out there, or some matchmaking professionals that can help you.

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June 20, 2007

Is Polygamy Acceptable?

Last year a show that would otherwise have been a blip on the cultural radar made a few headlines. The drama Big Love (starring Bill Paxton, with appearances by character heavyweights Bruce Dern and Harry Dean Stanton) was a show about Mormons, with a big emphasis on one of the more sensational aspect of certain renegade Mormons' lives, namely polygamy (the Mormon Church officially banned the practice way back in 1890). The show caused a surprising uproar, and certain critics were not pleased with what they thought was a glowing recommendation of wife-swapping and open marriages. This leaves one wondering - is polygamy/open marriages still a forbidden topic? Does having an open marriage mean that you're not capable of committing to a relationship?

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June 15, 2007

The Wonderful World of Female Led Relationships

Gender roles, gender roles. We can pretend that immense changes have occurred for the past thirty years, but it's pretty hard to escape a few thousand years of social conditioning. Power dynamics are a big deal, and I don't care how liberal or egalitarian you think you are - there's always going to be SOMEBODY taking the lead and acting as the dominant part of a relationship. Female led relationships aren't anything new; Cleopatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna, Queen Victoria, Cher are but a few very famous examples of women who've typically taken the lead (although now that I look at that list I notice that only Queen Victoria avoided divorce). It's still pretty hard for guys to get over that nagging egotistical feeling when faced with a woman who takes control, and it's important to remember that sometimes being passive ain't such a bad thing.

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May 4, 2007

Great Romance Movies

Every month Hollywood pumps out a number of romance movies, usually under the guise romantic comedies (you can call them rom-coms if you want to sound like you're in the know). They're easy to produce - they don't require a ton of money or fancy sets, and all they need is a couple of photogenic people to talk to each other for 90-120 minutes. Throw in some sidekicks for the guy and girl, a little fun-filled romantic montage in the middle of the movie, "Brown-Eyed Girl" playing on the soundtrack, and bada bing! Romance! I'm generalizing of course, and there are a number of great romantic comedies out there - thankfully I've seen waaaay too many of them, and I've decided this is as good a time as any to talk about them. Who's up for a little list of great date flicks for the perfect movie night in with your honey?

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May 2, 2007

Shy Hot Girls

If you've ever gone out to any sort of singles gathering place, or participated in multi-person chat room on a dating site, or even just been privy to what some folks will say to one another in a private instant messaging conversation, you know that some people come on way to strong while others seem to provoke such aggressive attention. Those who attract too many unwanted fans often see themselves as innocent victims, both on the many dating sites that are out there, and off!

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April 30, 2007

Affluent Women and The Men Who Love Them

I read an article a few days ago that talked about the Uma Thurman/Luke Wilson flop My Super Ex-Girlfriend. For the crowds of people who wisely decided to not watch this flick, the movie was about some guy who finds out that his girlfriend is a local superhero, a la Wonder Woman, Supergirl etc. The guy finds out about her powers, promptly dumps her, and then proceeds to get stalked by Thurman. Hilarity ensues. The big deal about that flick was power issues; when a Regular Joe dates affluent women , does that make him less of a man? Should the wealthy and powerful stick to dating the wealthy and powerful?

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April 25, 2007

Calling all Asian Singles!

The Pacific Rim is overflowing with singles these days. You can't throw a rock without hitting an eligible single, and the cities that look out on to the Pacific Ocean are hotspots for Asian singles. Cities like Portland and Seattle are no longer depressing logging towns devoid of possibilities- they've been electrified by the Asian dating scene (and by little tiny factors like gorgeous surroundings and an incredibly high standard of living). It's locales like these as well as burgeoning online presence that has made the Asian single scene such an exciting environment.

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April 23, 2007

The Match Game

The match game: sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, other times it's a draw. Some folks have the lofty goal of meeting a soul mate, while others take dating quantity over quality. Nowadays, the game isn't the same somehow. We seem no longer to accept spending much time on meeting anyone. We aren't desperate, just selective with hectic schedules supposedly.

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March 27, 2007

Harlequin Romance

I have an aunt who loves Harlequin Romance novels. It always surprised me, since she's a very religious person and I somewhat assume that even if the language is more sexually suggestive than blatantly explicit, it'd be too racy for her. My mother always criticizes her for reading what she considers pure trash. Not to her face usually, although she did once refuse to read one of the tawdry tales that my aunt suggested she might enjoy.

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March 22, 2007

Communication and Online Dating

It goes without saying that one of the cornerstones of a good relationship is communication. How comfortable you feel discussing the thoughts that are passing through your head about your relationship, your day or your views of current events is essential. Without healthy communication a relationship is doomed.

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March 19, 2007

Finding and Arab Husband Ain't Easy

I have a number of Middle Eastern girlfriends. No, I’m not speaking of romantic connections, although I wish I was. You see, I’m really not their type—or I’m not what their family had in mind. “You need to find a good Arab husband,” I once heard a mother say, not knowing I was within earshot. Another girl complained to me that there just weren’t enough choices available for her through work and her social circle. I have tried to point them to Arab dating sites but there is still hesitation. Why would anyone hesitate when
love is on the line?

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March 9, 2007

Kissing Cousins: The Fight For What's Right

Why kiss your cousins when there are so many online dating sites out there? We can meet new people at any time of the day just about anywhere you can plug in a computer or catch a connection for a laptop. Is there any good reason why you should be kissing your cousin… I mean besides love?

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March 7, 2007

Love Is Stronger Than Death

It is often said that love is stronger than death. Days like yesterday prove it. It was a normal day. Morning started with a ray of sunlight through my window. I staggered to my laptop to turn it on and then threw myself into a shower. Breakfast was made and I ate it while watching a rerun of 24. Work began as soon as the last seconds of the program ticked off and I buried myself deep into the chores of my day until I received a strange text just after 4pm.

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February 19, 2007

The Setup

I am not a fan of the setup. The second a friend knows a friend that I should meet, I know it’s time to worry. Are you a fan of the setup? Have you ever had a successful hookup through friends? Pulling off "the setup" is a difficult job—even for those who know you best. I love my friends to death but I’m way too particular when it comes to who I date. The odds of them finding the right one for me just aren’t in their favor.

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February 13, 2007

Modern Romance

I used to think I wasn't very popular in high school. I had my own bunch of friends on the fringe of the in-group. However, several times when I've visited my hometown, various people have told me, they recognize me as having been in that bunch that all thought it was better than everyone else was. I may say that we weren't such an elite clique but it holds no sway as I normally can't recall my accuser's name or face from back in the day.

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January 30, 2007

Date Wealthy Women

It's a bit early but I've been thinking already about tax time. It's mostly that I lent money to a pseudo friend who hasn't paid me back yet, so I'm wondering how I'm going to pay for my vacation and my tax bill, which will hit simultaneously. I planned on opening, a registered retirement savings plan to offset how much I'll owe but I don't know if I can count on the loan I made being paid back in time.

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January 19, 2007

The Ups and Downs of Internet Relationships

Are you having some of those relationships that don’t seem to be carrying on from email or instant messaging to something more meaningful, like telephone conversations or actual person-to-person meetings? I am. It’s a deadly habit that I get into every once in a while. I find myself not putting the effort forward to push that relationship to the next big stage. Some of the blame, though, falls to the people I’m in contact with. They, too, seem happy with these digital Internet relationships that lack the more tangible benefits of what contact can bring.

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January 17, 2007

Relationship Rescue: Can You Save The Day?

It’s hard to really tell when a relationship is in trouble, especially from the outside. Some couples seem to have it together and then the next thing you know they’re done. Others wear their baggage on the outside and you know things aren’t going to go the distance. As a friend, it’s good to be able to read the signs. That way you can try to help, whether it be to provide a shoulder for someone to cry on or to perform relationship rescue operations as the need arises.

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January 15, 2007

Old Boyfriends and Ex Girlfriends

I have a number of ex-girlfriends who I’m still in contact with. Most are in relationships. Some are happier than others but they all seem to like to touch base from timer to time. It’s one thing to call old friends to touch base, but when you’re calling your old boyfriends or girlfriends, and you’re in a relationship, I think it often casts the caller in a less-than-flattering light.

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January 10, 2007

Finding A Love Everlasting

Is it safe to say that the dream of everyone on the face of the planet is to find love everlasting? I mean, I hate to generalize, but I can’t think of any person or situation that would cause someone not to wish for that. Love seems to be the biggest reason for living our lives. I got thinking about this today as I was
watching The Notebook.

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January 9, 2007

Thinking About An Old Girlfriend

I’ve been single for much longer than I’d care to recall. Just about every day is a good day. I wake up, turn on the computer and check my dating sites for any new contacts. Every day holds possibility. There’s a chance that some great new connection is about to be made. However, on the odd day I catch myself thinking about the past. I find myself thinking about an old girlfriend and begin to wonder about the ‘what ifs’ of a relationship that didn’t last.

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January 3, 2007

Searching for Healthy Relationships

What percentage of the population has relationships that are healthy? I’d really like to know what the number is. Every time I look around, I see a relationship that isn’t healthy and I wonder why people stay in these situations. The worst are the relationships that you could swear are perfect but in time they crumble like cookies, just like the rest of them.

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December 29, 2006

A View on Relationship Addiction

Addiction of any kind is a sad thing to suffer from. I’ve been there. I know what it’s like. One of the worst kinds has to be when you’re totally wrapped up in a particular relationship that you can’t let go. You may feel that you’re meant to be with a particular person and they, hopefully, feel the same way about you. The trouble arises when one person doesn’t share the same feeling and wants to move on. That’s when the signs of relationship addiction begin to surface.

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December 15, 2006

Are You Suffering From Relationship Issues?

Do you have relationship issues? If you’re surfing the dating sites featured on Cupids Reviews, or are dating someone who is, I think it’s safe to say that you do. In fact, I think that if we looked at society as a whole, we’d find that a staggering portion of the public suffers from ailments in the area of love. I say part of the reason is that we learn to settle for love too early.

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November 24, 2006

Where Does True Love Wait?

How many of you believe in true love? Please raise your hands so I can count. It seems like true love is a topic that few want to table these days. It’s saved for backroom chatter amongst those labeled as silly romantics. True love just doesn’t seem like it has a place in modern society. Well, that’s except for places like here on Cupids Reviews. We’re only too happy to chat about it whenever there’s a chance. I just wish that the discussion permeated more of our daily lives than it does.

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November 20, 2006

Romance and Your Body

What sign are you? I’m a Scorpio. While I’m feeling so forthcoming, I should also probably tell you that I don’t believe in “signs.” Well, I should say that I believe in some signs. The ones that tell me which way to the bathroom, for example, are very high on the list of signs that I like to trust. Another sign that I like is the one that points me to the nearest ski lift. What with winter around the bend, this will be one sign that I’ll be looking to see much more of. My favorite signs, though, are the ones you see when you’re sitting across the table from someone while on a date. These are the subtle signs of body language that can turn a good date into a grand one, or a terrible one into a date that’s merely bad.

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November 17, 2006

I'm a Freak In Need of Control

I have to be one of the most indecisive people on the planet. It’s a terrible thing to suffer from. Not only does it make my life so much more difficult, it’s also a pain when it comes to dating. Apparently people find this quality “unattractive.” I figure the best way for me to find my match online is to seek out some crazy control freak.

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November 16, 2006

For Want of a Dating School

The older I get, the more I realize how much wasn’t covered by my schooling. There were no personal economics courses to teach me how to manage money. I wasn’t taught how to interview for jobs or get what I want from customer service reps who mishandle my accounts. These would have been useful skills to have . Most of all, I wish there had of been someone who could have pulled me aside and said here’s a book that will teach you everything you need to know about dating!

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November 8, 2006

Are They Still On Dating Sites?

Have you ever been dating someone, and I mean REALLY dating someone, and they are still popping into dating sites on a regular basis? I’ve been there, done that and have the dating site logs to prove it. This new online world we live in is ripe for such situations. But fear not, fellow online dater! There is a cure!

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November 3, 2006

Profile Padding on Dating Sites

There is a belief out there that dating sites pad their membership numbers by adding profiles to their database for non-existent users. At Cupids Reviews, we know this to be a fact. It’s hard to say which dating sites are doing it and which aren’t. You can’t tell a real profile from one that’s not. All you have to go on is your gut. That feeling can make the difference between a good online dating experience and one that zaps your faith in the digital machine forever.

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October 27, 2006

Imagining The Perfect Wedding

Have you ever spent time imaging what your wedding day would be like? I did when I was younger. I never wanted a traditional wedding. I’ve grown up in a largely Roman Catholic area and everyone’s wedding is basically the same as the next. There is usually a church involved. The bride’s side sits on the left while the groom’s nests on the right. There are ushers and bridesmaids and ring bearers and typically some old guy in a gown holding court for an hour. I have to say, this has never been the way I’ve imagined telling the world that I will love someone for the rest of my life.

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October 19, 2006

My General Dating Apathy

Yesterday I was out and about on the town, running errands and hitting a much needed appointment. I came out of a local house wares shop and was heading towards my car when I saw a tall brunette heading in the same general direction as I was. I looked up and recognized her from a great distance. She looked up and seemed to recognize me. We’d bumped into each other in a club on New Years and we’d partied together for a lot of the evening. Yesterday, however, we did what most singles seem to be doing these days. We bowed our heads and continued on our way…

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October 13, 2006

Sex on the Slopes

Yesterday I saw my first flakes of snow. Feeling the urge, I ran out to the Toronto ski show and bought myself a snowboard. Somehow methinks this means I’ll be spending a great deal of time on the slopes this year. The question remains: who will you and I be spending that time with?

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September 25, 2006

Long Distance Love

I think the hardest love to fall for, besides a love that can’t or won’t be returned, is long distance love. You get to see a lot of this online. There are no boundaries. There are no rules of engagement. All that exists is a search page of criteria that can be tuned to as broad or narrow field as your mind can imagine--and your heart can bear. I’m always steering away from these types of relationships, but that doesn’t stop them from popping up.

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September 18, 2006

True Love at Dragonfly?

This past Friday, I hit the town in Niagara Falls to celebrate the birthday of a friend. You never know what to expect when heading out on a road trip. However, it’s safe to say that expectations of fun and adventure were high. We were happy to find that these expectations were definitely exceeded!

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September 15, 2006

A Trip to the Falls

There’s something exciting about heading to an unknown place. It’s as if the possibilities for a good night out suddenly seem brighter, if only due to the fact that you’ve never experienced a “typical” night on the town there, as you have wherever it is you live. This weekend, a buddy and I are heading to Niagara Falls and the excitement is already starting to build…

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September 8, 2006

Toronto Film Festival - Night One

I generally try to keep my personal life out of work, but I’m a bit stuck on what to write on and had a fairly interesting night, so what the heck! I started off meeting up with an old school friend. I was early and wound up in this packed bar where a bunch of old colleagues happened to be. It was fun to catch up on the old days when I was anchoring what was billed as the webs first wireless Internet TV station. Eventually my friend showed up and the evening went on…

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September 7, 2006

The Brutal Truth about Brutal Honesty

Human beings are a strange breed when it comes to intimacy in my experience. I find many people more charming to strangers than they are to their friends, family or significant others. Too many confuse a lack of consideration for another as a sign of being close to someone.

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August 28, 2006

A Couple Moves

There seems to be a lot of joy involved in buying a new home. I saw that this weekend. I blogged before about my friend who just purchased a new home with his girlfriend. This past weekend, I helped them move in. I haven't spent much time with the two of them before -- and it was a real eye opener.

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August 25, 2006

A Sim Date in Second Life?

The whole world will be caught up in sim dates in the next 20 years. It’s as plain to see as your IM chat client. We’re quickly moving towards a new reality. Sure, it may be virtual, but it will help manage our romantic time and put us in contact with other like-minded people quicker than ever. Here’s how sim dating shall go…

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August 24, 2006

Sex Your Home

There seems to be a lot of people buying homes with friends because they haven’t found the right person to make a life with. On the other hand, I have a good buddy who seems to have found the right person to be with – heck, they’ve been together for almost a year! They’ve decided to get a house together, because that’s what grownups do. They’re moving in this weekend, actually, and I’m helping. There's a lot of excitement in the air. It's intense spending that kind of money. All that adrenilin means one thing: sex!

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August 21, 2006

A Love That Lasts

I received the following letter today from a friend. I thought it was appropriate to post, so here’s a take on love that lasts.

Did you ever wonder what makes the love last? And, I mean, past that stage when you are inexplicably drawn to each other, past the constant grin on your face, butterflies nudging each other in your stomach, the time when even the slightest touch of the finger on your skin makes all the little hairs on the back of your neck to stand up straight. I am talking about settled love, the time when love means going to the Home Depot together to buy a trashcan.

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August 18, 2006

Breaking Someone Up

It’s official. I want to break a couple up. Now, it’s not for the reasons you may think. I haven’t fallen in love with someone and am now gunning to get them to split. On the contrary, I love this couple. They’re so good together, it hurts. But their time has passed and they’re both ready to go their separate ways – but they don’t.

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August 14, 2006

Catching a Date with Online Personals

It’s funny. I go through the news items looking for dating material, and it never ceases to amaze me how many articles are written on a weekly basis by writers about this new wonder called online dating. It seems like madness!

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August 5, 2006

Hot Summer Dates

Has it been hot out this summer, or what! WOW! I thought last summer was bad. I had moved into my apartment the Fall before and it barely seemed like Spring had arrived before I had to run and grab and AC unit. This summer snuck in. It didn’t seem as hot as last year – then BOOM! I’m scared to even head outdoors. The second I do, I’m a sticky mess. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the difference between dry heat and humid heat. It soaks! I mean it sucks! Now imagine that you wanted to actually have a date with someone you’ve never met before. It may be a short 15 minute walk down the street.

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August 2, 2006

Online Dating in Canada

I’m from Canada and began online dating here in about five years ago. I was at a friends place with some buddies. I was recently single and they were talking about this site called CasualKiss that had a lot of people from the area on it. I was curious. They’d actually been on some dates and had good experiences. That was my first taste of online dating in Canada and it wouldn’t end there.

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August 1, 2006

Can Two Solitudes Unite?

I grew up in a small town in a part of Canada where people mostly spoke English. Nevertheless, at any early age, I fell in love with my country's second official language of French, despite being unable to use it in my hometown.

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July 5, 2006

Moving In With The Girlfriend

I don’t know that there’s a bigger step than you can take in a relationship than moving in with a girlfriend. Well, scratch that. Pregnancy is the biggest. And now that I think of it, buying a house with a girlfriend comes a close second. That’s what a buddy of mine is doing.

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June 19, 2006

No Dating News

I get news alerts for various dating industry search terms delivered to my mailbox. I use them to update the dating news section on Cupids Dating Site Reviews. I have all kinds of terms I watch, including online dating, match.com, dating site and a slew of others. When the site first started, there seemed to be an endless amount of information. Everyone wanted to know about online dating and the media were only too willing to pump out piece after piece to feed the need.

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June 16, 2006

Naughty America's Sex Dating Game

I remember when my first thoughts of digital communication merged with the wonders of online gaming. The possibilities quickly sprang to life in my imagination. Dating sites with streaming video of the people that are on them . . . virtual worlds . . . endless possibilities! Although there have been attempts to bridge the divide, technology hasn’t come close to realizing the 3D dreams forecast in years gone by. What has emerged are a number of sex dating sites and even the odd video game that focuses on the area of advanced online communication.

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June 12, 2006

WealthyMen.com Lies

I don’t know if any of you have been over to our dating chat forum, but we had a couple of interesting posts recently. Every so often, a marketing person happens by and spasm the forum. We’ve kept some of the posts up, thinking they may be back to post again, but they never do come back. Recently, we had such a marketer come by and post about how great a site WealthyMen.com was. You can always tell marketing text – it’s that glowing recommendation that pops out of nowhere. Anyway, I saw it and decided to leave it up.

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June 6, 2006

A Shot at Match.com

I finally went and did it. I posted my picture and profile on Match.com. I had to give it a shot, especially considering the business I’m in. Match has to be one of the most popular dating sites on the planet, if not the absolute pinnacle of dating sites. I’ve always stayed away because of one main reason: you have to pay to receive emails. This is so far behind the times when it comes to dating sites that I fear it will end up being their downfall.

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May 31, 2006

Dating and Discretion

Do you have one of those friends that feel it’s their obligation to tell you every juicy detail of their private experiences? I do. I have a few who suffer from diarrhea of the mouth, but one guy in particular can’t figure out when he should stop. This guy has been a great friend of mine for many years. We met in high school and our friendship continues a decade later. When he was notching his post back in school, I knew about each and every one of them.

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May 26, 2006

Seniors and Surfing

There’s so much fuss these days about seniors dating sites. New ones are coming out all the time and writers love to pen about them. It’s no wonder, with the baby boomer generation hitting its peak. There’s a lot of money to be spent and it only makes sense to target the age group just like it was any other niche. The problem I have with sites like this, and any niche dating site, is that unless they have a huge backer, they’re not going to get the media exposure they deserve to get the eyeballs and memberships.

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May 25, 2006

Is Romance Dead?

I was out with friends the other night and we were discussing dating. One of the things we spoke about was how romance is dead. We spoke about things like the fact that very few men bring flowers on the first date. In days gone by, this was certainly more prevalent. There also seems to be a preoccupation with sex. I suppose that theme is timeless, but it’s perhaps more apparent now than ever before. Has it all just become a numbers game? Are we all just letting people roll through our turnstiles without really making the effort to see if a relationship has legs?

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May 8, 2006

Dating for Seniors

I was sitting in a restaurant last night, eating dinner with my parents. An uncle had suggested we go as it was one of his favorite spots to grab a quick bite. Now my parents, and uncle, are in their 60’s and this place was packed with people in their age group. Some were in groups of three or four, but the vast majority of them were couples. It was easy to imagine them having lived long lives together—now content to share a quiet meal out on a Sunday evening. Still, the one thing that this said to me that love crosses all age groups.

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May 3, 2006

Surefire Singles Cruises

Type “singles cruise” into Google and you’re bound to get a number of interesting results. I’ve flashed through a bunch with advertisements for packages covering tours of the Mexican Riviera, Baltic Capitals, Greek Isles and the exotic Eastern Caribbean. Now I’ve never been on a cruise for singles, and looking at the websites promoting them, I probably never will.

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April 19, 2006

Jump for Love

If you knew that you could meet the love of your life tomorrow if you wanted to, would you? I think it’s an interesting question. I don’t know if I would have at certain stages in my life. I had too many things I wanted to do and too much on the go to sustain anything healthy. Meeting that one special person during those times would have most certainly left me with a grand “one that got away” story.

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April 12, 2006

Match.com - WTF?!?

How the heck did Match.com ever get so popular. I was reading some of the terms today but they really dance around the issue of whether or not you can reply to member’s emails. I’m thinking you must be able to but it just doesn’t come out and say it.

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April 5, 2006

Match.com Profile Protection

There’s a lot to do these days about a New York state police officer accused of hacking into his ex-girlfriends Match.com profile. He had met the girl online but she had ended the relationship after deciding to return to an ex.

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March 27, 2006

Want an Omelet?

It’s a beautiful day out here in Toronto. The sun is shining, the weather is warm for this time of year and the morning is young. However, things aren’t truly perfect. At least it doesn’t seem that way for a couple of companies. One of the sites on my poop list is eHarmony.

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March 23, 2006

Christian Mingle now Relationships.com

We just got word that ChristianMingle.com is changing its name to Relationships.com. This means it’s time to re-review. Beyond that, it’s also an interesting move. Relationships is obviously a better brand name for a dating program but it certainly lacks the same focus that a Christian-specific domain would have. When you visit the new site, there’s no getting away from the religious overtones.

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March 16, 2006

Email Overload

I have way too many emails in my inbox on a dating site I belong to. It’s crazy! The problem is compounded by the fact that I say in my profile that I will respond to everyone who writes. I dug myself into a hole from which there is no escape. I wonder how many days you can get away with not responding to an email before it becomes rude? Normally I’d say a day or two, unless you have some good excuse, like you were away on vacation. I’d use that, but I’ve logged in and out a number of times over the past few days, so although I’m not responding to emails, it’s easy to tell that I’ve been online. How rude I must look!

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March 13, 2006

Dating a Celebrity

Celebrity news has always been interesting for me. I don’t quite know why that is. Maybe I like it because it’s an absurd look into how the rowdy other-half live, and that’s exactly how I live my life, except without all of the press to catch me at it.

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March 10, 2006

Too Far Away?

How far is too far away for dating? A friend was chatting with a guy on a military dating site who lives about two hours away from her. She’s not sure if she likes him. He’s cute, she says, but she’s just not sure the connection is there as of yet . . . but it could be.

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March 8, 2006

Words of Love

I love love. There, I said it. I always have. Ever since I was a little guy, I have always been fascinated by the idea of relationships and what they’re really driven by. There’s been a lot of great things said about love, whether it be in classic tales or through scenes portrayed on the big screen. I think these have helped drive the meaning home to me – that love is worth laying your life down for.

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March 4, 2006

Love Doesn't Happen

Living the life of love isn’t one of those things that just happen. You
need to strive for it. That’s what some people just don’t get. Everything is too easy in life. If you want cold water, you turn on the tap. If you get hungry, you open the fridge. When it’s too cold, you throw on more clothes and curl up under a blanket. People begin to feel that if love isn’t as easy, then it’s not right.

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March 1, 2006

Want to Date a Golfer?

I’ve seen quite a bit of press over the past year for DateAGolfer.com. Personally, I like the idea. You can’t shake a golf club anywhere in North America without hitting a number of courses. It’s a great sport for men and women and it seems like a natural fit to have a dating site that specializes in it. I’m all for it!

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February 26, 2006

The Age Barrier

Should age be a barrier to online dating? This is something I’m constantly bumping up against. I never expected it would have any impact on my dating life, but I notice myself turning down more and more people due to their age. This was never a problem during my early adolescence. I want to meet anyone and everyone, in large because I had a need to try and bed as many people as I could.

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February 23, 2006

Illinois Passes Dating Law

Just when you think you’re out in the clear, Illinois comes along and spends a lot of government time and money on one of the silliest laws I’ve seen in recent years. They passed a law that says dating sites must tell residents of the state whether or not they perform background checks on members. How silly is that!

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February 20, 2006

A Dating Decline?

Hey, have you heard the rumor that online dating in North America is in a decline? Is the world coming to an end? This whole multimedia schmooze fest just got off to a grand start and now it’s experiencing a slump? Well, looking at the numbers, it’s not that people are pulling themselves off sites left and right. It’s just that fewer people are posting new profiles. The amount of singles has reached a critical mass. People are still signing up.

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February 19, 2006

An Avenue for Love

This weekend I had the pleasure of actually getting out to a club to meet some old friends and do a little dancing. As can be expected, the conversation at some point turned to dating. Out of the group, their were a handful who were single. They were members on sites such as Yahoo, Date Canada and Lavalife.

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February 16, 2006

Juggling Dates

When it rains, it pours. That was the message I received from a friend this past weekend while we hovered around a piano bar in downtown Toronto. It seems he’s gone and got himself into a bit of a pickle on Friend Finder. He went from a relatively calm dating card to juggling three prospects at once. This is the luck with online dating. You may not meet a single person for months, or even years, and then suddenly you find yourself wrestling time from your schedule just so you can take a stab at romance.

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February 13, 2006

A Lock & Key Weekend

A friend of mine went to a Lock and Key party this weekend. When I heard she was going, I nearly fell off my chair! I thought those came and went with the 70’s. Apparently they’ve resurfaced but with a slightly different approach. Gone are the days when you found your key in someone’s lock and then took him or her upstairs for carnal pleasures. That has been replaced with a more civilized take. This weekend, for example, it was done at an art gallery in Toronto.

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January 30, 2006

Afro Connections and Tokens

I don’t know about you, but I really like token-based dating sites. I think in a year, I may send signs of interest to ten people. If you take the average cost of a monthly membership, somewhere around $25, it works out to about $30 per contact. Now I understand I could be in the minority. I’m sure there are a lot of people getting more use out of their monthly memberships than I would. Still, for me, token-based systems are the way to go.

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January 29, 2006

Best Face Forward

Using a webcam for dating still seems like a bit of a bold notion to me. I remember the first time I came across one. I was heading out to work for a TV station in BC and a buddy gave me one to keep in contact. The problem was I couldn’t make it work! This was six years ago and my computer wasn’t quite adequate, I don’t think, but the idea really intrigued me.

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January 20, 2006

True Lies

I signed up for True.com the other day. This site has received a load of media attention as of late as it attempts to push for legislation requiring background checks on dating sites. If a site is going to stand on its soap box and scream to the world that there needs to be closer scrutiny of members, that site had better make sure it’s own house is clean.

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January 19, 2006

Dream Date

How much time have you spent imagining what your perfect partner would be like? Do you know how they would sound, look, feel and taste? I’ve spent a lot of time over the years thinking about those specific things. I spent a lot more time when I was younger. I remember sitting in the cupboard under the stairs when I was four, dreaming of various girls. I used to always imagine a team of cheerleaders was with me. It was a great fantasy to have at such a young age.

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January 18, 2006

Better Come Packing

While sorting through a stack of dating news today, I came upon this little article on youngsters pretending to be people they’re not online. This struck a cord because I know this is something I would have done years ago.

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January 16, 2006

Dating Style

Which date is the movie date? I got into a discussion with a friend tonight over taking a date to the movies. I’m a firm believer that a movie date is something that’s good around four dates down the road. He was taking a date to the movies on a second date. I think that this might be okay if your date is for a weekend and you know you have a lot of time to spend together.

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January 11, 2006

Truth in Profiles

Online dating is part reality and part smoke and mirrors. You couldn’t hope to convey who you are in a few lines of text and a bunch of snapshots. Likewise, you can’t expect anyone else to be able to do it either. There’s an implied understanding that everyone should be mostly what they seem, though.

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January 9, 2006

Fit Singles & Premiere Crap in Etobicoke!

Well, let me tell you how P.O.’ed I am at my gym! I work out at a local club called Premiere Fitness in Etobicoke. They always have these nice ads on TV showing a super-spiffy club filled with tons of pumped peeps. The reality, however, is quite different. Inside they have a club that is falling to pieces.

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January 6, 2006

French Friend Finding!

Parlez-vous a little French? If you do, then French Friend Finder would like to see you join. As far as dating sites go, I’m a fan of the way the Friend Finder sites operate. They have most of the extra features you’d find on any other site and far more than most. We’re talking about the ability to meet in chat rooms, take part in groups, write blogs, easily find local members and built a network.

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January 4, 2006

Allergic to You!

I had the funniest thing happen a while back. I met a girl online who suffered from allergies. In particular, pets, such as cats, spell death. I have a cat. I knew the girl wasn’t going to be able to ditch her allergies any time soon and my cat still has a few more good years left in her, so was there really any point in continuing? We did – at least for a little while. She was fantastic but there just wasn’t any chemistry. The last night we spent together, she actually stayed over at my place.

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December 29, 2005

Dating Single Germans?

Achtung! I found a new dating site for German singles and you’d never guess who made it: Friend Finder! That’s right, folks, German Friend Finder is yet another niche dating site from Friend Finder camp. The company puts out great sites. There’s no doubt about that. The problem is in the route they take to promote them. They just aren’t user friendly from the start.

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December 27, 2005

Ikea for Love

Is it just me or is Ikea a huge magnet for singles? Every time I’m in there, I can’t help but notice all of the single guys and girls browsing the vignettes and show floor, looking for an accent to set their place apart from the next or a new friend they can bring home to their Sandhem (that’s Ikea’ish for gorgeous two-seat sofa). Yet if you look closer, you seem to get this SubtEXt.

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December 26, 2005

Santa Sucks for Dates

It’s the day after Christmas and Santa didn’t send me a girlfriend AGAIN! I’m beginning to think I’m on the “naughty” list. But I SWEAR I’ve been good! I held the door open for EVERYONE this year, even that skater kid who spit on my feet as he passed.

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December 21, 2005

Great Expectations, Poor Results?

Part of what I do involves scouring the web for new dating sites to review. The first six months were easy. There are just so many these days, but not all of them are quality. That’s where I find myself now. I reviewed a site this past week called Great Expectations. It has a decent Alexa ranking but something just doesn’t sit right.

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December 19, 2005

DreamMates Dream Dates?

Members make dating sites. For those that have come late to the game, it can be hard to get a foothold. There are just so many dating sites now that are competing for the same members and offering a similar product that the industry is going to see a similar dot-com era bust. One of the solutions to this problems is to have sites share their database of members, so no matter if you sign up for one, you end up having your profile marketed on many.

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December 16, 2005

Christmas Dating

You always want to do your best to ensure you take every possible chance you have for romance and Christmas provides opportunities that you wouldn’t have throughout the year. It’s a time to get together friends and share the memories of the year past. It’s time off work for most, and a general slowing down of everything in life. It’s also a time to reflect on love. Love lost, love found and love that may be just around the corner is hard to keep off your mind at this time of year.

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December 14, 2005

Age Match Gap

I’ve always been one to say that love should bridge the generational gap when it comes to dating. Myself, I’ve dated older women, almost exclusively. Fifteen years has been the largest gap. We went out for a year and I enjoyed every minute of it, yet in the back of my head I began to realize that despite my beliefs, dating with such a huge difference in age just isn’t for me.

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December 7, 2005

Deaf Singles Date

I love the fact that niche dating sites cover all kinds of areas, including disabilities. We have dating sites for active people, animal lovers, Asians and big, beautiful women – and men! Warning bells go off, though, when I hear of sites catering to disabilities, such as those for the deaf. It’s not that I’m against providing a specialized service.

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December 5, 2005

Armenian Dating - Hye?

Niche dating sites always suffer from a lack of traffic because they concentrate on attracting a smaller segment of the population. Then along comes a dating site like Hye Singles. Not only do they choose a target demographic, they go as far as to use Hye in the title so that only those who understand the language can figure out what it’s about. Hye means Armenian, in case you were wondering.

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November 30, 2005

Beautiful Single Greeks

I’ve never dated a Greek girl. This never became important to me until I rated Eligible Greeks, a dating site that focuses on serving the people and culture. Part of what I do when rating dating sites is conduct searches of members and wow, there are a lot of beautiful single Greeks! I tend to be attracted to European women – those with strong features and dark hair – but for some reason, it never occurred to me until now to actually look for a specific culture!

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November 28, 2005

Missing You

It’s been a long time since I’ve had someone in my life to miss. This hasn’t been a bad thing. On the contrary, it’s been by choice. The last thing I need is to get into a relationship with the wrong person. I just don’t do well with breakups. I’d rather sit home on a Friday night then spend it with someone who just doesn’t fit the bill. It wasn’t always this way. I used to spend every free moment in the bars and clubs, looking to find Ms. Right.

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November 23, 2005

Match.com Gets Sued

Online business has no face. This makes I difficult to seek vengeance on people and companies that bend you over and take what they want from you and give you little in return. It turns out that a group of people have decided that’s exactly what was happening to them and they’ve decided to do something about it. A class action lawsuit filed by attorneys on behalf of Matthew Evans in Los Angeles claims that Match.com employees are paid to go on dates with subscribers, send bogus emails and winks to stop people from canceling when their membership is coming up and allow them to read emails so that the employees can adjust their approach to the customer to assure the most success.

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November 18, 2005

Movie Dating Site!

Movie love. I think that should be a movie dating site niche. So many people love movies and it’s such a great thing to do with a date. Having a movie-lovers dating site would be a natural. You could have discussion forums for the latest movies, give away passes to members and have a place where you can tag your favorite movie quote – which of course would be hyper linked to anyone else using the same quote!

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November 14, 2005

Desperate Dating Sites

I really hate when people take advantage of others in desperate situations. It’s the lowest of the low. And I REALLY hate it when people do it in the arena of love. Love is a need, after all, and it’s terrible to be crushed needlessly during the journey. Take, for example, the recent story of two women who signed up for a site called LunchDates.com. It’s not an online dating site but rather a local meet-and-greet company.

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November 7, 2005

Deaf Disability Dating

I recently reviewed Deafs, a dating site targeting people with hearing loss. The site appeared like any other dating site. There were no specific questions that required you to state what degree of hearing loss you suffered from. This is in sharp contrast to STD dating sites like Positive Love, which asks users a number of specific questions as to what they suffer from. Hearing loss obviously doesn’t have the same impact on relationships that STD’s do.

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November 4, 2005

All Kinds of People

If you’re going to be dating online, you’d better be prepared to meet all kinds of people. It’s a social activity, after all, and getting out and connecting with people you wouldn’t normally meet is how it’s done. I went out on a date about a month ago with a girl I met at a speed dating event. She is awesome: bright, charming and attractive – a perfect 10 in most books. The strange thing for me was that she was an active Christian who was dating on Christian Café and helping run speed dating events.

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November 2, 2005

Language Barriers

Have you ever dated someone from a different country – someone who doesn’t speak the same language as you or doesn’t speak it nearly as well? I dated a number of girls from different countries when I was younger. They were all very nice and the accents and mystery around them made them quite compelling. It was always good for a while. We managed to chat despite all the difficulties in communication and shared laughs and love – but at some point things changed.

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October 30, 2005

Happy Halloween?

Last night, while most were out on the town, parading up and down the streets and bumping and grinding in the clubs, I was at a friends place eating chili and drinking red wine – Santa Carolina, Cabernet Sauvignon, in case you were wondering. Somehow we got on the subject of possibly going out on the town. It was never in the cards, really, as I had been out the previous evening with friends and was trying to recover.

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October 28, 2005

Dating Quirks!

Online dating has some pretty interesting little quirks that come along with it. Obviously there are the quirks such as having to deal with fuzzy or edited pictures, the stretching of truth in profiles and the weirdos that come out of the woodwork looking for love or something more. But then there are the more subtly nuances. Take, for example, last night. I was cruising around on Date.com when I got a message from a friend’s sister.

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October 25, 2005

Friend Finding

I’ve been going through the sites again, re-rating them with new criteria, and it blows me away how well Friend Finder sites have done. They are some of the most popular in their field yet they have some major issues when it comes to the amount of free access they offer new visitors. I recently reviewed sites like
Korean Friend Finder, Filipino Friend Finder and Asia Friend Finder – as you can see, I’m starting at the top with “Asian Dating” and working my way down.

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October 19, 2005

Viagra and Me

VIAGRA! There, I said it! Have I told you how much I love Viagra? I think it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread – at least when it comes to relationships. I know there will be a time down the line when I will be in need of a little help when it comes to lovemaking. It’s a part of the body doing what it does with age. Now I don’t have to worry about that as much.

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October 18, 2005

The Chic Magnet

Have I mentioned I’m selling my chic magnet? The time has come to put my house in order and the first things to go are the frills. In this case, my 2002 GSXR 600 race bike. Can I tell you how much I love riding that thing? She’s so sweet! She’s blue and silver and when you crack the throttle you’d better hold on tight cuz she cuts through air so quickly! Did you know you can go from 0 to 65MPH in first gear? She’s so fast. I’ve had it since the summer of 2002.

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October 17, 2005

It's About The Rain

When it comes to weather, nothing seems quite as magical as rain. It’s
the soft pelting of liquid on windowsills and rooftops that make the perfect atmosphere for a good snuggle with that someone special. The problem is that it never rains as much as I’d like it to. I think there may have been two or three rainy days over the past summer . . . maybe! There were no huge storms or days where darkness reigned. It was basically perfect.

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October 12, 2005

Spending Fall Alone

I love Fall! It’s finally here . . . the nights that get dark early, the leaves rustling along the ground and the cold air that means I only have to open my window to make it so cold I need to wrap myself up tight in m duvet. This is fantastic! Now there is one whole problem with Fall that I still have yet to conquer. I’m still single! Don’t you enjoy it more when you come in at night and snuggle up close to someone while you watch TV or read a book?

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October 11, 2005

Taking it Off

I feel like I want to take myself offline. What the heck is wrong with me?
I’m always the one saying that anyone who is single needs to be online. You can’t land a fish if you don’t have your line in the water, right? Well here I am saying that I could use a break! I think my motivations are simple. I have a lot going on in life right now. I’m busy with work and my social calendar is about as full as I’d like it to be.

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October 7, 2005

No Romance

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by a woman on a dating site. Her profile didn’t have a picture and all she would say is that I should add her to MSN. I didn’t reply. She hit back early this week and I told her I wasn’t about to start spending time on someone who couldn’t be bothered to put a profile together. After a very long email which she explained her situation, I gave in.

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October 6, 2005

Casual Dating?

What is a casual dating, exactly? Wikipedia doesn’t have an entry for it, but right near the top of possibilities is “casual relationship.” This must be close enough to what casual dating is supposed to mean. Wikipedia says it’s the term “used to describe the physical and emotional relationship between two unmarried people who engage in uncommitted sex acts.”

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October 5, 2005

Dim Light of Morning

I love waking up to the dim light of morning. I find that quiet time before the alarm clock goes off, and the sounds of morning begin, to be magical. These days I spend that time alone – or with my roommate, on occasion. Her Royal Highness, Tas the Cat, tends to curl up on my chest while I read myself to sleep at night and then disappears shortly after the lights go off and the petting comes to an end. She’ll be there in those early hours on occasion as I turn and toss, smiling at the fact that I don’t have to get up quite yet.

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October 4, 2005

Who Pays?

I was asked the question of who pays for a date last week in an interview. It’s a great question, I think. Historically, it has been the man. They made the money so they should pay. These days, there’s basic wage parity so why does the responsibility still stay with the man? Seriously, WHY?? Sure, haircuts are more expensive for women, but we really don’t care if your shoes match your purse or not – at least not enough to pay for every date we go on! Yes, truth be told, this is how I feel.

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October 3, 2005

Fear Mongering

True.com has an interesting marketing plan. It operate under the ideas that are so many bad people out there, and by bad I mean people who break the law, that you need a dating site to run background checks to ensure you’re not dating Manson, a notorious bank robber or even plain old Joe Schmoe who just happens to be married to some other person. I’m not saying that this isn’t a noble endeavor.

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October 2, 2005

Dating Time Capsule

The dating process can be a lot of fun – especially at the start. It’s those crazy conversations that you can get away with having like what you would take with you if stranded on a deserted island or if you had to choose between love and money, which would you pick. One I like to ask perspective girls I date is what three things would they like to stick in a time capsule to represent them. I’ve heard all sorts of answers – everything from curling irons to Martha Stewart magazines.

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October 1, 2005

Cancelled Plans

What’s with people who make plans and then cancel? I’ve had three friends cancel on me in the past two weeks. Do I smell or something? Now each of them are really old friends so I won’t think much of it but since when did this become acceptable?

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September 29, 2005

What's On Your Walls?

Could what a person puts on their walls turn you off completely? Obviously, the more money you have, the easier it is to find things to make your place look pretty. You move from your college days with posters on your walls to pictures that actually have frames, although they may not be able to be removed from them! Eventually you graduate again to pictures with frames that can be removed and maybe even glass fronts to protect the works as they increase in value.

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September 26, 2005

Who would you date?

If you could date one famous person on the planet, who would you choose?

Talk a bout a hard question! Someone asked me this today and it took me a while. Immediately my mind goes to actors, since there are so many of them. The first person that popped into my head was Angelina Jolie simply because of her infamous status. However, I doubt that we’d get along. I think we’re a little too different. I don’t know about her and that thing with Billy Bob – that was just weird! And the kissing of the cousin at the Oscars . . . way too strange!

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September 15, 2005

Chances on Love

A while ago, one of our visitors left a message on this blog. It was under an article that dealt with the sending of love letters to those who matter most to you. The reader wrote the following comment:

“I wrote a love letter once. Was a big mistake though, cuz it was destined to a girl I didn't even know. So I wrote her this love letter. One morning, on the bus I finally worked up the courage to give it to her.

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September 14, 2005

Online Dating School

I think it’s about time that Cupid’s put something a little more organized into place as far as information for people looking to try online dating. Cupid’s is supposed to be a site where singles can come for honest advice and information about the options that are available to them. It seems only natural that whatever we put together should have structure.

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September 13, 2005

The Morning After

I love the morning after you spend your first night with someone new. You roll around, trying to get your bearings – trying to kiss without letting morning breath escape, trying to find your left sock that has somehow managed to get pushed down to the very end of the bed. You plan out a shower schedule and make breakfast that you can eat together and sit chatting about the long night before. That’s a great feeling!

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September 12, 2005

The Perfect Profile?

How much stock do you put into the way someone has worded his or her profile? I ask this question a lot because I find myself getting a lot of people contacting me without pictures in their profiles. A large number of them expect me to be interested in them without seeing a picture. It’s the “if you’re interested in what I’ve written, you should like me” argument. Personally, I read and am really into what people have written.

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September 9, 2005

Who Is Ms Right?

Is she the
one who laughs at my stupid jokes?

Does she share my taste in movies?

Can she accept that I still open doors for her 20 years after we’ve been
together?

Will she watch TV shows that I love for that reason alone?

Can she turn my frown upside down when I’m sad?

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September 8, 2005

Too Many Dates

I am 29 years old, single and belong to five Internet dating sites. My experience has been that I go through long periods where I have no decent prospects on the go and don’t date at all. Then suddenly a bunch of possible matches pop up and my social calendar is full. The problem is that full just isn’t a good thing for a guy with time management issues.

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September 7, 2005

Single Parent Shuffle

I might just be out of touch with the reality of our times but there certainly seems to be a lot of single mothers on dating sites. I’d say at least half of the women that have contacted me have dependents and I’m sure women must face the same thing, although probably to a slightly lesser extent. But man or women, they are all in the midst of the single parent shuffle.

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September 6, 2005

Remove My Profile?

What? Are you nuts? You want me to take my profile off of the dating sites I belong to? That sounds crazy! It might sound crazy, but at some point we’re
all going to have to go through this. Being single isn’t a lifestyle to most. It’s a transitional period between the better moments in life – those that are shared with someone else. So what’s going to happen when you – the eligible dater – comes face-to-face with someone who wants to take a relationship to the next step?

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September 2, 2005

Grand Gestures

I have a girlfriend who has a birthday coming up. Her name is Roxy and she rocks! She started seeing this new girl, Kell, and they’ve been going out for a couple of months. Kell really doesn’t know all of Roxy’s friends. She just knows a few of us. Anyway, like a good girlfriend, she’s planning a surprise party and is trying to rope everyone in.

I LOVE GRAND GESTURES!

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September 1, 2005

A Happy Life?

Have you ever really thought about what it is that would make you happy in life? I have but I’ve never come up with much. I’ve always had a problem with the decision making process. This involves everything from what shirt to wear on any given day to how to balance my bank account. Both are extremely important, of course, and a mistake with either one could throw my life into a tailspin! Seeing as this is how I approach everything, you can understand that a question such as what would make me happy in life would wreck havoc on my psyche. Still, it’s a question that we all need to answer.

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August 31, 2005

A Great Love Affair

What does it take to make a great love affair? I’ve always wondered how they come about. I’ve been lucky to have some over the course of my life. The chemistry was cooking in each one but no two dates were the same. It would be nice to say, yes, this is the type of woman I’m attracted to. These are the qualities I look for and the personality traits that make me smile. Unfortunately, it isn’t that easy. Finding a great love affair is like finding a pot of gold – always elusive but full of promise.

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August 30, 2005

Breaking It Off

The hardest part of any relationship comes when it’s time to say it’s over. Making that decision is the hard part. I have a close friend who has been struggling with the idea of ending a relationship with his girlfriend. They’ve been together for close to two years. In that time, they grew so close together that they never slept apart. They shared the same friends, same jobs and the same past times. They’ve been inseparable yet somehow they’ve slipped apart.

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August 29, 2005

Saying Thanks!

I’ve always been a fan of the after-date phone call. If you had a good time you should call or write to say so. It’s only polite, isn’t it? The question is – who calls? Let’s look at this for a second. First off, one of the parties is usually responsible for asking the other party out. It could be argued that the person who asks the other person out should be responsible for calling to say thanks for the privilege of their company. Mind you, it would also be appropriate for the person being asked out to thank them after for the invitation.

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August 25, 2005

A Day With a Camera

It’s picture time and I’m heading in front of the lens. When has yet to be determined, but what I do know is that I have too many old pictures around that just don’t represent the real me any more. I’m getting old! I’ve always gone on about the importance of pictures to online dating and even went on a tirade earlier today on a dating forum. Although most shared my opinion, some didn’t.

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The Poem

So I was 13 years old and madly in love with this girl who sparkled. She lit up my life like nothing or nobody I had ever experienced before. Of course, being the hopeless romantic that I was at that age, I wrote a poem that may have been a few (or seven) pages long. I’m sure it stunk. How could it be any good, right? Well you would think that 16 years later the memory would die and its existence blasted off the face of the planet. I’m sure this would be the case . . . if anyone else had written it.

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August 22, 2005

Dreaming of Family

This past weekend was amazing! I was able to get away and see some people I only get to see every blue moon. These are people I grew up with – a bunch of girls I knew from back in my hometown of Grand Valley. So much has changed and yet all the important parts have stayed the same. One of my friends, in particular, has really done it up right. She married a great guy and has a beautiful daughter and you can really see the love between them all.

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August 19, 2005

Romance & The Storm

It’s raining outside. There has been a storm here since the wee hours of the morning. I was startled to consciousness at least three times before by alarm clock woke me up, which would certainly explain why my eyes are half shut and my mind on autopilot. Personally, I love it when it rains. I like the darkness in the middle of the day. I think we may get a couple of days like this all year where I live. There’s so much atmosphere – so much character – to the world when all outside looks grim.

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August 18, 2005

Catching a Tan - Bad Advice?

I have a tan. It’s a magical tan that has lasted ten years. When I was 18, I discovered the magic of tanning beds. It started during my party years when I raved all weekend and continued the party on all week. These all-night funfests led to days spent in bed away from the sun. But when on the dance floor in the middle of the night, be it in a dilapidated warehouse or some dingy club, there were always these other party people who looked like they had just arrived from Cali.

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My Ex & My Cat

I have a cat and her name is Tas. She’s an orange tabby cat that arrived on my doorstep curtsey of an ex girlfriend about ten years ago. I named her after a character in a book I was reading at the time but the name really has no relation to this furry little feline. Actually, she’s not little at all. She’s rather large. Before you say anything, it’s not my fault! I was away for school for a number of years and she was left with my mother who though that feeding meant a dish of wet cat food and another of dry should be available at all times.

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August 16, 2005

Sex Clock Countdown!

I was chatting last night with a friend and the subject of sex came up. We started talking about how far down the line it should happen and how far down the line it has happened in the past. I can’t say that I’ve ever had a relationship that started off with sex on the first date. I really don’t think I’d want to. Normally it takes a few dates, at the very least, to get comfortable enough with someone to even consider it.

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August 15, 2005

Nothing Like The Picture

I was sitting on a dating site recently when a woman hit me up to chat. I normally don’t like to spend time having crazy conversations with strangers unless there’s a distinct possibility that more can come from it. However, I was killing time and figured why not. She had apparently just been on a date where the guy who turned up looked nothing like his picture. I’ve been there before, myself.

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August 12, 2005

Friday Night - Get Your Date On!

It's Friday night and it’s time to get your date on! I remember the days when I couldn’t be sitting home on a Tuesday night, let alone a Friday. The only thing that mattered was getting out with friends and seeing what trouble we could get up to. A Friday night in meant certain death. The only possible excuse could be that my car wasn’t working and nobody could make the trip to get me.

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August 10, 2005

All for Nakedness!

I’m all for nakedness. I admire a good body as much as the next guy. But for some reason, I just can’t bring myself to be attracted to someone who’d flaunting their wares on dating sites. I’m a bit of an exhibitionist myself. I love to perform but I keep my personal details for my personal life. Some would say that blogging is baring your soul.

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August 9, 2005

A Weekend Away

It’s funny when you get the chance to reconnect with people from your past. I have a gathering coming up of people that I knew in high school and I’m really looking forward to it. I knew some of them really well – others were on the periphery. Yet for a number of years we were all connected.

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August 8, 2005

How important is a profile?

Pictures are the first thing anyone ever looks at in a dating profile. With little else left, what people have written comes second. What I want to know is what percentage of people actually read what’s written, how much stock these people put into what they read and how much effort they put into writing their own profiles. I was hit up today by a woman who stole a previous profile I had written and was now using it as her own.

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August 5, 2005

Bad Dating Ideas

Is there such a thing as a bad date brought on by a poor choice of activity? I can understand how things could be considered bad if you took your date out for a cruise around the city and the boat happened to sink. That would be bad. I could understand if you decided to go for a hot air balloon ride and ended up crashing into some trees.

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August 4, 2005

Waking Up Alone

I love living alone. It’s peaceful and I operate at my own pace. Well, that’s if my cat hasn’t put me on the agenda. When she does, I usually hear the piercing siren of her voice as she attempts to wake me up or catch my attention. It’s a sound that requires immediate action. Other than that, life runs pretty smooth. I enjoy being single but I know I prefer to be in a relationship.

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Movies & Dating

Movies have long been considered a logical place to take a date. As a youth, it seemed like one of the only places. You couldn’t drive so wherever you went had to be close to home or you had to get dropped off at a set location. A mall with a theatre was perfect for dating at that time in my life. And back then, there was so much emphasis on the possibility of making out during a movie that it turned an ordinary flick into yet another stressful youth experience.

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August 3, 2005

Contacting The Ex

What is it with ex’s who want to stay in contact? I mean, I understand that if you’ve built a connection, you might want to hold on to part of it. However, it seems only logical that there’s a cool down period. I have a friend who recently broke up with his girlfriend. They met up in a bar a couple of weeks after and she was there with her new boyfriend.

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August 1, 2005

Better to Have Loved and Lost?

I have always stood firmly behind the position that it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. That is, I’ve always believed that right up until the point of the breakup. When my heart it getting destroyed through the love-grinder, I tend to have a different opinion. I’ve noticed this in many areas of my life, most recently after the death of a friend.

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July 29, 2005

Drinks WIth The Ex

I went out last night for drinks with my ex girlfriend. It’s something that we do every so often – just to catch up. It’s really nice chatting and going over the memories . . . well, the good ones, at least!

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July 27, 2005

The Age Gap

Are you a person who believes that age range is important when it comes to dating? I certainly am. It’s not that I don’t think that consenting adults of any age can’t be friends . . . or more. It’s just that I think for me, a serious relationship needs a meeting of more than the mind and body. It’s about sharing the experience of life together. That means traveling through the years in a similar orbit.

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July 22, 2005

The Eternal Batchelor

Everyone seems to know a guy who appears to be the eternal bachelor. He’s that guy who never takes on a serious, committed relationship. Perhaps he’s in and out of many causal romances with people he meets in bars or online. Maybe he dates very little. Whatever the case, he’s single and there’s no sign of that changing any time soon.

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July 21, 2005

The Breaking Point

When is it that a relationship reaches the breaking point – that time when a relationship slides from worthwhile to no longer worth the effort? Can it be identified? Imagine the money you could make if it could! I see many friends of mine in great relationships, and even some in not-so-great ones, where it looks like they’ve built the base of it on a slippery slope. Some are steeper than others, but the end result is the same.

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July 20, 2005

Vacation Time with Angelina and Brad

How long do you need to date someone to travel? I see Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt taking off here and there and it doesn’t feel like they’ve been dating that long. Yes, I always “feel” certain ways about stars that date, in case you were wondering! I know a lot of girls who get invitations from “sugar daddyz” to travel when they first meet. I guess that’s the whole idea of desperate men trying to buy things that they think they can’t get without coughing up the coin.

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July 19, 2005

Day Dates

Do you date more during the day or night? I traditionally date more in the evenings – it just seems more obvious. If it’s during the week, there’s usually little choice in the matter. I’ve never done a date at 8am – prior to my workday. Perhaps I should try that? On weekends, the day is usually used for running around, again leaving the evenings open for my social calendar. The funny thing is, though, that I usually have a better time on dates during the day!

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Different Dating Ideas

What are some of the most memorable dates you’ve had? Do they involve an interesting second party? Maybe they required a cool setting that was the perfect backdrop for your date? Perhaps it was a particular activity that made your meeting extraordinary? In all likelihood, it was probably a combination of the above factors that helped make that date stand out from the rest. In many cases, though, you can recreate that same intensity if you try. All you need are a few creative dating ideas to get you out of the norm.

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July 18, 2005

A Kiss is Just a . . . .

Is a kiss just a kiss or is it really more than we’d like to admit? There seem to be few things as intimate as swapping spit with someone. I apologize for the way I’ve referred to it, but in reality that’s exactly what you’re doing. For some, a kiss is too intimate to share with just anyone. Others will make-out at the drop of a hat. Who’s right? Should it be something you share with only a handful of people in your life or should it be something that you try and experience as much of before you die?

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July 15, 2005

Ms. Money Bags

I have a girlfriend who thinks she needs a big bank account to land the man of her dreams. This is really odd. Normally it’s guys who have this problem, but she’s hell-bent on building her stash of coins so that she can – for lack of a better, less-specific term – buy herself the man of her dreams. It’s really sad. I take it she suffers from low self-esteem and a few personality glitches that a number of men may seem to be faults as opposed to “extra features.”

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July 14, 2005

Russian Dating Debacle

You hear about that jackass in Russia who was using dating services to meet women who he robbed and forced to strip to take pictures of them while holding them at knifepoint? This is the kind of thing that makes me glad I’m not in law enforcement. I don’t know if I could be trusted to keep a character like this safe. People like him make me sick.

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July 7, 2005

Price of Love

The other day I got yet another smile from a girl on one of the dating sites I belong to. I guess you can say that I’m a “member” if that includes the fact that I own credits there, tokens which I can use to contact someone I’m interested in. I also log in just about every day – and some days I log in many times.

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July 4, 2005

Courage

Is there anything larger in life than the contract you enter into with the person you love? I don’t think that there is. Love means promising someone that you are with them, by their side, 100 percent. In the beginning, it’s easy. Everything is fresh and new and you overlook the little details that at some point will begin to lodge in your brain and poison your love, slowly. Keeping this contract – this bond between you and your mate – takes a deeper understanding of what love really is and means.

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July 1, 2005

My Girlfriends Parents

I remember the first few times I had to meet a girlfriends parents. They were always stressful, full on angst and awkward situations. That was before I learned to speak like an adult. Now that I have grown up, I still feel all the angst and awkwardness as before – I just got better at hiding it!

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June 30, 2005

The Hermit

Is anyone else feeling like they just don’t have enough time in the day? I know I am. Maybe it’s because the big 30 is rolling around and I feel the need to accomplish more before it happens.

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June 29, 2005

The Faceless

So I’m on this dating site and someone sends me a message about wanting to get to know me better – but they have no picture. I float the usual response about pictures being the easiest of the important characteristics to determine and they said they’d send pictures to my email account.

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June 28, 2005

Cupid's Top Shelf

It’s interesting when you look at some of the reviews on Cupids. One might think that with the industry giants that are out there, one of them would make it to the top of the list. Instead, two smaller, relatively obscure sites have landed the best marks. LoveMatch.com and CasualKiss.com are offering more services and generally for less cost than the major players in the market.

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June 24, 2005

Your Dream Mate

Finding a dream mate is what many people aspire to. It’s like life hasn’t been lived well unless you send it with someone. Sure, it sounds nice to live with someone who’s your best friend, who you can share everything with and build a lifetime of memories. But do you know how special that person would have to be?

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June 23, 2005

A Race for the Stove

I’ve always felt a little uncomfortable around niche dating sites – uneasiness as if I have left the stove on or the water running after I’ve left the house. His surfaced yesterday reading this piece on Asian dating sites. I think I feel this way because they place so much emphasis on race.

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June 22, 2005

Astrology for Dating

How many of you check your horoscope before dating? I used to get the tiny scrolls from a convenience store down the street. Mine were always red, for Scorpio.

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June 21, 2005

Personals that Scream Erotic

Erotic personals sites are something I just don't get. Well, I understand what they're supposed to do, and I know many people use them, but is it really a draw for women? I just can't see a flock of girls heading out to sign up to a site called Sex Search. Obviously women have needs, too, but it seems they hold all the cards.

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June 17, 2005

Mark Brooks Interview with Herb Vest

Mark Brooks of Online Personals Watch recently interviewed Herb Vest, founder of True.com. True has been making headlines for the past while with their backing of a bill to require online dating services to do background checks on their members before they join.

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June 14, 2005

Movie Romance or Music?

Romantic movies are certainly some of my favorites when it comes to flicks. I think I associate more relationships I’ve had with movies rather than songs. They seem to leave a mental image that’s stronger, I guess.

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June 13, 2005

Adult Dating Sites: For Men & Women?

Have you ever taken the time to visit an adult dating site? I have. Although I know women who use them, it just seems like servicing the needs of the female population is secondary to a cash grab aimed at guys. But this is just my perspective. I’d be interested to see if females shared my belief or if they felt differently on the subject.

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June 10, 2005

Instant Messaging: Polite Computer Conversation

If you use and instant messaging program, you know what I mean when it comes to manners. Just because you’re not sitting in front of someone doesn’t mean that they’re not sitting there expecting things from you – such as attention to conversation.

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June 9, 2005

Researching Before You Write

How many people sit down and do research before they write an online personals profile? I know I did and I still do to this day. Even though I’ve been online for three years, it’s still good to rewrite your profile from time to time. I like to search through both men’s and women’s profiles to see what others are doing.

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June 8, 2005

Marriage: How Long to Wait?

Marriage is one of those things that still mystify me. I know I want to get married, but I don’t know when. We had an interesting discussion recently on Cupid's chat board on how long you should wait before marriage.

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June 6, 2005

Breaking Up: Hard to Do?

It’s funny that things like breaking up with someone seem so simple from an outside perspective. Take the recent near-demise of a close friends relationship. He had been dating this girl for a number of months and decided it was time to bring her out with his friends. A few glasses of wine and a number of shots of an uncertain nature later, she was dancing the tango with every Tom and Dick at the bar.

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June 3, 2005

Dating Older or Younger: Is it for you?

Do you think age should play a factor in who you date? When it comes to relationships, I have a little problem with age. I know that there are people who happily date outside their age bracket. I’m one of them. But it just seems to me that dating an older man or woman – or younger, for that matter – is a little bit of a stretch when it comes to relationships.

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June 2, 2005

Your First Kiss - Can You Remember It?

Can you remember your first “real” kiss? I can. Her name was Loretta Herr. It was grade eight and I went skiing with her at a hill near my home. I remember being so excited and had loaded tons of hairspray into my hair so that it wouldn’t move on the hill. But just before I was to leave the house, I was mysteriously drawn to a noise from inside the fireplace.

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June 1, 2005

Trust: Given or earned?

What does it really take to build rust in a relationship? Do you trust from the start or is trust omething that has to be earned? I’m from the latter group. I think it has to be earned. It’s much too dangerous to go around trusting people you just meet, no matter how much you’d like to.

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May 31, 2005

Love on the Rebound

I was reading up on rebound relationships today, trying to figure out where everyone stood on them. I was really surprised to see that a lot of “experts” and armchair commentators, like myself, were for them. I’m not sure why that surprised me. It makes sense to me that getting involved with someone right after the end of a huge relationship would help ease the pain. I think it sounds funny to say it, though.

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May 30, 2005

Soul Mates: Do You Believe?

Do you believe in soul mates? I do. I don’t believe that there’s one person on the earth that you’re meant to find. I think of it more like there’re people out there who just compliment your personality (and you theirs) in such a way that it seems perfect. I spent a lot of time when I was younger with the “wrong” people. I can see that now. I did it because I thought that’s what relationships were supposed to be like. I did it because I thought it was expected. I did it out of a need for love and companionship. I did it for the wrong reasons.

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May 27, 2005

Those Cheating Bastards

It never ceases to amaze me that people take back cheating boyfriends, girlfriends or spouses. I just don’t understand it. The person you’re married to or dating is supposed to be your best friend, one of the few people you look out for before you look out for yourself.

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May 25, 2005

Catching that liar in a lie!

Have you ever had a conversation with your “other” and had the feeling that under the lining of simple words and sad sentences that there was a big fat lie? I have. I hate it! I’m naturally a bit paranoid. I like to think of it as a “healthy dose,” but you’re more than welcome to disagree. What it comes down to is not feeling secure with the way someone has responded to my questions. Now I can put up and shut up or I can walk. Normally I’ll walk, because I think I’m a pretty good judge.

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May 24, 2005

Would you like a side of money, power or security with that?

Money. Power. Security. There are three big words that have something to do with finding the best relationships. I used to believe that love was all that was important, but I have read a number of articles recently that say that looking for these "big three" are important for relationships. I consider myself a realist, but this makes me sad for some reason.

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May 18, 2005

Dangers of Dating

Today was a slow news day in the dating world. The only post I made was linking to a story of a woman who was raped at the end of a date. She met this creep online and went out for drinks. She apparently had a few too many. He walked her home and that’s when it happened.

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May 17, 2005

Women Who Ride Motorcycles

People seem to have a funny idea about where to draw the line when it comes to choosing the people they date. Last night I was out at the gym with a buddy. As we were walking back home, we got into a conversation about the qualities we were looking for in a girlfriend. I was saying that I love to ride motorcycles but really didn’t like dating women who ride, simply because it attracts a certain personality type – in particular, the Alpha Female. He was saying he was looking for a girl who loved to work out because she needed to understand that passion within him. It was then I began to think about how we all go about looking for people to date.

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May 16, 2005

Saturday Night Whackos

It was Saturday night and I was sitting watching a movie on the couch. I was feeling completely comfortable, totally in the relaxation zone, when notification came in that I had mail in my box at one of the dating sites I belong to. A few easy clicks and I was there. To my surprise, it was from a 40 year old many who lives about three hours from me. He said I was cute. I thanked him. That should have been the end of it.

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May 10, 2005

The Cost of Dating

A recent article has suggested that in the UK, a date costs about £200 or $375. They don’t go as far as to say what goes into that number but they do mention that the average woman spends £90 in the salon before a date so I’ll assume that there’s a broad range of costs that go into this rather extraordinary figure. It also goes as far as to suggest that 60 percent of men feel they should pay for date and that this somehow “offsets” the cost that women incur getting their hair done and buying lingerie. I had no idea buying new underwear was standard practice for women dating in the UK, but if that’s the case, way to go to all the blokes over there! On this side of the pond it’s a little different I think, but what gets me the most is that there is supposed to be some connection between what women pay out vs. what men do.

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