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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