February 9, 2007
No Means No
Dating sites offer an interesting look into the psychology of both men and women. I can’t tell you how many women complain to me about men who message them over and over, despite the lack of response on their part. Some even complain about guys who they’ve been up front with who still continue to write and send IM requests. Has their instant messaging manners and general dating etiquette gone out the window? Is it that these men are incapable of understanding that no means no? Do they really think that no means that it is suddenly a game that they stand a chance at winning? Or are they convinced that with nothing to lose, you should try anything and everything to get what you want?
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January 25, 2007
Accidentally In Love--AGAIN!
Well, he’s gone and done it again! This is the second time my hair stylist has left a salon on a moments notice because he fell for a girl in another city. Do you know how hard it is to find someone who can cut your hair and who you get along with? Sheeesh! I was talking about him today with some of the others at the shop and they were marveling at how quick he picked up and left. I wasn’t surprised, mind you. The first time he left in a week and took off to New York to become part of one of the hottest celebrity couples in the hair world. Now he’s in Montreal dating yet another beautiful stylist, after he, according to his coworkers, fell accidentally in love.
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November 30, 2006
A Rant on Dating
It’s a question as old as time: how much effort do I need to put into a first date? I think it must have been easier in years gone by. The best years to date may very have well been during the time of cavemen. We didn’t have the thriving metropolises and the vast online digital universe that we have today. Back then, people were scarce and choices were few. Your first date was often the one you could catch—or would catch you!
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November 15, 2006
It's The End, My Friend! Time To Dump!
Relationships are filled with the highest highs and lowest lows. As a couple of people have put it in the comments of ‘Getting Over Being Dumped,’ one moment you can think the world is for you both, the next moment you’re getting the email that ends all ties. With such earth-shattering consequences, you would think that we, as a society, would have come up with a list of accepted practices when it comes to dumping someone. So why haven’t we?
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November 10, 2006
Having a Blast On My First Date
Sure, you may have a lot of experiences in your early years where you dated someone for a week and then broke up with them because they spent too much time talking to someone else in the school yard, but there must have been a time when you went on your first “real” date. For me, my first real date came back before I began reviewing dating sites. It was back in grade eight. I was seeing this girl from another school and we decided to go skiing. Little did I know what a blast it would be!
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September 6, 2006
Strange Dates
Sometimes dates just don’t go the way you expect them to. I’ve had a bunch of strange dates over the years. I’ve had the dates with the people who take their pictures and redesign them to look how they would like to really look. I’ve had dates with people who don’t want to talk about anything personal, such as where they’re from, what they do for a living or what life was like growing up. I’ve even had dates where we’ve almost argued. But not all strange dates are created equal. This is what I found out from a friend of mine…
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August 30, 2006
Inbox: Penis Pictures!
What is it with guys sending pics of their genitals to women on dating sites? Now I've seen my share of penis pics, but only while reviewing sex dating sites and gay dating sites. I don’t know if there’s a single girl who I’ve spoken to who hasn’t gotten some special deliveries in their mailbox at some point in time. It’s so rampant that I’m starting to feel I’m missing out on something…
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August 15, 2006
Serial Monogamists Kill Love
Same-sex marriage is a controversial issue but whether someone thinks that it's a good idea or not, personally I believe it has little to do with the further disintegration of the institution of marriage. I think what has had more of an effect on long-term unions, legal or unofficial ones, has been the swelling trend of serial monogamy.
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August 9, 2006
Spyware and your Spouse
I was having an interesting conversation today with a friend. One of his friends is well on the road to getting married. Her and her fiancée have been dating for years. There was an incident a few years back when she caught him exchanging emails with a special woman, but they had a talk and cleared that up. More recently she found his computer had tracks from porn sites.
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May 15, 2006
Dating's Dark Clouds
I wonder what people think when they send you an email and you don’t get back to them right away. I’m in the process of dealing with that right now. I’ve been at a conference for a week and I know there’re emails waiting for me. I popped by to check them but, as per usual, there’s nothing there that requires any immediate attention.
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April 10, 2006
Love and Death
I know a guy who drove drunk on the weekend, got into a car accident, killed some people, has a friend who may die still and is in rough shape himself. He was living a lifestyle that was right on the edge. He was selling large amounts of major drugs, partying non-stop and living a life he couldn’t control. Now he’s lying in some hospital bed after the medics had to push his intestines back into him. So what does this have to do on a blog about dating?
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March 26, 2006
One Bad Date
Well, it finally happened. I had a bad online dating experience. Prior to this past weekend, I only had two stories that came close. One of them involved a woman who used a picture taken ten years prior. The other involved a woman who photoshopped some noticeable features off her face – and we’re not talking a nose or ear. This past weekend takes the cake.
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March 6, 2006
Who Ya Shaggin?
You meet some interesting people when you're dating online. Take, for example, this past week. I had been chatting with someone a few months ago but shortly concluded that there was no chance for a relationship. She was offended - or so i take it as she never replied to my email. A week ago she popped back online and apologized for not returning my email. I made a friendly offer of coffee as payment for my sins.
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February 3, 2006
Dating the Frex
One of the most forbidden fruits is the person your friend is dating or married to. Anyone with any insight to the way death is dealt out in the world knows that staying away from your friends significant other is the first good step to continuing a long and happy life. Yet for better or worse, relationships don’t always last.
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January 26, 2006
Sadly Seduced
I was reading comments left by people on our reviews today. It’s interesting to see how vocal some people can get! It’s not that I blame them. I’ve seen so many scams online that I’m surprised I can stay as positive about it as I do. Many of those that left comments, though, had lost their positive energy. They had been burned on sex sites, whether it was by a site that made them sign up only to find very little luck on the inside, or by fake profiles targeting them to ensure they kept paying.
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July 13, 2005
Letting The Girl Go
Today a good buddy of mine is ending things with his girlfriend. They’ve been going out for a few years but times have been tough. She’s younger than him by a few years, putting her in her mid-twenties. She’s been partying a lot and these days and he’s in a different place. She has guys sleeping over at her house and he’s not down with that at all.
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July 12, 2005
Missed Chance
I often think about the chances I never took. This happened just last week in the most unusual of places. I was dealing with my taxes and had been on the phone with this representative a few times who was handling my case.
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