Posted on February 28th, 2010 by Brad
Looking for details on the most recent Chemistry free weekend? You can find it here: Chemistry Free Weekend August 2010. If you’ve missed the free weekend keep reading as Chemistry offers on-going free promotions.
As of today, Chemistry offers a 14 day trial to try out their service for free. Recently I received the question: Is the Chemistry.com free trial worth it? At first, I thought this was an odd question. If it’s free, how could it not be worth it? [...]
Filed under: dating advice, promotions
Posted on February 27th, 2010 by Brad
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Writing your online dating profile can be a tricky thing. Many of us feel fine discussing ourselves in conversation but put us in front of a computer screen with a few text boxes to fill and we freeze up. I believe that writing a profile from the heart is the best option as it [...]
Filed under: online dating guide
Posted on February 26th, 2010 by Brad
This article asks the question: Can Twitter replace online dating sites? My first thought to this prior to reading the article was: weren’t people asking this same question about MySpace a few years ago? As I had mentioned back then, people also meet in grocery stores but that doesn’t mean grocery stores are going to replace bars, clubs or singles events. And so my first thought to this question was a resounding “No”.
However, after reading the article I’ll say that [...]
Filed under: dating articles, dating links
Posted on February 25th, 2010 by Brad
I’m not a big fan on relationship quizzes but the geek in me couldn’t pass up the super-hero relationship quiz at ComicVine.com. I matched 100% with Batgirl which I’m not so sure is a good thing based on the description! Actually, I think if my wife sees that description she might not like it either!
There a quiz for both the guys and the gals out there of any orientation:
Date a Super-Hero Chick
Date a Super-Hero Dude
Filed under: rambling
Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Brad
YourTango has a good article on Twitter Top 10: Who To Follow For Dating Advice. I thought this was a pretty good list and I guess more and more people will be looking to collect advice, dating or otherwise, using Twitter. Of course, you can always follow me too! Honestly, though, I’m not the best tweeter and generally only tweet my new posts so the list above would probably be more useful.
Filed under: dating advice
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by Brad
A recent article shows how online dating is gaining ever more acceptance. As someone who has been defending online dating for five years, I think this news is great:
If you spent Valentine’s Day looking for love online then you are among the one in three Internet users who regard the web as a good place to find a relationship, according to a new study.
The BBC World Service global poll showed that 30 percent of web users regard the Internet as [...]
Filed under: online dating news
Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Brad
How To Sleep Alone
The Dating Papers offers some general advice on how to sleep alone. I’ll admit that when I was single I had a bad habit of staying up as late as possible…sleeping alone just isn’t fun. Still, you’ve got to do it sometime. This article offers some advice for this.
Co-Sleeping
This article discusses a rather…humorous…part of sharing the bed with someone and asks how to handle a potentially awkward situation while spooning.
The Cuddling Kama Sutra
While we’re on the topic [...]
Filed under: dating advice, dating links
Posted on February 21st, 2010 by Brad
Here in Pittsburgh it seems like we’ve been under several feet of snow for several months now. Not only that, I actually managed to be in Philadelphia last December when they were covered with the blizzard that happened then (little did we know it would only be the start of all the snow they’d be seeing!). Today the snow is starting to melt and I hope that trend continues. Parking on my street is a real nightmare! Fortunately, Pittsburgh residents [...]
Filed under: rambling
Posted on February 21st, 2010 by Brad
Over at Mashable, there was a poll that asked users which was better: Match.com or Plenty of Fish. Their results showed that, at least among their readers, that Plenty of Fish is the better service. I find this rather disturbing: I look at (or read about) dating services almost every day and I have to say that Plenty of Fish is absolutely my least favorite dating service. My article on 5 Signs Your Dating Service Might Suck was actually based [...]
Filed under: online dating news
Posted on February 20th, 2010 by Brad
As I lay out in my online dating guide, I think one approach that should be taken with online dating is to date as many people as as you can simultaneously. There are many reasons for this such as gaining confidence and just improving your odds by the number of people you are meeting. However, I don’t want to go over all of that again here.
Instead, I wanted to direct my readers to an article at Dating Advice From A [...]
Filed under: dating articles, online dating guide
Posted on February 19th, 2010 by Brad
What is a VIP email message? It stands for “Very Interested Person” and this is a new type of message that Match.com is testing at the time of this writing (right now only some users are currently able to use). You should see a “Use Your VIP Email” button when you’re writing an email if you’re in the group of users who have this feature enabled.
A VIP email has a few rules and features that make it significantly different than [...]
Filed under: dating advice, online dating guide
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Brad
Little White Profile Lies
This Washington Post article discusses some of the most common lies in dating profiles: height and weight. It also states that 8 out of 10 profiles have some type of lie in it. When I was dating online I had plenty of first dates but only one where the woman I met had blatantly lied about her appearance…so if 80% of people are lying I think most of those lies must be pretty small, at least based [...]
Filed under: dating articles, dating links
Posted on February 17th, 2010 by Brad
A woman named Terri Carlson has created her own personal online dating service called Will Marry for Health Insurance which is exactly what it sounds like (here’s a photo of her website just in case she does find that husband and brings her site down). Terri has a medical condition that costs her $300 more than she brings in every month and her current health coverage is going to be ending soon. She claims that the only qualification she has [...]
Filed under: online dating news
Posted on February 16th, 2010 by Brad
As I am frequent to complain about, finding really good dating advice can be difficult. I’ve found some good sources and I try to list them as I find them here. However far, far too many sites offer the “how to seduce a woman” type of advice that really isn’t helping anyone (excluding whoever is selling the advice, and there is almost always a price). This is the type of dating advice that discourages singles more than it helps them [...]
Filed under: dating articles, dating links
Posted on February 14th, 2010 by Brad
Just wanted to wish everyone a happy Valentine’s day and remind everyone that your ability to have a great day shouldn’t be determined solely based on your relationship status. Most of the dating service deals going on will be ending today but one last one will be occurring at Lavalife tonight.
Lavalife will be allowing everyone to use their service from free from 6PM until midnight. I added this to my previous article (see above) but since it was such a [...]
Filed under: online dating guide
Posted on February 12th, 2010 by Brad
This is the second part of my discussion regarding online dating advice. You can find more of my thoughts behind this in the first post, on why some dating advice can be more harmful than helpful.
1. Easy Answers
In many cases there is no easy answer. The people who are selling easy answers often believe the answers are easy…even though they’re not. Their personal experience of having an easy time with a problem gives them a very wrong impression of how [...]
Filed under: dating advice, online dating guide
Posted on February 12th, 2010 by Brad
There is a lot of dating advice out there and much of it tries to make your dating problems sound as if they are the easiest thing to solve in the world. Recently I was shown a video of a very handsome man giving dating advice on how everyone should just “get over” rejection. By looking at him it became clear that he had done most of the rejecting in his dating life (he made comments that further strengthened this [...]
Filed under: dating advice, personal experience
Posted on February 10th, 2010 by Brad
A few months ago I wrote a series of articles on avoiding online dating scams. One of the scams I discussed was the 419 scam. This involves the scammer convincing their target to send them money for one reason or another. With online dating it will often be the scam will often involve the person you are communicating with needing financial help for a troubling situation or because they want to meet you. For a recent example of this, check [...]
Filed under: dating articles
Posted on February 9th, 2010 by Brad
Several services are offering specials for this upcoming Valentine’s Day. I should mention that I find out about most of these deals because I’m signed up for dozens of dating services for the purpose of receiving these types of emails. I’m making the assumption that the deals I’m being emailed are available to everyone (I feel that this is a safe assumption). Still, you’ll want to verify the promotion is actually available if decide to sign up. I’ll add additional [...]
Filed under: promotions
Posted on February 8th, 2010 by Brad
I had a nasty surprise for me tonight when I realized none of my posts were available on my blog (the one you’re looking at now!). I could log into WordPress and see everything but my posts showed a count of zero (scary!). My first thought was to restore my latest backup only to realize my backup didn’t run this week. I did have the backup from last week so I logged into phpMyAdmin and this is where I found [...]
Filed under: technology
Brad is a happily married man that found great success (and his wife!) using online dating. He now shares his thoughts and experiences, on this site and in his free online dating guide, to assist others in finding success. 
