About Little Red Rails
My name is Brad and I started dating online in June of 2004. I was very reluctant to using an online dating service and was only able to start once my loneliness outweighed my pride. I tried most of the big services: Match.com, eHarmony, Yahoo! Personals, American Singles and a few smaller sites. Eventually, I settled on a service that best suited me and I started dating aggressively; near the end I was going out an average two first dates a week. On June 9, 2005 I met the woman who would eventually become my wife using an online dating service. I hope that my experiences will encourage others to give online dating a shot. I’d hate to think what my life would be like today had I never tried it.
About This Site
This site is intended for anyone but I do have the unintentional habit of writing as if only guys were reading. Perhaps this is because I’ve had many guys ask me for dating advice but not once has a girl ever asked for advice have had very few women ask for any. I hope ladies could get something out of my thoughts but I won’t suggest that I’m capable of giving advice to a sex I can hardly understand.
This guide is also intended for those looking for a “serious” relationship. If you are just looking to sleep around, I imagine little here will be of interest to you because most of the suggestions involve devoting time to get to know someone. Honestly, if you’re looking to sleep around the only thing you need to know how to do is lie. I’m not experienced with this approach so can’t provide any value to the topic.
About the Advice
I covered this in the Online Dating Guide but best reiterate it here: I offer advice based on my own experience and from conversations I have had with others using the internet for dating. I do not believe there is a right and a wrong way of doing things. I do believe that approaching online dating in a particular way will improve your chances. However, I hope no one simply adopts all my opinions as their own. Read my thoughts with an open mind but then form your own opinion!
About the Site’s Name
This site wasn’t originally intended to be an online dating site. My original aspiriations were to work with a web technology called Ruby on Rails. Sadly, my company gave the thumbs down on every idea I suggested and I eventually decided to convert the site to something useful.
About the Site’s Design
This design is based off of a design by Small Potato over at WPDesigner.com. I altered the colors and changed a few other areas to fit my needs but nearly all the hard work was accomplished by him.
