Online Dating Guide & Blog

A reader wrote in that he was talking with a woman on an online dating service but she was very nervous about actually meeting someone using the service. Here’s his question:

I’ve been emailing a girl on Match.com for a couple of weeks now, and I’m struggling to work out where I stand, and how best to develop the email conversation into a real date. The girl has a really nice profile but took a few days to respond to my [...]

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A reader writes in the following question:

Hello, your site has been very helpful, but I still have another question.
I read the article on why woman may not respond to emails, but I have a related issue. What do you think it means if women that I email view my profile soon after, meaning they theoretically have read them, and then do absolutely nothing? This happens a lot to me and is quite frustrating.
Thanks for any insight you may [...]

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A reader writes in that she was have some success with initial contacts but was struggling when moving beyond that:

Please address the SECOND email you send. I just began using Match.com and get lots of winks and have had a few first emails. But when they respond, their answers are short and not too informative or don’t seem to offer much to move things forward. More like “what do you want to know” when I haven’t asked the questions along [...]

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Following the pattern from my last post, I wanted to highlight an old post that I think still holds a lot of value today. Many of these old posts I highlight come from a time when I had very few readers so in some cases some of my favorite articles are getting very few eyes on them..

In this case I wanted to discuss my post on Bad Dates and Your Dating Mind-set. This article covers something I see from time-to-time [...]

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First date conversations are a tricky thing: we all realize how important they are but sometimes we still don’t prepare while other times we put so much emphasis on having “good” conversations we actually create problems for ourselves.

In one of my very first articles for this site, I had given tips for first date conversations based on what worked well for me. I wanted to touch on the points I made back then as I still see them as valuable. [...]

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One problem that most of us who have used online dating have run into is the fake profile. Currently, online dating services don’t make it very easy to spot these fake profiles (although some discourage it better than others).

In this article I want to talk in-depth about my experience with “fakes” as well as offering you some thoughts on avoiding these profiles.

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I was reviewing some of my old articles from when I first started this site back in 2007 and decided to bring up some of the “forgotten” articles.

In this case I wanted to talk about a belief that many people hold true that can hurt their online dating experience: limiting themselves to dating a single person at a time.

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Note: I received a copy of this book for free in order to review it. I received the eHarmony UK edition of the book but I believe this is exactly the same as the U.S. version.

Dating the Second Time Around is a book written for a very specific audience: those who have previously been in serious, committed relationships (normally marriage) who are now looking to date again. Based on the fact that eHarmony is associated with this book, I assumed [...]

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As we’re already nearly halfway through the spring, the time really is ripe to start planning for the summer. Prices are still quite low, even for high-season flights, and hotels are handing out the bargains – so get clicking, phoning and generally booking as soon as possible.
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But where to go? If it’s romance you’re craving on your trip, here are a few pointers. If you stick to these, whether you met through eHarmony UK or through friends, you [...]

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You’ve decided to try online dating and found yourself talking to a man that seems promising. You decided to meet and on your first date things go great. You enjoy each others’ company, enjoy the same things and over the next month or so you start to date more seriously. Generally everything feels wonderful. However there is one problem: his dating profile is still active.

If this sounds like your situation, you’re not alone. For the last few months this has [...]

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You have decided to go on your first date off-line after some emails or online interaction. You are nervous and distracted. But sometimes through all of the excitement people forget basic precautions and do not see the “Red Flags” that they should have seen on their first date.

While most everyone’s idea of what a first date should involve is different, there are still solid guidelines that can be used. Oftentimes people do not listen to their [...]

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In my last article, I spoke about recognizing some signs for when you’ve met someone you should commit to date exclusively. I was reviewing some of the thoughts I’ve had and advice I’ve given on the topic and I noticed a pattern. In this article I wanted to talk about finding a healthy relationship…not just a relationship.

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