Online Dating Guide & Blog

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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How do you know when you’ve met someone special? How do you know when it is time to stop meeting others? These are two questions I get with some regularity from my readers. In this article I want to talk about some of the signs to look for when considering if you should pursue one person exclusively.

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Around Valentine’s Day last month, Fox 26 in Houston interviewed me for my thoughts regarding online dating. I’ve been intending to post this for weeks now but for whatever reason I’ve never gotten around to it.

This was my first interview for TV so I was really nervous. I shouldn’t have been: we were recording on Skype and if I wanted to start over at any point I just had to say so. Still, I couldn’t shake the nervousness. But [...]

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Photo by WonderlaneMost of the time people don’t look to start long-distance relationships with online dating. However, for some of us there are reasons that we begin to consider long-distance as our best option. Reasons such as living in a low population area or having particular requirements in the person we would like to date that would make it unlikely to find them near-by.

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With online dating, the rules for dating are sometimes similar to the old-style of dating but in many cases the rules that people operate under are very different. One area of difference occurs when someone loses interest. Below is a question I received from a reader recently:

Thanks so much for your kind words of encouragement! I have a question and maybe I know the answer but sometimes it’s helpful to hear it from others. I had been communicating with a [...]

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When dating online you may find yourself asking: Why did he stop responding? Did I scare her off? Did I say something wrong?

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These are some of the most popular questions I receive from readers, both men and women. They will often send me their email communications to try to help identify where things went wrong…or if they went wrong at all. I want to offer some advice to any readers out there who might have these same [...]

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