Online Dating Guide & Blog

This is a weird one but I figured I would share my thoughts just in case any other ladies out there run into a similarly strange situation. From a reader regarding some interactions on Match.com:

I sent a guy a message, very brief, sweet, he “winked” back. At first I got excited but my friends say forget him, he’s flattered rather than interested. But I just don’t know how I feel about it, I agree but also disagree there could be [...]

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Generally when I receive email regarding my online dating guide I don’t post anything about that here. However, I’ve decided to make an exception for one of the emails I recently received a month or two ago. This is because in this case the person who read my guide is taking the exact steps I hope all my readers would. Here’s the email:

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Last year I wrote an article on improving your dating life as a part of your New Year’s resolution. If you missed that last year, I’d recommend you check it out. Here’s a part of my thoughts from last year:

Many people don’t see dating as something they would need a resolution to do. I think this is often a mistake. As veterans of online dating (or even traditional dating) know, finding a good match is often just as hard and [...]

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This article might be better called “the apparent rules for eHarmony free events”. I say this because eHarmony can change the rules of their free events and weekends anytime they choose.

This fact is actually the reason I’m writing this article now: eHarmony has recently changed the way that their free events work (some of the time). I want to discuss the different rules for the different types of events so that anyone signing up can know what they’re getting into. [...]

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How should I use Match.com? What’s the best way to approach using this service?

First, there is no perfect approach. However, I think that Match.com has some strength that its users can take advantage of to help improve their experience with the service.

Below, I’m going to discuss the communication process at Match.com and how I think you can use it to its fullest potential. If you are just signing up for Match.com now or are still considering doing so, I would [...]

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Online dating success rates are often poured over by those trying to decide if online dating is a good choice for them. Most of the statistics that are available today suggests that online dating success rates are continuing to rise. Some of these statistics include:

In a recent commercial, match.com has claimed that one in five relationships today are now started using an online dating service

eHarmony claims “Today, an average of 236 eHarmony members marry every day in the [...]

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Single and tired of it? Has the process of looking for a girlfriend been working poorly? This site is devoted to encouraging and advising on online dating so it’s no surprise that I would suggest you give it a try if you haven’t.

Some men I talk to, especially those in their early 20s, all but refuse to consider online dating. Today I wanted to offer my view on using online dating for those guys who might [...]

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If you are reading this I would guess that you’ve tried (and possibly given up) online dating. If you are experiencing feelings that online dating just isn’t worth the effort, I know exactly how you feel. However, I couldn’t disagree more!

I dated online and while I had these same feelings in the beginning, the more I learned and dated, the more success I had. Once I understood the best approaches for dating online, I found [...]

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I’ve noticed some sites talking about an eHarmony free trial. I wasn’t familiar with this and obviously would be interested in talking about it here for my readers, so I looked into it.

As far as I can tell, those websites discussing an eHarmony free trial are simply discussing the free features that exist within the site already. In other words, they are suggesting that the normal, everyday, run-of-the-mill version of eHarmony (where you can create your profile and view [...]

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Every pay online dating service that I am aware of has a policy where you are automatically auto-renewed at whatever subscription plan you select when first signing up. This means that if you sign up for six months, when your first six months comes to an end they will automatically renew you for another six months.

The dating services present this as a benefit by saying you’ll not miss out on any opportunities. However, that doesn’t make all [...]

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A reader recently wrote in with the following question after she had received a large number of emails after signing up for online dating:

The challenge that I have is that when I go online, I get so many views, flirts, im and email requests that it is impossible to finish my profile, search or anything else.

I did hide my profile for now so that I can work on my profile. Thanks. Is there a strategy for handling all [...]

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Writing online dating messages can be frustrating. Spending the time to write the “perfect” email only to receive no response can cause many of us to ask if we’re doing something wrong.

Below are some online dating message tips, most of which I also cover in my online dating guide. Hopefully these will help you with communicating on online dating services and might even help you realize that a problem you think you have isn’t a [...]

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