Online Dating Guide & Blog

Recently, a reader wrote to ask questions about re-contacting women at some point after the first email. He also talked a bit about my personal success compared to his and I wanted to address both of these areas in this article.

Here’s part of his email to me:

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A reader who was diligent about taking my advice recently wrote me. While he offered many compliments (which I’m happy to share!) he also pointed out some gaps in my dating guide in regards to having early success:

I stumbled on your site a couple months ago after considering getting serious about online dating after using okcupid in an extremely passive way for about 6 months. I was looking for advice that didn’t entail sleeping around. I too am an [...]

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Sometimes I reference my experience in my other posts and while I discuss my dating history in my guide, I wanted to have an article I could make references to that anyone could see. I’m not going to go into extreme detail but this should give a nice overview of my online dating experience for those interested.

Filed under: personal experience

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In the first few months of a relationship, everything has to be kept under the surface. God forbid that an open discussion could actually take place at this cautious stage. Instead, we need to maintain the balance between assuring someone we’re interested and making sure we don’t scare him or her off. This can be a tricky and frustrating game to play. Without the solid clarity of transparent conversation at our disposal, we have to fall back on [...]

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Some years ago a friend of mine had been discussing the idea of loneliness with me and while she didn’t come out and say she was looking to date, I felt the signs were there. I mentioned this blog and then discussed some ideas on why I think she might want to try it.

She did try it and for a time, things didn’t go very well. She met quite a few jerks and sometimes it seemed to me she was [...]

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