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May 30, 2011 Online Dating News, Uncategorized
It’s more than food for thought. It’s a hot topic hotter than all of the hot dogs Americans are eating at outdoor parties this long holiday weekend.
Would you want $ 1 Million Dollars or One Smoking Hot Body?
The results are surprising. Nutrisystem, the leading home delivery weight loss company conducted a survey with its Nutrisystem Diet Index. It reached 1,000 adults age 18 or older in collecting information about healthy diets and lifestyle attitudes and behaviors.
Here are some of the most interesting things revealed by the Nutrisystem Diet Index:
A whopping 85% of those surveyed said they find a great body to be much more of a turn-on for a sexual partner than the person having a great deal of money.
The conclusion of a group of economists was that beautiful people (those with really nice looking bodies) are generally happier than those who are not. This is mainly because having good looks to showcase increases their opportunities to become rich, either directly through their own career or using their physical attractiveness to marry someone who is quite wealthy.
The poll results also showed that 22% of the Americans surveyed about the subject of a million dollar body said they would prefer to have their dream body for as long they lived more so than winning $ 1 million dollars in the lottery.
Four out of five (80 percent) said they would choose losing weight over taking prescription medication, such as Cialis or Viagra, if they ever felt the need to improve their sexual performance.
64% admitted they feel better about themselves when they lose weight. Nearly the same amount (62%) claimed they felt a spike in their energy due to weight loss.
48% believe if they were to drop only ten pounds they would be more confident in their own sexuality. Roughly one-third of those surveyed said they would feel more sexual, and enjoy better sex more often if they weighed less.
These one thousand Americans also expressed awareness of the importance to keep their own bodies looking appealing in order to help keep their sexual partner interested in them. A quarter of those surveyed managed to confess they have on at least one occasion become less attracted to a sexual partner after seeing that person in the nude.
The matter of one’s weight was a heavy topic with those in the Nutrisystem survey. Most said they would prefer not to even discuss their weight with others, especially their sexual partner. In fact, thirty-six percent of those men and women who are either married or in a serious relationship admitted they would be more inclined to share details about the number of sexual partners they’ve had as opposed to honestly discussing their current weight.
Many Americans would prefer that their peers not know their exact weight. This might be the explanation behind why 50% of American men and women who are members of social networking websites admit to posting online profile photos which mainly only show them from the waist-up. 17% took this a step further in admitting they have lied about their true weight on various formal documents such as driver’s licenses, passports, medical forms, and other means of personal identification.
When questioned about which body they’d most like to have, the names of Jennifer Lopez and Halle Berry were the most pointed to for physical perfection. Jennifer Lopez was voted to have the best legs and derriere with 24%. First Lady Michelle Obama had the best arms, getting 22 percent, while Jessica Alba’s abs were most coveted at 11 percent. As for the men surveyed, 35% would love to have Vin Diesel’s arms, and 16% would be quite happy with Matthew McConaughey’s six-pack abs.
May 28, 2011 Online Dating News, Uncategorized
People have been saying it and thinking it. Online dating has gone to the dogs. But those words are usually spoken by men or women who haven’t yet enjoyed any kind of success in online dating. However, things are different now.
Online dating has gone to the dogs, literally. Mate Select is a website launched by Kennel Club. Its primary purpose is to be the online connection place for pedigree dog breeders. It aims to do this by promoting the general improvement of dogs. A big part of this will be working to ensure that pedigree puppies remain healthy by steering clear of nature’s inevitable genetic problems which occur with “inbreeding,” when breeders mate dogs who are too closely related.
Mate Select gives dog breeders the opportunity to perform hypothetical matchmaking, mating dogs online to explore what type of a genetic impact there would be were it to happen in real life. This is important for safeguarding the long term health and viability of the dogs involved and the future of the breed.
There are also benefits for people who buy puppies. Now they will be able to validate the health and test results of the parents of puppies they might be considering buying. Kennel club hopes this aspect will take a big bite out of the black market or illegitimate dog dealers since every dog on Mate Select is registered with Kennel Club, meaning every deal has total transparency.
Well-deserved credit goes to Kennel Club for having the vision and determination to come up with the clever promotional idea. It can not only help dog breeders, dogs, and dog lovers, but will also likely boost the overall image and awareness of Kennel Club. You reading this online dating blog is proof they’re getting free publicity.
Why shouldn’t there be an online dating site for dogs? There is already Plenty of Fish for humans, right? There are also many popular niche opportunities in online dating such as Thai Dating sites or sites for admitted ugly people. Perhaps there are some key takeaways online dating sites for men and women should get by looking closely at online puppy love.
Since I was just reading online dating complaints of eHarmony users about how the industry giant seemingly fails to use physical compatibility or physical attraction in generating matches, perhaps they can do some scratching and chewing around the basic concepts of Mate Select.
We’ll all know when we’ve gone too far in letting online dating go to the dogs. It’ll be the time when men and women can log on to an online dating profile and sniff the hind quarters of their potential love matches.
May 25, 2011 Online Dating News
Arnold Schwarzenegger is in trouble. But now it appears it may be even bigger trouble than we thought.
The latest news and gossip reports claim the successful bodybuilder, film star, and politician may not be able to say “I’ll be back” to a movie career as he planned.
“The Terminator” lately nicknamed “The Sperminator” may suffer more humiliation than what’s sure to come from his wife, Maria Shriver terminating their marriage of 25 years. Arnold’s alleged sexual escapades could now possibly have him facing some pretty ugly legal trouble.
The office of the California Attorney General is reportedly launching an “inquiry” into whether or not the former Republican Governor misused California taxpayer funds by having members of his state employee security team spend time on duty supporting and covering up his sexual liasions.
Bulldog professional gossip news outlets such as Radar Online and the National Enquirer are running revealing stories with shocking details alleging California Highway Patrol officers. The stories claim CHP officers were escorting scantily-clad women in and out of the Schwarzenegger’s private wing at the Sacramento Hyatt Regency Hotel. Allegedly, the young girls would visit Arnold for a couple of hours after being snuck in to his suite through a service elevator.
Schwarzenegger, 63, was forced to announce earlier in May that he and Shriver, 55, had separated. The couple has four children together. The following week Arnold revealed he was in fact the father of a 14-year old love child son with Mildred Baena, his family’s longtime housekeeper who also was married at the time.
Just before news of the scandal broke, Arnold Schwarzenegger was said to be ready to return to acting in the starring role of director Kim Ji-woon’s film, “The Last Stand.” Should California choose to investigate or prosecute its former governor on the alleged inquiry, Arnold Schwarzenegger could very well be making his last stand in real life.
May 16, 2011 Uncategorized
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May 13, 2011 Online Dating News
Wanna watch online videos about beautiful Thai Girls? Well now there is a new place where you can do just that.
In a welcomed piece of online dating news, ThaiAngelsChannel on You Tube is the new channel for ThaiAngels.com. Thai Angels is the new Thai Dating website for singles which provides an online community where men from around the world can find and meet a nice Thai Lady or even an exotic Thai LadyBoy.
Thai Angels is different than other Thai Dating sites. The management team which has launched the website and online dating service is led by a Thailand woman and her husband who is an American businessman. They have the advantage of knowing and understanding Thailand, the Thai Dating culture, and Thai Dating etiquette.
All men and women 18 years of age or older can join the Thai Angels Online Dating community for free. Once people creates online dating profiles they can communicate with other members through the usual online dating methods. Plus, there are other unique benefits from Thai Angels including live video chat and online games. Simply log on now to ThaiAngels.com.
May 11, 2011 Online Dating News
It’s a series of questions we’ve all asked ourselves at one point or another in our dating pursuits. How to ask out our new heartthrob on a date? How do I do it? Will they say no? How does one impress enough to get the yes?
One Shelton, Connecticut high school senior is making online dating news around the world over the yes and no responses he received regarding his prom. James Tate of Shelton High School wanted to impress his friend in a way his entire small world would notice. Instead, what he did and the stir it caused has gotten the entire world to take notice. As any lovestruck adventure seeking teenage boy would do, Tate went to the school in the middle of the night to post his big “ask out” sign. He taped foot-high pieces of cardboard and hung them at the school entrance to spell out “Sonali Rodrigues, Will you go to prom with me? HMU Tate.” (HMU supposedly stands for “hit me up” in young people lingo today).
The good news for James Tate is Sonali said yes. But now for the bad news. The school administration banned from attending the prom because they say he was guilty of trespassing and actually risked his life by using a ladder to put up the public plea for prom romance.
While school officials weren’t impressed, the most important thing for James Tate is the girl most definitely was. “This is really upsetting,” Rodrigues told the Connecticut Post newspaper. “It’s our senior year and we are supposed to have happy memories, not something like this.”The controversy is big news in Connecticut. Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti has thrown himself into the middle of the story in support of the kids. A growing Facebook group on behalf of Tate has already attracted more than 30,000. And here Tate is, the sole subject of a popular online dating blog.
If you are looking to get dates and create your own online dating news, check out www.thaiangels.com. The new Thai Dating site offers live video chat, online games, and other features to help men from around the world connect with beautiful Thai Girls and exotic Thai LadyBoys. You can join for free at ThaiAngels.com. Ladder and sign not required.
May 9, 2011 Online Dating News, Uncategorized
Thailand is known as “The Land of Smiles.” Thai girls make men smile around the world. This is because so many of the Thailand women are as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside.
Thai Dating represents a very popular niche in the online dating industry. And there is a new Thai Dating site for singles just being launched — ThaiAngels.com.
This site is run by a Thai woman and her American husband. It features many different benefits for members including allowing each of them to write in their own online dating blogs, live video chat, and even playing online games. We’ll be doing one of our online dating reviews very soon. Meantime, you can check out Thai Angels for yourself and join for free at ThaiAngels.com
Nov 24, 2010 Online Dating News
Today, thin is still wins. Being thin is still in. While more and more people seem to be carrying around extra pounds, those who don’t carry the advantage in online dating and in life.
Proof of the thin advantage is everywhere. For women, the supermodels with airbrushed photos, perfect makeup, sexy wardrobe and beautiful hair are still the ones who are worshipped in the media, in the minds of most men, and in the mirrors of many women. The deliver messages that being thin is who, what, and how a woman needs to be to succeed. And also those who don’t conform to these beauty basics are basically unattractive, unworthy, and unwanted.
At one point or another, all (BBWs) big, beautiful women as they call themselves have either wanted or felt the need to fit into the thin crowd. They are pressured internally and externally by advertising, the diet and fitness industries, squeezing into things like clothes and airline seats, and dealing with how others view them and how BBWs view themselves.
We all see these images every day. They don’t just affect BBWs. They impact all of us, from preschool girls to professional men. Yes, these images greatly impact men.
If you think about it, it takes a big man to be in love or an online dating relationship with a BBW. This doesn’t mean a large or physically strong man to handle her size. It means it takes a man who is bigger, stronger, and more confident than all of the pressure and negativity that surely comes his way by being romantically involved with a BBW.
A man who is attracted to a BBW or in a sexual relationship with one will usually face both verbal and non-verbal criticism from his friends, family members, neighbors, co-workers and clients, even strangers. They will wonder what is wrong with him, why he is settling for someone clearly unacceptable, what is he thinking being seen with someone like that. He and she will be totally and harshly judged by appearance alone. They constantly face rejection. It is destination: disapproval.
BBWs and their partners have this difficult and courageous choice to carry in a relationship. And the wounds of rejection run even deeper. Many BBWs have experienced being targeted by men who view them as easy marks or receptacles for casual sex encounters. Therefore, they are often flat out suspicious of a genuine man who likes, loves, or is attracted to them for who they are as a whole – physically, emotionally, and spiritually. In one of the ultimate ironies, the man who wants to be in a dating relationship or marriage with a BBW more than likely has to fight really hard to be the women that many in our society today want little to do with.
Nov 23, 2010 Online Dating News
Some men and women claim to like dating bad guys and bad girls. But what about attracting the really bad ones through internet dating? I’m talking about the hardened criminals.
Criminals do their jail time in order to pay their debt to society. Everyone deserves a shot at love. But do you deserve the right to know if someone you are communicating with through online dating sites is actually a convicted felon?
Most Online Dating Sites Do Not Check Members for Possible Criminal History
But what most of the companies behind internet dating sites say is they do take the security of their members very seriously. Still, for reasons such as cost, hassle, incomplete information as well as inaccuracies, they choose not to conduct background checks of members in the felony and sex offender databases. On the other hand, they don’t want to create a false sense of security to members if they don’t have access to the latest and greatest criminal records.
Some argue that because of the money online dating sites generate, they should pay for criminal background checks as a part of the services they provide to members. A slightly different argument is that online dating sites could upsell members and charge extra for the option of background checks.
But really, how many men and women would want to enter an online dating relationship with a known felon? The answer is probably not too many. Once criminals complete their prison sentence, they are entitled to their rights and freedom again, with the exception of registered sex offenders. Therefore, internet dating companies could open themselves up to potential lawsuits by providing criminal history of members.
Use Caution in Offline or Online Dating
Hopefully, you don’t need an online dating news blog to teach you to be smart about protecting yourself and your privacy. It is safe to say that wherever singles today connect, whether it is at a local coffee shop, nightclub, or an online dating site, people should always exercise caution when getting to know strangers.
Sure, your neighbors could be dangerous and you might not know until it’s too late. However, it’s also quite possible the men and women who act like your neighbors online might not be who they present themselves to be.
If a person wants to hide, it’s easier to do behind a computer screen than in real life. You can create false online dating profiles even with photos fairly easily if you wanted to hide your past.
True.com actually does background checks of every one of its members that signs up for the online dating site. It rejects less than three percent of the people for being convicted felons, which is a statistic in line with the national average.
In the United States, only the state of New Jersey has adopted an internet dating safety law. It requires that online dating sites provide users with safety notices and inform them if they don’t conduct background checks on members.
Nov 23, 2010 Dating Websites, Online Dating News
Singles finding other compatible singles for dating can be challenging. There are all kinds of reasons for it, including schedule, resources, preferences, income, and so on.
These types of common challenges are often the case in major metropolitan areas such as crowded New York City, the widespread windy city of Chicago, and even Philadelphia, PA, the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. But what can you do if you also have geography as a major obstacle for you in finding the love you want?
For those who reside in a rural area or small town, their dating options have always been rather limited. But online dating has changed all of that. Online dating sites put plenty of potential matches at their fingertips regardless of what remote corner of the world they are in looking for love.
For example, if you were a single man or woman who made your home in Window Rock, Arizona, you’d out there in desert country with more rocks than potential dating partners, and a limited window of opportunity. The similar situation exists from Alaska to Montana, Maine to New Mexico, and many countries around the world. Isn’t it cool that the internet allows for an online dating blog to write about this? Isn’t it cool that the technology behind online dating brings a world full of possibilities to all of the people in rural locations?
Sure, there are more hurdles for all of those singles who live in remote areas, such as managing the long travel distance with a relationship partner or one of the people having to relocate, but still, at least singles everywhere have options regardless of where they call home. And with every passing day, more and more single women and men are jumping online and dropping their online dating profiles into the world of online dating because they see it as their only genuine option for meeting someone. Good for them.
Nov 22, 2010 Online Dating News
Eight minutes. You probably know a marriage or long term romantic relationship can change forever in that time frame. The question is –
Can you really build a foundation for a romantic relationship in eight minutes when there are plenty of distractions and plenty of competition?
Reasons Why Eight is Enough in Speed Dating Time
It is a fun, exciting, and unpredictable night out that beats staying home alone.
You are guaranteed to meet several different possible connections in a short period of time.
If you don’t like someone, you’re only required to visit with them for eight minutes.
It is much less risky than a blind date.
You have multiple opportunities to test “your story” or your “pick up lines.”
You may meet some new friends.
Reasons Why Eight Ain’t Enough for Speed Dating Success
It is not enough time to know whether or not you would enjoy a second meeting with a person.
Your personality type might not be right for it.
There is not enough
There is way too much competition for the most attractive men and women.
The people you meet in eight minute intervals are too similar. There is just not enough to differentiate between the rotating speed dating men and women.
Who would want to leave table of a person you really like in order to move on to the next person for whom you may not feel any interest or attraction?
One little spark can burn acres upon acres of forest. One little spark is all you need in eight minute dating. Many people believe all you need is an instant to know if a spark is there or at least the possibility of one being generated. Then, if there is mutual attraction and both the man and the woman feel a sense of a spark, an eight minute connection will go quickly and likely leave each of them wondering and wanting more time together. If you a believer of this philosophy, then the eight minute dating concept could be a fun and perhaps successful option for you to consider.
Nov 21, 2010 Online Dating News
On your mark! Get set! Date! Speed dating has established its place today. In online dating, you can make decisions about potential partners with the click of a mouse. In speed dating, the process can be just as fast. Either way, it’s potential romance – machine gun style. You meet many people at an event very quickly and hope you at least hit one target in a possible connection.
One type of speed dating is 8 minute dating. This is becoming increasingly popular among all types of single people. 8 minute dating live events are often organized by a local or online dating service, dating coach, or promotion minded online dating websites.
8 Minute Dating: How it Works (or doesn’t work) for Singles
The process traditionally works in cycles of eight. A group of eight men and eight women meet each other for a period of eight minutes. When time is up, each person then rotates on to another person for another eight minute meeting. At the conclusion of every eight minute meeting, participating singles are required to move on to the next date regardless of the quality of the connection with the other person. So, if you know instantly that the person you’ve just met is not at all the one for you, then eight minutes can be a long time. On the other hand, eight minutes will fly by if you are into the person with whom you have just been introduced.
To keep the pressure-cooking aspect on low, first names are only used. Personal information such as last names, telephone numbers, email addresses, and physical addresses are not to be exchanged between eight minute dating singles.
At the end of an eight minute dating event, the participants are supposed to submit a list to the organizer of the people they would like to meet for a second date. If and when the feelings are mutual, contact information is then provided for both interested singles. And there is usually no limit to the number of likes you can select in 8 minute dating. You can select all eight people for second date if you want.
Nov 20, 2010 Online Dating News
Online dating sites work best when people are honest. When a man lies about his marital status or a woman lies with the photos in her online dating profile, the entire system suffers, and people lose time as well as confidence in internet dating. It gets worse.
Scamming people in online dating is far more hurtful. Using children as part of the scheme makes it as low as you can go. That’s what this piece of online dating news is about.
Back in August 2010, our online dating blog first told you about an dating scam from a couple in Ohio with buckeyes for brains. Now the Toledo area ringleader will have plenty of time to think about what awful and awfully stupid things he did.
A U.S. District Court judge gave the maximum sentence of 41 months to Kevin Zunk, the Northwood, Ohio man who used an online dating Web site to swindle money from men. Zunk used a twisted plan to make his victims believe they had sent sexually explicit messages and photos to children.
Under federal sentencing guidelines, the 43-year old Zunk was facing a minimum of 33 months in prison for his conviction in U.S. District Court on two counts of extortion. However, we’re pleased to report that instead, Judge Jack Zouhary looked at Zunk’s lengthy criminal history and considered the likelihood that he would commit more crimes. Therefore, he imposed the maximum sentence of 41 months for the crimes. The judge also tacked on probation for one year after Zunk is released from prison.
Zunk the punk and co-defendant Tonya Blaze were arrested in August 2010 for their scheme which targeted gay men who had established personal accounts with MegaMates, a voice driven phone dating service. Victims from 10 different states were duped into believing they had sent nude photos of themselves and sexually explicit text messages to cell phones belonging to preteen boys and girls. But it was Zunk all along.
According to court records, the couple created an extortion system which demanded money from their victims to replace cell phones, pay lawyers, and cover other expenses to make the charges go away. They threatened to report the incidents to authorities as well as the victim’s employers if they did not wire money. The scam netted thousands. It also netted Kevin Zunk plenty of time in prison to be on the receiving end of his own gay dates behind bars whether he likes them or not.
Nov 19, 2010 Dating True Stories
Would you like that special someone sitting next to at Thanksgiving dinner? Would you like a relationship partner to enjoy all of the experiences of the Christmas season? You can do it. You are actually already programmed for it.
The fall can move you forward.
Think about it. From the time you started kindergarten, and all through grade school, high school, and college, life always brought new people into your life this time of year. There were new teachers, new students, new neighbors, and new people you met through extracurricular activities. These new social beginnings always kicked in during the fall, when a new school year began.
You’re already programmed, you’re already conditioned to meet new people during the fall season. There is no reason you can’t meet someone right now. After all, they are programmed for it as well.
The fall often brings a new wardrobe or at some new clothes or a mini-makeover. Again, we were conditioned for it from always needing to buy new clothes for the school year, right? At least with something new, most men and women might tend to feel a sense of being more attractive or refreshed, or even a new supply of hope to meet someone for dating, companionship, or the love of a long term relationship.
But the being ready to go for it spirit really comes from knowing the holiday season is rapidly approaching. No one wants to face the feelings of being lonely or depressed. This fear often motivates people to search harder, to date more, to find someone else even if it’s just “Mr. Right Now.” We just want to avoid being alone during the holidays. This is so powerful a concern that many men and men actually feel social anxiety about it. Thus, singles often create a real need for a love attachment of some kind.
So no matter what age you are, where you are geographically, and where you are in your life, if you are old enough to be dating, why not get yourself out there and do it? Just go on out and meet new people. It’s just doing what comes naturally during the fall. It’s following the programming and conditioning that is already inside you.
And be sure to use the power of online dating to jump start or compliment the networking you do in person. Create an online dating profile. Take some new online dating photos of yourself. There are so many online dating sites to choose from. Pick one or pick a few and make your own online dating news, become your own positive online dating statistic or success story. Fall into love and enjoy a happy holiday season!
Nov 17, 2010 Online Dating Tips
The internet never closes. It’s open for business and browsing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Very often you don’t even know who your customers and potential customers are. Take this online dating blog, BlogOnlineDating as a case in point. It gets visitors from all over the world every day.
When it comes to online dating profiles, they basically act as your online storefront, shopping you, and the personal package that makes up who you are as a unique individual. So, you need to be honest if you are looking to connect with a potential relationship partner who truly is compatible with who you really are.
But here’s the truth about the danger of telling the truth in online dating…
Any and all personal information you want to keep private should never appear in your online dating profile. They could suddenly become online dating news. You don’t know if what you post is being read by someone across the street from your home, across the hall from your office, or across enemy lines – whatever ones you may know you have or don’t know you have.
Just because this information isn’t always available to everyone in the general public, doesn’t mean it’s private either. Naturally, using your last name, mailing address, email address, and phone number in online dating essentially means you are putting a potential bullseye on yourself. The online dating sites have permission to use your likeness, image, and information if you actually check the terms and conditions of service.
Here are 5 other quick examples for why you want to make sure you know the difference between public and private as it pertains to online dating:
1. Stupid and cheating married guys often get caught posting online dating profiles when someone they know recognizes them.
2. I know a guy who had a pending divorce. His ex-wife who was mad as a hornet’s nest over their breakup somehow got alerted to his online dating profile and used it to make their relationship even more miserable than it already was.
3. I know another strange guy who has more online profiles than he seems to have personalities. He communicates with people all the time in social media and online dating sites. Some of them he personally knows, others he would like to know. The problem is none of these people know it’s him. Can you see how easily trouble can find its way to your keyboard?
4. People with personal preferences or fetishes or issues get “out’d” all of the time. Every day, there are married people who are gay, socialites or powerful figures who are into colorful sexual activities, and those with a drug or alcohol problem who manage to have their secrets revealed in online dating exposure. And it’s always shocking to them when their world falls apart from looking for love.
5. Private online dating information can be bad for business. Competitors and customers can find out things about you that you wouldn’t necessarily want them to know.
Can you see how easily trouble can find its way to your keyboard? Can you see the power of protecting your privacy? In online dating, it’s always good to be honest. However, it’s also just as good to be smart about it.
Nov 16, 2010 Online Dating News
You heard it as a kid. In fact, you probably heard it many times. Whether you are a male or female it makes no difference. Your parents, teachers, friends and enemies told you about it. And if that’s not enough, the Rolling Stones even sang it to you, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”
This just in to the Online Dating News Room…
It’s true. You may not always get what you want. But focusing on getting what you want is always a great starting point for your personal search.
How do you begin? Start by taking some time to be sure you actually know what it is that you do want. This will also help you to know what it is that you don’t want!
Spend some quiet time thinking and reflecting. Look back on your life/ Look at where you are now. And look ahead at where you want to be. Laser focus if you can. Ask yourself the easy and tough questions and answer them as best you can. Here are a few to consider for your own online dating self quiz:
What changes do you want to make or are open to making?
Are you in the market for marriage?
What are your feelings about sex?
Are you ready for a long-term relationship?
Are you open to a long distance relationship?
Are you satisfied with simply finding friends and others to spend some time?
Are you positioning yourself to be a player?
Do you want someone like your last significant other, or someone totally different?
Only you know the most important and relevant questions to ask yourself. And only you know the true, correct answers. Cheating on this kind of test is only cheating yourself, right?
Once you do know the answers to who, what, where, when, and why as they pertain to you, then you have prepared yourself for online dating success. Now you will be able to see and tell the difference between your stuff and someone else’s stuff. You will be able to know if what is important to them is important to you. You will be able to see if they match or if they don’t. Your self-awareness not only helps you, but can help every person you meet through online dating.
You should always think of yourself first in online dating. Follow your hopes and dreams. It’s okay to be led by the likes, looks, and laughs you want in a relationship partner. If you don’t get your needs met from the start, when are you going to do so? This matters in any relationship from casual dating to life long soulmates. You never drive far on an empty tank of gas, do you? And no matter how long the journey lasts, it’s always best when you enjoy the ride!
So, not that it’s really online dating news, here are some words to remember from the immortal Mick Jagger, “You can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.”
Nov 15, 2010 Dating Websites
Minnesota’s Twin Cities is a fun place with lots of great people. I know this because my friend Mike Veeck is one of the owners of the St. Paul Saints, perhaps the most fun team in all of professional baseball. But now as another cold, winter season replaces baseball, 4 Twin Cities singles are trying to hit a home run. Only their chosen field is online dating.
Plume Blue is claimed to be the love child of four young singles who say they have been through the gamut of online dating. Because their collective dating experiences lacked the joy, grace, humor and excitement they believed should be a part of dating, they created their own online dating site and service called Plume Blue.
This one is similar to How About We, the successful event based dating service in New York City we told you about recently here at BlogOnlineDating. How About We has raised a bundle in private investor money.
Meanwhile, with Plume Blue, a young woman named Stacy Becker is the founder and funder. She brings along three friends in key roles. A female as web designer, and a pair of young males as public relations person and web coding guru.
Plume Blue warns that some of its features may seem strange at first to experienced online daters in the Twin Cities area. Here’s why. Plume Blue members don’t get black and blue making their way through algorithm generated online dating profiles and recommended matches.
Instead, members can meet each other through posting and browsing activity based dates such as shows, classes, and sports and entertainment events at local venues. There isn’t the pressure of matching people in lifelong relationships. This is just about helping singles to find fun dates.
Privacy and communication have been protected and limited. Plume Blue members have total control over their profile and their communication.
Singles are even encouraged to enjoy double, triple, and even group dates.
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Nov 14, 2010 Dating Websites
Many of us have preferences in seeking a match or a mate, right? For example, some Jews, Muslims, and Mormons want to stay within their religion in seeking a match or a mate. Some wealthy people only want a mate who’s in their same income bracket. Some highly educated people want only to be matched with someone of their intellect.
Then, there’s the matter of looks. Many of us have a certain look we like, right? Some gentlemen prefer blondes, others like redheads. Some women prefer older men. Some cougars like the young cubs. Some whites want only to date African-Americans. Some BBWs only want equally big men.
But that covers looks. What about sounds?
Personally, I’ve always been a sucker for women with Southern accents and British accents. I don’t care what they say to me as long as they talk to me.
Do you have a certain sound that is music to your ears? If you are one of those people who believe “Beauty is in the ear of the Beholder,” then let me share some online dating news with you about a website I just heard about (pardon the pun).
Perhaps you should consider exploring www.iloveyouraccent.com. When you log on to the site you get welcomed by a video with a woman who has a lovely British accent.
The site talks of being open for singles to enjoy socializing with others. If you are an American looking for love, you can use iloveyouraccent.com as a resource to explore people in your community or across the pond in the United Kingdom, or other countries as well. It is positioning itself as more of an international online dating option.
The text on the website kind of reads like the writing of a depressed amateur therapist – a cross between say Dr. Phil and Dr. Ruth. Still, this dating service, iloveyouraccent.com does have some features that sound pretty good.
It says the site can act as your new foreign friend. You are urged to join the forums, talk about your life, love, and your hopes as well as dreams.
Registering and keeping a basic account with an online dating profile is free. You also get access to free unlimited chat, your very own blog, and uploads of video and accents. Naturally, there is an upsell to a premium account.
All and all, ILoveYourAccent.com shows there are plenty of niche markets and nice opportunities for you in the world of online dating. Find the one that works best for you and pursue it.
Nov 13, 2010 Online Dating News
I don’t know if he is a baseball fan. Nor do I care. But I do hope Barrie Turner gets his turn as a catcher in prison. It will put him on the receiving end of what he did to the more than 1,000 people he ripped off with his bogus and predatory online dating sites.
The 66-year-old man from British Columbia was just sentenced to 51 months in prison in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington. He pled guilty in June 2010. Turner must also pay back more than $300,000 in restitution to the people who thought they were his customers. In sentencing him, U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez told Turner “You stole the victims’ money. You stole their hope and dignity for the most basic of reasons: money.”
Turner was arrested last March when he tried to enter the United States at Point Roberts, Washington, just south of the Canadian Border where he collected his funds from fraud. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service delivered when it found that Turner was accepting payments from customers, but wasn’t providing them with any legitimate matchmaking services.
He was operating more than 200 Executive Dating websites, including Executive Gay Dating, Executive Catholic Dating, and Executive Seattle Dating. The more than 1,000 men and women paid as much as $1,500 for Turner’s dating services and got nothing for their money.
Prosecutors reported that Turner’s dating service websites were nothing more than a scheme that was fake, fraudulent, and cruel. And he did it over and over in Canada, Great Britain, and the United States.
Customers were sent matches but they were always fake. They included elaborate phony online dating profiles created by Turner and his accomplices. When the customers did find any of their fake matches interesting enough to want to meet, they would then receive identical but disappointing emails informing them that the “match” had decided to date someone else whom they had already met.
One of the female victims wrote in her statement to the court that Turner’s service “raised my hopes and then they dashed them. I felt foolish, embarrassed, and depressed. They preyed on me (and others) when we are the most vulnerable, all for the sake of their own greed.”
U.S. District Court Judge Martinez stated that this case was different than the other more typical types of fraud. “If someone orders a computer on eBay and gets a box of rocks, they are unhappy and mad… but they don’t lose their hope, dignity and self-respect as these people did,” he said.
So, for the next four years or so, online dating is safe from Barrie Turner. Meanwhile, he will rightfully be in prison with love (or at least inmate dating opportunities) looking for him in all the wrong places.
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“Hangover 2” was just released in movie theatres. The much talked about sequel was filmed in Thailand, featuring a story line in Thailand. Thus, it seemed like a must see movie for all those men and women interested in the subject of Thai Dating. Talking about the movie could be an easy conversation starter for Western men hoping to connect with Thai Girls or Thai LadyBoys through online Thai Dating sites.