There are many situations where a simple friendship can become something more – having known somebody for a long time you realize how well you get on, and feel an inkling that there is something more there. It is a situation that needs to be treated with some caution, however. There is no doubt that [...]
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The Age-Old Question Of When To Call
Sometimes a first date goes so well that you know there and then that you want to have a second date. The date is duly arranged for a week or so in the future, and one of you – we’ll say for the sake of this example that it is you – promises to call [...]
Exit Strategies for the Date from Hell
As much hope as we sometimes invest in a date, there is rarely any guarantee that it will go as we had hoped. The very reason that you go on a date is to find out if you like the other person enough to spend more time with them – and if they feel the [...]
Be Yourself – A Cliché, But A True Cliché
The undeniable truth that everyone who has ever had a bad date can tell you is that sometimes the spark just is not there, no matter how much you want it to be. A personal connection is not something that you can manufacture and if it isn’t there at all on the first date, the [...]
Don’t Give Up Hope – Keep Trying
Whatever method of dating you attempt, there is always the chance that the early days will be marked more by failure than by success. It is hard not to be disheartened by this, and there is little that anyone can say to make it feel less painful. As much as these pieces of advice sound [...]
Choosing an Online Dating Profile Picture
For many people, choosing a profile picture is the worst part in putting together an online dating profile. Although a human being is very different from a sale-able commodity, a dating profile is different from an advertisement. You want people to think you sound and look good. There is no point in putting together a [...]
Creating an Online Dating Profile – The Dos and Don’ts
Do choose a photograph where you are well-dressed. It is not necessary to get dressed up and have a photo taken professionally, but one where you are wearing a faded t-shirt and a hat shaped like a beer can is not really appropriate.
The Disadvantages of Blind Dating – The Other Side
Meeting the perfect person for you is something that relies on many things. Giving the best account of your personality is a part of it, as is a sense of optimism and purpose. And as much as anything else, pure luck can make a big difference. Of course, we all have a large amount of [...]
The Advantages of Blind Dating
Although many people consider blind dating to be outdated in a world where the technological revolution has made close scrutiny of other people a matter of a few clicks of a mouse, it is still a fairly common way of embarking on a dating relationship. While not everyone will be enamored with the idea of [...]
Blind Dating – is true love blind?
The practice of blind dating is something which has been popular in many societies for many years now. TV shows have been based on the concept. It forms a staple part of the entertainment industry, with many sitcoms featuring a blind date, usually an extremely bad one, on average once every couple of series. It [...]
Disadvantages of speed dating
Looking for the right partner can be an incredibly tricky process. There are many people who think that there is one perfect person for all of us in the world – so if you never meet that person, or you meet them and it goes wrong, you have no hope. This is plainly wrong, though, [...]
Advantages of speed dating
In terms of popularity, speed dating has become very big since the start of this decade, as it can remove a lot of the searching from the process of finding the right partner. People have taken to speed dating in a big way because, for the most part, it takes away some of the awkwardness [...]
Speed dating
There is such a high level of importance placed on finding the “right†partner these days that a wave of different dating services have opened up to allow people to try and find someone. Among these services are several that enable the individual to “vet†possible suitors before they actually go on a date, the [...]
The Drawbacks of Online Dating
It can be difficult to meet the right person and it is not made easier by the pressures placed on us not only by friends and family, but also by most television shows and print media, most songs, books and films, and almost every ad you see. So turning to the Internet in the hope [...]
The Advantages of Internet Dating
Online dating has come a long way since the early part of the decade, when people would often react with horror if you suggested dating someone from the Internet! “They could be anybody!†was a common refrain, not to mention the impression that people had of regular Internet users – generally an unflattering one to say [...]
Online dating – turn on, log in , find love
The advance of the Internet in our society has had many positive and many negative effects. Although it allows us to make contact with people on the other side of the world as easily as talking to a friend who lives just across the street, it also has been known to introduce a layer of [...]
