Monday 28 April 2008

Ask the Right Questions First

You have joined a couple of dating services and written a killer profile.



You’ve uploaded a good picture and now you are going to chat with a contact.
What now? How do you start separating those who have real potential and those who don’t have any potential at all?


You need to find out something about who this strange woman/man really is and not just who they want you to believe they are.
It would be nice if women/men wore labels like Gold Digger, Daddy’s girl, or mammy's boy.


but they don’t so it’s up to you to find these things out and you can’t just ask direct questions.


You need to know what mistakes you can avoid making and how to impress this lady/man if you decide you want to do that.



After you are past the initial small talk, ask, "What are the biggest mistakes you have made when dating online".

Listen carefully to there answers, see if they are going to tell you a lot about them selfs and there views on the opposite sex in general.



Next you should ask them, "What do you really think about online dating" Now they will tell you if they have had any bad experiences dating on line and help you to avoid making the same things wrong.



Now for the all-important one….."What caused the break up in your last relationship" If they put all the blame on the other person, you should probably move on to the next prospect. If they take all the blame them self, you should probably do the same,

If the the breakup was by mutual consent or that the relationship just wasn’t right for either of them, you’ve heard the right answer. Move forward but always with caution.



Asking the right questions will give you insight and make you more confident when you meet the person for the first time.

Allison Ward

Find Love and Romance

Thursday 10 April 2008

More Popular Online Dating Activities

A couple of popular online activities are sharing recipes and bidding at auctions, and both of these easily fit well into online dating opportunities, one of the most popular online activities for singles today.



To help many dates get better acquainted online, here’s what potential cyber-dates do.



Sharing Recipes – People get tired talking about the weather, so a popular subject to turn to is food, sharing favorite foods and recipes helps break the ice and even forms friendships over culinary skills – or lack of – and tastes.


Search your favorite search engine for “free recipes” to share, take photos of your culinary creations and share them with your date, too.



Bidding at Auctions – Ebay auctions sell nearly anything and everything! So surf around and enter searches like the dates you were in middle school.


Share cool memorabilia photos of old games and toys from when you were a child or when your parents or grandparents were little; The Dating Game, Oscar Mayer wiener whistles, The Partridge Family Album, Bobby Sherman’s Album, 45’s and more.



Online dating can be an educational and fun experience. So learn more about each other and have fun while you’re at it, take a cyber-stroll down memory lane together and see what’s cookin’.



John Burns

Find Love & Romance

Thursday 13 March 2008

But Does Online Dating Actually Work?

Yes, it does work! But like with everything else, there is a catch.

Millions of singles are joining, or have already joined, Online Dating sites and they can’t all be wrong. So, you ask, what’s the catch?

Finding that one-and-only for you takes time and effort. That’s the catch. You don’t just throw one line in the water and expect a miracle. It isn’t that easy.

There are different Online Dating sites for every possibility. Religious preferences, single men, single women, gays, people who only want “fun” (and you know what I mean by ‘fun’), people seeking marriage, and on and on.

Name anything and I’ll bet there is an Online Dating service to match. So, first you must find an Online Dating site (or sites) that meet your own needs, goals and desires and that will take time.

Obviously, you wouldn’t want to join a site that caters to Jews if you are Catholic and that matters to you.

You have to write a great profile and post a picture. The important thing here is to be honest. Being funny and original will make your profile stand out among thousands.

The picture needs to be as flattering as possible but it needs to reflect the real you, too. All of these things take more time.

You must make the first move by contacting prospects by email and you can’t use a “form” email.

Each contact needs to be different and special. You need to make reference to their profiles and not just drool over their picture. You will need to answer emails that you receive and do so promptly… but not TOO promptly.

This takes time, too.

In other words, you are going to have to work at Online Dating. Online Dating requires a commitment of your time, effort and energy.


Allison Ward

Find love and romance