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This blog is a collection of hilarious and wild articles by various people about their experiences of online dating (or just dating in general). I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did!
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Girl Next Door seeks Yard Worker
by Matt. I just heard a funny story from a friend of mine that met a girl on a popular dating site. We’ll call it yardmatch.com. You’ll see why. My friend, we’ll call him Gerry, received a response to his ad on yardmatch from Cind...
Importance of Being Earnest…
by Veronica Bell. Importance of Being Earnest… or at least the importance of using proper table manners as a way to get the date off to a good solid start. I happened to be in Chicago this weekend for a writers workshop at Second City. While ...
It’s Long Over…But He’s Still Around In My Dreams…
by Rori Raye. I was 12 years older than him, but we didn’t know it. It was a long time ago, and I’ll always think I almost married him - white picket fence and all. I met him in a computer store, in the early days of computers, when I ...
So I Dated a Serial Texter…
by Liza Keyne. As a 28 year old living in Chicago, I admit that I absolutely use text messaging to communicate with friends, family, and co-workers. For me, texting is great for sending and receiving short messages to and from people I already kno...
The Dealmaker
by Katy Franklin. In my last article, “The Dealbreaker,” someone posted a comment suggesting my next one be about “DealMAKERS.” I thought that was a great idea. Instead of being so negative, and discussing how guys can turn ...
Dating, Online and Otherwise
by Jerry Whiting. To say that internet dating has changed being single is an understatement. Heck, it’s even changed cheating. One searches the other’s email, text messages, voicemail, IM, MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, whatever, a...
Does Match.com Promotes Infidelity?
by Zane Trae Kearney. “It’s Okay to Look.” Only in certain contexts and situations could this slogan be construed as a truthful notion in the dating scene. In everyday conversations this phrase gets tossed around by men and women in r...
Secrets Of The Boys Club: What Guys Really Think The First Time They See You
by Matt Titus. There is one thing I try to convey to all of the women I work with: most men do not approach a woman because he thinks she is moral, funny or smart. His initial intention is to sleep with her. I know this sounds harsh and it may be sh...
Speaking the Universal Language of Emotion
by Joshua Thompson. Buddha said, “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” Our thoughts honestly control what we do. There is plenty of material written on this. So I won’t get into...
The “Dealbreaker”
by Katy Franklin. Every girl has her own little hang-ups about a guy that drive her crazy. Whether you’re out on a first date with someone, have been dating him casually for quite some time, or have been in a long-term relationship with a man, the...
Late Bloomer
by Carly Zinderman. You know that Drew Barrymore movie, Never Been Kissed? I totally relate to it, except for being a completely pathetic loser. Yet, in high school, no boy ever showed me the slightest bit of interest. I wasn’t worried about it t...
Good Dating Tip or Not?
Are you watching old Seinfeld reruns for dates because you’re broke? Do you need help with saving money without being a cheap date? If you answered “yes” to either or both of these questions, consider this dating advice: Spice things up a bit w...
Happily Single – It’s Not a Myth
by Brenda. A few months ago I left a comment here on a post entitled “Are You Permanently Celibate” and have been asked to expand on my thoughts. Basically the post was about a women who had her name on a dating site and in her profile stated ...
Do most women prefer to date their own race?
A study was done recently by economists and psychologists from Columbia University trying to answering the age-old dating question: “What, exactly, makes someone desirable?”. During the two year study, speed dating experiments were con...
Around the World for $250
by Janet Trakin. I’m a self-defined lesbian, but what lesbian isn’t tempted by a cute guy? I recently posted my profile and picture on My Space.com, that intergenerational melting pot of cyberbabies and misfits. Where most people wrote, Angeli...
How Do You Date A Baby Boomer?
by Charles Pixley. Life continues ever faster. Obviously we aren’t the same people we were in high school, when we had everything to learn, wide-eyed, and our life was in front of us. At this chronological phase, we come prepackaged, we are in t...
To Date or Not to Date a Famous Person: One girl’s true account
by Katy Franklin. You know how, in all those magazines on the stands today, there’s a whole bunch of celebrity worship and gossip, and they kind of make you feel like: a) you could never be a celebrity, and/or b) as a normal human being, yo...
Hooking up with a perfect partner. Just imagine…
by Andy Cowan. WHY does perpetuating the species seem to hinge on hooking up with a person who inevitably has at least one major character flaw? Maybe it’s because if you stumbled upon someone who was absolutely perfect, you’d die. But w...
Warsong Gulch? Is Not On A Map
by Erin Steiner. The other night I was making dinner when, from the other room, I heard my boyfriend say “Welcome to Warsong Gulch.” I paused, halfway bent into the oven and thought to myself, “Why do I know that name?” I fli...
14 Fatal Dating Mistakes in Online Dating, and more
For the ladies out there, do you really know what mistakes you are making when you are using online dating sites? This is a great article about 14 common mistakes woman make using online dating. Tips such as “Stop sending winks”, R...
The Juggle
by Ryan Gray. There once was a boy named Jack who really pissed the hell out of Jill. It seems Jack liked to dip his pail in the well. The only problem was it was Jill’s … and Jane’s … and Jessica’s … and … You get the pic...
Dating Your Boss
by Katy Franklin. Ladies, let me start off by saying that I am not strictly opposed to the idea of you dating your boss. Let’s make that very clear. If your boss is smart, funny, interesting, charming, perfect, single and looks ex...
Online Pickup Lines : One Line at a Time
by Calvin Azuri. \n\nIn today’s boisterous society, the Internet offers a convenient avenue for meeting new people. One has simply to sit down in front of the screen, choose a random name, and fire off a pickup line. Online pickup lines can var...
Things that you do NOT want to say to if you want get a second date.
by Chris Arnone. The fidgeting of the napkin at the dinner table, the fear of the awkward silence, should you kiss goodnight? Yea first dates are nerve racking and often dreaded by men and women everywhere. But if you’re looking for love,...
To Shave or Not to Shave: Are You Really Ready for the First Date?
by Mary Powers. So you finally gave in and posted an online profile. You were so concerned about choosing the right photo and striking the perfect balance between “casually breezy” yet “intellectual”, that you’d forg...
Don’t Drift Apart!
by Meg Stivison. When my parents started dating, they lived a few states away from each other. They’d see each other about once a month, but most of the time they mailed long letters back and forth. Although they now have boxes full of romant...
20 Things NOT to do on your First Date!
by Alicia Howe. First dates truly matter in terms of first impressions, and the chance to make any impression past that. Whether you’ve experienced a first date disaster, or even just witnessed a traumatic first between two others, you know t...
Online, Offline, It is A Tough Racket
by Nicholas E. Fesko. I was going through a divorce. I was lonesome. I wanted someone to make me feel attractive, to understand my point of view, and give me hope for a happy life. So I turned to my PC for help. My foray into online dating came a...
Take Warning! 6 Red Flags of Emotional Unavailability
by Rebecca “Ruji” Chapnik. You try to ignore it, but the queasy feeling won’t disappear. Is it all in my head? you wonder. Blaming yourself for being insecure, you sweep your worries under the futon. Three months later, you’...
Online Dating Service: A Day in the Life of the Owner
by Cindy Embleton. A Scene in New York I ventured into a coffee shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn, when I suddenly saw her. Thumbing through the pages of her photography magazine, she glanced up to check the time, surveyed the room, then slipped back i...
