Archive for January, 2010
Online Dating and Local Dating Seniors
Isn’t it wonderful that anyone can date anyone just about anyone from anywhere these days? Seniors are jumping on the band wagon too, or the online dating wagon. While it is great that we are able to date without borders, not everyone is interested in packing up their lives and moving across the Atlantic Ocean or even another city, for that matter. Luckily, local dating seniors exist and they are online. Why? They know that they have a much better chance of meeting someone online than anywhere else.
What’s the difference? Just as mentioned above. Not everyone is ready to change their lives that much, especially seniors. These are the golden years, a time we all look forward to; time to relax, vacation and spend our lives with our loved ones. It really is not the time to uproot and race across the country in the hopes of a relationship coming to bloom. Let’s face it, we never know where a relationship is heading. So what do you do? Local online dating and more particularly, local dating seniors.
When one subscribes to an online dating site, the member can be more particular in his/her searches, i.e. to search for dating seniors within their local area. This really simplifies the procedure and narrows down the prospects to those with similar interests and zip codes!
Now, the only thing left is which online dating site is right for you. Ask some friends or family if they know one they can recommend or try online dating review sites. These can be of assistance in the greatest way; they will provide you with the most popular dating sites as well as the not-so-popular ones and they save you time and money. How? Saving time is obvious as they have the dating sites all lined up so you don’t have to do much research. They can save you money by providing sites that may be running promotions at that time. The bottom line is that there are great online dating sites for everyone in every walk of life and for seniors, including local dating seniors.
By: Mia Sidiro
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Online Dating for the Mentally Ill
The online dating business is expanding rapidly with special niche dating sites. Now you can search for your perfect match not only by gender or religious affiliation, you can also search by hobbies, such as dog lover’s adult dating websites, gardener’s sites, etc.
One area that seems to have fallen through the online dating service cracks is possibly one of the most necessary, the mentally ill.
The very natures of these debilitating diseases lend themselves to isolation; the bipolar sufferer who can’t stop shopping during the period of mania may not be able to leave the house for months with the onset of the depression side of this disease. Many times the chronically depressed person will not even attempt to become part of a relationship because they know how hard it is to try to go out with someone who can experience mood swings even while taking regular medication. Online dating services typically profile members as successful, smart, funny, highly functional people causing the mentally ill to feel too self conscious to join.
The stigma attached to the mentally ill makes it virtually impossible to date, so these people are left with chat rooms and the television as their only companions.
Enter http://www.nolongerlonely.com, a completely free adult dating site designed specifically to bring mental illness suffers together with chat rooms, anonymity, profiles, and 24 hour support.
Through this site you can contact other mental illness suffers and chat online, supporting each other and making new friends safely from your home until you are ready to meet out in the real world.
James Leftwhich, a sufferer of schizoaffective disorder, started the website in 2004 with the expressed purpose of creating a safe online dating and friendship site where persons with a mental illness could log on and talk to other suffers.
By: Erick Shipmon
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Online Dating Mistakes
There are a lot of mistakes that online daters make when they try online dating. These examples below are some that you have to watch out for or remember never to do.
Template messages
Men are usually the ones who commit these. Don’t send the same messages to everyone that you are trying to have a connection with in online dating sites. Women have an eye for them and may not take you seriously. Besides it’s pretty obvious because you message will come out looking generic. Messages that don’t have anything personal about them (commenting on how a woman looks in her photo for example) automatically give away your message’s obviousness.
The “sex” part
Don’t mention sex when you’re still trying to establish contact. Messages that sell your capabilities in the sack are just plain pathetic. Online daters will probably categorize you among the losers who feel the need to describe their sexual aptitude just to get girls.
The conceited comment
Don’t tell a woman that you’re a “good-looking” guy. Women have varying standards of male beauty. Just post a photo and let them be the judge of that.
Emphasizing negative preferences
Another no-no. Don’t put things like “no liars” or “no heartbreakers” and whatnots. You don’t want to seem angry at the world. Most online daters are searching for fun, even if some of them were also hurt in the past. These lines suggest that you’re still bitter to whoever that was that made you hate those traits. So don’t capitalize them either. Try to have a fun and happy profile. Not like someone who carries a lot of emotional burden.
Flirt first!
Don’t take things too fast! Be sure to flirt with a woman first and get to know her more via email before sharing your phone number or asking her to meet you. Online dating gives you the chance to flirt online, don’t waste it.
Be flexible!
Don’t put too many restrictions on your preferences. You shouldn’t be picky when it comes to women. You may be excluding the women with the right personality by doing so. Try to be flexible when joining the dating game. It much more fun that way.
Don’t mention income!
Don’t put how much money you make on your profile! Don’t be so shallow as to base your interest on a person’s economic status. Putting your income on your profile will either scare away women who are reading it or make them too uncomfortable to answer the messages you send them.
Online dating is such a unique experience. But just because it is so, it doesn’t mean you can take it for granted. Meeting women will be a whole lot easier yes but you still have to do it properly to succeed. So next time you post a profile or send women messages, stay away from these red flags.
By: Alexander Bayron
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Online Dating Profile – Copying Another Identity?
Previously I have stated that one of the best tips to piecing together your online dating profile is to visit other profiles that you find interesting. Study your competition and see what it is about those profiles that drew you in.
Once you’ve figured that out, use the parts of those profiles as a template to work off of but insert your personal info. The most important part of this plan is that you need to make sure to write the things and beliefs that make you unique and will set you apart.
An example of this would be that you’ve seen a profile that drew you in because it quoted the lyrics of a song that you really enjoy.
The use of the song lyric is what drew you in, so incorporate a similar strategy when piecing together your profile. I’m not suggesting that you use that exact lyric, but rather come up with another favorite lyric or line of poetry to help convey your message.
You don’t need to reinvent the wheel, but these profiles were interesting to you and most likely will be interesting to people with tastes similar to yours. It only works if you personalize it to represent you. If not, the people that you’re trying to meet will recognize this as soon as they get to know you and in many cases dismiss you as a fraud.
In the online community, many people aren’t even bothering to put any thought or originality into their own online persona. There’s a fantastic article written by Jennifer Saranow of the Wall Street Journal titled “The Cut-and-Paste Personality” which goes into great detail.
The gist of the article is that there is rampant plagiarism running through not only online dating site profiles but also many of the social networking sites such as MySpace. For a lot of people, it’s much easier for them to copy a dating profile than to sit down and put the effort into creating their own original profile.
Ms. Saranow points out that people aren’t just taking lines or small quotes from other profiles, but that they are actually copying profiles in their entirety. She uses the example of a writer named Hugh Gallagher, who has had parts of one of his college essays from over 20 years ago copied in over 50 different profiles on Match.com alone.
That’s just one dating site. Imagine with all of the dating sites out there how many other times his work has been plagiarized?
The anonymity of the internet makes a lot of this quite possible. It’s quite easy to Google any subject imaginable and it will return hundreds or even thousands of pages that reference what you’re looking for. The amount of written material to borrow from is immense, and it grows on a daily basis. I speak from experience as I’ve visited numerous other dating sites and I’ve found many of the articles I’ve written posted on their sites without any credit being referenced back to me.
The bottom line is that when you are creating your online dating profile; make it as unique as possible. Make sure it represents who you are. You may be able to fool someone into clicking onto your profile, but relationships built on false pretenses rarely succeed.
By: Jim Mcmenamin
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Advantages of Online Dating
With the advantages of online dating becoming more obvious all the time, it’s no wonder the industry itself is continually growing. Gone are the days of smoke filled bars and clubs trying to get to know someone. Online dating gives you the opportunity to view a single’s profile before you have even contacted them.
Getting to know someone from the comfort of your own home is an affordable luxury with online dating. There is no guesswork involved either of whether the other person is single, because they are all single. And they are all there to find a compatible partner.
Arrive home from work, login, and check your inbox. There’s no need to wait until Friday night, or Saturday night to start dating. There are no unsociable hours online, it’s a twenty four hour lifestyle.
With no need to dress up as no one can see what an online dater is wearing, there is no need to spend hours getting ready. Comfort is the only concern when dating online.
Every detail of a prospective date is there in black and white. The things they love in life, their desires, and what they want out of life. An insight into someone’s personality is instantly recognisable.
Once someone has found an interesting looking profile, an e-mail or instant message is all it takes to get some possible conversation going. If the recipient likes the look of the senders profile then an online relationship is ready to bloom.
After getting to know someone the first date can be at that new coffee bar that’s in need of a test. A nice quiet date to continue the connection someone has made online. Or maybe an excuse is needed to try out the new restaurant in town.
Evenings out with friends can be spent enjoying yourself again. There’s no need to spend the night trying to find someone to start a relationship with. You will have a new air of confidence about you. And when all your friends find out the “how’s” and “where’s”, they will soon be enjoying the advantages of online dating as well.
By: Jason King
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