Meeting Up with Your Online Date for the First Time

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So, you’ve been talking to someone online for a while now, and you feel like you could have real chemistry. You like what you see in his profile picture, you’re
intrigued by his messages and it seems you may share similar interests.

You’re both on an online dating site, so the likelihood is, you’re both looking to meet someone; surely the logical next step is to meet this person.

Asking to meet
Perhaps he hasn’t popped the “shall we meet?” ...

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Trying Online Dating after the Death of a Spouse

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A reader recently contacted me about determining the “right” time to date again after her husband had died. Specifically, she was looking to know if she should give it a try or if that would be a mistake. Here is the basic idea from her email:

My husband passed away some time ago and I’m starting to consider dating again but I’m not sure if online dating would right for me. I’m not sure if I’m ready. Can I sign up ...

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eHarmony Free Communication Weekend March 16 – 19

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eHarmony’s latest free communication weekend begins this Friday March 16th, 2012 and run until the end of the day on Monday March 19th, 2012. Just like the free event last month, this free weekend is actually 4 days long.

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eHarmony Free Communication Weekend 2012


A good pattern happening this year with the free weekends at eHarmony is that they are occurring frequently (a change from the ...

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Signs in Online Dating that He Might be Married

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How can you tell if a man you are talking to at an online dating site is married? A reader recently contacted me about an issue she was having with a guy she was dating. Our conversation reminded me that married men dating online isn’t a problem that all women are considering when looking at dating issues.

This is something I have talked about in the past when I wrote about watching out for online dating scams, but it ...

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Online Marital Status After a Very Short Marriage

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I received an email some time ago that actually hit pretty close to home in regards to my experience with online dating: How should I handle listing my marital status when I was divorced after a very short marriage? Especially when the divorce was caused by the other person cheating? Here is the email that was sent to me (I’ve changed some details to protect her identity):

A few years ago, my very short marriage of about a year broke down ...

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Outdoor Dating Heaven

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Now the weather is improving and more hours of daylight are on the on the way, the opportunities for outdoor dates are endless.

Picnic Dates

First Dates

In the colder, wetter months of winter, the decision about where to meet for a first date can be challenging. Sure, there’s still the option of a coffee shop but somehow ...

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Issues with Older Men Contacting Younger Women

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With some regularity, I hear women complain that men older than their desired age range are contacting them when dating online. According to some of the women who write me, the majority of the men contacting them are outside their desired range and they find this very frustrating.

I wanted to talk a little bit about this, first by looking at an email from a man wondering how he should handle this type of situation:

Last week I turned 63 and coincidently ...

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eHarmony Free Communication Weekend February 17 – 20

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The current eHarmony free communication weekend begins this Friday February 17th, 2012 and will end at the end of the day on February 20th, 2012. This “weekend” is actually a 4-day event so if Valentine’s Day left something to be desired, maybe a free long-weekend will help!

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eHarmony Free Communication Weekend 2012


As I’ve mentioned before, I will post any free events I hear about here ...

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The State of Dating 2012

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With Valentine’s Day arriving tomorrow, there will be a lot of statistics and other talk being thrown around the internet in regards to dating. For many of the dating services, this time represents a part of their peak season so a lot of attention is paid to online dating. For me, in the last week alone I’ve been contacted by a half-dozen companies looking to have their infographic posted here.

I actually like infographics but the problem I run into ...

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Chemistry.com Free Weekend February 10th to 12th, 2012

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Free Communication Weekend, This Weekend!Chemistry.com is having a free communication weekend this coming weekend. The free event begins at 12:01AM on Friday February 10 and and runs until the end of the day on Sunday, February 12th, 2012.

The last Chemistry free weekend was in January so they appear to be keeping up with their pattern of offering some type of free event during most months. As always, free weekends are a ...

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Match.com Review

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For some reason, I’ve never written a review of Match.com here…even after all the years that I’ve been running this website. I guess this is odd because I actually met the woman I married using Match.com!

At any rate, I felt like it was time to give my review of Match.com. I’ll admit, I have a bias for the service since I had success with it, but I would argue I have a favorable bias for a good ...

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Should I Give Out My Personal Email When Dating Online?

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I’ve talked about this before but in a relatively short period I’ve had several woman contact me with the same question: why do men want to talk to me using our personal email accounts and should I give my email to them?

What I tell my readers is this: I wouldn’t be too worried about moving to personal email accounts. Often the reason people ask this is because they’re embarrassed to log into dating service at locations other than their house ...

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