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The Dangers of Catfishing and How to Avoid It

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With the increase in popularity of online dating and its use, there has also been an increase in mistreatment of online dating and its users. Online dating has potential for really helping people connect and making them happier. However, as with most things there are people out there that want to use things like online dating improperly in attempts to hurt people or further their own interests.

This practice has become known as “catfishing” and it is ...

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How Latin Dating Differs

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If you’ve ever had the pleasure of dating Latin men or Hispanic women, I have no doubt they left a lasting impression on you. Going Latin has its fair share of differences when compared to dating people of other heritages, most of which can be owed to differences in culture. Traditional Latin culture tends to be traditional and unwavering, while American culture tends to be more fluid and lenient. These quirky little cultural differences have a notable effect on dating ...

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When Should Drug Addiction Be Brought Up in Online Dating?

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Online dating has worked for thousands of couples. This new innovative form of dating can be uncomfortable at times, but can lead you to meet someone wonderful, who you would not have met otherwise.

With today’s technology you can filter out those who you may have more or less in common with. Online dating sites typically do ask people what their drinking and smoking preferences are, but there is really no place to list drug use, even if it’s recreational ...

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Ten Ways to Cope With Being Single on Valentine’s Day

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Ten Ways to Cope With Being Single on Valentine’s Day

Even if you are single by choice, Valentine’s Day can be a rather depressing day if you are spending it without a partner. It is hard to escape all the displays of red and pink cards, and difficult to ignore the advertisements for special gifts and dinners without feeling a little lonely and left out. However, you don’t have to resign yourself to feeling low as you approach the 14th of February. Read on to find out how to survive ...

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Tips for Your 2013 Dating Resolution

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Many people make a resolution to change their dating life at the new year. Some of us resolve to finally get into a great relationship while others just want to start dating in any form.

Whatever your situation, I wanted to offer a few tips for success for your resolution whether you’re looking for a committed relationship or just more first dates.

This advice comes down to a few areas: first, seeing people reject the idea of using online dating to ...

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Online Dating and Getting to an Exclusive Relationship

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I get quite a few emails from people struggling to handle the situation where the person they’re dating is still active online. I hear from more women on this topic and some of those women don’t always understand my position: that if they’re not in an “exclusive” relationship, I don’t think the man is doing anything wrong.

I’ve talked about getting to exclusive already in my article on His Profile is Still Active: Is He Interested or Not? However, I ...

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Should I Wait When They’re Dating Someone Else?

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How should you handle a situation where you have chemistry with someone in online dating but something prevents them from meeting you in the short-term? Often this might be because of the situation I’ll discuss now: when someone you communicate with wants to communicate with you but won’t go on a date because they are going on dates with someone else already.

Here’s one reader’s situation:

I met a woman with online dating who I’m very interested in. I messaged her and ...

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10 Rules of Social Media When Dating

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Social Media and Dating
Sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become massive in recent years, but when you’re dating you really need to be careful what you’re saying. In this guide you’ll find the 10 rules of social media when dating, giving you advice on the best ways to avoid causing any problems…

1. Keep your profile secure

Keeping your profile secure means you control ...

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Dealing with Strong Emotions before Meeting in Online Dating

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How do you handle someone who is sharing strong feelings toward you in online dating when you haven’t even met yet? Or looking at the issue the other way, how much of your feelings should you share when you feel strongly about someone even though you’ve only communicated through a few emails?

Online dating emotions

I’m going to first discuss how ...

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Being Aggressive About Meeting without Scaring Her Away

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If you’ve read my dating guide, you know I’m for meeting quickly when using online dating. However, there are times where the approach of trying to meet quickly may not go over well with who you are communicating with. Here’s one example from a reader:

I’ve been emailing a girl on Match.com for a couple of weeks now, and I’m struggling to work out where I stand, and how best to develop the email conversation into a real date. I ...

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Dating Website Activity after a First Date

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What is the etiquette for logging into a dating site after a first date? Should I be upset if I see someone logging into a dating site after our date? Alternately, is it impolite for me to log into a dating site after a first date that I’ve gone on?

I see this question most often from the angle of: “We had a great first date but I saw that he/she was active on Match yesterday so I guess ...

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Finding Real Closure in Online Dating

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With online dating, people can sometimes behave in strange ways that may cause us to want to give up on trying to communicate with them. Below is one example of how communication can fall apart as we are building a relationship. After the example, I’ll discuss how I feel it’s best to approach this type of situation.

I met a great guy online in December and we saw each other all that month and into January and everything was great! We ...

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