Articles by: Brad
Tips on Finding the Man or Woman of Your Dreams
Published on February 16, 2010
As I am frequent to complain about, finding really good dating advice can be difficult. I’ve found some good sources and I try to list them as I find them here. However far, far too many sites offer the “how to seduce a woman” type of advice that really isn’t helping anyone (excluding whoever is […]
Keep readingHappy Valentine’s Day to All the Singles Out There
Published on February 14, 2010
Just wanted to wish everyone a happy Valentine’s day and remind everyone that your ability to have a great day shouldn’t be determined solely based on your relationship status. Most of the dating service deals going on will be ending today but one last one will be occurring at Lavalife tonight. Lavalife will be allowing […]
Keep reading10 Tips on Taking Dating Advice
Published on February 12, 2010
This is the second part of my discussion regarding online dating advice. You can find more of my thoughts behind this in the first post, on why some dating advice can be more harmful than helpful. 1. Easy Answers In many cases there is no easy answer. The people who are selling easy answers often […]
Keep readingDating Advice Can Be Depressing
Published on February 12, 2010
There is a lot of dating advice out there and much of it tries to make your dating problems sound as if they are the easiest thing to solve in the world. Recently I was shown a video of a very handsome man giving dating advice on how everyone should just “get over” rejection. By […]
Keep readingAn Internet Scammer Speaks
Published on February 10, 2010
A few months ago I wrote a series of articles on avoiding online dating scams. One of the scams I discussed was the 419 scam. This involves the scammer convincing their target to send them money for one reason or another. With online dating it will often be the scam will often involve the person […]
Keep reading2010 Dating Service Valentine’s Day Specials
Published on February 9, 2010
Several services are offering specials for this upcoming Valentine’s Day. I should mention that I find out about most of these deals because I’m signed up for dozens of dating services for the purpose of receiving these types of emails. I’m making the assumption that the deals I’m being emailed are available to everyone (I […]
Keep readingRepairing a Crashed Table in phpMyAdmin
Published on February 8, 2010
I had a nasty surprise for me tonight when I realized none of my posts were available on my blog (the one you’re looking at now!). I could log into WordPress and see everything but my posts showed a count of zero (scary!). My first thought was to restore my latest backup only to realize […]
Keep readingDetermining the Age Range for Dating
Published on February 8, 2010
I found an interesting article that proposes a math equation for suggesting the age of people you should be willing to date. I really liked this idea although as the person’s age increases, the less correct this equation seems. I really thought it worked well at the lower age ranges but in the 40s things […]
Keep readingGroup Dating: Another Way To Date Online
Published on February 6, 2010
Something that’s been around for a while (especially in Japan) but that I’ve only heard about recently is something called group dating. This works exactly like it sounds it would: a group of single men go out on a date with an equal number of single women. In many ways, this is something that happens […]
Keep readingMy Boyfriend Has Kept His Online Dating Profile Active
Published on February 4, 2010
Strangely enough, this situation seems to happen more often than I would expect: after finding a serious relationship some men still keep their online dating profile active. The explanations for this are pretty weak but these men always make the argument that there’s some good reason to keep their profile active. If you’re a woman […]
Keep readingSingle on Valentine’s Day
Published on February 3, 2010
As I remember all too well, spending Valentine’s Day alone can be a painful process. Spending it alone for a few years in a row only makes things worse. I wanted to share some thoughts since the date is quickly approaching and I know that there were more than a few years I hated that […]
Keep readingGetting Out of a Bad Date
Published on February 2, 2010
As I discuss in my online dating guide, I think it’s best to be prepared for the worst when going on a first date. By no means did all of my online first dates go bad (many went great) but there were more than a few that I expected to go well that went horribly. […]
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