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Dating online is the latest and easiest way of coming in contact with the new people all around the world. It

currently occupies the largest proportion of paid up advertisement on the web. Why? because they provide

easy access to social interaction with new and interesting people. People you would probably never get a

chance to meet otherwise.

Meeting people in cyberspace is not comfortable for everyone. There are of course safety concerns. A

danger of online dating is the threat of online scams. It is not unknown for unscrupulous con artists to con lonely

people out of large sums of money, but this is very rare. There is also the chance that the person you hook

up with may be dangerous, but that possibility also exists in the bar scene or anywhere else.

The BTK killer was active in his church. John Wayne Gasey was a pillar of the community, being groomed

by influencial friends to run for city councel. I’m not trying to scare anyone away from dating all together. I

just want to stress, with normal precautions, online dating is as safe as meeting people offline.

Online dating is a actually misnomer, people don’t really “date” online, they simply meet there. The idea

of a lonely geek all alone at his computer typing away to his online girlfriend who is actually a 300 pound

transvestite is a common image that makes many people turn their noses up at online dating sites.

This image could not be futher … [Read More]

These days, it costs a great deal of money to maintain a presence on the dating scene. Bars and nightclubs routinely charge covers simply for admission, and everything inside will set you back quite a bit. You can find cheaper drinks at certain hours of the day, sure, but the odds of finding a romantic prospect between the hours of 3:00 and 6:00 PM are pretty slim, to say the least. More accurately, establishments will actually raise the price of drinks as the crowd grows; after all, what other options do the people have? By the time you factor in the various costs associated with simply going to a bar or club and buying drinks for yourself, let alone buying drinks for other people that pique your interest, it’s not unheard of to spend well over a hundred dollars in a single evening. All of that, and there is still no guarantee that your time, effort, or money will translate into romantic success.

One of the key advantages of online dating versus traditional dating is that you don’t have to spend any money in order to simply participate or to achieve success. Creating an online personal ad or profile requires very little time and effort, and only rarely will a company charge you for the actual hosting of your profile. If there is any fee associated with such a service, it is generally nominal. Simply having a profile available online is the best way to increase your odds of finding … [Read More]

Okay. I’ll take a look, but I’m not saying that I’m going to participate in online dating just yet. I’ve heard the success stories and the horror stories about online dating, but I do not have any first hand experience to share with you on the topic.

What I plan to do in this article is take you with me while I explore the different online dating services available on the web. Brace yourself and buckle your seatbelt, I’m going to try something I saw in a cartoon.

Just kidding. That’s something I like to say to the passengers in my car just before I start to drive. Maybe that’s part of the reason I’m having dating problems in the first place.

Okay, the first website I discovered says it’s a “free” online dating service. Online, red flags always go up for me when someone says that magic word, “free”. But, let’s take a closer look.

Well, it sounds good. It says it is, “an internet dating service that provides a comfortable and intimate environment where you can safely and conveniently search and find your perfect soul mate, while having lots of fun. Thousands of dating ads of singles that are looking for dating romance, intimacy and friendship is available for you to browse through. Your ideal companion might be among them. (site name deleted) brings dating to new frontiers, making impossible, possible!”

I’m having a little trouble with the comfortable and intimate environment thing. They haven’t seen the room … [Read More]