May 2011
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Stop in the Name of Love. No Really. Please Stop.
Even been in a situation where you walk away convinced, I mean 100 percent certain, that the person you just spoke to is from another planet? Or is likely missing a good portion of their brain? Of course you have, and if you’ve ever online dated, this situation happens all the time. Without further ado, one of my all-time favorite “are you effing serious?!” online dating convos.
Meet Marge....
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You're too bipolar and stuff.
My friend Ian passed along this gem. It’s an OkCupid email sent to his friend Gina, who is apparently “too orange and stuff” to date for real, but might be cool enough to go out with sometime. From the top…
Subject Line: I don’t like your picture Yeah I don’t like your picture. It’s too orange and stuff. You should change it to something else. You ...
[Blog Title Here]: Five Step Plan →
So easy, yet apparently so difficult! - D;)@M
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After perusing many of the blogs that I follow (women, no harm in that, I believe the odds should always be in my favor) I have come up with a fail safe plan to be the knight in shinning armor.
Step one: sign up for any of the mentioned dating websites that my followers/women I follow are on.
Step Two: Be a decent human being and an...
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Class of '93
I’d love to say dating is all about personality. It is truly difficult to date someone whose personality you just don’t like, even if they look like Donald Draper or ScarJo. But the physical attraction factor needs to be there. As my friend Erica once so eloquently put it: “If no part of you wants to rip their clothes off, it’s never going to work out.”
So I get wanting to pick a profile...
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Would You Drink Milk After the Expiration Date?
My extremely funny friend, Mary, recently sent me this story about love, money, children, lies and eHarmony.
After two years and 20-some odd first dates (begat by the laws of fate and happy hour) I decided this summer to take a proactive stance towards dating by signing up for eHarmony. One of the things that drew me to this particular site was it’s notoriety for participants seeking LONG...
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Single Female Seeks Sex Offender
Here’s a unsettling tale from my friend Jordan’s father. This woman puts the “dumb” in dumb-dumb-da-dumb (think “here comes the bride…”).
I’m married now (got married in 2006) but have an online dating story that I repeat with some consistency.
At the insistence of a friend I joined Match.com, wrote the profile, posted it, and like magic a very nice looking woman reached out for me. After...
