<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455</id><updated>2024-08-28T00:52:00.800-04:00</updated><category term="dating"/><category term="internet dating"/><category term="relationships"/><category term="love"/><category term="online dating"/><category term="dating services"/><category term="dating site"/><category term="sex"/><category term="dating online"/><category term="romance"/><category term="women"/><category term="friendship"/><category term="first date"/><category term="men"/><category term="online dating tips"/><category term="advice"/><category term="first impessions"/><category term="matchmaking"/><category term="social"/><category term="boyfriend"/><category term="compatibility"/><category term="honesty"/><category term="local dating"/><category term="online"/><category term="online dating services"/><category term="truth"/><category term="church"/><category term="dating scams"/><category term="flirting"/><category term="interview"/><category term="marriage"/><category term="profile"/><category term="speed dating"/><category term="successful online dating"/><category term="bashing"/><category term="chatroom"/><category term="christian"/><category term="christian dating"/><category term="computer dating"/><category term="dating forum"/><category term="dating geeks"/><category term="dating guide"/><category term="dating photo"/><category term="dating profile"/><category term="dating success"/><category term="free"/><category term="headshot"/><category term="headshot photographer"/><category term="jewish"/><category term="jewish community"/><category term="jewish dating"/><category term="jewish dating site"/><category term="jewish faith"/><category term="jewish online dating"/><category term="online personals"/><category term="psychos"/><category term="scams"/><category term="self-esteem"/><category term="single christians"/><category term="spiritual"/><category term="web dating"/><category term="weddings"/><title type='text'>The Dating Jungle</title><subtitle type='html'>A place for active singles to exchange advice and experiences in today&#39;s dating world.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>37</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-1449672076408424486</id><published>2008-06-15T10:57:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-15T11:03:01.924-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet dating"/><title type='text'>Free Dating Website : You Never Have to Pay Again by Knowing the Truth</title><content type='html'>Free Dating Website : You Never Have to Pay Again by Knowing the Truth&lt;br /&gt;By Alan Lim&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you sign up for an account at a free dating website, you have the option of screening your profile so that not everyone is able to see everything about you. Conversely, you never know if your contacts are telling the whole truth. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exaggeration &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If your contact on a free dating website seems inclined to exaggerate in speech or attitude, you should be cautious about further interaction with him or her. While everyone is allowed to feel positive about their accomplishments, when you find someone who always does everything better than anyone else, it can get very annoying in a hurry. You should not continue to associate with such a person, since dishonesty in this area may carry over into every aspect of the person&#39;s character and lifestyle. There is always a certain amount of trust in any online relationship, but if you find constant exaggeration from your online contact it may be overcompensation for serious defects in character.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reticence &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A free dating website contact who seems unduly reticent about themselves may also be one that you should be cautious about getting too close to. If the person is simply reserved or even shy about social contact perhaps it will be worth the effort to&lt;br /&gt;get to know them better so that you can enjoy their perspective on life. But, if the person is simply secretive because they have something to hide, you should trust your instincts to not have anything more to do with them. If there is no trust on&lt;br /&gt;either side, this is not the best type of relationship to be developing.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Implausible  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another characteristic that should raise questions in your mind about the veracity of the contacts you make on a free dating website is claiming implausible feats or characteristics for oneself. If you find it hard to believe that a person has appeared in hundreds of movie stunts or has been a mentor for a famous musician, it is easy enough to check. For those claims that still seem implausible, you sometimes will have to trust your instincts.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outright falsehoods &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, you should never countenance a free dating website acquaintance who telling an obvious lie. The difficulty lies in knowing when it is a lie. For example, a picture of an attractive adult female included with a profile that is somewhat explicit in the description of favorite activities may be dangerous for an adult male to arrange to meet if she is actually a sixteen year old rebelling from overly controlling parents. You won&#39;t always know if you are being lied to but it is better to be safe than to be involved with a person who feels the need to lie about appearance, age, or wealth.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oversize ego &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another type of person that is very annoying to find on a free dating website is one who has an overly large opinion of their own appearance or characteristics. Sometimes you will find this in males and sometimes in females. The person who points out that they graduated with highest honors from a prestigious university and doesn&#39;t want to be contacted by anyone with lesser achievements is unfortunately, probably not going to get many responses to the profile. If the filter is set to exclude anyone you do not consider to be on your level, you may not receive many responses to your profile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Finding the best information about any free dating site can be achieved if you locate and use the best resource site on the internet. This can be found at http://www.online-dating-service-sg.com where you can join absolutely free sites. &lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=262596&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe FREE to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/1449672076408424486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/1449672076408424486?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/1449672076408424486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/1449672076408424486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2008/06/free-dating-website-you-never-have-to.html' title='Free Dating Website : You Never Have to Pay Again by Knowing the Truth'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-4622673416043405373</id><published>2008-02-22T21:06:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-22T12:50:12.236-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating tips"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="profile"/><title type='text'>Online Dating: 13 Tips To Write A Winning Online Profile</title><content type='html'>Online Dating: 13 Tips To Write A Winning Online Profile&lt;br /&gt;By Alison Edwards&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How long do you spend getting ready for a night out? At a guess I would say that if you’re a woman you can probably spend 1 hour upwards preening and titivating and if you’re a man you can be showered, shaved and out of the door within 20 minutes (unless, of course, you’re a metro-sexual in which case you probably take longer than a woman!). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now let me ask you how long you would spend (or have spent) writing a profile for an online dating site? Less than 5 minutes, possibly 10 minutes maximum?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you consider that you literally have minutes to impress someone and stand out from the rest in the online dating scene, don’t you agree that more time and effort should be put into writing an online profile? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are an online dater, I’m sure you will agree with me that when you are searching for a partner online you will first of all look at the profiles with photos and, secondly, you will look at the profiles where people have taken the time to write something about themselves. So if you have no photo and/or an incomplete and uninformative profile, don’t be surprised if you inbox isn’t full to the brim with messages!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m going to share a few tips with you to get you started writing an eye-catching profile. Once you’ve read them take some time to think about what you are going to write and jot down some quick notes before hitting the keyboard.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Grab a friend &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you don’t like writing about yourself or think you are going to get writer’s block it’s a good idea to enlist the help of a friend; the kind of friend who is always saying to you “I can’t understand why you’re still single, you’re such a catch”. Ask your friend what your star qualities are and he or she will come up with a million and one positive things about you which you would have never thought of or dared to say about yourself. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Strike a pose &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most effective way to get noticed online, is to include a photo. Choose a clear photo that shows in your best light and preferably smiling - it makes much better viewing!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Choose a fun username  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the name which you will be known as by members on the dating site. I would advise you to use a name other than your real name to remain anonymous. Try and choose a name that is fun and reflects your personality, i.e. Sporty Sam or Disco Queen. Do not use a name which is sexually provocative or offensive.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Captivate your audience &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make your profile really stand out so that any person reading it will think “Wow, I have to get to know this person!”  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Online dating sites have made it easy for you when completing your profile by providing drop down menus for basic questions such as your appearance, lifestyle, hobbies but you will also be given additional space to write something yourself. Use this space wisely to provide a more detailed description about your personality, your interests and what you are looking for. The key is to be confident and talk positively about yourself without coming across bigheaded.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Don’t leave an empty space &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you feel you have covered everything by answering the profile questions – please do not leave the additional space blank or write “ask me”, “tell you later” or “I don’t know what to say”. Members will see your profile and think you’re either not serious about dating or that if you can’t be bothered to put some effort into writing a profile you will have the same approach in a relationship – effortless! Instead extend on the information already provided, for example, if you have stated you like travelling talk about some of the places you have visited.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Ask questions &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If there is a particular place you visited and fell in love with, ask anyone who has been there to get in touch with you so you can reminisce together. Asking a question in your profile makes it easy for other members to respond to. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Be Honest &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t lie about interests; you will get found out! For example, don’t say you love long walks in the countryside if you really like to dance the night away in nightclubs every weekend. You’ll attract the wrong person and waste both of your time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As with any other kind of dating, it is always best to be honest from the start so answer all questions honestly and finding your perfect match will be much easier! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Show your funny side &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think if you can make someone laugh or someone makes you laugh, you’re on the path to a good relationship. Show people that you have a sense of humour, e.g. talk about a scene from one of your all time favourite comedies and you may strike a chord with someone else who found the same thing just as funny as you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. Dream a little &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write about your dreams and ambitions. If your dream is to travel the world but you haven’t quite got round to it there may be someone out there who would like to share this experience with you. If you’ve been lucky enough to fulfil your dreams, share your story with other members. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Don’t mention the ex! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, so you may have just come out of a relationship and be feeling sad and lonely but don’t write about it. It will put a lot of people off and you may come across desperate, which is not an attractive trait. Make online dating a new start for you and promise yourself not to dwell on past relationships. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11. Your expectations &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are your expectations from joining an online dating site? Tell people the kind of relationship you are hoping to find but don’t say you are looking for marriage if you are really looking for a casual fling and vice versa. Again, you will waste both of your time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12. Write a chapter, not a book &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By this I mean, don’t tell your whole life story in your profile. I encourage you to provide as much information as possible about yourself but use short bursts of information, sectioned by paragraphs, rather than writing a long essay so whoever is reading it is intrigued to find out more about you.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13. Be safe &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, do not include any personal information in your profile, e.g. your e-mail address, home address, work address or telephone number. A reputable dating site will remove any personal information before it appears live on site; this is to ensure that they provide you with a safe online dating environment.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you’ve completed your profile, read through it or ask a trusted friend to read through it and ask, would you reply to this person? If yes, it’s all systems go. If no, look at the areas where it can be improved until you’ve created that winning profile. It may take longer than 5 or 10 minutes but the results that will show in your inbox will be worth it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Alison Edwards runs http://www.SnappyDates.com/ a UK based dating site. If you are stuck for ideas about your online profile, members of SnappyDates.com can write to Alison at Alison@SnappyDates.com for advice on how they can improve their profile. &lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=20158&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/4622673416043405373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/4622673416043405373?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/4622673416043405373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/4622673416043405373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2008/02/online-dating-13-tips-to-write-winning.html' title='Online Dating: 13 Tips To Write A Winning Online Profile'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-6704886065676379331</id><published>2008-02-21T21:04:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-21T21:00:03.591-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating"/><title type='text'>Online Dating Is New Kind Of Dating</title><content type='html'>Online Dating Is New Kind Of Dating&lt;br /&gt;By Julia Tanner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Net dating service, also known as online dating, is an example of a dating system and allows individuals, couples and groups to meet online and possibly develop a social, romantic or sexual relationship. Net dating services provide unmoderated matchmaking through the use of personal computers and the Internet. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Such services generally allow people to provide, then search for other individuals using criteria such as age range, gender and location. Uploading photos of themselves and browse the photos of others is allowed for members. Sites may offer additional services, such as online chat, message boards and web casts. offered services require a monthly fee but sites sometimes allow people to register for free and trial for free. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mostly there are broad based sites, with members from a variety of backgrounds looking for different types of relationships. Other sites are more specific, based on the type of members, interests, location, or relationship desired. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Problems with Online Dating Services is that there can be a variety of problems with using online dating sites. Some sites expect members to sign up &quot;blind&quot;, with no preview of the type of profiles they will get to see. On other sites, some profiles are not actually real people, but a bait put there by the site owners to attract new paying members. Other dating sites have received several complaints of this tactic. Some users spam sites with fake profiles that are in reality advertisements to other services, such as prostitution. A majority of dating sites keep profiles online for months or even years since the last time the person has logged in, thereby making it seem as though they have more available members than they actually do. Many sites offer the option to sort search results based on activity, however. Most sites still have significantly more male members than female. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most members are enticed to join dating websites with free or low-priced &quot;trial&quot; memberships advertised on many other websites. These trial memberships lack many of the features of the full membership, including the ability to contact other members or reply to e-mail from other members. On sites which require credit card information to join at all, these trial memberships often automatically become full memberships at the end of the trial period and charge the full monthly fee, without any additional action from the member and regardless of whether the member has actually used the services or not. For paying members, it is often unclear whether a potential contact has a full subscription and whether he or she will be able to reply at all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even when members&#39; profiles are &quot;real&quot;, there is still an inherent lack of trust with other members. Many members misrepresent themselves by telling flattering &#39;white lies&#39; about their height, weight and age, or using old or misleading photos. Members can, of course, ask for an up-to-date photograph before meeting others. Predators on line find online dating sites especially attractive, because such sites give them an unending supply of new targets of opportunity for fraud in the Internet. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some sites cater to people with special interests (e.g. sports fans, nerds), professions, political preferences, ethnic groups, conditions (e.g. HIV+, obese), or religions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sites for matrimonial are a variant of online dating sites, and these are geared towards meeting people for the purpose of getting married. Gross misrepresentation is less likely on these sites than on &#39;casual dating&#39; sites. Casual dating sites are often geared more towards short term (and implicitly sexual) relationships.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: If you really want to find out the secrets of which popular dating sites or free personal ads are the most effective to  find a gorgeous partner online, then you must read the free articles available at http://pandadatingsites.com/info&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=136980&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/6704886065676379331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/6704886065676379331?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/6704886065676379331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/6704886065676379331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2008/02/online-dating-is-new-kind-of-dating.html' title='Online Dating Is New Kind Of Dating'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-1334021288645308628</id><published>2008-02-19T16:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-19T12:54:10.789-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating profile"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating"/><title type='text'>Your  Dating Profile – How To Present Yourself Online</title><content type='html'>Your Dating Profile – How To Present Yourself Online&lt;br /&gt;By Suzy Allen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For many people, the hardest part of starting to date online is figuring out what to put in their profile. All dating sites offer their members a profile page, where each member can write about his or herself, upload a photo (or several) etc. What you write about yourself in the profile is extremely important: second only to the picture in terms of making other members aware of who you are and making them want to contact you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many people are keen to start searching for and contacting people as soon as they join a site. As a result, they either leave their profile blank, or write something quickly before beginning their search. This is OK if you’re just having a look around, but if you are serious about finding love online, you should take some time and make sure your profile is a good reflection of who you are. After all, it’s what makes you stand out from the rest of the people on the site. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few points to keep in mind: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not too long, not too short &lt;br /&gt;Try to write a profile that is detailed enough to tell people about you, but short enough to leave people wanting more. Writing a full length essay is a waste of time as most people wouldn’t bother reading it all. If someone did read it through and contacted you, you probably wouldn’t have anything left to talk about! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be yourself &lt;br /&gt;It’s easy to lie when writing a profile, but more difficult to follow through once you meet someone. If your profile says you’re 6’4” when you’re really 5’11”, your cover will be blown as soon as you turn up for your date. Also, starting a relationship with a lie is a sure way to get off to a bad start.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, even people who are honest and well-meaning sometimes lie unintentionally in their profile, by trying to write it in a way that they think would make them more attractive to other people. If you want to attract a likeminded person, you have to be honest about who you are, your hobbies and interests etc. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t be too demanding &lt;br /&gt;Many people use their profiles to list the qualities they would like their ideal match to have. There is nothing wrong with that, but make sure you balance this with information about yourself. You don’t want to come across as writing a ransom note. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too much information &lt;br /&gt;Avoid mentioning past disappointments and bad break-ups in your profile; this is not what the space is for. Think: do you really want this to be the first thing people see when they look you up? Don’t let yourself be defined by negative aspects of your personality and bad experiences of the past. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make it funny &lt;br /&gt;Using humour is a good way to liven up a profile and give people a glimpse into your personality. Some of the most successful profiles are the ones that simply make people laugh. Including a joke you find funny is good, as long as you make sure you write something about yourself in the profile as well. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be original &lt;br /&gt;Anyone can write “I have a good sense of humour”, but not anyone could make you laugh. When writing about yourself, don’t just use a list of adjectives. Try to go deeper and give people examples of what you actually mean. A good way of doing this is starting off with a list of adjectives and then using each one as a starting point for a few lines of text. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Upload a picture &lt;br /&gt;Even the least shallow people want to know who they’re talking to. Not having a photo on your profile will make many people ignore you completely. Some people even specify in their search that they only want to speak to people whose picture appears on the site. Don’t worry about your looks. Different people have different tastes and not everyone expects to meet a movie star or a supermodel online. A clear headshot of you smiling is all it takes to seriously increase the amount of responses you get. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be consistent &lt;br /&gt;Make sure your profile, your screen name and your picture all match the impression you want to give. If you are a woman looking for a serious relationship, calling yourself “SexKitten” and uploading a semi-nude picture of yourself, is not likely to attract the kind of man you’re looking for. A man looking for a wife, should probably not use a username that hints about how good he is in bed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember: your profile is the first (and often last) impression you will make to potential online matches. Make it count.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Suzy Allen works for Girls Date for free -&lt;br /&gt;http://www.girlsdateforfree.com Dating and Chat&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=33360&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/1334021288645308628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/1334021288645308628?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/1334021288645308628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/1334021288645308628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2008/02/your-dating-profile-how-to-present.html' title='Your  Dating Profile – How To Present Yourself Online'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-5347961455463879697</id><published>2008-02-12T21:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-12T12:57:33.678-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="christian dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="single christians"/><title type='text'>Christians &amp; Online Dating</title><content type='html'>Christians &amp; Online Dating&lt;br /&gt;By Richard Lloyd&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Online dating sites have been around for more than a decade now and their success shows no sign of slowing down. As technology advances there are more and more ways in which we can interact with each other. Soon phone technology will allow us to communicate by video with one another while on the move and GPS will allow us to meet with each other in a crowded shopping mall. These technologies are soon to be combined to help us all in our search for suitable partners. This is the cutting edge of the interconnected world we live in. Yet, with technology allowing these meetings to take place in the world, why are committed Christians still reluctant to use it to help them find partners? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Single Christians are in the un-enviable position of being highly restricted in a number of areas in regards to how they can meet new people. Firstly, if a Christian is single and is committed to their faith, they will be restricted to only wanting to date other committed Christians. This rules out a huge percentage of the population at a stroke. A non-Christian can walk down the street and see potential matches all the time. A committed Christian knows that the only (more or less) guaranteed place to meet suitable people is in their local Church. Secondly, not only can single Christians only really date other single Christians but the fact that these are only to be found in all kinds of Churches spread out all over the area they live in makes meeting them quite difficult. No one likes to be too obvious that they are looking for a partner and Christians are no different. In the goldfish bowl environment of the local Church the single Christian can feel particularly on show and this makes any approach to the opposite sex a scary experience. A rejection by someone in their own church can put them off dating for good. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what can single Christians do to help themselves? This is where dedicated online Christian dating websites give a distinct advantage. There are several advantages which should be considered by committed single Christians. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Firstly, a Christian run online dating service will know and understand the particular needs of committed single Christians. Non-Christian sites cater for all kinds of people and can’t target their profiles to committed Christians and their searches allow all kinds of people to contact each other. This leads to approaches by unsuitable people that may lead the Christian away from their lifestyle. A Christian run site will screen people through specially designed profile questions and the essays will usually reveal if a person is really a committed Christian. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Secondly, a Christian run online dating site allows committed Christians to cross the Church and area boundaries. This allows them to approach people they may never meet in their ordinary day-to-day church activities. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thirdly, by using an online Christian dating service committed Christians can pursue their relationships with anonymity and without interference and potential judgement by others in the church. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now really is the time to get online and join one or more of the excellent online Christian dating sites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Richard Lloyd is the Director and creator of http://www.ChristiansUK.com a dedicated online Christian dating and advice site serving Christians in the UK and USA. He is also the Director of Black Ridge Design Limited.&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=31651&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/5347961455463879697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/5347961455463879697?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/5347961455463879697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/5347961455463879697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2008/02/christians-online-dating.html' title='Christians &amp; Online Dating'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-1385623895312483846</id><published>2008-02-04T21:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T10:09:34.713-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating online"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating services"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating services"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating tips"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="successful online dating"/><title type='text'>Online Dating: 12 Steps To Get Noticed</title><content type='html'>Online Dating: 12 Steps To Get Noticed&lt;br /&gt;By Alison Edwards&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to achieve success with online dating, you will need to educate yourself with the online dating scene. Online dating sites provide a service for people to meet but a dating site can only do so much of the work and input is required from you if you are serious about meeting a partner online. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whilst thousands of people are joining dating sites every day, hundreds are not making the most of the services a dating site has to offer. I’m no psychic but I’m pretty certain that someone who writes a dull or uninformative profile, doesn’t include a photo and makes no effort to contact anyone will not be inundated with invitations for a date.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By making a few simple changes to the way you are dating online, you could see instant results meeting people you would never have met before so don’t be a wallflower, stand out online and be proactive in your search for a date.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Sell Yourself   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your profile is like an advertisement and you need to sell yourself in the dating game. The eye-catching part of you profile is your photo. Include a photo of yourself (not someone else or a cartoon!) and you could increase your responses by as much as 8 times. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answer all questions honestly, be positive, focus on your good points and provide members with just enough information about yourself so that they are eager to find out more. Please don’t talk about exes or how miserable your life is…. it won’t attract people to you!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Search outside of the box &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We may all have an idea of our ideal partner but just because someone is slightly younger, older or from a different town doesn’t mean they won’t turn out to be your ideal partner! Most dating sites provide a search facility to vary your search settings so if your search results don’t reveal anyone who catches your eye try widening your search settings.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Get intimate anonymously &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The beauty of online dating is that you can get to know someone without revealing any personal details. Emails are sent using an anonymous messaging facility so take advantage of this and spend as long as you wish getting to know someone. Don’t feel pressured into meeting up with someone you have just met online. If they are serious, they will be happy to wait if this is your preference.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Make the first move  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t be shy – you make the first move. Remember everyone online is serious about meeting someone so, if you see someone you like, contact him or her first. Don’t wait for someone to contact you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Make conversation &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Show your interest - The best way to get someone’s attention and get a response is to ask a question specific to his or her profile. This shows you have read their profile and are interested in them.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flatter them! - Don’t be afraid to use your charm! Whether you like their photo or you are impressed by the fact that they have run the marathon – tell them. Everyone likes receiving compliments.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make them laugh! - I think if you can make someone laugh or someone makes you laugh, you’re on the path to a good relationship. Be witty and amusing in your messages and they will look forward to hearing from you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be flirtatious, not rude! – Don&#39;t be afraid to flirt a little if that&#39;s how you feel but equally don&#39;t be too flirtatious as it could be taken the wrong way. Never talk about sex or imply this is what you are looking for. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Keep a little mystique! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whilst I would encourage you to talk openly and honestly about yourself so that people get to know you try not to tell your whole life story in one e-mail. Hold a little something back for the next message. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Arrange a chat room date &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chat rooms are another great way to chat instantly with someone without revealing any personal information. A quality chat room will also provide the facility to have a private one-to-one chat with someone so if you’ve messaged someone, why not invite them to meet you in the chat room at a specific time and day… just like a “real” date. You can then decide whether you want to take it further “offline”. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Chat on the phone &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you’re thinking of arranging a date with someone, chat to him or her on the telephone first but use the blocking feature to prevent your number appearing on Caller ID. Go over topics that you’ve mentioned in emails to verify that what he or she has told you is the truth. Ask yourself if the voice you are talking to is someone you feel comfortable with and someone you could trust. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. Don’t be disheartened &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you’ve sent a message but haven’t received a reply, don’t be disheartened. There could be many reasons why someone hasn’t replied to a message you’ve sent; the recipient may not have logged on for a while, their membership may have lapsed or they may not be a full member entitling them to reply back to you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you’ve sent one message then follow it up with a second message to show him or her that you are genuinely interested. If you still don’t get a response, move on to the next person! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Give people a chance &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you receive a message from someone who does not immediately tick all of your boxes, don’t rule them out straight away. Reply back to him or her and try and find out a bit more about them. You may have more in common than you first thought and, if not, at least you can say you tried. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11. Be polite when rejecting &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you don’t like someone who has contacted you, do not be rude or offensive. You can either ignore them (hopefully this will get the message across) or politely tell them you are not interested. A reputable dating site will provide a facility to “block” nuisances sending you messages so, if someone is pestering you, don’t be afraid to use this tool. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12. Be safe! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not give anyone your home telephone number, address or workplace address until you have met a number of times and are 100% comfortable with that person. Remember that people can be whoever they want to be online - wait until your instincts tell you this is someone you can trust. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you find you don’t get many responses, you may need to think about alternative conversation starters or rewrite your profile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hopefully you’ve got the idea now so it’s over to you! Good luck and remember to have fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Alison Edwards runs http://www.SnappyDates.com a UK based dating site. SnappyDates.com is an active community where people of all ages meet looking for a relationship, friendship and even marriage! SnappyDates.com’s services include anonymous messaging, chat room, private one-to one chat, various search methods and much more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=17991&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/1385623895312483846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/1385623895312483846?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/1385623895312483846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/1385623895312483846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2008/02/online-dating-12-steps-to-get-noticed.html' title='Online Dating: 12 Steps To Get Noticed'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-2625876397029360389</id><published>2007-12-13T16:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T10:02:35.385-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chatroom"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="computer dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating forum"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating geeks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating services"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating site"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating"/><title type='text'>Online Dating – Is It Still Just For Geeks?</title><content type='html'>By Christine Hancock&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We see TV commercials and get emails all the time about online&lt;br /&gt;dating. But, what exactly is involved in online dating and who&lt;br /&gt;does that sort of thing? Is it something I would want to do? Is&lt;br /&gt;it just computer geeks meeting other computer geeks? What are&lt;br /&gt;some of the things I need to be aware of before trying online&lt;br /&gt;dating? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this article, I will try to answer some of those questions&lt;br /&gt;for you. I’m not promoting a particular online dating service or&lt;br /&gt;even online dating in general. However, I do believe people want&lt;br /&gt;to know a little more about what online dating is and what they&lt;br /&gt;need to be aware of and beware of if they choose to participate&lt;br /&gt;in online dating. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the things people need to consider, whether they meet&lt;br /&gt;someone in a chatroom, a forum, or in an online dating website,&lt;br /&gt;is that a person’s personality online in most cases does not&lt;br /&gt;equal that of their personality when you meet them in person.&lt;br /&gt;They may be very shy online, but not in person, and vice versa,&lt;br /&gt;which is the more likely of the two. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People tend to be more blunt, outgoing, and talkative online&lt;br /&gt;because of several reasons. Online they have a buffer zone&lt;br /&gt;between themselves and you. Sometimes that makes them feel more&lt;br /&gt;comfortable than they would be if you were sitting in front of&lt;br /&gt;them. People also tend to be braver online than offline for the&lt;br /&gt;same reasons. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing to beware of is that people also tend to lie more&lt;br /&gt;online than they could get away with in person. They can tell&lt;br /&gt;you they look like Tom Cruise or Jessica Simpson. And that’s&lt;br /&gt;just the guys. They may even use someone else’s picture in place&lt;br /&gt;of their own. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before meeting anyone in person that you met on the Internet or&lt;br /&gt;at an Online Dating Service, you need to know all you can about&lt;br /&gt;them. Especially for you girls and women who are out there&lt;br /&gt;looking to use an online dating service. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, there are men out there who will take advantage&lt;br /&gt;of you and even those that might cause you harm. If you plan on&lt;br /&gt;meeting a man or boy in person, you need to let several of your&lt;br /&gt;friends know where you are going to meet him, who he is, and as&lt;br /&gt;much information you can give them. If you can take a friend&lt;br /&gt;with you, that’s even better. Always meet in a very public place&lt;br /&gt;and don’t go anywhere to be alone with them until you know a lot&lt;br /&gt;more about them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, you may have liked their online personality, but in&lt;br /&gt;person you may not like them at all. That does not only have to&lt;br /&gt;do with the way they look. It may be about their personality.&lt;br /&gt;However, if they do not look like or are not the same person in&lt;br /&gt;the pictures they sent you, leave immediately. They have already&lt;br /&gt;started off by lying to you, so it is not going to get better&lt;br /&gt;from there. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don’t want to scare anyone off, because online dating can be&lt;br /&gt;a great way to meet people and start dating. You may even find&lt;br /&gt;your true love. I just want you to be cautious. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many people have even married the person they met through&lt;br /&gt;online dating websites. It can be a great experience as long as&lt;br /&gt;you go in with both eyes open and realize you will meet all&lt;br /&gt;types, just as you do in everyday life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was a time when online dating was considered to be for&lt;br /&gt;geeks who couldn’t get a date anywhere else. That hasn’t been&lt;br /&gt;true for a long time if it ever was. Now many professional men&lt;br /&gt;and women use online dating as a way to meet new people because&lt;br /&gt;the demands on them from their professions require so much of&lt;br /&gt;their time that it leaves little time for socializing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Others are just shy. They pass up opportunities to get to know&lt;br /&gt;people out there who might be Mr. or Mrs. Right because they&lt;br /&gt;never seem to make their move before the opportunity is lost.&lt;br /&gt;Online, they don’t have that same problem. So for someone who is&lt;br /&gt;shy, online dating can be a great way for them to meet people. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With many online dating services they do their best to make&lt;br /&gt;sure you are chatting with people who have similar interests.&lt;br /&gt;That helps break the ice, but don’t only try to meet people with&lt;br /&gt;similar interests. Remember the old saying, “Opposites Attract.”&lt;br /&gt;Don’t assume that because both of you like many different things&lt;br /&gt;that it cannot possibly work out. I’ll bet you know couples who&lt;br /&gt;seem to be two opposite people but still make one great couple. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As with any service you might pay for online, making sure you&lt;br /&gt;are dealing with a legitimate company is very important. Many&lt;br /&gt;online dating services are out for the money and will continue&lt;br /&gt;trying to sell you more and more products. Signing up with them&lt;br /&gt;is like agreeing to accept all the spam mail they can generate&lt;br /&gt;to you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are legitimate online dating websites that only wish to&lt;br /&gt;provide a good service for a reasonable signup fee. Ask around&lt;br /&gt;online. Find a website other people you know recommend. If you&lt;br /&gt;cannot get advice on which one to join, search the Internet for&lt;br /&gt;complaints about those you are considering. Find out all you can&lt;br /&gt;about them, then make your choice. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope this article has helped you learn a little more about&lt;br /&gt;online dating. However, you will never know more about it unless&lt;br /&gt;you are willing to try it. You don’t have to pick someone at an&lt;br /&gt;online dating service and meet them in person. Maybe you will&lt;br /&gt;just enjoy meeting them and communicating with them through the&lt;br /&gt;online dating service. Remember, you are in control.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Christine Hancock runs &quot;The Personals&lt;br /&gt;Network!&quot; There are hundreds of online dating sites out there&lt;br /&gt;today, so how do you know which one to choose? That&#39;s why we&lt;br /&gt;decided to build Online Dating, your #1 resource for info on the&lt;br /&gt;top Dating Sites on the web! http://www.onlinedating.pn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=43021&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/2625876397029360389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/2625876397029360389?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/2625876397029360389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/2625876397029360389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/online-dating-is-it-still-just-for.html' title='Online Dating – Is It Still Just For Geeks?'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-2727822504646480667</id><published>2007-12-12T21:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T10:09:34.714-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating site"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating services"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating tips"/><title type='text'>Online Dating: What Can I Expect From My Dating  Site</title><content type='html'>By Suzy Allen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In recent years, the online dating industry has exploded and&lt;br /&gt;nowadays there are literally thousands of dating sites to choose&lt;br /&gt;from. These sites differ greatly from each other in their&lt;br /&gt;offerings and it’s not hard to see how one could get confused&lt;br /&gt;when coming to choose between them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One point of contention when using sites is what exactly can&lt;br /&gt;the user expect the site to provide in terms of service, support&lt;br /&gt;etc. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While there are no clearly defined guidelines for what is&lt;br /&gt;expected of a dating site, there are some general industry&lt;br /&gt;standards which are adhered to by reputable sites. Here are a&lt;br /&gt;few things you can expect from a good dating site, as well as a&lt;br /&gt;few things that would not be included in the service. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Things to be expected: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.Reliability &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When using a site, it’s not unreasonable to expect it to run&lt;br /&gt;smoothly and efficiently and allow you to make use of the&lt;br /&gt;features it advertises. This is especially true if you have paid&lt;br /&gt;for the services, but is also a reasonable expectation even if&lt;br /&gt;you are using a free site. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.Privacy policy/terms and conditions &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never trust a site that does not advertise its terms and&lt;br /&gt;conditions and privacy policy openly. These are usually&lt;br /&gt;available as links from the main page or the about page of the&lt;br /&gt;site, sometimes at the bottom of the page. Although often&lt;br /&gt;lengthy and boring, these documents are an important read if you&lt;br /&gt;want to know exactly what it is you are agreeing to when you&lt;br /&gt;sign up to the site. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.Problem resolution &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dating sites are designed to be a safe and secure environment&lt;br /&gt;for people to meet. While sometimes it’s impossible for the site&lt;br /&gt;to weed out every dodgy person immediately, it’s perfectly&lt;br /&gt;reasonable to expect the moderators of the site to respond&lt;br /&gt;quickly to complaints voiced by users and for offensive users to&lt;br /&gt;be removed from the site. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.Support for issues to do with the site &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have problems using any of the features on a site, you&lt;br /&gt;can expect help and support from the site staff. This includes&lt;br /&gt;explanations of anything from the chat system to how to contact&lt;br /&gt;people or how to upload a photo. Moat sites offer email support&lt;br /&gt;and &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.Free search before payment &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Allowing you to “try before you buy” is pretty much industry&lt;br /&gt;standard. Most sites won’t expect you to put your credit card&lt;br /&gt;details in before running a quick search on the site. &lt;br /&gt;It’s always best to have a look around a site to see whether it&lt;br /&gt;has any members and whether any of those look like the kind of&lt;br /&gt;people you want to talk to. If a site requires you to pay first,&lt;br /&gt;be suspicious: it may well be a scam. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What can’t I expect from a site: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. 100% fault free &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dating sites are not as easy to maintain as any of us would&lt;br /&gt;like. As a result, occasional downtime or bugs are inevitable.&lt;br /&gt;While it’s fair to accept a decent level of service (see above),&lt;br /&gt;do take into account that sometimes mistakes do happen. The fact&lt;br /&gt;that a site is big and successful doesn’t necessarily mean it&lt;br /&gt;will run properly 100% of the time. As a rule, a few bugs here&lt;br /&gt;and there and the occasional few hours downtime are to be&lt;br /&gt;expected but if a site is down for days, you’re probably better&lt;br /&gt;off going elsewhere unless the situation improves drastically. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Instant results &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even online dating takes time and even the best sites may not&lt;br /&gt;deliver the results you want straight away. Even if a site looks&lt;br /&gt;disappointing at first glance, it may still turn out to be a&lt;br /&gt;winner if you give it a bit of time. Spending a few weeks on a&lt;br /&gt;site should be enough to tell you whether it’s the right site&lt;br /&gt;for you. If, after that, you are still not convinced, at least&lt;br /&gt;you’ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Support for issues not to do with the site &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any good dating site will have a customer service team who will&lt;br /&gt;readily help you with any issues relating to the site itself.&lt;br /&gt;They are less likely to help you with issues relating to your&lt;br /&gt;own computer or Internet service and your ability to use them.&lt;br /&gt;Some may still do, but in general, the support teams who work&lt;br /&gt;for dating site companies, expect the users to have a basic&lt;br /&gt;level of Internet/computer knowledge. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Being able to deal with offensive things that happened off&lt;br /&gt;the site &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The people who moderate dating site only have jurisdiction over&lt;br /&gt;what happens on their site. They cannot, for example, act on the&lt;br /&gt;basis of emails sent off site, phone calls etc. The only thing&lt;br /&gt;they can do is cooperate with the police in cases where there is&lt;br /&gt;a need for further information when investigating a case. &lt;br /&gt;It is common practice for Internet scammers to try and lure&lt;br /&gt;people away from a dating site and into private conversations&lt;br /&gt;offsite as soon as possible, exactly for that reason. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Getting involved in personal relationships (telling you if a&lt;br /&gt;person has read your messages or not) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is impossible for site teams to get involved in what happens&lt;br /&gt;between users on the site unless the issue is someone is being&lt;br /&gt;offensive. They couldn’t, for example, tell you whether someone&lt;br /&gt;has read your messages if that feature is not a standard feature&lt;br /&gt;on the site. They will also not be able to speak to another user&lt;br /&gt;on your behalf.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Suzy Allen works for GirlsDateforFree -&lt;br /&gt;http://www.girlsdateforfree.com - Online Dating&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=53297&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/2727822504646480667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/2727822504646480667?isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/2727822504646480667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/2727822504646480667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/online-dating-what-can-i-expect-from-my.html' title='Online Dating: What Can I Expect From My Dating  Site'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-8790021466339306961</id><published>2007-12-11T16:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T09:54:45.988-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating services"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating success"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="first impessions"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating tips"/><title type='text'>Dating Success – 5 Top Tips</title><content type='html'>By Pam Stokes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is dating success? I’ve been asking myself that question&lt;br /&gt;because I’ve recently devised a programme around dating and&lt;br /&gt;wondered how many answers there might be. For instance, does it&lt;br /&gt;mean you find the person of your dreams, get married and live&lt;br /&gt;happily ever after? Does it mean your date would make a great&lt;br /&gt;friend but not lover, or does it mean they’d be perfect for your&lt;br /&gt;mate? When I asked a married friend of mine, he said “Dating&lt;br /&gt;success? My wife not finding out!” He quickly added he was&lt;br /&gt;joking and said that if he was dating again it would be an&lt;br /&gt;enjoyable evening with a person knowing that he’d really like to&lt;br /&gt;see them again. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe negotiating your way through internet dating and speed&lt;br /&gt;dating could be called a success in itself – that’s really&lt;br /&gt;putting yourself out there! I know people do find the person&lt;br /&gt;they’re looking for using both, but I’ve also heard many tales&lt;br /&gt;of disappointment and feelings of rejection from friends too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whatever dating success means to you, here are 5 tips worth&lt;br /&gt;remembering when you’re dating. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Be sure you remember what success means to you when you go&lt;br /&gt;out with someone – have an outcome for the evening. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. If you want to meet someone who makes you laugh, don’t get&lt;br /&gt;side-tracked by the fab looking person you’ve just met with no&lt;br /&gt;sense of humour at all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. If it’s really important to you that the person shares a&lt;br /&gt;hobby or pastime, for instance reading, and their favourite read&lt;br /&gt;is OK and Hello, ask yourself if that matches what you’re&lt;br /&gt;looking for. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. If you absolutely loathe speed dating, for instance, ask&lt;br /&gt;yourself if this is really worth putting yourself through and&lt;br /&gt;think about what would be the ideal way for you to meet someone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Work on your confidence so you can cope with the ups and&lt;br /&gt;downs of dating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Pam Stokes is a Business &amp; Personal&lt;br /&gt;Development Coach. Besides coaching, she provides interactive&lt;br /&gt;online programmes for busy people, mentors newly qualified and&lt;br /&gt;trainee coaches, and runs workshops in stress management and&lt;br /&gt;NLP. Free downloads are available at&lt;br /&gt;http://www.pamstokesassociates.co.uk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=69434&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/8790021466339306961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/8790021466339306961?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/8790021466339306961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/8790021466339306961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/dating-success-5-top-tips.html' title='Dating Success – 5 Top Tips'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-444835281326989968</id><published>2007-12-10T16:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T09:54:46.013-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating photo"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="headshot"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="headshot photographer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating"/><title type='text'>What To Avoid In An Online Dating Photo</title><content type='html'>By Tiffani Smith&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An online dating photo is the first chance you have to attract&lt;br /&gt;a potential mate, so you need to make sure you get it right.&lt;br /&gt;Here are some key errors you need to avoid. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hiding Your Face &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your face is what most potential matches want to see. This is&lt;br /&gt;your best marketing tool and the first chance to make a lasting&lt;br /&gt;impression. That is why it is so important to get it right. Many&lt;br /&gt;online dating photos do not do their owners justice. They show&lt;br /&gt;people with hair all over their faces or large sunglasses&lt;br /&gt;covering their eyes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead of hiding your face and eyes, go for an online dating&lt;br /&gt;photo that shows your full face. Avoid sunglasses and large hats&lt;br /&gt;and keep hair away from your face. This will increase the appeal&lt;br /&gt;of your photo. If you’re not confident about getting one of your&lt;br /&gt;friends to take a good photo, consider finding a professional&lt;br /&gt;headshot photographer. A professional headshot photographer will&lt;br /&gt;make your photo look its best. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too Much Makeup &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Slathering on the makeup for a night on the town is fine, but&lt;br /&gt;avoid this at all costs when taking an online dating photo.&lt;br /&gt;After all, you don’t want to look as if you’re desperate. It’s&lt;br /&gt;best to keep makeup understated to enhance rather than overpower&lt;br /&gt;your natural beauty. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other People &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leave the photos of family and friends till you get to know&lt;br /&gt;someone. Your online dating photo should show your face and&lt;br /&gt;no-one else’s. Other people will distract those who are looking&lt;br /&gt;at your photo. Even worse, they may not know which of the people&lt;br /&gt;in the photo is actually you. Since you are looking for a date,&lt;br /&gt;the focus should be on you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep Away From The Action &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the same reason, avoid using an action shot as your main&lt;br /&gt;online dating photo. That photo of you on a white water rafting&lt;br /&gt;or rock climbing expedition shows that you’re fit and fun, but&lt;br /&gt;may not be the most flattering. Stick to a headshot for the main&lt;br /&gt;photo and use the action pictures for supplementary profile&lt;br /&gt;photos. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fussy Clothes &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avoid loud checks and patterns. These may not appeal to&lt;br /&gt;everyone and will reduce the effectiveness of your photo.&lt;br /&gt;Instead, go for solid colors (they can be bright) to broaden&lt;br /&gt;your appeal. And this is not the time to bare all. Leave a bit&lt;br /&gt;of mystery until you get to know someone better. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Professional Touch &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you avoid all these mistakes, your online dating photo&lt;br /&gt;should make a good impression. Consider using a professional&lt;br /&gt;headshot photographer to get the best lighting and close up&lt;br /&gt;shots. And remember to smile. A warm, natural smile will make&lt;br /&gt;any online dating photo stand out from the crowd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Tiffani Smith is the online editor for&lt;br /&gt;http://HeadshotPhotographerMatch.com - the #1 place on the web&lt;br /&gt;for online daters looking for a professional headshot&lt;br /&gt;photographer. Find photographers in your area and enter the&lt;br /&gt;monthly sweepstakes for your chance to win a headshots package&lt;br /&gt;worth $250.&lt;br /&gt;http://www.headshotphotographermatch.com/sweepstakes.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=67396&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/444835281326989968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/444835281326989968?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/444835281326989968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/444835281326989968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-to-avoid-in-online-dating-photo.html' title='What To Avoid In An Online Dating Photo'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-2582566458842503796</id><published>2007-12-09T16:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T09:54:46.044-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating online"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="honesty"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="interview"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating tips"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="successful online dating"/><title type='text'>Online Dating: Advice For The Beginner</title><content type='html'>By Jason King&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gone are the days where you need to go out at the weekend to&lt;br /&gt;find a possible love match. Why look for someone in one bar or&lt;br /&gt;club when you can put yourself in front of thousands of eligible&lt;br /&gt;singles online. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This advice will help you if you‘re new to online dating or&lt;br /&gt;about to start your search for a partner. The more you learn&lt;br /&gt;about online dating the more you will enjoy it. And the earlier&lt;br /&gt;you start enjoying yourself you will start getting results a lot&lt;br /&gt;quicker. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first thing you must be to have a successful online dating&lt;br /&gt;experience is honest. If you’re going to try and trick people or&lt;br /&gt;tell white lies you will get found out, and then you’ll be back&lt;br /&gt;at the start. Be honest from the start, and expect the same&lt;br /&gt;back. It’s easy to test someone’s honesty with a few questions&lt;br /&gt;relating to the information they have put in their profile. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Singles that don’t have enough information in their profile are&lt;br /&gt;ones to avoid. Chances are they are probably hiding something.&lt;br /&gt;You need to look for singles that are honest and open about&lt;br /&gt;themselves. How can they expect anyone to get a feel for who&lt;br /&gt;they are if half of their profile is blank. There are many&lt;br /&gt;singles that will just put up a short profile hoping they will&lt;br /&gt;get contacted by someone. If you’re looking for a long term&lt;br /&gt;relationship that means something you have to find someone who&lt;br /&gt;wants the same. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t be afraid to ask questions. You want to find out about&lt;br /&gt;someone who is going to be your future spouse. You don’t need to&lt;br /&gt;bombard them continually with questions just ask the necessary&lt;br /&gt;ones. Their plans for the future, and children. This is the&lt;br /&gt;information you will need before you commit yourself. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If someone starts contacting you more often than you think is&lt;br /&gt;normal this will probably be a sign of possessive behaviour. If&lt;br /&gt;they’re like that before you have even met them, what are they&lt;br /&gt;going to be like afterwards? Chances are your dating will become&lt;br /&gt;a chore instead of something enjoyable. There will be thousands&lt;br /&gt;of singles to choose from so you won’t need to get stuck with&lt;br /&gt;someone of this personality. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take your time when getting to know another single. You don’t&lt;br /&gt;need to rush. This will make you look desperate as well to your&lt;br /&gt;online date. Take things slowly, if you don’t you could end up&lt;br /&gt;jumping into something too soon, and then regret it. When you&lt;br /&gt;take your time you will have a better understanding of the right&lt;br /&gt;time to meet them offline. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you do eventually meet them for the first time do so in a&lt;br /&gt;busy but quiet place. A coffee shop is a good first date. You&lt;br /&gt;know you will stay sober, and there will be enough people around&lt;br /&gt;you. See how this goes before meeting them for dinner where you&lt;br /&gt;will probably have a couple of glasses of wine. But don’t get&lt;br /&gt;too drunk as anything could happen then, and spoil what could&lt;br /&gt;have been a good thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: For online dating reviews, and advice for a&lt;br /&gt;better quality online dating experience visit -&lt;br /&gt;http://www.the-online-dating-reviews.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=78980&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/2582566458842503796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/2582566458842503796?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/2582566458842503796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/2582566458842503796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/online-dating-advice-for-beginner.html' title='Online Dating: Advice For The Beginner'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-7201546512754872529</id><published>2007-12-08T10:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T09:58:54.642-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jewish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jewish community"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jewish dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jewish dating site"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jewish faith"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jewish online dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="marriage"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="matchmaking"/><title type='text'>Jewish Online Dating Tips – Romance In The  21st Century</title><content type='html'>By Belinda Sinclair&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When it comes to Jewish dating, the term &#39;matchmaking&#39; is&lt;br /&gt;really not far behind. Jewish tradition has always had&lt;br /&gt;matchmakers play a pivotal role in bringing couples together. Is&lt;br /&gt;it any surprise then that Jewish dating enters the world of&lt;br /&gt;online dating personals? However, unlike mainstream online&lt;br /&gt;dating, there are a few Jewish online dating tip pointers you&lt;br /&gt;should always keep in mind. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jewish Online Dating Tip Points to Ponder... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jewish Online Dating Tip # 1 – Go with dating services online&lt;br /&gt;that focus on the Jewish community. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although there is nothing wrong with marrying someone outside&lt;br /&gt;one&#39;s own faith, it&#39;s always easier, and perhaps better, if you&lt;br /&gt;use a paid or free online dating site that focuses on single&lt;br /&gt;Jews. This way, you don&#39;t have to fear that the people you meet&lt;br /&gt;using online dating personals will not be knowledgeable,&lt;br /&gt;understanding or respectful of your faith. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, when previewing dating services online, you will&lt;br /&gt;immediately notice that most Jewish dating sites try very hard&lt;br /&gt;to preserve the Jewish tradition of matchmaking. In Jewish&lt;br /&gt;tradition, a &#39;Shadchan&#39; (matchmaker or marriage broker) was a&lt;br /&gt;trusted third party who is tapped to aid in finding a partner&lt;br /&gt;for someone or facilitating communication to further the&lt;br /&gt;relationship between two Jewish singles. So, more often than&lt;br /&gt;not, Jewish online dating personals will really take that extra&lt;br /&gt;step when screening applicants or subscribers to their online&lt;br /&gt;dating sites because they want to ensure that they present only&lt;br /&gt;truly suitable candidates for you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jewish Online Dating Tip # 2 – Prepare well for your first&lt;br /&gt;meeting. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you feel that you have met someone online with whom you have&lt;br /&gt;a good connection, then why not schedule a meet-up? Just don&#39;t&lt;br /&gt;forget this Jewish online dating tip - handle the situation with&lt;br /&gt;caution and proper decorum. Men, don&#39;t be too aggressive if the&lt;br /&gt;one you&#39;re interested in is not ready to meet you. Women, don&#39;t&lt;br /&gt;be too cloy, you DID sign up to meet other Jewish singles right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here&#39;s another online dating advice: don&#39;t lose that online&lt;br /&gt;connection you have when you finally see each other in person.&lt;br /&gt;How? Take the time to prepare for the &#39;big day&#39;. Invest in an&lt;br /&gt;at-home tooth whitening kit to improve the appearance of your&lt;br /&gt;smile, pre-select the clothes you&#39;ll wear, and don&#39;t be late!&lt;br /&gt;Indicating that you spent time planning and preparing for the&lt;br /&gt;date shows you care. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jewish Online Dating Tip # 3 – Be mindful of &#39;traditional&#39;&lt;br /&gt;Jewish dating etiquette. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though you met via the online dating personals, it doesn&#39;t&lt;br /&gt;mean that you should toss customary Jewish dating etiquette all&lt;br /&gt;out the window. For instance, when scheduling the date (or&lt;br /&gt;making a follow-up) don&#39;t call during Shabbos (Jewish day of&lt;br /&gt;rest) lest you annoy his/her entire family. Also, keep in mind&lt;br /&gt;that very traditional Jews don&#39;t even want to shake hands with&lt;br /&gt;members of the opposite sex if they&#39;re not family so here&#39;s an&lt;br /&gt;important Jewish online dating tip: don&#39;t just go over and give&lt;br /&gt;your date a peck on the cheek on your date! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another Jewish online dating tip to consider is the need for a&lt;br /&gt;&#39;Shadchan&#39; as the relationship progresses. When you both want to&lt;br /&gt;take the relationship to the next level a Shadchan just might be&lt;br /&gt;handy in facilitating discussions not only between you but&lt;br /&gt;between your respective families. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#39;s a final Jewish online dating tip for you: don&#39;t feel&lt;br /&gt;that you are abandoning traditional ways of dating by using&lt;br /&gt;online dating personals. Many Jews believe that today&#39;s &#39;modern&lt;br /&gt;world&#39; is negatively influencing Jewish singles to abandon their&lt;br /&gt;faith and marry people with other religions. Although there is&lt;br /&gt;nothing wrong with this, it is understandable that the Jewish&lt;br /&gt;community, as a whole, prefers their young to marry other Jews&lt;br /&gt;and thus proliferate the Jewish faith. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To this end, Jewish online dating site providers actually&lt;br /&gt;provide a great service. This way, today&#39;s Jewish singles have a&lt;br /&gt;way to hook up with other Jews they might normally not come into&lt;br /&gt;contact with; after all, that is one of the beauties of online&lt;br /&gt;dating personals... the world is at your feet with the click of&lt;br /&gt;a button. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So do try out online dating personals, heed the Jewish online&lt;br /&gt;dating tips we have outlined here and enjoy the experience!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Belinda Sinclair empowers men and women to&lt;br /&gt;increase their Wow Factor through personal development and image&lt;br /&gt;makeovers. Visit http://www.novawhite.com/?source=is13 for&lt;br /&gt;amazingly affordable professional tooth whitening systems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=172390&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/7201546512754872529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/7201546512754872529?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/7201546512754872529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/7201546512754872529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/jewish-online-dating-tips-romance-in.html' title='Jewish Online Dating Tips – Romance In The  21st Century'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-596868587833390800</id><published>2007-12-07T21:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T09:54:46.019-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="christian"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="church"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="marriage"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="relationships"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spiritual"/><title type='text'>How Does Online Dating For Christians Help</title><content type='html'>By Jennifer Flanders&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In today’s busy and cosmopolitan life, being Christian is&lt;br /&gt;considered antiquated. Believing Christians are often not at&lt;br /&gt;your work place or in your neighborhood. It becomes difficult to&lt;br /&gt;meet good Christians for dating.  Dating on line for a Christian&lt;br /&gt;single is a safe way to meet a soul mate with similar Christian&lt;br /&gt;values and interests. Christians are now using the Internet to&lt;br /&gt;widen their circle and meet for dating and eventually to find a&lt;br /&gt;Christian partner for life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just like other sites for couples, online dating for&lt;br /&gt;Christians, allows you to search through the thousands of posted&lt;br /&gt;profiles of believing Christians. Each interested person has an&lt;br /&gt;enormous database to choose from. The hobbies and interests and&lt;br /&gt;other points of interest are posted and you can pick and choose&lt;br /&gt;the profile that is of most interest to you. This form of safely&lt;br /&gt;meeting good Christians has become extremely efficient. Many who&lt;br /&gt;have used these services and have posted their profiles have&lt;br /&gt;made great friends and often these relationships have become&lt;br /&gt;serious and have led to romance and finally marriage. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just as in other sites, an online Christian dating system&lt;br /&gt;provides a window to chat, exchange messages and photos and all&lt;br /&gt;the other Internet features available on the market. This is&lt;br /&gt;attractive to a Christian as you will be doing all the chatting&lt;br /&gt;and messaging etc. with a Christian who shares your faith and&lt;br /&gt;spirituality. In today’s hectic life style and agnosticism, this&lt;br /&gt;online service puts you in touch with someone who shares your&lt;br /&gt;faith and beliefs. Someone you can go to church with. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Often regular dating means a discotheque with its kind of music&lt;br /&gt;or drinking at bars or getting together to drink at someone’s&lt;br /&gt;place. Often a casual date may want heavy petting and sex as&lt;br /&gt;part of the date.  Meeting a fellow Christian with similar&lt;br /&gt;interests and tastes could mean a quiet chat over tea or a nice&lt;br /&gt;meal in a comfortable environment. A real getting to know each&lt;br /&gt;other before serious physical contact. Physical contact has to&lt;br /&gt;be a follow up to the spiritual harmony not the other way&lt;br /&gt;around. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Christian is first of all a believer in Christ and Christian&lt;br /&gt;dogma. He or she is a churchgoer, involved with church&lt;br /&gt;activities.  For a Christian, it is most important that the&lt;br /&gt;person they choose to spend the rest of their life with should&lt;br /&gt;have the same interests, commitment and faith. Everything in&lt;br /&gt;their day to day life is based on Christian doctrine and&lt;br /&gt;centered around Christ. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dating on line for Christians is the gateway that provides a&lt;br /&gt;safe meeting place for Christians to get together online and&lt;br /&gt;choose a person with similar interests. The most important of&lt;br /&gt;all being the shared interest in Christian teachings and values.&lt;br /&gt;A love for the church and its activities and above all to be&lt;br /&gt;able to live a Christian life in partnership with each other and&lt;br /&gt;be cemented by Christ in holy companionship and love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Jennifer Flanders is a staff writer at&lt;br /&gt;http://www.thelovepersonals.com and is an occasional contributor&lt;br /&gt;to several other websites, including&lt;br /&gt;http://www.wedding-digest.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=114118&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/596868587833390800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/596868587833390800?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/596868587833390800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/596868587833390800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-does-online-dating-for-christians.html' title='How Does Online Dating For Christians Help'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-906346187980215238</id><published>2007-12-07T07:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T10:04:43.340-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating site"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating tips"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online personals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="speed dating"/><title type='text'>Online Dating Tips</title><content type='html'>By Laura Rinaldi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are not having any luck playing the dating game in your&lt;br /&gt;home town, it may be time to give online dating a try. Online&lt;br /&gt;dating can open an entire world of like-minded people to you,&lt;br /&gt;people you would normally never have a chance to meet. In large&lt;br /&gt;cities, online dating is a great way to find people in your own&lt;br /&gt;area that you wouldn’t normally run into. There are numerous&lt;br /&gt;online dating sites, but there are a few things you should know&lt;br /&gt;before you jump into the online dating pool. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First and foremost, you must remember your own personal&lt;br /&gt;security. Never meet with someone in person if you are unsure of&lt;br /&gt;their background or their motives. While online dating can be a&lt;br /&gt;lot of fun, there is a certain element that uses online dating&lt;br /&gt;sites to spot easy victims. It is much easier to mask your real&lt;br /&gt;identity online, and you may not know exactly who you are&lt;br /&gt;dealing with.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Learn all that you can about a person before you agree to meet&lt;br /&gt;with them face-to-face. Get their real name, and if possible&lt;br /&gt;their birth date and place of birth. This will help you run a&lt;br /&gt;background check on them if you are concerned they may not be&lt;br /&gt;telling you the truth. Background checks are typically&lt;br /&gt;inexpensive if you have them done online and can save you time,&lt;br /&gt;money and even heartbreak. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next, you&#39;ll need to create an online dating profile. This&lt;br /&gt;profile will be visible to everyone, and will help you reach out&lt;br /&gt;to other members of the online dating site. Some people prefer&lt;br /&gt;to have a professional write their profile for them, but this&lt;br /&gt;can be expensive.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, it is easy enough to do it on your own, if you follow&lt;br /&gt;a few guidelines. Never give too much information about yourself&lt;br /&gt;in your profile. Since it will be available to everyone, you&lt;br /&gt;don’t want to include information that is too personal in&lt;br /&gt;nature, or that will reveal exactly where you live.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your profile should be a reflection of you, but in the best&lt;br /&gt;possible light. Try not to use too many exclamation points,&lt;br /&gt;internet slang or all caps. You don&#39;t need to include your life&lt;br /&gt;story, but you can give people an idea of what you’re all about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is also a good idea to try to avoid the standard &#39;long walks&lt;br /&gt;on the beach&#39; statements, and focus rather on your personality,&lt;br /&gt;what you enjoy and most importantly, the type of person you are&lt;br /&gt;looking for. If you get stuck, browse through some profiles&lt;br /&gt;online to see what other people have done. This will help you&lt;br /&gt;find your own voice, and spot some profiles that you definitely&lt;br /&gt;do not want to copy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you find that you&#39;re meeting a lot of new friends, but not a&lt;br /&gt;potential date, you may need to try to find a different dating&lt;br /&gt;site. There are numerous free sites out there that are a great&lt;br /&gt;place to start if you&#39;re new to online dating. You can get your&lt;br /&gt;feet wet for free, and then move on to a more exclusive, paid&lt;br /&gt;site when you’re feeling more confident and ready to really test&lt;br /&gt;the waters.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most important element of online dating is to have fun.&lt;br /&gt;Within a few short weeks, you may find exactly what you are&lt;br /&gt;looking for, and if not, you&#39;re sure to make a lot of new&lt;br /&gt;friends. Just remember to keep your personal information&lt;br /&gt;personal until you&#39;re sure you can trust the person on the other&lt;br /&gt;side of the monitor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: What makes us different? We give bad dating&lt;br /&gt;resources bad reviews! We review all kinds of dating resources.&lt;br /&gt;Everything from: expensive dating coaches who work with you one&lt;br /&gt;on one, free online personals, local speed dating to cruises for&lt;br /&gt;singles. http://QualityDatingResources.com &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=117623&amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/906346187980215238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/906346187980215238?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/906346187980215238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/906346187980215238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/online-dating-tips.html' title='Online Dating Tips'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-8159735579898816782</id><published>2007-12-06T13:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T09:54:46.039-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online dating services"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="web dating"/><title type='text'>Check Out The Online Dating Services</title><content type='html'>By Julia Tanner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dating in today&#39;s world is all about online dating. No other&lt;br /&gt;media can deliver the kind of services that online dating&lt;br /&gt;services can. With an insuperable number of singles that are&lt;br /&gt;meeting online, dating services have become the de facto way to&lt;br /&gt;date. So, if you are a modern single and looking for a date, you&lt;br /&gt;know online dating is where it begins. The convenience of&lt;br /&gt;browsing anytime, anywhere online trumps the antiquated methods&lt;br /&gt;of in-person dating services, reading newspaper personal&lt;br /&gt;listings and singles phone chat lines. There is no need to&lt;br /&gt;schedule the first awkward date with someone when you can see&lt;br /&gt;their picture and read their profile online first, then decide&lt;br /&gt;if you want to date. The accessibility of online dating services&lt;br /&gt;and their convenience is better and easier for everyone&lt;br /&gt;involved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new millennium has offered you a lot of online dating&lt;br /&gt;services. The goal was to enable people with different&lt;br /&gt;backgrounds and interests to meet through the web. The emergence&lt;br /&gt;of the information technology continues to pave way for the&lt;br /&gt;limitless opportunities to exchange information in the Internet,&lt;br /&gt;enabling to solve the problems of people that are hard up with&lt;br /&gt;their time in finding a friend, or searching for a love of a&lt;br /&gt;lifetime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Singles and couples can enjoy each others company using the&lt;br /&gt;best online dating sites available in the Internet. Online&lt;br /&gt;dating sites contains web dating, relationship and flirting&lt;br /&gt;tips, advices regarding on how to deal with party fears or how&lt;br /&gt;to be at your best during a date, and more of other interesting&lt;br /&gt;information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are also lists of offline and online agencies. It is&lt;br /&gt;convenient for it allows instant messaging, easy search for a&lt;br /&gt;profile of the person you want to meet and chat with. Thousands&lt;br /&gt;of personal ads are available for you to easily browse with. It&lt;br /&gt;is an ideal companion to bring dating to a new level of intimacy&lt;br /&gt;and endless possibilities, in a comfortable, safe, secure and&lt;br /&gt;intimate environment and bringing you with lots of joy and&lt;br /&gt;positive results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Do you want to find out the secrets of which&lt;br /&gt;dating sites are the best? Or maybe you would like to know the&lt;br /&gt;most effective, cheapest and easiest way of using them to work&lt;br /&gt;for you to find a gorgeous partner online? If so, then you must&lt;br /&gt;read some of the hundreds of free articles available at her blog&lt;br /&gt;at http://www.pandadatingsites.com/info .&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=140771&amp;amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/8159735579898816782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/8159735579898816782?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/8159735579898816782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/8159735579898816782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/check-out-online-dating-services.html' title='Check Out The Online Dating Services'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-4223523083427055771</id><published>2007-12-05T21:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T10:08:30.610-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="first date"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="first impessions"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="interview"/><title type='text'>First Date Tips - How Conversation Influences Attraction</title><content type='html'>By Maureen Arnold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well you’ve finally worked up your courage and asked that hot&lt;br /&gt;girl out on an official date. As if learning how to approach a&lt;br /&gt;woman was not difficult enough - now, as the man, you are&lt;br /&gt;expected to also plan the date and bear the brunt of keeping the&lt;br /&gt;conversation going and keeping the date fun and interesting.&lt;br /&gt;But alas - this IS the lot of men - at least - the strong man,&lt;br /&gt;the alpha male that gets the girls and sparks the attraction in&lt;br /&gt;single women.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first rule of thumb when going on date number one is that&lt;br /&gt;the first date is NOT AN INTERVIEW! You are not applying for a&lt;br /&gt;job, presenting a resume or otherwise trying to impress her. If&lt;br /&gt;you are TRYING to IMPRESS her, you will fail, because that kind&lt;br /&gt;of behavior denotes lesser status, and women are not attracted&lt;br /&gt;to men who are of lesser status. Period.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only talk about the boring, run of the mill stuff if you have&lt;br /&gt;run out of every other option. The idea is to go somewhere fun&lt;br /&gt;and interesting so that the conversation (and attraction) will&lt;br /&gt;flow naturally, no to a fancy restaurant where you are both&lt;br /&gt;pressured to make &quot;fantastic conversation&quot; and instead end up&lt;br /&gt;squirming in the uncomfortable silence between two strangers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Attraction happens between two people when there is energy,&lt;br /&gt;spice, humor, mystery, generally fun and saucy conversation.&lt;br /&gt;David Deangelo would call this Cocky Funny. So if you want to&lt;br /&gt;create attraction instead of boredom, you’re going to have to&lt;br /&gt;learn how to make your conversation interesting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You do this by coming up with an arsenal of unusual,&lt;br /&gt;controversial or funny topics - topics like Britney Spears and&lt;br /&gt;Justin Timberlake, Reality TV, Paris Hilton or even using your&lt;br /&gt;surroundings (although you will have to be spontaneous with&lt;br /&gt;this, and don’t start picking on people, keep your comments&lt;br /&gt;light and be sure to spark CONVERSATION, not just make&lt;br /&gt;observations).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can use things like history - telling the woman about he&lt;br /&gt;history of the part of town you are in, which will demonstrate&lt;br /&gt;that you are intelligent and well read without seeming like it&lt;br /&gt;is a ploy to impress her. Use things like historical scandals&lt;br /&gt;or ghost stories to intrigue her. Or make conjectures about he&lt;br /&gt;current state of the country - something like the price of gas&lt;br /&gt;is so high not because of the war in Iraq but because the&lt;br /&gt;daughter of the oil tycoon T. Boone Pickins has started text&lt;br /&gt;messaging all her friends non-stop and the crisis is really due&lt;br /&gt;to his Verizon Wireless bill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use conversation to create opportunities to be cocky and funny&lt;br /&gt;while talking about the misfortunes and neurotic behavior of&lt;br /&gt;others. Remember, and act like you are not there to impress&lt;br /&gt;her. You are there to have fun - not get her approval. As she&lt;br /&gt;is able to sense this attitude, it will intensify her attraction&lt;br /&gt;to you as she realizes that SHE has to impress YOU.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And keep in mind - &quot;busting on her&quot; in a playful manner is also&lt;br /&gt;great for attraction. So - if SHE starts in on the usual&lt;br /&gt;mundane date talk wanting to know about your family, job etc,&lt;br /&gt;take the opportunity to turn the tables on her and say something&lt;br /&gt;to the effect of, &quot;What is this, a job interview?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the bottom line? If you want to keep her interest, then you&lt;br /&gt;have to be interesting from the beginning. The old-fashioned&lt;br /&gt;act-like-you’re-on-a-job interview rap just doesn’t cut it when&lt;br /&gt;it comes to keeping the flame of attraction alive on a first&lt;br /&gt;date.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Maureen Arnold writes for&lt;br /&gt;http://www.youcangetthegirl.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=155935&amp;amp;ca=Dating&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/4223523083427055771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/4223523083427055771?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/4223523083427055771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/4223523083427055771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/first-date-tips-how-conversation.html' title='First Date Tips - How Conversation Influences Attraction'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-2110039177425794511</id><published>2007-12-05T07:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T09:54:46.043-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating guide"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="men"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="relationships"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="women"/><title type='text'>What Women Want: A Five Point Guide For Men</title><content type='html'>By Tonja Weimer&lt;br /&gt;Posted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What women want may surprise you. At least once a day, as a dating coach and a columnist, I get an email from a guy somewhere begging for an answer to this most frequently askedquestion by men: &quot;What do women want?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;The question of what women want comes from a genuine confusion in many men. What most people already know is that men and women think in very different ways. And how those different thinking patterns are demonstrated gets some couples in trouble. Men like action activities; women like to sit and talk. When you are planning a date, if you want to please her, try and combine both such as lunch and a walk in the park. Another example of the different ways men and women think is that men perceive working long days and even on weekends as a way to show their success or love. Women, however, may see that behavior as neglect. There are many other examples where men and women get their signals crossed.&lt;br /&gt;If you have ever been at a loss for understanding what women want, here is a five point guide:&lt;br /&gt;1. Being Number One&lt;br /&gt;All women want to be Number One. Just ask Cinderella, Cleopatra, Miss Piggy, or any other well-known female icon. They want to know that they come first in a man’s order of priorities. They want to feel that their boyfriend or husband will choose them over every other activity or relationship. If your girl knows this, she won’t mind when your mother, child, friend, or co-worker calls and asks for help. What she won’tunderstand is if you have dinner with your Ex on occasion, or drop your plans with her and go have beer with the guys instead, or, never take time to ask about her day because you watch the sports channel every minute you are at home. Being Number One is the Number One desire of most women.&lt;br /&gt;2. Keeping Your Word&lt;br /&gt;Women want a man who keeps his word ... in his relationships, his work, and in all aspects of life. If you promised her the world(Disney World, that is) then you&#39;d better give it to her. If you don&#39;t do what you will say you will, she won&#39;t trust you. Without trust, your relationship doesn&#39;t mean anything. Keep your agreements. If you can’t, tell her so (preferably,beforehand) and tell her how you plan to rectify it. More importantly, don’t make promises you can’t keep.&lt;br /&gt;3. Listening&lt;br /&gt;Women want a man who listens. I know you are tired of hearing about this one, but it is central to a relationship. She wantsto be heard. Listen to her. Apparently, this is difficult formost men to do. Sitting down and talking is not something you are naturally wired for. But you can learn. Further, it’s impossible to have intimate or important conversations with dogs barking, kids crying, or phones ringing. If your girl is trying to talk to you, handle any emergencies, turn off the cell phone and TV, and give her your full attention. If you do, you will make her feel that she matters.&lt;br /&gt;4. Believing Her&lt;br /&gt;Women want to be believed by men. Men tend to be (or think they are) more analytical than women. Therefore, when she speaks, and is trying to tell you something important, you may have atendency to dismiss it. If you know how to balance your brain with your heart, and listen with kindness, you will find that what she has to say is relevant to your life with her. If you are with someone you don’t trust, then her words will have no affect on you. (And you should be asking yourself why you are there.) But if you love and trust her—then believe her.&lt;br /&gt;5. Doing What She Asks&lt;br /&gt;Women want you to do what they ask at crucial times. She doesn&#39;t expect you to &quot;fix&quot; everything, but there are times when her requests call for action. I know, I know—some of you are probably smirking by now. But if you implement what she says, you will have an extremely happy partner. This statement assumes that you are with a good person; that she is rational most of the time; that she does not ask the impossible or the ridiculous of you; and that she is equally giving. Some men find this hard to do because they feel that to do this, they are being a wimp. Believe me, she wants you to have backbone. And there is every opportunity in all parts of your life to exercise that quality. She isn&#39;t asking for you to give up anything. She is asking to be heard and cared about. If you trust her character and if she tells the truth…do what she asks.&lt;br /&gt;Go on and try these suggestions. If you are with a happy lady…you are going to be a happy man. This is what women want.&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tonjaweimer.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.tonjaweimer.com/&lt;/a&gt; or&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.singlesdatingtips.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.singlesdatingtips.com/&lt;/a&gt; for more tips, skills, and insight on dating, relationships, singles, and love. Subscribe to our F*ree Savvy Dating Newsletter from master single&#39;s coach, life coach, and syndicated columnist, Tonja Weimer. Copyright2006, Tonja Weimer. (Please note source if reprinting this article.)&lt;br /&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isnare.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.isnare.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=136031&amp;amp;ca=Dating&quot;&gt;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=136031&amp;amp;ca=Dating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/2110039177425794511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/2110039177425794511?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/2110039177425794511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/2110039177425794511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-women-want-five-point-guide-for.html' title='What Women Want: A Five Point Guide For Men'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-514968438599600342</id><published>2007-12-04T07:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T09:59:13.430-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="first date"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="first impessions"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friendship"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="relationships"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weddings"/><title type='text'>Dating</title><content type='html'>By Anna Jones&lt;br /&gt;Nothing can be more pleasant and gratifying than being in love, having a momentous relationship and sharing life with your ideal soul mate. Dating is not only about having a quality time with your partner accompanied by candlelight, flowers, a little wine and some good soft music. With some ingenuity and mind&#39;s eye you can always make your date a dream come true. Good subject, common interests and some sharing thoughts will make your date reach the acme of harmony.&lt;br /&gt;Blindfold your partner to a surprise destination and buy an everlasting smile to his or her face. A picnic laid out for two in a park dappled with rose petals will make your date a perfect, endearing one which you both will treasure. Avoid going for a movie or dining at a restaurant on date. Instead, arrange a compelling dinner at your home for your date and hold a good theme for the night to amuse your lover. You can also make for an exciting date by sharing some common interests. Recall what you both have shared on your first date, your likes and dislikes and set out to make your date more affectionate, deeming all of them. If you both share a common interest in a particular field then make your own ground there. For example if you are an animal lover then make your date a cozy one by visiting a zoo.&lt;br /&gt;Dating brings two individuals in concert by providing them with some congenial instances to get to know each other well. Two people get the opportunity to spend some time together far away from any social carnival or a peer group where the duo can talk to their hearts content and also decide if they are attuned for a more passionate alliance. A pleasing time coupled with a gentle ambiance would not only spice up your relationship but also add a smile of delight to your partner’s face. All this ideas will help you to gain that feeling of contentment of a successful date.&lt;br /&gt;First date is the most stirring spark in one’s life. Preparing for it can really be a nerve-wracking task even for the grown ones. The following ideas would trim down your quandary to a great extent and will thereby make your date a thriving and memorable one. First of all, always plan out for a date which will stand to be exciting for both of you. If you are not comfortable with the plan set by your partner then don’t hesitate to decline honestly yet courteously rather than messing up afterwards.&lt;br /&gt;For women, it’s recommended not to go for too much exposure of body on your first date unless you are pretty sure of gaining only physical attention.&lt;br /&gt;For men, plain sweatshirts or casuals are a no-no on their first date. Simple yet smart fad is preferred. Another ill habit of making your date waiting for hours just to gain extra attention or arouse palpitation is not at all appreciated on the first date. Be patient in holding conversations since your partner can be reticent at first but if you can lighten up the air a bit by chatting on some exciting topics then your partner can actually lend his voice for some personal chit chat.&lt;br /&gt;For men, it is suggested always bring some gift for your date apart from a token of thanks as it defines your affectionate attitude. No heavy gifts are advisable. Flowers or a plant can be apt as a gift for your first date. A bouquet of roses, tulip and sunflowers would work wonders on the mood of your lady. Ladies should check their emotional baggage at the door. Do not involve any issues about your deceitful ex-boyfriend, your psychotic boss or your family disputes. At the end of your day when your date will drop you at your place, grant him the privilege to lend you a goodbye kiss and if you defer then you’ll be making yourself just another good friend.&lt;br /&gt;If you want to give an amorous and idyllic touch to your date, a sunrise date is the ideal one. Plan out a wondrous early morning date with your partner and invite him or her to watch the awe-inspiring sunrise along with you to some beach or anyother beautiful location and after enjoying the spectacular vision, share a brunch at a cozy bistro.&lt;br /&gt;Another thrilling dating category is Blind Date. But you need to be brave and open-minded to go out for a blind date. It’s advisable that while going out for a blind date, make sure you get all the relevant details about the person you have chosen as date. Trade emails and talk to the person over the phone prior to setting a date. An open place is suggested for a blind date. Ladies should avoid calling their blind date for a cozy dinner at your place. First impression reckons a lot but that does not imply you will go overboard with your apparel. Carry yourself in a way so that it brings out a strong personal decree as who you are rather than overwhelming your partner with your charisma. Sometimes it takes few minutes to relax and reveal oneself in a blind date. So be patient, give some time to your partner who might at first suffer from little bit anxiety and along with the flow of time both of you will ease down. Put the conversation at its best by avoiding personal grilling and confine yourself towell-bred queries. Your date should not in any way start taking up the trail of monotony; else you might just have to please yourself with the contemplation of being the person’s last date. Bring a conviction in yourself while going out for a blind date and keep this in mind that you take all your chances and should be capable of tackling any circumstances coming your way. Wit and sense of humor is appreciated but if practiced exceedingly, might take an awful turn.&lt;br /&gt;Internet has acquired quite a very demanding status in terms of dating. This super-information highway has been the most wanted matchmaker since past few years. Online dating is one such gizmo of internet which may sound a bit stupefying but it has in fact gained immense popularity among the net addicts. People especially teens often pick up their date from internet and go out for a coffee or some other refreshment. There are numerous websites which provide online dating service and connects people around the world who log in to the site in search of their ideal date. On a date, a person usually tries to present the best of him so that he can experience a rewarding consequence. Usually two people focus on personal areas such as attitudes, moral fiber and uprightness, expectations, family, social and cultural backgrounds, lifestyle, interests, personal beliefs, political views, priorities, religious views, ways of communication and also wealth or financial situation.&lt;br /&gt;The key objective of dating is to be acquainted with each other’s temperament so that one can settle on whether to make the other person his or her future partner. Sometimes the date proves to be futile. Two people on the very first date finds out that they don’t get along with each other well and therefore decide to part on the spot. But the fruitful ones lead to a thriving bond. You can not choose the love of your life without meeting the person. So it’s indeed very essential to know each other. Dating lends a hand to you and it’s not always limited to your first date to decide. You can always take your time and go out for as many dates as you and your partner wants. But make sure you fit all the desired requirements for a winning date.&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Anna Jones writes on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.123greetings.com/love/&quot;&gt;http://www.123greetings.com/love/&lt;/a&gt; and Relationships. She alsowrites on Wedding and Anniversary Ideas. She is an active blogger and can be found at&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bliss-weddings.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;http://bliss-weddings.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isnare.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.isnare.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=117116&amp;amp;ca=Dating&quot;&gt;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=117116&amp;amp;ca=Dating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/514968438599600342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/514968438599600342?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/514968438599600342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/514968438599600342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/dating.html' title='Dating'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-2953896465605506413</id><published>2007-12-03T07:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T10:03:19.972-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="first impessions"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="speed dating"/><title type='text'>Is Speed Dating For You?</title><content type='html'>By Kerry Ng&lt;br /&gt;Speed dating started up within the Jewish community in Los Angeles in the 1990s. It has become a popular way to screen dates quickly and safely. Typically, participants pay a set fee for the evening. They are introduced to several potential partners with each “date” lasting anywhere from three to eight minutes. At the end of the evening, participants let organizers know which dates they’d like to see again. If two people have selected each other, the organizers will provide them with contact information so they can get together and set up a more traditional date.&lt;br /&gt;Members of speed dating say it removes the uncertainty from the dating situation. There is no guessing if the other person might be available or might be in the correct frame of mind to date. The very fact that the other person is at the speed dating event shows that he or she is single and avaliable. Speed dating makes it easy for singles to meet several eligible people in a short period of time. Traditional forms of dating usually take up an entire evening, even if one person realizes in the first five minutes that the other person is not for them. At a speed dating event, the mismatched date takes up only a fraction of the evening.&lt;br /&gt;Finally, speed dating definitely favors those who are attractive, warm, and outgoing and favors attractive participants with outgoing personalities. The person who is not especially outgoing, or who is shy and takes a little while to“warm up” will usually not get a fair shake at speed dating events. These people are better suited for other types of dating that allow time to get acquainted before a final decision about future dates is reached.&lt;br /&gt;As well, speed dating relies heavily on first impressions, and as we all know, may be inaccurate. The eager-go-getter from the five minute date may turn into a male slug after a few weeks of dating, and the dream girl of the five minute date may easily turn into the shrew of the five hour date a week later. Speeddaters should always remember “Let the buyer beware.”&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Kerry Ng is a successful Webmaster and publisher of The Dating Blog. Click here for more helpful information about Dating:&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.datinginfoblog.com/present-day-dating&quot;&gt;http://www.datinginfoblog.com/present-day-dating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isnare.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.isnare.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=169970&amp;amp;ca=Dating&quot;&gt;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=169970&amp;amp;ca=Dating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site: http://www.thedatingjungle.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot;&gt;Subscribe to THE DATING JUNGLE &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;PLEASE HELP US TO PROMOTE &#39;THE DATING JUNGLE&#39; BY CLICKING ON AN AD AS YOU LEAVE - THANKS ... :O) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/2953896465605506413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/2953896465605506413?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/2953896465605506413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/2953896465605506413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/is-speed-dating-for-you.html' title='Is Speed Dating For You?'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-4089438799546048124</id><published>2007-12-02T11:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T10:07:38.461-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="advice"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating online"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating site"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friendship"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="scams"/><title type='text'>Free Online Dating</title><content type='html'>By Sarah Miller&lt;br /&gt;Dating sites are popping up everywhere. If you do a search on Google under &quot;Free Online Dating&quot;, there are over 85,000,00results. That figure is mind boggling!&lt;br /&gt;The best way to find a free online dating site is to do the Google search. I usually select dating sites within the first 2pages of the search results. It makes is much easier to select a site and usually you can find a quality one within those parameters.&lt;br /&gt;I suggest that you try several free online dating sites. Don&#39;tbe afraid to put yourself out there a bit! It takes a while tosee which site fits your personality and needs when you are new at this and there is nothing wrong with selecting more than one site to put your profile on.&lt;br /&gt;People used to be very skeptical about joining Online dating sites but with our busy schedules and the fact that we sometimes commute to work, we need a way to meet people outside of our working environment. &lt;br /&gt;Free online dating sites take the risk out of dating. Without having to pay for a membership your opportunities are endless.Yes, there are some dishonest people on the internet, but also those people exist in real life.,&lt;br /&gt;A great way to meet someone with some anonymity is through instant messaging. You can chat for awhile online until you feel comfortable enough with that person to give out your cell phone number. Never give out your home number as this can be traced. Even cell phone numbers can now be used to obtain addresses. If you feel uncomfortable this way you can communicate via Skype through your computer and then proceed.&lt;br /&gt;Usually the better free online dating sites have features such as instant messaging, email, webchat and forums. Those features are almost becoming standard. As the supply of dating sitesincreases and the competition to stay at the top of the searches remains tough to ahieve, site owners are looking for more incentives and features to grab attention and maintain their membership base.&lt;br /&gt;There is another issue that comes up with free online datingsites. There are alot and I would say most of them have alot offake profiles. Some sites put them on themselves. A lot of sites however do not realize that people from countries such as Asia and Africa are submitting profiles many times to scam members.This is quite common since the access to these sites doesn&#39;t cost anything. It is up to the dating site administator to monitor this from time to time. Normally, a reputable site will remove them when they are advised of this problem. &lt;br /&gt;With the internet scam problem, it is up to people to use a little common sense and not give money to people saying they are stranded in Africa. That is one of the biggest one going aroundright now with online dating. It is kind of &quot;Buyer Beware&quot; as weare adults and really should know better with all theinformation out there about scams today!&lt;br /&gt;Free online dating has been a blessing to many people that would never had the opportunity to meet and is also bridging distances as many people are connecting from hundreds if not thousands of miles away. It doesn&#39;t have to be just about love. Many people have made great lasting friendships through the internet!&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Sarah is contributor to many articles written about &lt;a href=&quot;http://allsinglesmeet.com/&quot;&gt;http://Allsinglesmeet.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.allsinglesmeet.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.allsinglesmeet.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isnare.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.isnare.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=196847&amp;amp;ca=Dating&quot;&gt;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=196847&amp;amp;ca=Dating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot; title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot; title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot;&gt;Subscribe to this site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLEASE HELP US TO PROMOTE THIS SITE BY CLICKING ON AN AD AS YOU LEAVE - THANKS ... :O)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/4089438799546048124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/4089438799546048124?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/4089438799546048124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/4089438799546048124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/free-online-dating.html' title='Free Online Dating'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-3033277859841322989</id><published>2007-12-01T11:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T10:09:05.361-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bashing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="boyfriend"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="psychos"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="self-esteem"/><title type='text'>Internet Dating - Is It For You????</title><content type='html'>By Teresa Chesley&lt;br /&gt;Okay, you are single, for whatever reason, you hate the bar scene, so where do you meet people to date? For me two years ago it was the internet gamble.&lt;br /&gt;Internet dating is a two-edged sword. I have met some very, very good friends on there, but I have also met psychos, inconsiderate men, men who don&#39;t have a clue, men who only want sex....you name it, I have gone out with &quot;it.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;At first it was very exciting to have all these dates, get to know people and talk about your past experiences. Now, when I see a man on the internet I just wonder what his agenda is.&lt;br /&gt;Don&#39;t let the sweet words on the phone or the internet fool you....when you meet they very well may be a horse of a different color! But how are you to know? Wish I knew the answer but I don&#39;t.&lt;br /&gt;Rule number one is never meet a guy for the first time at your home. Offer to meet him at a restaurant, for coffee or lunch at a mutually agreeable place. You don&#39;t want this guy to know where you live until you have fully checked him out.&lt;br /&gt;My philosophy has always been to be totally honest and up front from the very beginning. This doesn&#39;t settle well with many, but so what...you have to protect yourself, your self-image and your self-esteem.&lt;br /&gt;I have always teased that I could write a book about all my experiences (some are not to be believed!) and I really could, but I don&#39;t have the room to do it here.&lt;br /&gt;I think the bottom line is: guys are not what they always seem, they can turn into different people and probably not the kind of person you are looking for. I have definite, strong feelings about what type person I am looking for and if the guy I have been out with does not meet those standards.....next!!!&lt;br /&gt;Enough of the man-bashing. Like I said I have met some very,very nice men who are and always will be my friends - the boyfriend/girlfriend thing just wasn&#39;t going to work. And we all can use more friends!&lt;br /&gt;Be cautious, look out for red flags and don&#39;t waste your precious time on someone you know is not what you are looking for.&lt;br /&gt;Good luck in your search!&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Single mom - child in college. Got into new home business which is very challenging and exciting....also very time consuming but I love it. Be sure to check out mywebsite at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.luvmythings.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.luvmythings.com/&lt;/a&gt;. Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isnare.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.isnare.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=140573&amp;amp;ca=Dating&quot;&gt;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=140573&amp;amp;ca=Dating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot; title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot; title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot;&gt;Subscribe to this site&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/3033277859841322989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/3033277859841322989?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/3033277859841322989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/3033277859841322989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/12/internet-dating-is-it-for-you.html' title='Internet Dating - Is It For You????'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-4144764465303029362</id><published>2007-11-30T12:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T09:54:45.977-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating services"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="profile"/><title type='text'>How To Write An Eye Grabbing Online Dating Profile</title><content type='html'>By Honey B. Wackx&lt;br /&gt;Are you the type of person that skims a lot of online profiles because they are so dull and uninteresting? If you&#39;re creating a profile of yourself take the time to put some interesting detail into your own online profile. After speaking with several single friends I learned they like to know what books someone likes. They want to find out the types of movies a potential date or partner enjoys, and to hear about their spiritual preferences. They would like to know the persons recreational likes. Allthese things are a big to help in understanding more about the person.&lt;br /&gt;So doing these things, adding more detail, being more descriptive will help your profile stand out since many people will skip those sections or put in only a word or two in them. After all if you were looking for a date you would want to find an interesting person to date. So use that to your advantage and make sure your profile has all the little extras in it to capture the attention of more potential dates.&lt;br /&gt;People like to know about what a prospective date learned from past relationships. So if you can satisfy that curiosity by writing about your compassion, acceptance and other qualities itshould help considerably. If you have a lot of bitterness, anger and heavy baggage don&#39;t write about it, don&#39;t let it come through or you&#39;ll turn everyone off. If you still have a lot ofunresolved issues from past relationships it is good to try to resolve them so you don&#39;t bring them into future situations. If they can&#39;t be resolved try to suppress them or better yet hold off looking for a date until you can control your emotions and feelings and eliminate or greatly reduce issues regarding past relationships.&lt;br /&gt;When you create your user name you can use a variation of your own name. Alternately you can use something that illustrates your interests such as skydive lover or masterchef etc. A lot of people love sunsets, bicycling, nature and eating out so if you do mention these things you should expand on them and mention additional interests in order to differentiate yourself from the crowd.&lt;br /&gt;This way you will make yourself more unique. If you have an open mind about different spiritual traditions then it&#39;s good to list them and indicate your open mindedness. This will allow you to receive more responses. Same is also true for the categories of interests and exercise that many online dating sites include. Even if you aren&#39;t into astrology, put down your sign as some people like to use that as an indicator as well. The more you seem like an ideal match the greater your response will be.&lt;br /&gt;On many of the dating and matchmaking sites the frequency of logging in will determine whether your profile will appear near the top of the list. So it&#39;s helpful to login fairly regularly as those profiles become closer to the top whenever a site&#39;s order of profiles is based on activity date. Even if you don&#39;t have time to scan its often wise on those types of sites to have a frequent login if you value being near the top of the list.&lt;br /&gt;Some sites allow you to wink or smile at someone. This is good, but I think most people prefer getting an e-mail as it helps them to get to know the person a little more and is more of apersonal touch. When you get a wink or smile you can wonder if someone is just going through the whole list and doing that. Following these tips should help you meet someone moreinteresting or similar to yourself.&lt;br /&gt;Copyright © Honey B. Wackx&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Honey B. Wackx is an aspiring author and software developer. She writes many articles for herself andother website owners. One of her favorite interests is onlinedating. Her websites are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.unlonely.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.unlonely.com&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.recipeviewpoint.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.recipeviewpoint.com&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ezy-soft.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.ezy-soft.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isnare.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.isnare.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=159602&amp;amp;ca=Dating&quot;&gt;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=159602&amp;amp;ca=Dating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot; title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot; title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot;&gt;Subscribe to this site&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/4144764465303029362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/4144764465303029362?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/4144764465303029362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/4144764465303029362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-to-write-eye-grabbing-online-dating.html' title='How To Write An Eye Grabbing Online Dating Profile'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-2354397725986559175</id><published>2007-11-28T21:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T09:54:46.037-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="advice"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating online"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating services"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="first date"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friendship"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="relationships"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="social"/><title type='text'>Relationships Found On The Internet</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;By Sandra L. Brown, M.A.&lt;br /&gt;With the need to date fast and find quick relationships, the&lt;br /&gt;internet has taken on the role of a hook-up location.&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, it is also a potential stalking ground for&lt;br /&gt;relationship seeking gone awry.&lt;br /&gt;There are some inherent problems with internet relationship&lt;br /&gt;seeking. It is difficult to read body language, eye lingo, and&lt;br /&gt;verbal pacing of sentences via email. One of the ways people can&lt;br /&gt;keep themselves safe in dating relationships is to feel and&lt;br /&gt;respond to their red flags. Red flags are greatly reduced by the&lt;br /&gt;inability to see first hand someone’s immediate response to&lt;br /&gt;statements or questions. Email, which is usually how people&lt;br /&gt;first talk when met on the internet, impairs the ability to get&lt;br /&gt;early insight into potential relationship problems.&lt;br /&gt;People have created false senses of intimacy via internet&lt;br /&gt;relationships. I know of one woman who met a man from Iran on&lt;br /&gt;the internet and went there to marry him without ever having met&lt;br /&gt;him in person. It was a disaster and hard for her to get back to&lt;br /&gt;the states. He was nothing that he had represented himself as.&lt;br /&gt;A false sense of relationship intimacy increases rapid personal&lt;br /&gt;disclosure. The relationship connection with someone online&lt;br /&gt;(that you have no idea if he is safe or not or who he says he&lt;br /&gt;is) becomes privy to a bulimic-like purge of personal problems&lt;br /&gt;and information. This is very common for women to rapidly&lt;br /&gt;disclose and over disclose personal and historical information.&lt;br /&gt;Dangerous and predatory men have stated that &quot;women who rapidly&lt;br /&gt;and overly disclose make my approach easy.&quot; Men who are not&lt;br /&gt;highly verbal in person may be very verbal online and the woman&lt;br /&gt;perceives this as ‘relationship,’ ‘connection,’ ‘knowledge about&lt;br /&gt;the person,’ and ‘intimacy.’&lt;br /&gt;The internet increases relationship fantasy—you can be whoever&lt;br /&gt;you want to be with someone you aren’t sure you will ever meet.&lt;br /&gt;The increase in non-credible information about someone is&lt;br /&gt;significantly higher. People can lie about where they live,&lt;br /&gt;their marriage status, previous relationship history, career,&lt;br /&gt;appearance, or criminal history.&lt;br /&gt;People who are unhappy in their marriage find internet&lt;br /&gt;relationships to be the perceived escape out of misery they have&lt;br /&gt;been seeking. Many are disappointed (or even horrified) to find&lt;br /&gt;the relationship online is all fantasy and not much reality.&lt;br /&gt;Women have left husbands for online men who never materialize.&lt;br /&gt;When it comes to who the person is or what the relationship is,&lt;br /&gt;they find it’s more about what the person has projected and&lt;br /&gt;fantasized the relationship to be—not what it will become in the&lt;br /&gt;future.&lt;br /&gt;While it is unlikely that internet relationship seeking will&lt;br /&gt;ever disappear, women need to understand the risks of internet&lt;br /&gt;hook-ups and the ways it puts a woman at a distinct disadvantage&lt;br /&gt;in reading body language and red flags.&lt;br /&gt;For more information on dangerous relationships, see&lt;br /&gt;www.HowToSpotADangerousMan.com&lt;br /&gt;** This article is free to use as long as it is kept in its&lt;br /&gt;original format without changes and includes the link listed&lt;br /&gt;above.&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: Sandra L. Brown, M.A. is an author and&lt;br /&gt;psychotherapist who worked for the past 20 years with both&lt;br /&gt;female victims of violence and male perpetrators. Her interest&lt;br /&gt;of practice has been in the attraction between victim and&lt;br /&gt;perpetrator. http://www.HowToSpotADangerousMan.com&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link:&lt;br /&gt;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=97953&amp;amp;ca=Relationships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot; title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot; title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot;&gt;Subscribe to this site&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/2354397725986559175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/2354397725986559175?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/2354397725986559175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/2354397725986559175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/11/relationships-found-on-internet.html' title='Relationships Found On The Internet'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-7862390957665543990</id><published>2007-11-27T21:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T09:59:59.067-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="advice"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="first date"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friendship"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="matchmaking"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="relationships"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="romance"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="social"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="women"/><title type='text'>First Date Talk</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;By Sheila Furley&lt;br /&gt;The feelings of romance are known to overwhelm us. This feeling&lt;br /&gt;can first manifest itself in our first dates. While we may not&lt;br /&gt;always recognize this emotion when it happens to us we do feel&lt;br /&gt;the need to act in some way that indicates how we are feeling.&lt;br /&gt;While some people may be quite comfortable talking with their&lt;br /&gt;date, others need help with their first date talk.&lt;br /&gt;This first date talk that you can have can encompass many&lt;br /&gt;different subjects. You will need to use the information that is&lt;br /&gt;dropped or given by your date to understand their feelings. If&lt;br /&gt;you are not too sure about the words that you are hearing then&lt;br /&gt;you may want to look at the body language to find what is being&lt;br /&gt;said.&lt;br /&gt;You can get help to understand body language. This talent will&lt;br /&gt;come in handy when you are interpreting a first date talk. To&lt;br /&gt;find this help you can look on the internet. Here you will find&lt;br /&gt;sites that can point you in the right direction with regards to&lt;br /&gt;reading body language and what is really being said on a first&lt;br /&gt;date talk.&lt;br /&gt;While these internet sites can be of help there are people that&lt;br /&gt;you know whom you can ask for help and guidance with regards to&lt;br /&gt;a first date talk. With their help you can navigate the murky&lt;br /&gt;waters of a potential relationship. Of course once you have been&lt;br /&gt;out on a few more dates you should learn how to interpret these&lt;br /&gt;signals for yourself.&lt;br /&gt;In some of the dates that you will go on you will receive ideas&lt;br /&gt;about what is considered as the perfect dream date. From this&lt;br /&gt;first date talk you will gain an insight as to what you should&lt;br /&gt;plan for other subsequent dates.&lt;br /&gt;You can ask your various family members to help you plan this&lt;br /&gt;perfect dream date. While this is a good idea you should&lt;br /&gt;remember that your tastes and theirs may not be the same. For&lt;br /&gt;this reason you should listen to the first date talk which will&lt;br /&gt;tell you what you should plan on doing to help the date go well.&lt;br /&gt;The activities that you will take part in while you are on your&lt;br /&gt;first date should be fun. Your date should feel that going on a&lt;br /&gt;date with you is time that is well spent. If you have listened&lt;br /&gt;to the various first date talk signs you may notice if your date&lt;br /&gt;is pleased with the way that the date went. This will indicate&lt;br /&gt;their feelings on whether they want to go out with you again, or&lt;br /&gt;if they would rather not see you again. The success of your&lt;br /&gt;future dating plans lies in the way that you listen to your&lt;br /&gt;first date talk.&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: http://www.here-you-go.com/getyourexback.&lt;br /&gt;Sheila Furley has written on a number of subjects throughout the&lt;br /&gt;years, she plans to release some of her articles on the&lt;br /&gt;internet, read more of her articles at her website.&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link:&lt;br /&gt;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182775&amp;amp;ca=Relationships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot; title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot; title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot;&gt;Subscribe to this site&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/7862390957665543990/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/7862390957665543990?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/7862390957665543990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/7862390957665543990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/11/first-date-talk.html' title='First Date Talk'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420667929987811455.post-3091445771938394730</id><published>2007-11-26T21:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T10:01:51.897-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="advice"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="first date"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="men"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="relationships"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="romance"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="social"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="truth"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="women"/><title type='text'>First Date Rules</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;By Sheila Furley&lt;br /&gt;Dates are the foundations upon which we build a relationship.&lt;br /&gt;The way that we act or talk will influence how long this&lt;br /&gt;relationship lasts. In order to make sure that you have a good&lt;br /&gt;chance of a lasting relationship there are some rules that you&lt;br /&gt;must play by. One such rule is that of the first date rule.&lt;br /&gt;While you may have never heard of this rule it is one that you&lt;br /&gt;should adhere to as the success story of your relationship will&lt;br /&gt;come into contact with this rule. The rule is in itself simple&lt;br /&gt;but many people have forgotten about it altogether. Therefore&lt;br /&gt;let us just see how you come into contact with the first date&lt;br /&gt;rule.&lt;br /&gt;In any budding relationship you have two people who are meeting&lt;br /&gt;for the first time. Since you are desirous of making this date&lt;br /&gt;work you need to plan how to make your date feel comfortable in&lt;br /&gt;your presence.&lt;br /&gt;This means that you will need to adhere by the first date rule&lt;br /&gt;of choosing a public venue to meet. The requirements for this&lt;br /&gt;venue should be one that can be reached and seen with ease. You&lt;br /&gt;should also make sure that it is open to the public eye and&lt;br /&gt;there are enough lights around to dispel any shadows.&lt;br /&gt;The main reason for this aspect of the first date rule is as&lt;br /&gt;you are meeting a perfect stranger they like you will be&lt;br /&gt;nervous. To help relieve this show of nerves you can have your&lt;br /&gt;date in a place where you are both feeling relaxed.&lt;br /&gt;Another part of the first date rule is that you should plan&lt;br /&gt;your date so that it is fun but affordable. This is a necessity&lt;br /&gt;as you may need emergency money. The date props that you can use&lt;br /&gt;to plan your date, does not need to be in any way expensive.&lt;br /&gt;In a situation like this, the first date rule is that you&lt;br /&gt;should look for is that you make the date fun and enjoyable.&lt;br /&gt;There are many places where you can have a first date. These can&lt;br /&gt;be both inexpensive and hey romantic. For instance a picnic in&lt;br /&gt;the park is a good way for you to get to know each other.&lt;br /&gt;You can even plan to spend some time at an amusement park. Here&lt;br /&gt;you will find that the atmosphere is filled with laughter. You&lt;br /&gt;can go on rides, talk with each other, and discover your likes&lt;br /&gt;and dislikes. Additionally you will find lots of delicious food&lt;br /&gt;to eat. All in all a great first date venue.&lt;br /&gt;While having a perfect date is not an absolute must in the&lt;br /&gt;first date rule book there are times when you will need to make&lt;br /&gt;do with what is at hand. The only really important aspect of the&lt;br /&gt;first date rule that you need to consider is that you are&lt;br /&gt;spending time with someone who could be an important part of&lt;br /&gt;your future.&lt;br /&gt;About the Author: http://www.here-you-go.com/getyourexback.&lt;br /&gt;Sheila Furley has written on a number of subjects throughout the&lt;br /&gt;years, she plans to release some of her articles on the&lt;br /&gt;internet, read more of her articles at her website.&lt;br /&gt;Source: http://www.isnare.com&lt;br /&gt;Permanent Link:&lt;br /&gt;http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182774&amp;amp;ca=Relationships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot; title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDatingJungle&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot; title=&quot;Subscribe to my feed&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot;&gt;Subscribe to this site&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/feeds/3091445771938394730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/4420667929987811455/3091445771938394730?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/3091445771938394730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4420667929987811455/posts/default/3091445771938394730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thedatingjungle.blogspot.com/2007/11/first-date-rules.html' title='First Date Rules'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11133690318262100708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2AQAN79jZ8/SkVHW-ACIxI/AAAAAAAAADI/CnK9KMhSoQs/S220/joe+2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>