Blog Feed: Online Dating Blog

Have you ever thought about being in a relationship with someone from a different culture or country? Maybe you have been in a long distance relationship with a partner who lives far away and struggled to find time to see … Continue reading → > read more

Kara Pound

Published on 2012-05-16 09:02:00

Kara Pound is one of the leading voices for single women looking for love on the Internet. Kara has interviewed thousands of experts and written hundreds of pieces about the online dating scene and has the largest following on datingadvice.com. … Continue reading → > read more

Interview with Zidelity

Published on 2012-05-14 09:17:43

Skeptics of online dating often cite a fear of dishonestly as a main concern. How can you really trust someone you met online. Zidelity seeks to remedy those fears and create an honest environment for online daters. Zidelity is a way for … Continue reading → > read more

Interview With Michael Chiang of MatchPuppy.com

Published on 2012-05-08 09:12:44

New York City dog lovers are in for a treat. MatchPuppy.com is here to solve your dog’s social needs. Match Puppy connects dogs together similarly to how dating sites match people together. Whether your dog is looking for a play-date or a breeding partner, … Continue reading → > read more

Janet Ong

Published on 2012-05-07 11:46:11

One of the nation’s leading experts on how successful women can find love, Janet Ong is an exceptional and successful woman herself. After suffering through breakup after breakup and questioning her decision-making during courtship, Janet has managed to refine her … Continue reading → > read more

The World of Music

Published on 2012-04-27 13:04:19

If the topic of music comes up and you have nothing to say, you are probably missing out on a great opportunity to both enrich your life and spark conversations with the opposite sex. After all, what subject is better … Continue reading → > read more

Sleep Well

Published on 2012-04-18 10:47:24

You spend about a third of your life asleep, so if you want to improve your quality of life for that one third as well as improving that part’s influence on the other two thirds, you’d better make sure you … Continue reading → > read more

Expert Panel: Beat Stress Together

Published on 2012-04-16 08:16:30

Stress is a killer, and that goes double for a relationship. But problems are usually opportunities, and the stress experienced by you and your partner is just another chance for improving communication and coming closer together as a couple. This … Continue reading → > read more

Expert Panel: Beat Stress Together

Published on 2012-04-16 08:16:30

The Manifesto Against Bad Nouns [Guest Post]

Published on 2012-04-11 13:07:13

We have a wonderful treat for you guys today. Valorie from Simply Valorie has graced us with her insights about waiting for Mr. Right. Congrats to Valorie for finding a sensible way to avoid bad relationships. What do you think … Continue reading → > read more

Plan Any Party

Published on 2012-04-10 09:53:30

Parties require party planners, but even the most resourceful one can’t throw together any party based on knowledge off the top of their head. There are simply too many types of parties. Distinct types of parties can be based on … Continue reading → > read more

Love Under Stress

Published on 2012-03-28 18:39:46

Life is tough; there’s no avoiding it. When things start to pile up, sometimes being asked to take out the trash is just the last straw. Unexpected and seemingly pointless bursts of anger can really hurt a relationship. It may … Continue reading → > read more

Get Intimate

Published on 2012-03-27 10:11:04

What’s the difference between your relationships with your mailman and your relationships with your partner? Intimacy. All fruitful, romantic relationships require it, and more than any other factor, intimacy correlates with the trust, chemistry and overall health of a couple. … Continue reading → > read more

Expert Panel: Best Exercise For Sex Appeal

Published on 2012-03-19 08:54:50

Exercise is all well and good for helping facilitate a fruitful, healthy and enjoyable life, but the best reason for most people to work out is that they want to look good. It can be just as difficult to feel … Continue reading → > read more

Spring Cleaning for your Figure: Top Detox and Cleanse Blogs

Published on 2012-03-13 08:36:03

Whether you’re looking to lose weight, feel more energized, or simply find a cleaner, healthier ‘you’, these body detoxification and cleansing blogs will help you rinse and eliminate the sour spots of your health. Photo via comingstobrazil Detox Diet … Continue reading → > read more

Necessities of Health Relationships: Let Loose (Part 3 of 3)

Published on 2012-03-06 11:07:01

Control is great, but only in moderation. Learning to let loose in your relationship will go a long way. Don’t worry about your partners feelings for you. If the like you or love you, they will show it. Anxiety over … Continue reading → > read more

Necesities of Healthy Realtionships: Being in Control (Part 2 of 3)

Published on 2012-03-02 18:01:59

Control in relationships is often seen as a taboo subject when it comes to relationships. It’s too close to the quality of being controlling. No one wants to feel like someone is controlling them. We are free to make our … Continue reading → > read more

Necesities of Healthy Realtionships: The Need to be Needed (Part 1 of 3)

Published on 2012-02-28 08:09:20

With each passing day, true gender equality gets closer and closer. There are those who believe gender equality has gone too far to the point men are less than women and those who think it has not gone far enough. … Continue reading → > read more

Bachelor Pad Advice

Published on 2012-02-27 12:10:57

Everyone should be so lucky as to have a place that is perfectly suited to them and their proclivities. For instance Batman had the Batcave; a dark, ominous, dangerous place that represented him and his personality to the letter. But … Continue reading → > read more

Find Your Fashion

Published on 2012-02-14 09:17:33

“Clothes make the man…naked people have little or no effect on society.” -Mark Twain Humor aside, it’s no secret that you can imply a lot about yourself and practically assure slam dunking a first impression if you dress the part. … Continue reading → > read more

What’s Your Dharma: The First Step

Published on 2012-02-07 09:16:12

Is the glass half full or half empty? As hackneyed as this question may seem, it’s about as close as to summarizing the dilemmas of spirituality as can be done in the space of a sentence. Who are we? What … Continue reading → > read more

Find Your Beach Workout

Published on 2012-02-01 09:06:09

Fitness is obviously very important to overall health, organ function, energy levels, susceptibility to disease and injury, and host of other factors contributing to a happy life. Buts let’s face it, the best part of about being fit is looking … Continue reading → > read more

Top 20 Bachelor & Bachelorette Party Planner Sites

Published on 2012-01-12 09:22:05

Your best friend in the whole wide world is getting hitched soon and you want to do something ridiculous and absolutely unforgettable on his/her last single night, but sadly the chaos of life and wedding planning is getting in the … Continue reading → > read more

Dating With Children

Published on 2012-01-11 08:58:08

Nothing complicates a person’s life like having children, and nothing is as complex as relationships. This makes any mention of children and dating in the same sentence seem overwhelming. But luckily what may seem at first like one gigantic problem … Continue reading → > read more

Master Blind Dates

Published on 2011-12-15 12:04:09

When most people think of blindness, they conjure thoughts of confusion, helplessness, awkwardness, and anxiety. So with all these unpleasant associations, it’s little wonder that the thought of a blind date is enough to send people running for the hills. … Continue reading → > read more

Is it time to move in?

Published on 2011-12-05 12:09:08

Relationships are full of milestones. First kisses, dates, anniversaries, becoming Facebook official, etc. A lot of these are pleasant and amount to an impromptu holiday, however others amount to speculation, anxiety, and difficult questions about the meaning and purpose of … Continue reading → > read more

Expert Panel: Beauty Tips for a First Date

Published on 2011-11-28 10:12:09

The world of first impressions is littered with opportunities and pitfalls. Based on a few superficial behaviors, you can come off as anywhere from future celebrity to potential serial killer. Whether this is a good thing or not, in the … Continue reading → > read more

Be a Breakup Butterfly

Published on 2011-11-10 13:11:15

Nothing can make someone more vulnerable than being in a relationship, and there is no better way to enflame that vulnerability than a difficult breakup. They leave people questioning their personality, values, decisions, and worthiness of a lover’s affection. Luckily … Continue reading → > read more

Find Your Diet

Published on 2011-10-28 11:36:45

The reason that most diets fail is the same reason that most relationships fail; the participants aren’t compatible. There is a diverse world of diets out there, and the one that works for your neighbor is no more likely to … Continue reading → > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: The Sullied Lily

Published on 2011-06-22 10:07:14

When I was thirteen my friend Claudia’s mom was driving us home from school. We were strapped in the backseat with our 50 pound backpacks talking about which boys we liked. Claudia’s mom was divorced and was one of those awkward adult > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: The Dating Game

Published on 2011-06-20 10:01:13

I’m envious of people to whom dating, love, and basic social interaction come naturally. I remember thinking in Junior High that there HAD to be a handbook I hadn’t received. It seemed like there was a set of rules and guidelines ever > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: The Game (Revised)

Published on 2011-06-13 08:32:40

There are a lot of lines out there that will get you nowhere, and then there a lot of ways to deliver those lines in an effective way that will at least increase your chances. In the dating world of mixed signals, reading between the lines, and blu > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: Are You There God? Dude… Hello?

Published on 2011-06-13 07:05:43

Even though I had a fully (and horrifyingly) illustrated copy of “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” as a young tween, it was Judy Blume who really provided the answers. Pen and ink drawings of fallopian tubes and quotes about masturbation habits by bizar > read more

Top 26 Strange Dating Sites

Published on 2011-06-09 13:03:03

Check out the list we’ve compiled of the Top 26 Strange Dating Sites. Here you will find very odd sites like no other dating sites you’ve seen before. Whether you are bored and looking for something to entertain you, or if you are just a little b > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: Putting the Rapture Back in Rapture

Published on 2011-06-06 09:28:03

By the time you read this you will either be huddled in a dank drain pipe somewhere hiding from one of the nine-headed monsters of the apocalypse or things will be pretty much exactly the same as they are as I write this: The weather is beautiful but > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: Just Perfect

Published on 2011-06-06 09:23:02

When I was going to Community College, basically high school with ash trays and sad old people looking for a second shot, I met my first real boyfriend, Kevin. He was so pale he was almost albino with angular, alien-like features. He was smart, f > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: Single Amnesia

Published on 2011-06-01 12:27:57

The other day while I was doing vulture circles around my students to ensure they were hard at work writing their journal entries for the topic, “What makes a character unusual?” a girl looked up and asked me if I was married. I told her no. > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: License to Drive You Wild

Published on 2011-05-30 12:22:50

If you’ve ever been in a car accident you know that weird, slow motion way the brain has of experiencing something chaotic, tragic, and instantaneous. Something that lasted only a few seconds seems to stretch out like a wisp of smoke. Later > read more

25 Dating Advice Blogs on First Dates and Flirting

Published on 2011-05-26 14:03:21

Check out our list of 25 Dating Advice Blogs on First Dates and Flirting. Some articles contain the Do’s and Don’ts of first dates while others give you unique ways to flirt with your date. If you are a newly single and trying to get back into th > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: Men are Just Big Babies

Published on 2011-05-25 08:28:18

A lot of things can make you feel bad about yourself. Like giving up so hard in the field of romance that you start asking people out on friend dates which is another way of saying, “Don’t worry, I know nothing will ever happen between us, > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: Wait, This One IS an Online Dating File

Published on 2011-05-23 08:27:57

So, tell me if this is a terrible idea. As I mention in these articles (probably too often) I am kind of a Twitter junkie. I follow mostly comedians and have developed some Twitter crushes (yes, it’s as sad as it sounds). A lot of people > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: Crystal Balls

Published on 2011-05-18 09:23:54

Woman of many hats that I am, I like to find new venues to which I can apply my vast talents and skills. And guess what, the latest venue? Astrology. Turns out I’m a total natural when it comes to predicting scores in your love and dating > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: Don’t Lick the Playdough

Published on 2011-05-16 09:23:43

Remember those posters from your grade school classrooms, the ones that said “Everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten?” They were white with a big red apple and then a list of all the life lessons you apparently had in your pocket p > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: We Don’t Go Down There Anymore

Published on 2011-05-11 17:19:16

It’s kind of like when everyone is talking about how great the party was and you’re the dolt who says, “What party?” This time, the hot topic is spring fever: the throngs of men coming out of the woodwork, the make-outs in public pl > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: Royals I Do’s and Don’ts

Published on 2011-05-09 17:13:28

I don’t know what happened. One minute I was all, “The Royal Wedding? No thanks, what’s all the fuss about?” Four hours later, chocolate smeared on my chin, tears in my eyes, and cat in my lap, I was watching (finally) the closu > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: The Sky is Falling!

Published on 2011-05-04 10:21:37

The “Live every day as if it’s your last,” advice has always baffled me. I’ll admit, I haven’t warmed to the reality of inevitable death and so I might be more prone to despair than those who have. But even if you’ve a > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: Dingos Stole My Baby

Published on 2011-05-02 10:12:59

People love survival guides. It’s true! Partly because we like being prepared but mostly because, as comfy westerners, we like to imagine ourselves in life-threatening predicaments and envision breaking out of our normal coffee-guzzling, e- > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: Inflexible and Unattractive; a Memoir

Published on 2011-04-27 09:20:11

When it came to my dolls, I tried to be an equal opportunist. Barbie was just as likely to get in a fatal Carebear cloud car accident as Skipper was apt to get pregnant by Ken and abandoned under my bed to raise the child (a raccoon Sylvanian) on h > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: I’m Such a Dumb Bitch!

Published on 2011-04-25 09:10:23

Wednesday night my friend Lee was snuggled asleep in bed at 1 AM when he was awakened by what sounded like the guttural yowling of two cats in heat. It was his neighbors. Bleary-eyed, thumb poised over his phone at the ready to dial the police, L > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Girl, You so Hot You Should be Illegal

Published on 2011-04-19 21:13:28

The other night I was poised to commit a crime and I wasn’t feeling bad about it. Thumb hovering over laptop mouse pad, ready to click on an illegal movie download, I paused when a pop-up ad for Mail Order Russian Brides came up. I generall > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Are You My Mommy?

Published on 2011-04-17 21:13:19

When I was a kid, moron grown ups would always come up to me after a Birthday and lie, “You look so much OLDER!” It seems this is now the case. Two days after my Birthday I got called into an audition for, “Middle-aged Mom,” a far cry fro > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: The Big Bad

Published on 2011-04-12 21:40:10

Ok, yes, there are some girls who like bad, bad boys. Girls who are attracted to boys who are mean and treat them badly. But for the record, most of them are 15 or grew up in naked houses with single dads. The ones you’re probably thinkin > read more

Erin’s (Not So Online) Dating Files: Ouch

Published on 2011-04-10 21:33:55

We’ve all heard the old adage, “A bird may love a fish but where would they live?” which not so subtly points out that love does not all things conquer, namely social status. But have you heard the less common, “An alien may love a huma > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: No Vaccine for Spring Fever

Published on 2011-04-05 19:55:14

Flu season’s gotten a whole lot longer and a whole lot more varied. Stretching from around November to June and including fun strands like swine, bird, and regular old stuffy achy, it’s no wonder so many people have been down for the co > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: I’m a Boner Girl

Published on 2011-04-03 19:44:21

Like a lot of kids, I had an massive stuffed animal collection. Mine differed slightly, though, in that most were damaged and all had the tags cut off. (They don’t come to life until you cut the tags off. Bad news for collectible Beanie B > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Morning Would: A Novel

Published on 2011-03-29 21:03:44

It’s a special kind of person who shops for novels on a rotating rack at the drugstore. Sure, lots of us have gotten bored baby-sitting and flipped through a harlequin romance looking for the sex scenes, but it takes a committed soul to read > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Love Lessons

Published on 2011-03-27 20:53:34

When I was in elementary school I used to stare at my teachers and think, how is it possible someone married you? Most of them weren’t terrible hags or anything, except for Mrs. Burken of Aldert Root School whose face was permanently raisined > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Our Plants, Our Selves

Published on 2011-03-23 08:49:33

I heard somewhere that the state of your houseplants reflects your psyche. Healthy, flourishing plants mean you are happy and balanced whereas droopy, wilting plants indicate you may not be doing so well. The other day my houseplant leapt (of its > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: The Bawdy Hen

Published on 2011-03-21 08:34:30

In times of boredom, loneliness, or just good old fashioned flailing self destruction, I like to look back on past relationships and think, What went wrong? What specifically about the dude’s personality didn’t mesh with mine? Sometim > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: To Be Together or Not Be Together

Published on 2011-03-16 18:05:45

When you’re an actor, one the most important things is learning how sell yourself like a product. If casting people and directors don’t see you as right for the part, it’s your job to show them exactly what it is you know you have > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Good Looking

Published on 2011-03-14 17:54:21

You know when people (especially people in the movies) say, “You need to take a good long look at yourself,” to someone who’s in denial or something? Just to clear things up, in case there was any confusion, they don’t mean literall > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Don’t Get Any Ideas…

Published on 2011-03-09 09:34:11

A couple of years ago while watching Flashdance with my mom she said, “Jennifer Beals has such giant, gorgeous eyes. Your dad loved women with big eyes.” And she smiled at me, batting her lashes over her own orb-like baby blues. I was immed > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Corporate Date

Published on 2011-03-07 09:26:32

Last Tuesday, after two hours of sleep and no shower, I tumbled into a coworker’s car at 6:45 AM to drive an hour south for a mandatory all day work training. First weird thing: the guy in the car was not the guy I had thought I’d been > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Close, But No Banana

Published on 2011-03-02 12:35:50

Back in the 90′s when I was in a relationship, it suddenly became very important that my boyfriend pee in front of me. It seemed at the time proof that we shared a level of intimacy greater than any of our other friend or family relationships > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Confucius Say, ‘Better to Date Mouse Than Monkey’

Published on 2011-02-28 12:31:24

As a kid who grew up on Archie comics, I fell more than once for the send-away offers in the back of the books. I had member cards to fan clubs that didn’t exist. I sent in those drawing tests where you had to sketch a turtle in a baseball > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: What’s Cooking?

Published on 2011-02-23 08:09:59

First there were vampires in cloaks, crawling with long and yellowed fingernails out of coffins, spontaneously turning into bats. Then Buffy came along, or in this case Angel, and made undead sexy with his sulky self-importance and puppy love eyes. > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Disturbing Behavior

Published on 2011-02-21 08:03:20

There are days I find it hard to remember the purpose of love at all. Besides the not-dying-alone factor and the mating-then-parenting thing, the whole dating scene sometimes seems like one big, useless headache. To help remind myself (and others > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Will This Be On the Final?

Published on 2011-02-16 10:48:26

Once again, the internet has made fools out of people. First it was simply statuses; we all now know which of our friends are grammatically challenged, don’t get jokes, and still haven’t caught on that we moved from 3rd person to 1st pe > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Will I Be My Valentine?

Published on 2011-02-14 10:43:33

Valentines Day has a weird reputation for being a couples’ holiday, but in design it’s actually far better suited to singles. If you’re dating someone, you have to deal with all the issues a day spent celebrating romance brings up > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Immune to Love

Published on 2011-02-08 20:15:19

My immune system bites. I’ve been teaching improvisation to high school students and for every concept I teach them, I get a cold. I blame their pathetic mouth covering techniques and lazy hand washing routines but mostly I know I have the > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Earth Angel

Published on 2011-02-06 20:04:26

As you may have guessed from previous blogs that refer to healers, healing stones, acupuncture, and spontaneous astral projection while making out, I tend to be kinda new age when it comes to physical and mental health; Ooga Booga, as my friend’ > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: You Can’t Go Back

Published on 2011-02-02 08:49:21

In some kind of desperate attempt to check, “have some romantic moments,” off last year’s list of resolutions, I went kind of nuts on New Years Eve. I’d like to blame it on being drunk but fear of bringing in 2011 with a DUI stopped > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: First Mate

Published on 2011-01-31 08:48:19

You often hear people say, “There’s someone out there for everyone,” and you think, while looking at the underfed, pimply guy in Tevas with the 3 days unshowered smell and the sex offender looks, that can’t possibly be true. I think > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: The Dating Zoo

Published on 2011-01-26 09:52:17

The dating scene can be a total zoo. So many different types, some trying to find the One, some trying to find lots of Ones, some too scared to crawl out from behind the rock in their habitat (bachelor apartment) to let anyone glimpse them. But t > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: The Lost Art of Making Out

Published on 2011-01-24 13:08:54

The Kama Sutra terrifies me. All those sexual positions that look like the only thing worse than Yoga: Naked Yoga. Plus how many people who try all that bending and contorting have even mastered sex the normal way? Are there so many experts in > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Stuff of Fairy Tales

Published on 2011-01-18 20:28:17

On some subconscious level I still believe in unicorns. No one who sobs through the last 15 minutes of “Elf,” at the sheer power of the Christmas spirit or reads the entire Harry Potter series start to finish only to start back at the beginning > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Love Sick

Published on 2011-01-16 20:09:03

One of the many problems with being sick other than the obvious feeling lousy, realizing you and your bed smell the same and you both smell terrible, and becoming painfully aware of how few people call you on a daily basis, is the skewed perspective. > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Rescue Relationship

Published on 2011-01-12 09:50:40

Tis the time of year when shelters pair a sad Sarah McLachlan song with sad pictures of puppies and kittens in hopes that you will pair generosity of Christmas spirit with pity and take one home. Not a bad technique. Often a jumpy cat that pees e > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Personal Best Romantic Moments of 2010

Published on 2011-01-10 09:50:27

Watched Marley and Me alone while drinking and crying, yet thinking hopefully, “One day I will have a writing job and a dog. Oh and a spouse or something.” Met Matt Groening and fantasized sitting in our underwear on his million dollar sofa eat > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Off the Record

Published on 2011-01-05 09:16:17

The week between Christmas and New Years can be a dark time. The year is basically over but we haven’t started the new one. Family has left and even though you wanted to kill them while they were here, you miss them. It’s limbo week > read more

Erin’s (Not So) Online Dating Files: Long Lost Lovers; A Last Ditch Effort

Published on 2011-01-03 09:03:38

Dear Chad Warren, Hey, it’s Erin Whitehead from 6th grade Language Arts at Daniels Middle School in Raleigh, North Carolina! You sat behind me in the row under the windows with the broken mini blinds? Long time, right!? How have you been > read more

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