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• Online Dating And The Networked World - A Man's Advice To Women
  This article explores how the highly symbolic world of online dating (or online meeting as the author prefers to call it) can affect our perceptions in ways that can color our judgment and offers simple, actionable advice to avoid paying for the inevitable distortion of reality in highly symbolic, computer-mediated environments.
  Published 09Apr2011, viewed 147 times

• Online Dating for Women - Brave New Profile, Brave New Women
  Online dating gains daily in popularity for a variety of reasons. In the background, you hear the naysayers telling us it doesn't work; or it can't work for long because there are "too many" in the game, now; or the natural inflation in profile development make it impossible to stand out. The author explains why online dating (or meeting) makes more sense than ever...and how women, in particular can stand out for all the best reasons.
  Published 06Apr2011, viewed 149 times

• Is "Cheating Online" Really Infidelity?
  In this article, Dirk Sayers explores "online cheating," infidelity and how the widespread use of social media may potentially affect our definition of infidelity.
  Published 12Mar2011, viewed 210 times

• Online Dating Advice: Is He Wired To Cheat?
  Much is made about cheating in and out of online dating. It's a fascination we can't seem to leave alone..like an itch we can't seem to relieve by scratching. The author takes a look at cheating in the 21st Century, explains why men in online dating may actually better rather than worse fidelity risks and offers some practical advice on bettering your odds.
  Published 27Feb2011, viewed 167 times

• Online Dating And He's Just Not "In It" For Love
  In this article, Dirk Sayers, author of The Woman's No-Fear Guide to Online Dating looks at five litmus tests that he's "in it for love" and offers a balanced look at each, as well as how women can use this information in developing and enriching their relationships.
  Published 23Feb2011, viewed 156 times

• Online Dating and Safety: Five Reasons Big Brother Should Butt Out!
  Online activities tend to occur in the public eye. If you're bashful or inclined to spout off things about which you're inclined to be embarrassed, this isn't the place for you. That said, government may have its sights set on delving yet deeper into your personal life. Invasive legistlation into online dating has begun...with good but misplaced intentions. In this article, we look at five reasons they should stay out.
  Published 10Feb2011, viewed 377 times

• Online Dating...Why Isn't It Working For Me?
  Sooner or later, most of us hit a wall in online dating. For many of us, it happens sooner rather than later. In this article, Dirk Sayers, author of The Woman's No-Fear Guide to Online Dating explores two of the most common reasons online daters find themselves disappointed with their early results and proposes an approach that can get them over that wall and on to success.
  Published 20Jan2011, viewed 194 times

• On Line Dating and First Contact: Managing Email and Giving Good Phone
  It's worth remembering that online dating really isn't. You don't date online, you meet online and take it up close and personal when you're ready. How that goes generally is a function of how you manage first contact...first in email and later on the phone. It's not hard, but it used to amaze me how few women left that up to him. As in virtually anything else, a little forethought and preparation goes a lone way.
  Published 18Jan2011, viewed 508 times

• Should You Lie In Your Online Dating Profile? Maybe...
  Online dating has always suffered from the reputation of being riddled with liars and misrepresenters of themselves. Sadly, there are those who actually advocate it. This article examines the argument for intentional misrepresentation and (in the author's opinion) the more compelling argument against it.
  Published 03Jan2011, viewed 198 times

• Cheating at Online Dating
  Online dating has some fairly serious advantages no other form means of meeting can match. As competitive as it is, there's a natural temptation to confuse "the tricks" of the activity with tips. In this article, Dirk looks at just one example, excerpted from a recent blog post and offers a guy's perspective on the fallacy therein.
  Published 18Dec2010, viewed 194 times

• Reconnecting With Mr Right?
  At some point in time, almost all of us eventually find ourselves tempted to circle back to reunite with an "old flame." It's easy to see why. It was so great...when it was working. It's familiar. It also comes with a few pitfalls which, while not absolutely inevitable, are worth bearing in mind before you give it a second go...especially if you were deeply invested the first time!
  Published 06Dec2010, viewed 182 times

• Online Dating - Do Finances Really Matter?
  Dirk comments on a blog post and places both finances and honesty in online dating in a philosophical perspective both sexes may wish to bear in mind.
  Published 24Nov2010, viewed 200 times

• Sexuality and the Politics of Online Dating
  Online dating is a means of meeting that often compresses time lines. For busy professional adults, the exposure of online dating and it's respect of our time is welcome; but it comes with a price. Online dating did not invent the problem of timing and sexual intimacy, but it may well have exacerbated it. This article explores a remedy while placing the issue in perspective.
  Published 18Nov2010, viewed 155 times

• Online Dating and Rebound Relationships
  Online Dating by definition happens in the fast lane. In this context, sooner or later we're likely to find ourselves wondering if we're "rebounding" from relationship to relationship, rather than opting into them "on the merits." This article proposes some questions to help you answer that question, short of retaining a head doctor at $300.00 per hour.
  Published 08Nov2010, viewed 1108 times

• Technology: Online Dating's Indispensible Accomplice Scores Again
  Technology has not only made online dating possible...it has made it necessary for many. Now, it is also making it more convenient and attractive. What follows is a no so tongue-in-cheek look at the a possible new-old take on serendipity.
  Published 29Oct2010, viewed 280 times

• Online Dating and the 3 Cs: Relationship Shorthand for the 21st Century
  Life is complex enough without trashing our relationships and attempts to build them with the baggage we call our lives. The 3 "C"s are a way to keep our thinking about relationships clear at all stages, without resorting to a lot of psycho-babble that clouds rather than clears our thinking.
  Published 24Oct2010, viewed 515 times

• Online Dating - Why is Nobody Emailing Me? (Five Possible Reasons)
  Five of the principle reasons your profile isn't getting responses; or your emails are going unanswered. Yes, chances are you have something to do with it. But you really can fix it and here's a good place to start.
  Published 04Oct2010, viewed 215 times

• Online Dating - Fantasy Versus Reality
  Online dating is a legitimate and in some ways, highly efficient way for women to meet quality men for an enduring relationship. But there are potential pitfalls. Every solution creates its own set of problems. This article deals with the insidious tendency we all have toward wishful thinking, it's dangers and how to avoid them in online dating.
  Published 08Oct2010, viewed 407 times

• Online Dating and Liars: Five (Almost) Bulletproof Coping Strategies For Women
  Five (almost) bullet-proof ways to ferret out liars in online dating.
  Published 07Sep2010, viewed 229 times

• Online Dating and "Fixing" Him
  One man's opinion on the notion some women have that they can "change" the man in their lives to make them "better."
  Published 03Sep2010, viewed 211 times

• Online Dating Profile Revisions - Tough Love for the Ladies
  Factors every woman should use in writing and revising her profile, for the first or the fiftieth time.
  Published 28Aug2010, viewed 176 times

• Online Dating - Four Reasons Women Never Had it so Good
  Four special advantages women have that make it uniquely suited to them and especially to professional women who have limited time to find their ideal relationships, however they define ideal.
  Published 30Aug2010, viewed 563 times

• Online Dating - Five Great Reasons
  Five good reasons to use online dating in your search for Mr. Right.
  Published 27Aug2010, viewed 168 times

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