Okay, you made the first contact by phone, email, carrier pigeon or whatever manner you picked. Now it’s time to meet.For all of you neophytes, Starbucks seems to be the meeting place for the Internet date first encounter. There’s a Starbucks on every corner, it’s a public place, and it's safer than a Motel 6 or the parking lot of a convenience store in the woods for your first meeting. You can go to any public setting, but for some reason, Starbucks seems popular, trendy and cool, so you want to pick that kind of place.The difficult part for me is that I don’t drink coffee and each ...

You may try to set up an iDate online by using email, but it is probably smart to speak with your dates before you meet them.While I have a fantastic personality and can make anyone laugh (i.e. I posses that incredibly desirable quality of having a good sense of humor that most everyone puts as a requisite for a mate in their profile - others may not agree with this assessment about my humor, but at least Diamond Girl thinks I'm funny), I don’t really want to invest a whole bunch of time speaking with someone who I may never want to be with once I meet them. That’s merely my take on pho ...

The first week on TrueLove, I got a few “winks.” On Jdate they call them ‘flirts.” The names explain what they are. This is an easy way to see if someone is interested in you. Along with the wink or flirt comes a one-liner. They are things like, “Your profile looks interesting,” or, “your profile made me laugh.” These little catchy phrases are rather cute and at first I thought the other member made them up and I was immediately attracted to such a witty woman.After all, if they could identify the qualities of a perfect catch, it showed me that they were pretty sharp. ...

We live in a fast paced world were we want instant gratification and instant everything. While this post has nothing to do with karma, it sounds a lot cooler than calling it instant messaging (a.k.a IM), the actual topic at hand. One embarrassing moment occurred when I was on line and an instant message came through. First of all, I heard some kind of outer space noise, like an alien had zapped me with a ray gun. I was all alone and I had no clue as to what was happening. Finally, I realized the noise came from my computer, and it was some lady who wanted to IM me. And I can’t stand ...

Internet dating takes you on a nostalgic trip back to your youth when you stood in front of the counter at the corner candy store. There were so many things to choose from. You felt excited, happy, a little confused, but generally wonderful because you were about to pick out something that appealed to your sense of sight.While you may think it was about flavor and taste, all of this junk is made of sugar, and as a kid, your tastes weren't that sophisticated. Let's face it, you really were attracted to the colors and shapes that the manufactures used to draw you to their products. Suddenly, ...

How about tag names, user names or whatever you want to call them? These are the names used to identify each member of the dating site without revealing their real names. When you join, you give the company your details including a username that shows up online. So the first contact you have with others when doing your iDating is when you see their picture and username online while searching for a mate. You need this information when you contact them or to show interest in connecting. The wrong username is a way to become a turn off without even having anyone look at your picture. Some of ...

The definition of eternity from the guys perspective:"The time from when he has his orgasm to the time she leaves."The definition of eternity from the gals perspective:"The time from when he starts begging for sex to the time he realizes you are not in the mood."I don't think you need this treatise to figure out that men and women are different. However, there are certain differences regarding sexuality, as noted in the above definitions, that are very important. You must understand them when it comes to having a relationship. You can recognize some of these differences in these two poems ...

        You really need to have a photograph posted on your dating site. Every company tells you that you’ll get more dates if you have a picture than if you don’t. The one point they may be missing is that there are some people who would be better off not posting a picture if they ever plan to get any dates.        Of course there is a guy for every gal and a gal for every guy. I don’t care what you look like, if you plan on finding a mate, you have to be honest in the long run. The last thing you want is ...

There are predators out there and you must be very careful in your Internet dating quest. You don't have to get paranoid about everyone you meet, but common sense should prevail. Having your guard up is helpful. Most people are very naive to predatory behavior because most people are trusting and predators are very good at what they do. With a little caution, you can avoid being a victim.        There are two main types of predators: the sexual predator, and the money predator. They can come in both the female and the male versions, though g ...

In your online quest to find the perfect mate, a widow or widower may be the perfect candidate assuming that they didn’t murder their previous spouse, or drive them to a slow death by sublte means like nagging, or other stresses related to money or sex.        Then there is the possibility that they just lost their spouse through natural circumstances, like lightning strikes, heart attack or other assorted things that make life so unpredictable. Widows and widowers may come with some money if they planned their lives with insurance or if ...