Archive for the ‘Online Dating’ Category

She uploaded a new profile picture and madness began!

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
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She never altered the words on her profile. All she did was just upload a new profile photo and the madness began. In a few hours after that… she had received an insane number of hits on her dating profile, more than she had ever thought possible given that time frame. Even those she had [...]

Video: Super self-destructive dating profiles

Monday, June 13th, 2011
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“I’m gonna start talking about what I like and hope I get some replies.” STOP Debbie! Pleeease! STOP!!! She may have had a chance with quite a number of men based on how attractive she is if ONLY…

I got dumped online! Does it count?

Friday, June 3rd, 2011
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Nothing can be as harsh as being rejected by someone after pouring your heart out to them. And this harsh reality becomes a stumbling block to many would-be-daters who have experienced it before – they’d rather just not try again. But what happens when you send someone an email expressing an interest in them only [...]

Ever seen such a profile on any dating site?

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
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The other day I came across this article on Brutalashell.com that really cracked me up. This is was one online dating profile that was brutally honest, something most online daters aren’t … a profile you probably might NEVER see on any online dating site. Much as this article was some just-for-laughs kind of thing, it [...]

Would you outsource your online search for love?

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
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Don’t you have a love life because you don’t even have time to go online, create a profile and search for love? Well, the world of online dating has got this covered. People are no longer just having their profiles created. This online search for love has gone beyond outsourcing profile creation to outsourcing your [...]

Are we using racial stereotypes as an online dating strategy?

Thursday, March 24th, 2011
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Is your race a great determinant of your hobbies and the things you love? Does the description you give on your dating profile (about yourself, tastes and interests) confirm society’s racial stereotypes? Having gone through quite a number of profiles, I have come to realize that there are some common phrases that seem to come [...]

Poll: Why does he maintain a “still searching” dating profile?

Thursday, March 10th, 2011
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You meet this person on a dating website. Things are going really well. But as days go by, you realize that this person you are so head over hills in love with… this person who keeps promising you the world, still has an active online dating profile. And the status: AVAILABLE!!! Its not entirely a [...]

Do other Facebookers need to know “Its Complicated”?

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
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Life is complicated as it is. So does it mean your Facebook relationship status should also be? The problem with this generation is we feel the need to over-share on social networking sites. I guess that is why most of us feel the need to let the world know that when it comes to having [...]

He set to bust her cheating online and ended up giving her another chance

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
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Most of us feel online flirting is just some harmless fun. But what if it concerns someone who has been caught cheating before … like THRICE!!? In a bid to find out if his dearcheater-est wife had reformed her ways, this man created some ‘fake’ profile and started chatting with her. Getting her to flirt [...]

Even in cyberspace, Blacks are more likely to date White than the reverse

Thursday, February 24th, 2011
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According to a recent research from the University of California, Berkeley, which focused on a leading online dating site, when it comes to racial preference in dating, the cyber world is just like the real world – dating habits vary based on race. Data collected from 1 million singles show that Caucasians prefer to date [...]