Match.com has begun to add sections onto it’s site, where it quite literally speculates, “Match.com estimates it has inspired millions of relationships. Millions of members. Hundreds of thousands of new relationships.” Even the biggest online matchmaking service sites only put out numbers like “30-40 marriages a year” or something small like that, so with that [...]
Studies have shown that tech-savvy users who are applying technology to enhance their long distance relationships, last longer. That is to say, a long distance couple that use, say a video phone, stay together longer, than a couple who use just a telephone, or a couple who use a phone last longer than those who [...]
There are bonuses and disadvantages to just about everything.
The most significant advantages of using an online matchmaking service are:
Convenience.
There really is no more convenient way to find a new dating partner, unless you have your own personal matchmaker.
Then for the hidden matchmaking service bonus:
Mental connection
The only thing you have to go by when dating online, [...]
Let’s face it: most people either exaggerate their profiles for online dating, or in some cases the opposite and hide their truly good characteristics. Don’t let that discourage you! Just keep in mind that the picture might be very-very well taken, or a really good looking person is diminished by less good looking ones that [...]
A recent TV news magazine show recently reported a survey of what men want in a woman. The answers were divided between beauty (48%), brains (36%) and a combination of both (16%).
Maybe not surprising, but interesting to note is that very few picked the combination. Guess it’s good to be one or the other! Of [...]
According to the National Sex Survey, only 1% of married women said they had an affair in the past year compared to 8% of cohabiting women. Among men, 4% are unfaithful husbands vs. 16% who cohabit. That means the risk is nearly 4 times as much for cohabiting men, and 8 times as much for [...]
Knowing when to quit. You see, if you are feeling frustrated to the point of desiring to be with someone else, the honorable thing to do is to break up, leave the other person. Communicate the frustration with your mate. Cheating is usually the result of cowardice, an unwillingness to express that frustration or anger [...]
Aside from being the easiest and possibly largest internet predator stalking grounds on the net, due to the ability to make fake accounts, as has been shown by the constant spamming on their services, MySpace is just a headache.
Most users actually don’t use it for dating. It’s a site for the clash of egos, where [...]
Staying “in love” forever is a grand ambition. But it’s one that many americans have come to expect from their spouses or loved ones. They often expect to be the central object of adolation in their significant other’s lives, and when not paid proper attention to, the relationships often go sour or even end. In [...]
Location, location, location! Some people believe they just kept finding the wrong people to date over and over again. It might not just be bad luck. In fact, often times it’s where more than who we date. Where you find a date does in fact determine the general traits of the person you’ll meet, and [...]
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