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Dating & relationships

5 Steps to take in Conquering Nervous First Dates

A first date can give you something a lot like stage fright. You feel jittery, your heart rate is up, you’re anxious and you check yourself in the mirror o...

April 2017 2 min read

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First Date Conversation Starters and Ideas

Awkward silence is one of most people’s biggest fears about first dates. Use these conversation starters to make sure that the conversation keeps flowing a...

April 2017 2 min read

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10 Conversation Stoppers to Avoid on Dates

When you’re on a first date with someone and they say something off-putting or wildly inappropriate, you’d probably start looking for an excuse to end the...

April 2017 3 min read

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Why Aren’t I Getting Any Dates?

Taking the plunge and trying online dating can be an intimidating thing. Anyone who cares to sign up for an account can see your profile and learn that you...

April 2017 2 min read

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Making Matchfinder Work For You

I’ve been helping people navigate the world of online dating for several years now and the one question that everyone asks me is why it isn’t working for t...

April 2017 2 min read

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Online Dating Services

I’m often asked what the advantages of online dating are over real world dating. In brief, there are a lot, but first I’d like to clear up a common misconc...

April 2017 3 min read

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Why Use Online Dating Services?

Online dating? Isn’t it hard enough to find a date in real life? Online dating used to be something that most of us would rather avoid, but it’s become so...

April 2017 3 min read

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5 Tips To Start Dating Again

If you are tired of dating, don’t be. The secret to successful dating lies in patience and strength. While you may anticipate good things every time you da...

April 2017 3 min read

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Moving On

What to do after a break-up Breaking up is not easy. Even if you think it’s the right decision, the pause it creates in your life makes you think twice. Yo...

April 2017 4 min read

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Getting The Conversation Started

We recently discussed “pick-up lines” to examine how effective they were. A few days ago, one of my male friends, who just happens to play in a rock band,...

April 2017 4 min read

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Love Yourself

Sometimes being single makes you depressed. It’s hard to watch your married friends live happily ever after. It’s hard to get into the right frame of mind...

April 2017 5 min read