Archive for September, 2010
If you’re in the US (sorry, Canada) and keen to try eHarmony.com to see if it works for you, you can save some money by using their upcoming free communications period starting this Friday.
They used to run free communucations weekends but recently they’ve been extending those periods to 10 whole days.
Sign up as soon as possible to take full benefit of this, as it can take time to receive suitable matches (that’s the way eHarmony.com works – sending you matches rather than you having to search for them).
I assume by “guided communications” they mean you can send and receive the preset questions they have on the site, so don’t expect to be able to write up long, detailed messages to people on the site. Still, it’s a good way to try out the site and the way it works. If you don’t like using this form of messaging then eHarmony is probably not for you anyway.
Click here to go to eHarmony.com
September 30th, 2010
This weekend, starting at 4:00PM UK time, Match Affinity, the compatibility dating site from match.com will be starting another one of their free communications weekend.
What does that mean? It means that apart from being able to do their compatibility / personality test for free and receive / review matches (which you can do normally), you’ll also be able to send and receive messages on the site absolutely free.
Remember that it can take time to get matches sent to you, so if you want to get a good choice of people to contact for free, register sooner rather than later and you could spend the weekend communicating on the site absolutely free.
Click here to go to Match Affinity
September 29th, 2010
Here’s something to think about – if you’re talking to someone you met and they know your full name, do you know what they’ll find if they Google it?
Continue Reading September 27th, 2010
Black and African dating sites are very popular in the UK, although perhaps not as popular as they are in the US. In the UK, interracial dating is generally more widely accepted, not just between black singles and white singles but between all the different races that make up the UK. If you’re interested in dating black men or black women, you could opt for dating on any number of standard dating sites. Any dating site will give you the option of narrowing down your search by race.
Many people, however, prefer to simply join a site that is specifically aimed at black singles. In the UK, for example, there’s this one:
BlackMatch – This site only operates in the UK and Ireland and is relatively new but already quite popular. It’s owned by a dating company that runs dozens of sites, which means they know what they’re doing, but also that you need to watch out for things like recurring billing when you use it.
For more black dating sites, check out my other post about black and African dating sites around the world. Most of those cater to black singles from the UK as well.
September 24th, 2010
If you’re in the market for a new dating site to try, especially if you’re completely new to online dating, it’s good to shop around. In my book, on here and when advising clients privately, I always tell people to sign up to a few sites, set up a profile and check out those sites before deciding where to spend your money. This is because dating sites are all slightly but significantly different and you want to make sure you end up paying the one most likely to help you get what you want.
Continue Reading September 19th, 2010
OK, now I’ve seen it all. There’s an article in the Ottawa Citizen telling the story of a lady who met and fell in love over a bunch of tweets on Twitter.
Oddly enough, she’s not alone. The article mentions three other couples who met via Twitter and I’m sure there are plenty more out there.
Continue Reading September 10th, 2010
As you may or may now know, I have a couple of very active threads on this site discussion online dating scams, in particular soldier dating scams. Here’s a comment one helpful lady identifying herself as LilyRose posted the other day. Please read this one and save it somewhere safe. It gives very important information about the difference between real American soldiers serving in Iraq or anywhere else and dodgy African (or other) scammers pretending to be them to scam you out of money.
Continue Reading September 2nd, 2010
