What Does She Really Mean?
2007-05-24 12:16:56
Ever wonder if your girlfriend is speaking a foreign language? Are you frustrated that every time she ask you a question, somehow you always end up with the wrong answer?
Here’s an article...
Instant Messages from Behind the Lines
2007-05-22 11:32:48
by Jennifer.
No one ever suspects that what happens to someone they know could possibly happen to them. That’s just the way we coax ourselves. “Never going to happen to me.”, we...
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Top 50 Alibis that Women like to use as Brush-Off Lines
2007-05-28 15:14:09
by Chris Arnone.
Women
can’t say the word “No.” Plain and simple. So what do they do? They use excuses or alibis to tell men they are not interested. Women don’t want to...
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, Lines
jesusluvsblondz07
2007-05-31 15:48:22
by Annee Mayer-Chapleau.
As a new writer for 15minutedate.com, my last intention is to sound narcissistic. However, I am afraid that impression is unavoidable because today I will not only be speaking for myself, but for Jesus as well. We are currently living in the year 2007, and our society of the United States of America has practically become numb to the most private aspect of a human’s life: sex.
The values that our citizens once so proudly cherished in sitcoms like Leave it to Beaver-education, family, and respect, are now slowly drowning in 50 Cent lyrics, strip clubs, and photo rating sites like hotornot.com. Despite what your beliefs may be, Jesus has been watching from the Holy City in the clouds, and is anticipating the very moment when our Earth has finally reached its breaking point; when we are finally over our heads with sin and injustice.
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How to be a Casanova when your Wallet goes on a Diet
2007-06-04 22:08:20
Would you like to do something romantic with your sweetheart but a weekend on your private island or an evening on your yacht seems like a bit of a stretch?
This is an excellent article for those who are looking for romantic ideas while on a shoe-string budget.
50 Ways to Be Romantic on the Cheap
My favorite? Dark chocolates and love songs!
Why So Many Asians Date Other Asians
2007-06-08 00:18:32
by Terry Dip
If you walk around LA, you’ll see lots of Asian couples. Look closer and if you can tell the difference, you’ll see that these couples are of not only the Asian race but the same Asian ethnicity. For a city known worldwide for its cultural diversity, LA has many monoethnic Asian couples. Nothing wrong with that, but there are specific reasons for it.
Even today, it is true to a certain degree that the Asian communities of LA are segregated. Being Asian, I know Asians
prefer to live with their own ethnicity. In LA, there exist a Chinatown, a Koreatown, a Little Tokyo, a Filipino Town, a Thai Town, and a myriad of others. Beyond this, certain districts are implicitly known as the territories of specific ethnic groups. Carson has an incredibly high Filipino population, and Monterey Park is primarily Chinese. Commonalities in language, culture, history, and food are the main reasons Thais stay in Thai Town, Koreans stay in Koreatown, and so on. The desire to work
Are They For Real? Tips on how to tell if your internet date is lying
2007-06-11 04:07:07
by Arlie MacGregor
You have just met someone online. He/She says all the right things, and this might actually be a dream come true. Your internet date is the soul mate you’ve searched your entire life for. Or are they? Here are a few indications about your online date to help you sift potential life partners from the charlatans.
Imposes time constraints:
Is your intended only available to chat at certain times? Is the phone off limits, for any reason? Are arrangements to meet in ‘real life’ constantly cancelled or avoided altogether? If you find yourself being pigeon-holed into a time slot and going off-line is a no-no, Mr. Wonderful most likely has a Mrs. Wonderful in his life and you are just a temporary diversion.
Mentions money problems:
This is a classic; the perpetrator plays his/her victim until their prey is hooked and then starts discussing financial issues. “I’d love to meet you, but can’t afford to fly” or “My car is in t
The Adventures of SWF (Part 1 of 3) : SWF meets a Breeder
2007-06-13 15:45:53
by Mary Powers.
His ad seemed decent. He was a single white male, so we had two out of three things in common right away. His name was John, he was a homeowner, and he loved the outdoors and novels. He said he wanted to meet right away because there was no reason to chit-chat for weeks before the person-to-person encounter. John was a firm believer in physical chemistry; he insisted we’d have to meet each other in the flesh to see if we would be attracted to each other. If things checked out, then we could get to know each other. Being a flexible person, I decided to go with it.
We met at Chevy’s Restaurant for some Tex-Mex tamales and margaritas. He might have been the most average looking person I’d ever met, unremarkable. “Perhaps his personality would be his saving grace,” I thought.
During our dinner, I told him about my Dutch dwarf rabbit, Carlotto. I hate to be one of those people who go on and on about their pet, but Carlotto was my handsome
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Dating Season - Month Three
2007-06-19 01:48:59
by Karen Boss.
Baseball season and dating season begin at the same time. Most people (especially those of us who have suffered a long winter) find that when spring begins its slow crawl - and our favorite team starts winning, we are ready to begin anew our search for a perfect mate for the long summer days and even longer summer nights.
Dating
(and baseball) season has only been open since April, and already I’m losing steam. I am no Dice-K, that’s for damn sure.
The Red Sox may be still leading the American League (and 8 over the Yankees I might add smugly), but I’m certainly not up in the dating standings in the third month of the season.
First loss: A man who right before our third date told me he wasn’t looking for a relationship but wanted to keep hanging out. Spending time one-on-one with someone my age, who is a man and attractive and calling it friendship is not on my list. Fake-dating sucks, no matter how you cut it. So I bailed.
Secon
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, Month
, Three
The Brain on a Date
2007-06-16 12:17:55
by Jackson Morris.
The other day my penis and my brain were having an argument over where I should take my date. Certainly the analytical side of my brain and the analytical side of my penis were in total agreement. Those two halves of nothing told me to take the female unit to a comfortable setting that would create inner peace and equality for us both. They told me that this setting would naturally deteriorate the predictable psychological barriers that generally are erected out of new found encounters. During this cerebral powwow the creative side of my brain and the creative side of my penis went to battle over where I should take the female unit. In the process they kidnapped the analytical side of my brain and cut off the blood to the analytical side of my penis, draining it of all life and future decision making.
A decision was made on where to take the female unit. However, the moment she was in optical view, the penis played a wildcard and told the brain we were takin
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50 Reasons Why Young Women Should Date Older Men
2007-06-23 15:30:34
by Ed Attanasio.
Some call it the “Sugar Daddy Syndrome.” Others call it the “Father was never around” complex. A lot of people have no problem with it, while many find it sick and perverted. Regardless of your own personal views, young women dating older men is a worldwide phenomenon that is gaining popularity and acceptance at an alarming rate.
Why do young women like older men? What attracts 20-something females to 40, 50, even 60-something males? You could spend several hundred hours with a series of shrinks in an attempt to sort through the plethora of possible answers. The only problem with that is that most psychiatrists are expensive and love the term “billable hours.” It would cost thousands of dollars to find out the truth.
After talking with both sexes at great length, I have come to the conclusion that young women like older men because the relationship comes with benefits - lots of them. Face it — we are a very simple race. We lo
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, Women
Have you ever Googled your Date?
2007-06-27 03:09:42
For those who are in the dating game, you would be surpised on how much information you can dig up on your date using the net these days.
Internet search has totally changed the dating scene. In traditional dating you find out about the person that you are dating by spending time with him/her, and perhaps even through friends or families. Nowdays with our good friend google you can find out more than you want to know about who you are dating within a couple of minutes.
This article takes a look at the current trend of googling for information about who you are dating.
Pam Smith, who went out with a “Nice” man three times got a rude awakending when she typed her date’s name into Google and saw his name on the Most Wanted List.
“…He was the nicest guy you could possibly want to meet…Now, I feel like a fool.”
Would you ever google your date? What happens if everyone’s information is made public? Is compromising user privacy a good cau
Online Dating Service: A Day in the Life of the Owner
2007-06-30 12:12:23
by Cindy Embleton.
A Scene in New York
I ventured into a coffee shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn, when I suddenly saw her.
Thumbing through the pages of her photography magazine, she glanced up to check the time, surveyed the room, then slipped back into a universe of shutters and fitted lenses.
I returned to my laptop and sipped my tea. She didn’t know who I was, and I wasn’t about to tell her.
“She” was a member of my online dating service, intellectConnect.com, and a reminder of just how small the world really is. I remembered seeing her at one of our events, and respected her enough not to blow her cover.
So it goes when you operate an online dating service-you always meet with the weird and unexpected. And believe me, you’ll never predict most of the things that end up happening.
The perks are that you get to wake up late and work at home in your underwear, and no one knows the difference (unless they read this article. Ahem.)…but approving
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, Service
, Owner
, Online Dating
Take Warning! 6 Red Flags of Emotional Unavailability
2007-07-06 00:22:39
by Rebecca “Ruji” Chapnik.
You try to ignore it, but the queasy feeling won’t disappear. Is it all in my head? you wonder. Blaming yourself for being insecure, you sweep your worries under the futon.
Three months later, you’re purging the debris of a hit-and-run relationship, wishing you could rewind and stop at the instant you sensed you were getting the short end of the proverbial stick.
Regret, the ugly aftermath of romantic failure, can be avoided if you exercise keen awareness from the start. Fortunately for the uneducated masses, there are people like myself who take joy in sharing their negative experiences! So, to the point of this article-I now present six red flags of dating culled from my own life and the tearful accounts of friends.
1. The Whatever Vibe
The Scenario:
You’re braced before the keyboard, staring intently at the chat window. He said, “BRB,” over half an hour ago, and you don’t want to send another IM asking if
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50 Indications Why You May Be Dating A Gold Digger
2007-07-10 00:50:14
by Dan Burke.
Let me just say this first: I am no authority on the so-called “gold diggers”. In other words, I have been fortunate so far not to date anyone who is interested in me solely for my money, nor had I dated anyone who took off with what little money I had. Yet I was able to come up with this extensive list rather effortlessly. How did I come up with this list so easily, you ask? It is probably because of fear of losing the money I need to eat, pay my rent, and pay my student loans. It also could be because I am so sick of hearing about these “celebutants” whose every move is thrown into the faces of Americans whether they want to hear about it or not. Either way, I surprised myself when I was able to come up with not 10, not 20, but a whopping fifty indications.
I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. But remember this: You’ll find that I constantly refer to the “Gold Digger” as a “her” man
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The Adventures of SWF (Part 2 of 3) : SWF Ponders Truthfulness in Online Disclosures
2007-07-15 11:01:36
by Mary Powers.
Internet dating can be tricky, you never know if the person is telling the whole truth. Often people fudge on minor details. For example, I tell people I am 30 when I am really 33. Maybe today I’m 130 pounds, but yesterday I was 145 pounds. Little white lies can be expected, but what happened next made me question disclosure ethics in the world of online dating.
I met Miguel online in a dating chat room. He appeared to be funny, sweet, and interesting. After chatting for a few weeks, we agreed to meet in person for a real date.
In the flesh, he was a sultry Latino man with dark thick wavy hair that I looked forward to running my hands through if the opportunity should present itself. We jumped into his yellow sports car and zoomed towards Seattle in search of entertainment.
We arrived at Greenlake, which is a large lake with a three-mile loop around it. Rollerblade, canoe, and paddleboat rentals are available seasonally and the mochas at the little stand by th
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Online, Offline, It is A Tough Racket
2007-07-20 02:23:01
by Nicholas E. Fesko.
I was going through a divorce. I was lonesome. I wanted someone to make me feel attractive, to understand my point of view, and give me hope for a happy life.
So I turned to my PC for help.
My foray into online dating came about slowly. First, I emailed a local newspaper columnist who was seeking stories for an upcoming piece about online dating.
I had no practical experience to relate, but her little byline portrait was cute, so I made up some fluffy stuff and threw in a passing compliment to her looks at the closing, with a hint that maybe we could meet for a drink some time. She wrote me back, thanking me for the compliment (yes!) and then for the story, which she found sweet. When I wrote back, I told her she could use the story if she wanted, as long as I remained anonymous, but asserted that we should definitely meet in person, you know, to discuss the online dating world.
No reply. It was only a day or two before I stopped looking for one. But I
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, Tough
The 50 Best Date Movies Ever?
2007-07-23 03:15:04
Ever wonder what’s a good DVD to pop in that will turn your date on and generate chemistry?
Well, look no further. Here is a list for 50 best date movies ever. My favorite from the list? It’s got to be Dirty Dancing and Casablanca!
However, I’m not quite sure how some of them made into the list. Movies like “The Descent”, “The Science of Sleep” are IMO just too bloody or too weird to be considered good date movies.
What do you think of the list? Do you think it missed anything?
One movie I think that should definitely be on the list is “A Knight’s Tale”, with crazy tale mixing jousting and classic rock songs. Heath Ledger was just amazing.
Another one is gotta be “Fatal Attraction”. Michael Doughlas and Glenn Close was really great! I like that scene when she sneaks in their house and she’s holding a butcher life cutting herself now isn’t that creepy!!
20 Things NOT to do on your First Date!
2007-07-26 00:28:30
by Alicia Howe.
First
dates truly matter in terms of first impressions, and the chance to make any impression past that. Whether you’ve experienced a first date disaster, or even just witnessed a traumatic first between two others, you know that there are certain activities to steer clear from. However, if you are not a regular first date professional as of now, here are some tips of what not to do on a first date.
1. Because first dates can be awkward, chances are you don’t want to choose a location with zero amounts of liveliness. Good advice would be to not go out on a weekday. Weekends keep the options limitless, both of you will have less stress on your plates, and you don’t have to worry about being the only two duds in the joint.
2. You’ve probably grown up with hearing either the advice not to be, or to be glamorously five minutes late so you don’t look desperate. The rule of thumb: don’t be more than ten minutes late. And if your date
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What to do when you attract the attention of a sexually neurotic woman
2007-07-31 00:25:39
by Lucas_Bantner.
I am not particularly religious. But don’t worry; I am not here to write about religion itself, nor to make general claims about the attitude of the religious towards sex. I only state this as a fairly important point of contrast between myself and the woman
of the title. Let’s call her Patsy. That’s not actually her name, of course, it’s the name of a good friend of mine’s cat. It will do for now, however.
Patsy comes from a particularly devout sect, we won’t go into names or details, let’s just say that her flavor of religiosity resulted in the decision to abstain from sex until marriage. That’s cool, I actually admire someone with that kind of, what do you call it, stick-to-it-ness. It’s not something I could ever pull off so more power to ya, Pat. It creates an interesting tension, though, which I suppose is at the core of this story. Most of the members of her church end up doing one of two things: 1) getting
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Don’t Drift Apart!
2007-08-02 20:45:24
by Meg Stivison.
When my parents started dating, they lived a few states away from each other. They’d see each other about once a month, but most of the time they mailed long letters back and forth. Although they now have boxes full of romantic letters, that kind of delayed communication can put quite a strain on a relationship.
Even with modern communications like e-mail and text-messaging, long distance relationships take work. After dating my boyfriend for almost two years, I took a one-year contract to work in another country. I know this isn’t the decision everyone would make, but it was the right choice for us. We both had great opportunities in our respective fields, and there was a definite endpoint in sight. We counted down the months until we’d be back in the same time zone.
While we were apart, we’d try to meet online (in the early morning for one of us and the late evening for the other) to play World of WarCraft. It might sound a bit silly to prio
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Still Looking At This Late Date: My Online Dating Experiences
2007-08-05 14:59:03
by Ed Attanasio.
I was very skeptical about entering the world of online dating when I initially signed up with match.com.
As a 48-year-old single male with more issues than Reader’s Digest, my expectations were understandably low to start with. I’ve never been married, I don’t have any kids and my best friend is my shrink. I decided early on that I would probably be satisfied having a relationship with someone who simply had fewer problems than I did.
I had heard both horror stories as well as wondrous tales about the online dating experience, some undoubtedly as much fiction as truth, and all of them left me extremely tentative about entering the fray. One woman I know went on 26 online dates before meeting a suitable mate, whom she eventually married. I admired her thoroughness and determination. When I went to purchase a new car, I only looked at about five vehicles before making a decision. This gal kicked more emotional tires than I can count on
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, Online Dating
The 5 Stages of Online Dating
2007-08-11 14:51:35
Here’s is a humorous article regarding one man’s futile attempts to get any one to respond to his dating profile.
The 5 Stages
of Online Dating
Throughout this hopeless but somewhat comical ordeal, the author’s personal profile gradually went through these 5 stages:
Stage 1: The Actual Truth Stage
Stage 2: The “Fudging the Truth” Stage
Stage 3: The “Blatant Lying” Stage
Stage 4: The “Screw You Bastards” Stage
Stage 5: The “Giving Up On Society” Stage
Who says online dating is not fun?
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To Shave or Not to Shave: Are You Really Ready for the First Date?
2007-08-15 23:17:16
by Mary Powers.
So you finally gave in and posted an online profile. You were so concerned about choosing the right photo and striking the perfect balance between “casually breezy” yet “intellectual”, that you’d forgotten the whole point of this was to actually meet someone. So when you sifted through your responses and came across someone who might actually be a decent match for you, you panicked.
Which is what you’re doing now, standing in your closet, planning for your date. He looks pretty cute, seems nice and is funny. At least online. We all know how face-to-face meetings can render one mute.
The big questions are still looming, though:
1. What should I wear?
Well, it depends on where you’re going. If you’re heading out for drinks, be sure to wear something wine-colored. This way, if you’re nervous and spill your drink on yourself, he may never even notice. (Unless you’re planning to spill it on him,
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, First Date
Things that you do NOT want to say to if you want get a second date.
2007-08-21 23:25:52
by Chris Arnone.
The fidgeting of the napkin at the dinner table, the fear of the awkward silence, should you kiss goodnight? Yea first dates are nerve racking and often dreaded by men and women everywhere. But if you’re looking for love, you have to get over this hump, it’s inevitable. By avoiding these top 15 topics, you can assure yourself of a second date, which allows you to be on your way to the big L. Unfortunately most people don’t make it past the first date. Find out why below.
Never ask for another date while you are on your date.
Don’t Say: “I have box seats to the Yankee game tomorrow, do you want to go?”
Be interesting, different and most of all mysterious. Make your date wonder if they will get another date. The fear of rejection or inability to “read” someone’s feelings creates attraction and is your new best friend.
Lacking ambition.
Don’t Say: “I plan on living with my pa
The Adventures of SWF (Part 3 of 3) : SWF Goes on a Blind Date and Is No Longer SWF
2007-08-25 23:22:54
by Mary Powers.
At the ripe age of 25, I was anti-date. Unlike many of my friends, being single was status I relished. The freedom to do anything you wanted, when you wanted to do it. No compromising, no fighting over the remote, and I didn’t have to shave my legs unless I felt like it.
For some reason, when you don’t want to date, friends and family feel the need to become crafty matchmakers. My uncle even tried to fix me up with Scott, who happened to be my second cousin! For obvious reasons, I declined.
Married co-workers were the worst, and they would exclaim enthusiastically, “I have just the perfect person for you. You have to meet him!” Though family and friends can be avoided, you can’t avoid co-workers because you see them at least five days a week. Co-worker Joan from the legal department made it her personal goal to make me a match, find me a find, catch me a catch. I kept reminding Joan that being single was the spice of life and she shoul
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, Blind
, Blind Date
How Can I Tell If She Is Attracted To Me?
2007-08-28 15:08:41
For those of you who want to know if her body language is giving you the go ahead sign, this is another great short film from VideoJug.com for the boys. According to the video, if you found your date giving you
the following signs then there is a good chance she fancies you.
Step 1: The first glance
Step 2: Sub-conscious mirroring
Step 3: Change in posture
Step 4: Self-grooming gestures
Step 5: Face softening
Step 6: Touching
However, if you are a gal you may want to see this one instead:
How Can I Tell If He Is Attracted
To Me?
Are You Permanently Celibate?
2007-09-01 10:40:13
by Maureen Shaw.
I received an email this week from one of our members at SexyAds.com that left me reeling. Now if you’ve never visited our site, we allow our members to write pretty much whatever they want in their personal ads or blogs or forum posts and as the name implies, sometimes it’s of an adult nature. So today this guy gets an email from a woman who’s been a member for more than 6 months and has logged in 298 times. She writes:
Hello, my name is Mandy and I saw your profile and thought I’d drop you a line. I’m happily single and permanently celibate by choice. What about you, what’s your story?
Now don’t get me wrong, being single can can often does have its advantages and after a while I’d get used to it, but never in my wildest imagination could I say the oxymoronic “I’m happily single.” I could go with reluctantly single or unfortunately single or better yet contentedly single. I just couldn&rs
14 Fatal Dating Mistakes in Online Dating, and more
2007-09-27 03:53:55
For the ladies out there, do you really know what mistakes you are making when you are using online dating sites? This is a great article about 14 common mistakes woman make using online dating. Tips such as “Stop sending winks”, “Keep your profile short and to the point” are supplied and explained.
14 Fatal
Online Dating
Errors
Also, for the guys out there, if you dating someone who makes way more money than you, then you might want to read this article :
Putting Money on the Table
This article examines the role reversal relationships in which the woman makes more money than the man. According to the article : “…For the first time, women in their 20s who work full time in several American cities — New York, Chicago, Boston and Minneapolis — are earning higher wages than men in the same age range, according to a recent analysis of 2005 census data …”
“…Ms. Rosenmann, 28, who owns a company and earns up to $150,000
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The Juggle
2007-09-23 11:53:53
by Ryan Gray.
There once was a boy named Jack who really pissed the hell out of Jill.
It seems Jack liked to dip his pail in the well. The only problem was it was Jill’s … and Jane’s … and Jessica’s … and …
You get the picture.
This bastardized allegory could easily see the roles reversed as men and women for eons have waged a battle we more commonly know as dating multiple people at the same time.
It’s a national pastime. But as any lad or lass familiar with affairs of the heart can certainly agree, it can be quite a slippery, uh, slope to adroitly perform “the juggle,” that act of balancing several women, or men, at once, all in the hopes that one never finds out about the others.
Our culture and its widely promulgated principle of monogamy historically frowns upon such improper dating etiquette. Don’t you love how the Internet has literally changed turned our boring lives upside down?
With sites like Match.com, eHarmony, American Singles,
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