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Online Dating Newsletter
Volume 2, Number 9 - May 25,
2005
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Table of Contents
1. From the Editor
2. Creative Date Ideas: Musical Restaurants
3. Online Dating Tips: Participate
in Optional Services
4. Relationship Tips: Act Like a Dog
5. Relationship Quote of the Week
6. Inspirational Quote of the Week
7. Romantic Ideas: Upgrade to a Limo
8. News: Google Maps Used for Online
Dating
9. Feature Link: Short Men Can Have
Dating Success
10. Online Dating Newsletter Updates
From the Editor
Welcome to another edition of
the Online Dating Newsletter, which focuses on
relationship tips and dating advice.
Earlier today I read an interesting article in the
Tonawanda News from a columnist who decided to do some
experimenting with online dating and write about it.
You can read what happened by clicking
here (link no longer works).
The story is interesting in that it points out that
even when you meet in person you don't necessarily
know the person you are with. For all you know,
your date may be a professional
online dater.
But most important, if you catch a person lying on
your first date, no matter how much you are attracted
to him/her, run the other way. Deception is the biggest
destroyer of relationships and marriages. The sooner
you spot deception, the easier it is for you to get
away from its creator.
Trust your instincts,
Joe Tracy, editor
Online
Dating Newsletter
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Creative Date Ideas:
Musical Restaurants
Take your date on a trip around town with this creative
date idea. You likely have fond memories of playing musical
chairs as a young kid, going from chair to chair each
time the music would stop. This date idea plays upon
that concept but, instead of changing chairs, you and
your date change restaurants. Start your date off with
an appetizer at one restaurant or bar. When you are ready
for the main course go to a different restaurant and
try out the menu there. Have dessert and coffee at yet
another restaurant. If the night is still young you can
hit up your favorite pub or nightclub for after dinner
drinks. This imaginative outing is a fun way to keep
your date on the edge of his or her seat and looking
forward to what's "next on the menu". (SOURCE:
Online Dating Newsletter - www.onlinedatingnewsletter.com)
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Online Dating Tips:
Participate in Optional Services
Many online dating services offer optional additions like the ability for you
to upload digital video or audio of yourself. If you want to increase the number
of inquiries you receive, then use these options to your advantage. Sadly,
fewer than 20% of people using online dating services generally upload digital
video or audio when given the option. This makes those who do part of a more "elite
group". You help single yourself out more by giving users something that
only a handful of other profiles provide - the opportunity to see you in a
more personal setting. Use this opportunity to be creative and to make yourself
irresistible to those who want to know you better. (SOURCE: Online Dating Newsletter
- www.onlinedatingnewsletter.com)
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Relationship Tips:
Act Like a Dog
Imagine this scenario: You come home after a long stressful workday and traffic-filled
commute. You are tired, grumpy, and hungry for dinner. You open the front door
and instantly you are greeted by your furry playmate with a happy wagging tail.
Your dog has run up to greet you and show you how much he has missed you while
you were away at work and how happy he is that you are home again. The unconditional
love and cheerful greeting given by your dog has instantly brightened up your
mood.
A warm, friendly welcome from a dog after a hard day
can be an uplifting experience. Dogs are always excited
and happy when their owners arrive home and owners
know they are loved simply by witnessing the back flips
and barks of joy their dog provides as a daily reception
ritual. Knowing this is the case, a great way to bring
added joy to your relationship is to walk in Fido's
footsteps and act like a dog. Back flips and barks
aren't required, but a happy spirit and warm greeting
are.
When you and your significant other meet each other
somewhere or your partner comes home from work, try
to make it a habit to greet them with love and a cheerful
hug or kiss. Be excited to see him/her! If your partner
is in a bad mood or tired from the workday, an unenthusiastic
greeting or, worse yet, no greeting at all, does nothing
to help improve your partner's mood. It may, in fact,
make that mood worse. A warm smile can help to ease
the stress and a friendly hello can help lift your
loved one's spirits. Your partner's mood can easily
improve when you show them how excited you are that
they are home and how much you missed them while they
were away. (SOURCE: Online Dating Newsletter - www.onlinedatingnewsletter.com)
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Relationship Quote
of the Week
"Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends
who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates
us, makes us unfold and expand." - Dr. Karl Augustus Menninger
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Inspirational Quote
of the Week
"The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily
and aims for it unswervingly." - Cecil B. DeMille
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Romantic Ideas:
Upgrade to a Limo
Plan a dinner date with your partner, perhaps on an anniversary - something
nice, but not out of the ordinary so that he/she doesn't get suspicious. In
advance of the date order a limo to pick you up, drive you there, wait for
you, then take you home. Make sure your partner doesn't know that youve ordered
a limo. Then, when you and your partner leave to go on the date, the romantic
surprise awaits right outside your door and instantly sets a nice romantic
tone to the entire evening. (SOURCE: Online Dating Newsletter - www.onlinedatingnewsletter.com)
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News: Google
Maps Used for Online Dating
(May 25, 2005 - onlinedatingnewsletter.com) A new tool has been unveiled by
BoonEx Group and Aewebworks Dating Software Development that allows online
daters to search for matches visually by looking on a detailed map. The two
companies, specializing in the online dating industry, announced that the new
system unites the functionality of Google Maps with the online dating member
database of 4ppl Online Personals.
With the tool, visitors can search for members on
the 4ppl network and see their location on a map integrated
with Google Maps technology. Currently the system shows
people located within certain ZIP code areas, not the
specific locations for each member. The limitation
is set due to privacy concerns, as members of the 4ppl
service do share their ZIP codes but may be unwilling
to provide their home address so that they can remain
somewhat anonymous.
"This is only one of the very first steps; give
it a wait and we'll let people opt-in and search for
precise location of a potential soul mate, and then
arrange a date using video-call," says Andrey
Sivtsov, CEO of AEwebworks. "BoonEx Group and
AEwebworks Software Development now work on a complex
interactive system, which should merge advantages of
online and real-life dating. Note that we hope to make
it accessible from mobile phones, because we believe
that dating should be mobile, and dates should happen
in real life, not virtual."
According to 4ppl Online Personals, the integration
of Google Maps for 4ppl personals and steps toward
a 4ppl mobile initiative aimed at developing dating
services for mobile devices is the first stage of a
long-term plan to transform online dating into what
they consider more of a real life experience. The online
dating tool can be found at http://www.4ppl.com/locate/.
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Feature Link: Short
Men Can Have Dating Success
Online Dating Magazine has published a reader's online
dating experience about his success despite his height.
He was inspired to share his experience after
reading about another man's online
dating experience. After reading the column he felt inspired to express that
height is not as important as attitude and approach. And he says he knows because
he's been married for
5 years to a wonderful woman he met online.
Click
here to read the new reader experience.
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Online Dating Newsletter
Updates
A new "Clicking Together" cartoon, number
15 in our 20-week series, has been uploaded to the
Online Dating Newsletter Website. Click
here to view it.
A new joke has been added to the Online Dating Newsletter
Dating Fun Zone. Click
here to view the new Dating Jokes section.
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