There are many articles on how to date, what rules to follow before and after dating. But which tips work and last?

In this section, we are discussing what things should be taken care of before it is too late. There is one story that I want to share. Its about a date where everything has gone wrong. The date was from an online dating site. The pair had gone to meet each other, and within an hour of meeting, the guy told the girl that his ultimate fantasy was to date those who reply to him on the site.

The following are ten tips for those only thinking of committing.

1. Choosing the right dating site:

Nowadays people easily find their partners through dating sites. These dating sites are a place where individuals can put their personal details, and the company arranges a date so that two people could find their love. There are many such sites but selecting the right one is vital when finding a partner. The official dating site takes the responsibility of checking the genuineness of their members.

2. Focusing on the first impression:

When meeting for the first time, you need to be careful about what you wear. How you behave, being casual or formal and excessive friendly does not sometimes work especially when you are meeting a new person. You need to have the balanced personality when it comes to dating.

3. Be what you are and not following what others says:

When it comes to love and dating, you should be the real you and not what your family, friends and ever your partner want it to be. Be yourself. You should not follow a rules and regulation book. It is a love date where two people meet on a particular date and time, where they can find similarities and find themselves perfect loving partners.

4. Don’t speak too much:

When your date speaks something, try to make them feel special by staying attentive. The trick is to know more about the person. If your date is talking, you will slowly and steadily learn more about that person. Moreover, when its your turn to speak, be precise and do not start talking about your friends. The ex-boyfriend stories are a ‘No’.

5. Try to be attentive and response accordingly:

On the date let your partner feel special when with you. Pay attention to your dates words and respond accordingly.

6. Try to read your partner’s eyes:

You should know what your partner is trying to say through the glance. Through eyes, you can know want your partner is feeling and wants to say. You need to follow the glance.

7. On date try to avoid calls from your friends and family:

On the date, you should concentrate on your partner and avoid your loved ones for some time as you are going to build another very special relationship. In this relation, you need to give your undivided attention to your partner as this type of association is very delicate and needs special care.

8. Try to understand whether your partner is right for you or not:

You need to know what is proper for you and who suits you best and who is suitable for your family. Dating, falling in love and the marriage are the stages of building future relations. If the beginning is not done correctly, then other measures will not function accordingly.

9. Give your partner a chance to speak out the mind:

You should let your partner say what they want to. You should accept it, and consider it as if it was you. Your partner should get the space, and even you should have that much space for yourself. Like, go alone to watch movie or party. Spend some time by yourself and allow your partner to do the same.

10. It is never too late to find new partner:

You should never feel bad if there is no chemistry with your date. You should not hesitate to say no to your date if you don’t want to continue the relationship any longer.

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We’ve all been there – hoping that nothing would happen to us, but still having that weird feeling when it comes to our personal safety before going out with a person we met online. And yes, this situation is definitely a tough pill to swallow, especially knowing the fact that there are different types of people and you never know their intentions.

So, how do you make sure that your online date is good in reality – aside from the screen?

Today, we are listing the best tips for your first date with a person you have met online – showing you how to stay safe on a first date no matter what happens.

1. Meet In A Public Space

Your first date should definitely take place in a public space, being surrounded by other people. That way, you can eliminate any risk and have the reassurance that people will be around you, no matter what happens.

Restaurants and coffee shops are a great idea for this, providing enough witnesses if anything goes crazy. And remember, never meet a man at his home or even think of inviting them into yours. It’s just not ‘right’ for your safety and the sake of your first date.

2. Tell A Friend

You can prevent a lot of things from happening if you just tell a friend or family member about your date, who are you meeting and where. You can even give them the contact details of the person you are meeting and all the information you know about them. No – it’s not creepy, because bad first dates happen on a regular basis.

You can even use your friend as an escape clause if you don’t feel the entire date situation as right to you. How?

Well, why don’t you ‘accidentally bump’ into your friend, or pretend they have an emergency?

There are many possibilities.

3. Talk On The Phone First

No matter how shy you are and praise the chat room as your comfort zone, when first dates happen – you have to pick up the phone and call. After all, there is nothing like hearing a guy’s voice and engaging to some banter in order to feel him out, right?

A simple phone call can give you the reassurance you need about your first date and lets you make sense of who they are before meeting them in person.

4. Drive Yourself To And From Your Date Location

Never accept a free ride on the first date, no matter how sweet or charming the guy (you don’t know) is. After all, there is a lot of things that can happen with you entering someone else’s car – and you always have to stay alert, no matter what.

So, make sure to drive yourself to and from your date location, whether with your own car or a taxi. You can only consider joyrides after the second date. Plus, you will gain more confidence and make your date even more interested in you if you say no to a free ride.

5. Stay Sober

This is probably the most important rule you should  apply to your tete-a-tete endeavors. Alcohol is not your friend when it comes to a first date with a person you only know on Tinder or Facebook. There are a lot of women who have said yes to coming home after a few drinks and whose personal safety has been compromised just because of alcohol.

So, don’t say yes to more glasses of wine (or vodka) and you will never settle for saying “Why did I do that?” in the morning. It’s as simple as that!

A Final Word

Once you practice what we preached in this post, you will be at utmost safety when it comes to your online first dates. So, are you ready to put them to practice?

In the end, all it matters is getting to know the person you are meeting during the date. First dates are for that – and nothing more. After all, dating is all about meeting new people and expanding your world while working on your social skills, right?

It is up to you to make sure it stays that way.

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Men love women for their looks. They want the perfect face, body, and hair. The media, TV, and Hollywood are all full of these perfectly looking women.

But what about the rest of us? If men really only like these good looking women, what chances do the rest of us have? Surely there’s got to be an option. But all the dating tips and advice out there make it so difficult to find what our options actually are. In fact, we can be left wondering if there is any use wasting time.

Is online dating the option?

Well, online dating is definitely an option. I know what you’re going to say, online dating is just for ugly people. And then those ugly people want someone attractive and funny.

Okay, so there is some truth in that. We all want someone who we’re attracted to. What we forget is that we also want someone who we can connect with. Online dating gives us this chance. We all get to know the person behind the computer before we see them in real life.

But doesn’t this involve some attraction first? After all, there’s the profile photo to think about and descriptions?

Well, yes, but there are ways around these factors. You can find out about interests and hobbies to make sure your personalities align first. Here are a few dating tips to make sure online dating will work for you.

Use a Flattering Photo

Don’t go searching for the prettiest girl online and use that photo. You’re instantly setting yourself up for rejection once you get to the meeting stage. After all, if you’ve lied about what you look like, what else have you lied about?

That doesn’t mean you have to pick the first photo you find that your friends have posted on social media. Get a friend to take a flattering photo of you. You could even have professional photos created to help you improve your look.

Take a look on the site for ideas of profile pictures. Some people have taken to using caricatures or photos of their pets. Just make sure the photo you use has some resemblance to you or who you are as a person.

Fill Out the Hobbies, Interest, and Profile Fully

You don’t need to give your weight, the last time you went to the hairdressers, or any physical deformities that you have. But do try to fill out your profile in a way that flatters you and gives people a good idea of who you are. Think of this as a way to market yourself to prospective partners.

Work around the details in a positive way. You know how estate agents will describe a small house as cosy? Well, find a way to describe your body shape or your personality like that.

Take a look at a few profiles to see what they say. How do they lay everything out to encourage people to chat with them?

Some of the best ways is through interests and hobbies. Share what you love to do and who you love to spend time with. It’s time to get your loving personality across that attracts people to you for the long term. This is the part that really encourages people to get in touch and learn more about you.

When online dating, you want to connect through shared interests. It definitely takes the pressure off of the looks.

Remember Emotions Don’t Come Through Text

When people speak face-to-face, there is body language and tone of voice to gage the meaning of the text. When you speak over a messaging system, they are lost and all you get is the text. It’s really easy to misinterpret something.

One of the best tips when using online dating sites is to reply to messages quickly but when you have the time to read back through the message. Look at how the wording flows and how a message can be taken. If there’s the chance it can be taken the wrong way, make a few changes.

Emojis and emoticons are widely used to help get the true meanings across, but not everyone likes them. If you do use them, don’t overuse them. You want to discuss through text and not look like a 14-year-old girl whose messaging friends for the first time!

There is hope for the rest of us. Dating is a minefield, but one that we can get through by following tips and advice from others. Online dating is open to us and it’s time to take advantage

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So you’ve decided to jump into the online dating game – great!  It’s a lot of fun, and can be a great way to meet new people, but getting started can be a bit overwhelming.  Here are a collection of helpful tips designed to help you get the most out of it.

Site Selection Matters

What are you ultimately looking for?  What are you hoping to get out of online dating?  If all you want is a hookup, there are plenty of sites that cater to that.  If you’re looking to meet someone for a long term relationship, you’ll naturally gravitate to a different set of sites.

You should also be aware that there are a huge number of dating sites out there.  There are big general singles sites, but if you have an interest in a particular type of person (man or woman), you can find dating sites that cater to just about every taste and preference.

Are you  interested in dating interracially?  InterracialDatingCentral.com is the site for you.

Interested in meeting single moms or dads?  There’s a dating website that specializes in that.

Do you love to meet Black men and women?  Afroromance.com is your go-to choice.

There are dating sites that focus on writers, emos, and just about everything else you can imagine, so think carefully about exactly what you’re looking for, and pick the dating site that seems the best fit for you.

Your Profile

Making a great profile is one part art, and one part science.  Obviously, you want to be honest in your profile, but you don’t want to tell your whole life’s story.  You want to offer up just enough information to give someone reading your profile a good sense of who you are, and you want to write enough about yourself to let your personality shine through.

Profiles with pictures get a lot more attention than profiles without, so you’ll want to include at least three or four.  These should be current (no more than 3-4 months old) and an accurate representation of who you are, because it’s true:  While looks aren’t everything, at least some level of attraction is important, so you’ve got to be willing to put yourself out there.

Statistics have shown that women prefer pictures of men in full body shots.  Men prefer pictures of women that focus on face shots.  This isn’t to say that you can’t mix and match, but it is something to keep in mind.

Honesty Matters

Remember, your profile is literally the only thing that another member of the dating site has to go on.  He or she is going to be evaluating you, just like you’re going to be evaluating them.  Your preferences, likes and dislikes, and how they compare with their own.  That only works though, if both sides are honest, so if you’re looking for a lasting relationship, then you’ve got to just put it out there.  If some of the people pass you by because of it, that’s okay.

The bottom line is, online dating, when used correctly, can be a powerful tool you can use to find the man or woman of your dreams – what are you waiting for?

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Increasingly, more and more men and women are turning to online dating to meet that special someone. It’s not hard to see the attraction in it.  After all, dating websites have a lot to offer to the dating scene, but only if you go about it the right way.

Let’s start on the downsides before positives:

The biggest downside is anonymity.  Yes, there are a lot of people to choose from, but how do you tell the players and psychos from the ones who are online genuinely looking for a relationship?  It’s much harder to tell, because online, you lose so many of the communications cues we rely on in face to face communications.

Remember, about 80% of human communication takes the form of body language, so when you’re online, you’re essentially flying blind.  You’ve lost the greater bulk of the tools you normally use to communicate and assess the person you’re talking to.  Combined with the fact that so many people exaggerate or outright lie on their profiles, and may not even use a real picture of themselves, who knows?  You could be talking to anyone.

Onto the positives:

If you live in a smaller town or city, the pool of available mates might be quite small, and venturing online can be about the only way to meet those people hiding nearby, but whom you would normally never run into.

Oddly, the anonymity is also one of the biggest plusses of online dating though.  It allows you, from the comfort of your own home, to converse with and get to know a number of people you might never meet otherwise.

It also forces you to really focus in on the remaining 20% of communication tools you have at your disposal.  Words.  Both yours, and the person you’re talking to.

People tend to be freer

In that regard, online dating can be considered kind of old school.  It’s like getting to know someone by way of letters before you actually meet face to face for the first time, and that’s pretty cool.  People also tend to open up more when writing back and forth than they do when they’re talking face to face.  There’s something that just makes that seem safer when the other person is just words on the computer screen.

The plain truth: Meeting offline:

At the end of the day though, sooner or later, you’re going to have to meet face to face to see if you connect in person the same way you do when you’re talking online. That’s when things can take a dramatic turn.  You’ll know very quickly if the person you’ve been talking to has misrepresented him or herself, and can plan accordingly.

One form of dating is not necessarily better or worse than the other.  Some people are more comfortable meeting new people face to face, while others (yes, I’m talking to you, shy men and women!) are more comfortable having something in between the person you’re talking to.

Twenty years ago, if you mentioned that you met the person you were dating online, it would have raised eyebrows.  Today, it’s considered the norm, and lots of successful marriages have been born online, so if it’s something you’re interested in, you should definitely pursue it.  Just understand that it’s a very different ballgame from the one you’re use to playing.

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This wasn’t the first dating website that Amy had used. “I started online dating a few years back, as a way to meet people,” she informs us. “I was hopeful I would find love… or at least new men to date.” So she decided to sign up once more, and became “Scout97” on our site.

Jimmie had also tried other dating websites in the past. “I tried online dating to increase my dating circle,” he explains. Was he confident he would find love through a website? Heck yeah. “I was optimistic!” declares Jimmie.

Amy had been a member for approximately six months before she found Jimmie’s profile. “I was attracted to the smile in his profile picture, and what he wrote,” she says. She thought they might be a match. He possessed “many of the qualities I was looking for in a man,” Amy reveals.

Jimmie had been off and on our site “for roughly one and a half years” before they met. After receiving the fateful Flirt from Amy, he responded with an email. “What sparked my interest was her profile picture, and her profile information. It seemed like we had a lot in common.”

Amy agrees. “After speaking on the phone at length several times, I was ready and looking forward to meeting in person.” Given all their promising interactions thus far, Jimmie was ready too. “I felt eager and ready to meet,” he says.

They decided to meet at a restaurant halfway between their homes. “We shared an appetizer and talked for several hours,” Jimmie recalls. “I found her attractive and our conversation just proved there was a connection here.”

At their first meeting, Amy thought, “He is so handsome!” And she was pleased to find that he had no hidden surprises, personality-wise. “We had spoken on the phone quite a bit prior to meeting,” she reminds us. “He did a thorough job describing himself and what he was he was looking for. I was 100% sure we were going out again.”

Jimmie would raise no objections to that proposition. In fact, “we talked about going out again the following weekend,” he points out.

Did they each have a “type” before they met? “Jimmie is my type!” Amy exclaims. “I just appreciate how much of a thoughtful, kind and true gentleman he is.” Jimmie answers the question quickly and without hesitation. “Amy is my type.”

They consider themselves lucky — there were no particularly daunting obstacles to overcome during their romance. “Just making time to be together,” Amy sighs. “I live an hour away,” Jimmie explains. “I drove down every weekend so we could spend it together.”

Jimmie “popped the question” outside one of their favorite places to be together — Comerica Park in Detroit. The things this pair have in common include a love of baseball, carousels and barbeque!

Amy and Jimmie acknowledge that love has changed their lives. Amy says she’s “excited about the future and what it holds for us as a couple,” while Jimmie confesses that he feels “like a better person, and a better man,” since he met his betrothed.

Amy has something she wants to pass on to others looking for love online. “My advice is to be open and not afraid to reach out to someone whose profile interests you, or whom you find attractive. Taking a chance and sending a Flirt may lead you to love!”

Jimmie preaches patience. “Online dating is not a sprint, but a marathon. You’ll soon find what you want and don’t want in a partner.”

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No one joins a dating site hoping to fail. If you are seeking an Asian match, then this article is for you. Below on TemptAsian.com, we explore some of the effective tips which can make a men become more appealing to their ideal Asian women.

Tip No. 1: Compliment her

When you come across a profile that you like, break the ice by sending a message that has some compliment in it. However, don’t go overboard with the praises as this may come off as insincere. A genuine compliment can be the beginning of making a real connection with someone. The idea is just to be honest and cheerful about it.

Tip No. 2: Be honest

If you want to make real connections with Asian women, then you have to be honest from that first email you send. This is not just specific to Asian women. The foundation of lasting future relationships is trust and transparency. Be honest about your life, what you do for a living or children from previous relationships especially if you are looking for a lasting relationship.

Tip No. 3: Show an interest in her family

Asian families are known to have a strong sense of togetherness, customs, tradition and respect. Once you have established that contact online, show an interest in her family and their well being. Ask how they are faring on every now and then. Caring will score you points.

Tip No. 4: Crack her up

A great sense of humor goes a long way in the Asian community. They enjoy a great laugh and having fun. If you possess a great sense of humor, then you will definitely make a great impression on the woman. So if you don’t got it, harness it!

Tip No. 5: Take interest in her hobbies

Every woman loves a man who shows interest in her interests and hobbies. A simple question like asking what her hobbies are and really taking an interest while she explains can be very impressive. While at it, see if you have any shared interests with her coz nothing holds a relationship together than a couple with shared interests. Explore and capitalize on those.

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