After reading the comments, it’s obvious that most of you feel that Harold should be realistic and remain open to dating women who are perhaps a bit more age-appropriate.  I’m not sure what I think. We all have our individual quirks and tastes.

Personally, I am not interested in dating someone much younger for wholly selfish reasons – I prefer to be the pretty one.  (Yep, I’m a little shallow like that).  Okay, maybe it’s not that simple, but it was the quickest answer to a complicated question that I could come up with.  I think my personal preferences are influenced by having sons who are 17 and 18. A man in his early 20s would be too close to the boy’s ages for me. A guy in his 30s (I’m 42) would be fine. A guy in his early 40s would still be (and was) my first choice.

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Millionaire Matchmaker Tee Winners

Here are the 3 random winners in our Be Your Own Matchmaker book giveaway – TipsGoda, Susan C, and Samantha Pruitt.  Please watch your email boxes, I will be sending you official notification.  Congratulations and I hope that you enjoy your books.

Thank you to everyone for both reading Dating Dames and for entering the giveaway.

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Become Your Own Matchmaker Giveaway Winners

Congratulations to Robert A. Piacquad.

Thank you to all who entered the giveaway and thank you for reading Dating Dames.

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We Have a Book Winner!

I do believe Michelle will be putting one up as well, so be sure to check out the “Pages” section on the sidebar for all the new stuff we’re adding to the site!

Happy Thanksgiving in advance if you’re in the USA!!!

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Lara’s Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide

Our final Blogtoberfest winner is Jeanine Price!!

She won a Red Goddess Celebration Box. 

Designed to be given as a gift to young women who are reaching puberty, this exclusive treasure box brings back a missing piece of history that dates back to biblical times, a time where women celebrated a girl’s first period.

The RED GODDESS CELEBRATION BOX™ contains special treasures that will help encourage that special young girl to honor herself and respect her body’s changes as she enters into her new phase of womanhood!

 Contents:

• A Solid Wood Fabricated Keepsake Box

• Lavender Bath Salts

• Celebration Tea

• Comfort Herbal Pillow

• Energy Leg and Foot Rub

• Active Leg and Foot Spritz

• Calming Body Myst

• Pad Purse

• Purse Pats Cleansing Towelettes

• Moon Calendar with stickers

• Positive Picks Inspirational Cards

• Stationery

• Gift Giver’s guide to walk you through what can sometimes be an awkward time in a young girl’s life

 

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Our Final Blogtoberfest Winner!!

The prize for the Blogtoberfest sponsored post I Do Not Suck is Soreness No More, a Natural Organic Therapeutic Oil, valued at $19.99, this prize is sponsored by Forces of Nature. 

Soreness No More is is an all natural formula with Certified Organic ingredients proven to ease painful arthritis and muscular aches. This special blend of six separate 100% pure and natural anti-inflammatory extracts are combined to make this product extremely effective for easing pain caused by arthritis or sports injury.

Please continue to check back and comment for your chance to win on another Blogtoberfest sponsored post.  Don’t forget to visit the other Lifestyle Channels blogs for even more chances to win.

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We Have a Winner!

Out of nearly 100 commenters, I’m proud to announce that the winner of the sponsored prize for 5 Things that bug me about men’s online dating profiles is Joe P.!

Joe, here’s the surprise “prize” you won (I’ll be in touch via email very soon):

A Casio Exilim EX-Z80 digital camera!! Isn’t she a beauty? Value $159.00 – Sponsored by Connection Cove
Okay gang, don’t let this distract you… go find more Blogtoberfest sponsored posts and start commenting! Add to the discussion, make your statements, and have a chance to win!

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Blogtoberfest 2008 – Dating Dames first winner!

We’re planning to run this event for two weeks during the month of October (or until the prizes run out). During that two weeks, we’ll be giving away some amazing prizes.

If you’d like to participate by offering a prize (in return for a little publicity throughout our channel) please email Gayla with the following information in the following format:

1. email gayla AT b5media DOT com (substitute AT and DOT with the appropriate @ and .)
2. make the subject line ‘BLOGTOBERFEST PRIZE’
3. describe the prize you would like to offer (what is it and it’s value)
4. include a link to the prize if you have one – if not, a company website would be fine.
5. include your name, the link to the site you’d like us to link to in return for your prize and a graphic you’d like us to use along with your mention.

NOTE: While we would like to include as many prizes as possible – however, we won’t be able to accept every offer for whatever reason. We’d like to encourage prizes that are in line with at least one of our blogs’ content – so our readers will benefit the fullest from their participation.

Also note that our channel has an international audience and prizes need to be able to be received by readers around the world so please factor this in since you’ll need to pay for shipping.

Prize submissions will be accepted until Tuesday September 30th.

Prize Suggestions: Cash or gift certificates are always a plus, gadgets and random fun things. Electronics, books, memberships, toys and just about anything that is “suitable” to at least one of our blogs.

We’d rather keep this event unique, so things like ‘hosting packages’, services and ‘ebooks’ aren’t going to exactly be relevant to participants. The more fun and creative the contribution the better (and value is a real plus).

What do you get in return?

You’ll be getting promotion in return for your prize on a number of pages/posts throughout the entire channel that yields a high number of visitors daily and monthly. Historically, once a contest of this magnitude is underway, you’ll probably get linked to from other blogs also as these events cause quite a stir around the blogosphere.

You will be guaranteed at least 2 links from every participating blog in the channel and multiple links from the blogs you sponsor for each prize you sponsor.

Example: One sponsor contributes 4 prizes, that’s 4 blogs that provide multiple links to your product website along with the channel wide promotion posts.

The better the prize the more attention you’ll get!

Now, let’s see just how creative some of you can be!

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b5media Lifestyles Channel – Blogtoberfest Call For Prizes!

My name is Lara and I’m what I’ve dubbed “Terminally Single – Like a Disease”.

I’m 31, not ugly, not a witch, not stupid, not a money grubber, not a cheater, a liar, or skank. I’ve never been married, and have no children (yet). But I’m still, somehow, single. So when the opportunity came up to co-author here with Michelle, I jumped at the chance! Boy, I’ve got quite a bit to say about the world of dating, and since I came from the Crooner Culture blog where I talked about “Cool Cats” and “Dangerous Dames“, well, this just fit a little perfectly!

So there you have it – I’ll be posting a lot about online dating, working from home and meeting new people, dealing with exes, and figuring out how to get through all this dating mess to get to the meat: a real, grown-up, mature, happy… relationship.  I’d like to open up and offer my advice and suggestions to anyone who has an issue, or a question, or lives in the Upstate NY area and wants to take me out on a date, who has at least 90% of his teeth, they’re mostly white, and no mullets please. Thank you!

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Hi everyone! Just a little introduction…

After my divorce, I had one serious relationship, dated very little, then stopped. I went back to school and I had small children at home – I wanted my focus to be on my kids. I’m not saying everyone should do this, I’m saying it was my experience. Unfortunately, I waited a bit too long to get back into dating. I felt as if I forgot how to do it.

I was a work at home mom, so meeting men wasn’t a part of my day. I turned to internet dating. I tried Match.com and Plentyoffish.com. Some nice guys emailed me, some odd guys emailed me. I had a few coffee dates. I felt no sparks with any of them.

Last year, I started catching up with old friends through Classmates.com. One of these old friends was S. It was fun getting to know him again. We kept things on friends-only basis for a time. His dad lives about 20 minutes away from me, so last Summer we decided to try a visit. It went very well and we fell quickly.

I’d like to say that it’s been smooth sailing since then, but that’s not very realistic. I love my boyfriend, but long distance relationships are tough. I need more reassurance than he does, it’s really aggravating, but it’s the truth. It’s easy to misunderstand each other when we aren’t talking face to face and he’s better at seeing the long term, the big picture than I am. I wake up every morning wishing we could start the day together. Someday.

I look forward to getting into this new venture, to exploring relationships and dating with all of you readers. If you have anything in particular that you would like me to talk about, please let me know.

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Hello, it’s me, Michelle.