Online Dating Does Not Suck
December 31, 2008 by Michelle Smith
Filed under Relationships
On October 28th, Lara posted the following poll, “If you could pick one dating site to use, which would it be?”
Out of a total of 19 votes the winning answer was “None, they all suck,” with 7 votes. Five places got 2 votes a piece: Match.com, Plenty of Fish.com, Yahoo Personals, Lavalife.com, and OkCupid.
I don’t believe that any of the services suck. Maybe sometimes the people who use the services aren’t as motivated or as sincere as we’d like them to be, but that’s not the fault of the service, in my opinion.
If you checked “they all suck,” then is it …read more
When You Need Help Faking It
February 16, 2007 by gayla
Filed under Relationships
The Mobile Faker service, developed by Moderati, is helping people ditch bad dates, hand out fake numbers, retrieve conversation starters and find the perfect pick-up line.
Moderati has the ability to provide services ranging from fake incoming phone call to warding off a bothersome wannabe suitors.
Features include faux calls, which are fake calls complete with voice prompts to help subscribers fake a realistic-sounding conversation;faux numbers that send people to a voicemail service telling them they’re a loser; wallpaper downloads of fake significant others, pets and vacations.
For $3.99 per month, Sprint subscribers can use the service’s features.
As a person knee deep in …read more
What Would You Do: Dealing With A Loud Date
January 25, 2007 by Sasha Manuel
Filed under Relationships
So, here’s the thing. I got a reader query and I have to admit, it’s quite a dilemma. Not that I’ve experienced it but to just imagine how it must be like..! EGAD.
I’ll quote the scenario.
“I dated this cute girl. Everything started out well, but then she started talking and talking. It wasn’t so bad, but her voice was so loud! And that laugh! It put Fran Drescher to shame! I kept up a polite grin the whole time, then made up an excuse to go home right after dinner. You can’t imagine how relieved I was to finally drop …read more
Even Paris Hilton has bad dates
December 4, 2006 by gayla
Filed under Relationships
According to World Entertainment News – Hotel heiress Paris Hilton was once left blushing in embarassment when a date realized she’d been pretending to talk on her mobile phone to avoid chatting to him. The socialite decided the date wasn’t going well almost immediately, so she pretended to answer a phone call from her mom in a bid to leave, but she was caught out when her mobile phone actually started to ring.
She reveals, “I was out with this guy and after five minutes I knew he was totally not my type. So I pretended my mom was on the …read more




