A recent study conducted on a group of 70 young couples who had been dating at least a year and a half analyzed instant messages and their relation to relationship satisfaction and longevity. The instant messages were collected over a period of 10 days.
They found that the more a woman used the word, “I”, the happier and more secure she felt in her relationship. The reason?  Researchers believe that the more comfortable a woman feels within her relationship, the more she is able to talk about herself.
 
The “I”-laden instant messages could indicate women were talking about themselves and were comfortable …read more

Axe Body Spray did some reasearch about where in the US singles are going to have the most luck. Austin, Texas won out. I am moving to Austin.
I had the chance to visit Austin for the first time this past March for SXSW Interactive. Since I’ve been back, I’ve been saying that it is the coolest city I’ve ever been to. If it was easy to get a work visa for the US, I’d have been there by now.
I can definately see why it would win out as a great dating city. One of the reasons the article said that …read more

I’m fascinated by the way different cultures approach dating and marriage. Traditions like arranged marriages used to sound crazy to me, but as I mature, I’ve developed a more open mind. I’ve realized that just because we believe we know best here in the West, that doesn’t mean that we actually do know best.  Where did we get that anyway?  That belief that our way of doing things is superior?  In the case of dating, it’s sure not backed up by measurable statistics like divorce rates.
Today I found something about using biodata to find a potential mate.  Biodata is essentially …read more

This is a guest post from Eliza Ferree. You can visit Eliza at her regular blogs, Babylune, where she talks about babies and parenting or over at  She Knows Coupons, where she’s doing her best to find you money-saving values.
 
Speed Dating isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but for those that just
don’t seem to have all the time in the world to try to get to know every
person before they go on a date, this may be for you.
Annual Marathon Speed Dating Event
Date: January 24, 2009
Time: 6-8:30 p.m.
Where: Atlantic City Country Club on Shore Road in Northfield
Cost: $25 fee  for yearly …read more

I read an article tonight that talked about Dr. Marco van Gelderen, a senior lecturer in the Department of Management and International Business, at Albany, who has done extensive research into the subject of dating as a service industry.
Dr. van Gelderen says the dating service industry has grown in recent years as a result of greater demand and rapidly evolving technology including the internet. But too many potential clients remain stuck in “singledom” because of a lack of industry awareness of their needs as well as ambivalence about using dating services.
“The dating industry has a number of special problems …read more

The idea was born from a long wait to get into a trendy nightclub only to eventually arrive to find the place near empty.
BarOptic.com streams live video feeds from nightclubs and bars. The feeds are accessible via the internet and cell phones. Potential patrons can access the feed in order to help them make a decision on the club or bar to visit.
For example, on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights from 10pm to late night you can see what’s going on at Vinyl in Denver or many other clubs. To complement the BarOptic live feeds, …read more

Virtual reality is not all about games anymore, in fact, it’s grown up quite a bit.
Virtual reality is being used by companies to train employees, by students taking college courses, to provide physical therapy and now to help singles find meaningful relationships.
OmniDate provides the latest in virtual reality to help singles find real-life meaningful relationships.
You may be surprised to learn that virtual reality is much like an old-fashioned way of dating, where people take the time to really get to know each other, instead of sending electronic winks or pokes. According to a …read more

Copenda, the revolutionary social people search engine that allows people to search for their soul mate or new friends in social networks and dating web sites. Their complex algorithms crawl semi-structured data from multiple social networks and online dating sites such as Myspace, Bebo, Facebook, hi5, friendster, match, plentyoffish and more.
More and more people are using the web to meet new people and communicate with their friends. The main places people use to meet new friends or look for dating are social networks and online dating sites.
One of the major problems in meeting new …read more

Considering the fact that I’ve a house full of teens who are only just beginning their dating careers and just coming out of a month that resulted in over 5,000 text message between three boys – 2 breakups via text and 2 romances born via text, I think now is a good time to introduce them to the 7 Biggest Misuses of Texting.
Their 5 for 7 now and will likely think this is a complete generational gap, but the list of 7 makes a lot of sense.
How many of these rules of thumb have you broken?
 
Technorati Tags: dating,texting,cell phone,virtual …read more

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