I am so excited to announce that we are teaming up with Match.com to award three readers a free three-month membership to Match.com!  Online dating has been a cultural phenomenon lately with extremely high success rates for men and women around the world.  With the increase of internet-based social networking, it makes sense that the best way to meet someone is through the internet!
If you are single, you have probably struggled with the idea that you are waiting to just stumble upon the right person as you go through life.  You probably try dating lots of people and meeting potentials …read more

I made the decision, last month, to consider meeting someone new online.  I haven’t been able to speak to Steve for almost two months now – I’d say that his silence is a pretty good indication of where we stand and my patience has finally been exhausted.
I put an ad up at Match.com and not much happened there. I was viewed a lot and got a few winks from some men in their fifties - not that I have a problem with men in their fifties, but I’m looking for someone who is near the same point in life that I …read more

Image by d70focus via FlickrBegging and pleading, please answer the poll in the sidebar?
I’ll close out the poll on November 1st, but I’d really love your feedback on this. I’m personally partial to Yahoo! Personals and POF, but would love to see your choices, and then your comments in the post below as to what you chose and why!
 
If you could pick one dating site to use, which would it be?

eHarmony
Match
PlentyOfFish
True
Great Expectations
Yahoo! Personals
None – I think they all suck.

You can also add your own answer if you have another choice for a favorite.
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“You get what you pay for” especially when it comes to online dating services.
While participating in the online dating market, I began to comb through the free services and did so for a few weeks.  It didn’t take long for me to realize that I was looking for bargains in love when I was trying to convince myself not to settle for less then what I wanted.
Kind of an oxymoron – don’t you think?
Here I was, a single mother that couldn’t get out and hit the single scene much and was trying to find the hidden treasure in the clearance isle of …read more

Just how much are you willing to shell out to find a mate?
For the young and single seekers, the normal amount you spend on a dinner and drinks or perhaps a movie, is all that it takes. But what if you’re someone who’s been around the block? I mean, you’ve been married for decades and had children and even grandchildren and now divorced or widowed? Will dinner and movie dates be suficient enough?
I reckon it may be difficult to get into the dating scene again. Heck, it’s hard enough for singles to deal with dating, can you imagine how …read more