http://www.thedatingexperience.com One man's experience with dating Sat, 03 May 2008 01:17:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dating. Sometimes I have to take a break from it. It’s more like I get burned out. I still read the emails and winks I receive via my online dating profiles but I have not contacted anyone in a long time. In fact, I have to admit that I have been a bit of a [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Taking a break", url: "http://www.thedatingexperience.com/taking-a-break/" });</script> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/TheDatingExperience?a=7JTgkE"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/TheDatingExperience?i=7JTgkE" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDatingExperience/~4/282464513" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDatingExperience/~3/282464513/ http://www.thedatingexperience.com/taking-a-break/ If you’re like me and like to be proactive you may not like eHarmony. I went thru eHarmony’s questionnaire and then waited. And waited. eHarmony finds you a match based on your answers – it is not like most other online dating sites where you get to browse and select who you will contact. Sometimes [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Review of eHarmony", url: "http://www.thedatingexperience.com/review-of-eharmony/" });</script> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/TheDatingExperience?a=ctfoAN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/TheDatingExperience?i=ctfoAN" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDatingExperience/~4/275859833" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDatingExperience/~3/275859833/ http://www.thedatingexperience.com/review-of-eharmony/ The Dating Experience is a blog on my experiences in the dating scene that I recently launched. But, I don’t want this to be just about me. I want to hear your stories and I am interested in getting your comments. I know it can be hard to get some of you to write so here [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Win $100!", url: "http://www.thedatingexperience.com/win-100/" });</script> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/TheDatingExperience?a=wMUCBl"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/TheDatingExperience?i=wMUCBl" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDatingExperience/~4/267915248" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDatingExperience/~3/267915248/ http://www.thedatingexperience.com/win-100/ Match.com is the largest pay-for-membership online dating service (if you want to contact someone via IM or email). I have been a member for quite a few years and have seen it grow and evolve … hmm … I am not sure what that says about me or the service. You will have to create a [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Review of Match.com", url: "http://www.thedatingexperience.com/review-of-matchcom/" });</script> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/TheDatingExperience?a=tyN58q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/TheDatingExperience?i=tyN58q" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDatingExperience/~4/269678001" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDatingExperience/~3/269678001/ http://www.thedatingexperience.com/review-of-matchcom/ Last Tuesday I was out with friends celebrating a birthday. A buddy of mine brought along a date, let’s call her Nadia. This was only their second date but I was happily surprised to see that she would be willing to meet us so soon. The conversation was going great but I soon started to get [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Don&#8217;t ask if you don&#8217;t want to tell", url: "http://www.thedatingexperience.com/dont-ask-if-you-dont-want-to-tell/" });</script> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/TheDatingExperience?a=NlGJT7"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/TheDatingExperience?i=NlGJT7" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDatingExperience/~4/267915250" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDatingExperience/~3/267915250/ http://www.thedatingexperience.com/dont-ask-if-you-dont-want-to-tell/ Background checks are something that I have heard friends do on people they were dating but it is something I still have not done. I am not sure I would do one, really. I guess I have not reached a point where I felt that was necessary. 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