Love Society

By: Jason King

Online Dating. Is it good or bad? With last years online dating turnover of nearly half a billion dollars, and expected to rise to 780,000 dollars by 2008, it must be said, it’s good.

You will always here scaremonger stories of how it isn’t safe, and too many online dating services have fake profiles. If this was the norm, then surely it wouldn’t be growing at such an enormous rate.

With millions of singles with access to the internet, one can only assume that it’s going to grow for a very long time. The price of going out to bars and clubs isn’t getting any cheaper, and neither is the transport that you have to use. The price of the taxi there and back could cost the same as one months subscription to a top online dating service.

Then you have the other side of the coin where people will say online dating is expensive. These are probably not the singles paying over $50 for a night out, only to be told “I’ll probably call you later in the week”.

Online dating gives singles ( mainly men ) the opportunity to get to know someone before they start spending their hard earned taking them out. No one can say online dating is 100% guaranteed to find you a perfect partner the first time you take someone out. The best dating Guru in the world couldn’t do that, but it gives two singles the chance to connect with each other before a first date. It could be considered an “Ice Breaker”. It saves all the “Where do you work”? questions, and builds on the connection that has already taken place online.

Online dating would probably have a better strike rate of matching singles together if information was more freely available. This will give singles the chance to fully prepare themselves for their online dating experience. So many singles have poorly written profiles, and put a photo on their profile where they are barely visible.

If singles were to get this information before they joined the online dating service that they choose, the strike rate would expand markedly. This would then create a more positive feel to online dating, and give the industry a lot more stature.

Online dating is growing at a fast rate, and will continue to do so even more when singles realize ( and learn how to use ) the benefits.

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By: Terence Coleman

An online dating system that gives you the opportunity to get to know people before you waist your time, money and energy. We have learned that not all people we take out would really turn out to be a prospective partner in future.

Matchmaking
Do you have specific needs? We provide you with a healthy way to find and meet people that would very possibly meet your needs. A way to know very much about someone prior to even meeting them. You know and can check accurate data about someone and our members are encouraged to submit photos onto their profiles and this gives you a second method of really implying the “seeing is believing” method.

Chat Rooms
This is where you really find out all about someone. Log on in your own time and chat to those you are interested in. Find out about their good and bad habits and get to know them. The fact that you are able to remain anonymous is your biggest benefit. You don’t have to invite unsafe and unpleasant situations into your life anymore.

Meet Friends that could become partners
How many in the crowd you met last month are people you would like to make your friends or partners? A wise man once said that he would rather have a hand full of friends then hundreds of acquaintances. It is al about really getting to know people well.

A non embarrassing way to meet hundreds of single people online.
That dreaded moment of walking up to someone and asking them if they single…the fear of being rejected by someone already in a relationship or simply not interested in you. We provide you with a method to go about dating without this initial embarrassment. With online dating you know that close to all profiles online, are looking for some form of companionship. Do you know this by watching a crowd of people in public? You don’t! But fortunately for you we have put a method in place for you to find out.

Personality Profiles
This gives everyone the opportunity access the key data about someone in order to make a decision. You know their age, height, religion / beliefs. You can get to learn how they think, reason and get to what type of people they are and more important then any looks what type of personality the person has. You also have a means of contacting them. Not just any old way, a very advanced way to write an e-mail to them or chat in a live real time chat room. The old school methods of keeping a little black book no longer needs to be employed, we give you a state of the art way to keep track of everyone.

The Power to choose
The best thing in life would be choice. You should be very cautious when choosing a life partner. We provide you with the opportunity to move onto a different person very quickly, if in the current one, you find unhealthy characteristics that are simply not compatible with you. Nothing compares to our ability to at one time, get so many potential partners together in one single meeting place. It simply does not happen in the physical world.

A cost affective method
Have you done your calculations on the costs you really run up to find love? We have and it’s astonishing what people spend going out, buying movie tickets, taking people out for dinner and paying your way in general. Again, nothing wrong with spending money on the nice little extras in life from time to time. Do you however, really need to buy into being loved ? Does finding love mean spending your paycheck in one weekend ? Part of the reason why online dating was invented is to save our members big money.

A great magician once said : “don’t believe me, try it for yourself”

Terence Coleman
Owner of an online dating website in South Africa
http://www.eastrand-dating.co.za

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By: Kadence Buchanan

With the dawn of the Internet and the popularity of online dating, the dating scene has never been so lively. Gone are the days when singles would worry about where to get a date on a Friday or Saturday night. These days, all it takes is a few hours online or less, depending on your personal preferences and, presto!, your dating woes are over.

As a dating system, internet dating has paved the way for never-before-seen possibilities for single men and women. Individuals get the chance to meet online to explore the possibility of a romantic or sexual relationship in a free-wheeling and often unmoderated environment by simply using their personal computers, the Internet or cell phones. With today’s unprecedented access to the opposite sex, it’s “No More Lonely Nights” for everyone.

It’s a simple system. Individuals list their personal information then look for others who fit their criteria in terms of age range, gender, location and other personal preferences. They may choose to upload their photos and look at the photos of others. Other supplementary services are also available to enhance online interaction, such as online chat, webcasts and message boards. Many of the dating websites offer free registration while others charge monthly dues. Websites often position themselves to cater to members’ specific interests, location, desired relationship and other criteria.

Of all paid internet services, online dating or internet dating is by far the most popular, with Americans spending a whopping $469.5 million on it in 2004. As of last count (November 2004), there are as many as 844 lifestyle and dating sites, with the major players being Yahoo Personals, Match.com, American Singles, and eHarmony.

All this dating activity online has spurred many to speculate what the dating scene will look like in the future. Some opine that in as little as 10 to 15 years from now, the Internet will be the primary source of love, romance and sex for people and whoever insists on looking for these things elsewhere will be viewed as a romantic relic of a forgotten age.

Opinion is divided, however, on whether such a trend is a good thing or a bad thing.

Kadence Buchanan writes articles on many topics including
Computers, Science, and
Education

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By: Yair Czitrom

Dating has become easier for everyone due to the emergence and success of online dating websites. You can choose the site that suits you best, look for people who have the features you desire along with common interests and contact them immediately. Some dating sites are featuring their own instant messaging for members to instantly communicate with each other. This is a great way to make contact and get excited about a new ‘date’. But when you start chatting back and forth, the other person is typing recognizable words along with small clusters of letters here and there. What are they saying? These are considered to be ‘Net Lingo’ and are commonly used Internet acronyms.

411 – Information
AFK - Away from keyboard
AISI - As I see it
AMBW – All my best wishes
ATST – At the same time
B4 – Before
B4N – Bye for now
BBIAF – Be back in a few
BBL – Be back later
BBN – Bye-bye now
BS – Big Smile
BTW – By the way
CID – Consider it done
CSL – Can’t stop laughing
CWYL - Chat with you later
DGT – Don’t go there
DHYB – Don’t hold your breath
DKDC – Don’t know, don’t care
EG – Evil Grin
EOM – End of message
FOAF - Friend of a friend
FTTB – For the time being
FWIW – For what it’s worth
FYI – For your information
GAL – Get a life
GL – Good Luck
GR8 – Great
GTG - Got to go
GTSY – Glad to see ya
HAGO – Have a good one
HAK – Hugs and Kisses
HB – Hurry Back
HHOK – Ha, ha only kidding
HTH – Hope this helps
IAE – In any event
IDKY – I don’t know you
ILY – I love you
IMO – In my opinion
IRL – In real life
IYSS – If you say so
J/W – Just wondering
KIT – Keep in touch
KWIM – Know what I mean
LD – Long distance
LMK – Let me know
LOL – Laughing out loud
LTIC – Laughing ‘til I cry
LTNS – Long time no see
LYL – Love ya lots
M8 – Mate
MRS – Meet real soon
MWBRL – More will be revealed later
MYOB – Mind your own business
NBD – No big deal
NOYB – None of your business
NP – No problem
OIC – Oh I see
ONNA – Oh no, not again
OOC – Out of Character
OT – Off topic
OTOH – On the other hand
POV – Point of view
RBTL – Read between the lines
RN – Right now
SF – Super friendly
SNAG – Sensitive new age guy
STYS – Speak to you soon
SWDYT – So what do you think
TAH – Take a hike
TIAIL – Think I am in love
TIC – Tongue in cheek
TM – Trust me
TMI – Too much information
TTYL – Talk to you later
TYVM – Thank you very much
VM – Voice mail
WE – Whatever
WG – Wicked grin
WYRN – What’s your real name
WYSIWYG – What you see is what you get
YAFI – You asked for it
YDKM – You don’t know me
YNK – You never know

Enjoy

Yaya is the owner of http://www.jaters.com - a free jewish dating site and an experienced dater.

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