Welcome to the February 15, 2012 edition of the Carnival of Online Dating! This is the twenty-third edition of the blog carnival, and we really appreciate those who have submitted their links for inclusion. Spread the word: The next Carnival of Online Dating will be March 7, 2012, so make sure to get your submissions in by 8:59pm PST/11:59pm EST Tuesday March 6.
Dating Tips & Advice
- Mary Edwards presents 10 Ways to Win Every Fight with Your Boyfriend posted at Best Dating Sites, saying, “As the saying goes, all’s fair in love and war, which is worth keeping in mind during a spat with your beau. It may not be important that you to win every time; but it pays to know in the heat of battle that you can.”
- Chad presents Creating a Great Dating Profile on SingleParentMeet.com posted at About Single Parents and Dating.
- Mary Edwards presents 10 Tips for Falling Out of Love with Someone posted at Best Dating Sites, saying, “Though there are many people whose primary goal is to fall in love, there are a sizable portion desperately seeking a way to fall out. Relationships end and people go their separate ways, but the emotions often still remain to haunt us.”
- Chad presents Relationship Tips From a Black Mom posted at Black People Meet, saying, “My parents will be celebrating forty-eight years of marriage in December. I began to think about what really makes a relationship work. So I talked to my mother, along with other friends in long-term happy relationships. Here’s what they said…”
- Chad presents How Do Black Singles Find Dates in New York posted at Black People Meet, saying, “If it’s true that you can find everything in New York, why is it so hard to land a good date? In the city of 8 million residents, nearly a quarter of the population is black and approximately 1 out of 3 is single. Yet, quantity doesn’t always guarantee the search for a relationship will be easier. For nearly a decade, New York has failed to make Black Enterprise’s list of “10 Best Cities for African Americans.” High cost of living, long commutes and hectic schedules often combine to make living and dating in the largest American city difficult.”
- Mary Edwards presents 10 Easy Ways to Scare Off Your Girlfriend posted at Best Dating Sites, saying, “Guys, if you really want to lose that girl, there are some sure-fire steps you can take to make sure she hits the road in a big hurry. If you’re just not that into her, but don’t quite know how to tell her so, you need to try a more indirect, yet creative approach.”
- Chad presents The Single Mom Dating Plan posted at About Single Parents and Dating.
- Chad presents Single In The Suburbs and Searching For Love? posted at Our Time.
- Chad presents Post-Divorce Dating Tips For Men posted at Our Time.
- Chad presents How To Score At The Grocery Store posted at Black People Meet.
- Lisa Minner presents Top 10 Things Not To Say on Your Dating Profile posted at A More Successful You, saying, “This is a list (geared toward women but applicable to men also) of things never to say on your online dating profiles. The items on this list are compiled from my online dating experiences, and they provide general guidelines for finding the right man through online dating.”
- Chad presents Inside the Mind of a Single Mom: What Every Man Should Know posted at About Single Parents and Dating.
- Eva Forman presents Taking Back Valentine’s Day posted at Top Dating Sites.
- Chad presents 6 Ways To Meet Someone At A Reunion posted at About Single Parents and Dating.
- Jill Thompson presents Three Guidelines for Examining a Free Dating Website posted at Best Free Dating Sites.
- Chad presents First Bad Encounters: Second TIme Around Fears posted at Our Time.
- Chad presents Single Moms: Expand Your Dating Horizons posted at About Single Parents and Dating.
Date Ideas
- Donna Cullen presents 10 Perfect Dates for Ironman Athletes posted at Top Dating Sites, saying, “Dating an athlete can be intimidating for the indoor set, but an Ironman athlete sets the bar even higher. If the hottie you’ve had your eye on is the Ironman type, here are some date ideas that are sure to get their pulse racing.”
- Chad presents Where to Meet a Mate if You’re Over 48 posted at Our Time.
- Chad presents Fresh And Romantic Day Escape Ideas posted at Our Time.
- Fitz presents Online Dating Tips: Arranging the Date posted at The London School of Attraction.
Personal Anecdotes
- Jonathan Bird presents How to ask a girl to be your girlfriend posted at Singles Warehouse Online Dating Blog, saying, “Hope you like this – was great fun running around the shops asking random people to hold pieces of paper.”
- Caramel Craze presents Cliquish posted at Interracial Swingers Magazine Caramel Craze.
Be sure to tune in every 1st and 3rd Wednesdays for more! The next Carnival of Online Dating will be March 7th, 2012, so make sure to get your submissions in by 8:59pm PST/11:59pm EST Tuesday March 6th!
That concludes this edition. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
