Comments on: Dating Over 50: 100 Tips and Resources for Finding Love In Your Later Years http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/2008/dating-over-50-100-tips-and-resources-for-finding-love-in-your-later-years/ Dating and relationship tips for real people Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:31:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Chris http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/2008/dating-over-50-100-tips-and-resources-for-finding-love-in-your-later-years/#comment-1015 Chris Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:33:41 +0000 http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/?p=35#comment-1015 I may forget to tell my email to you. That is seniorday@hotmail.com . Chris I may forget to tell my email to you. That is seniorday@hotmail.com .

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]]> By: Chris http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/2008/dating-over-50-100-tips-and-resources-for-finding-love-in-your-later-years/#comment-1014 Chris Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:31:26 +0000 http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/?p=35#comment-1014 Hi, come to join our affiliate program or private label, please contact me by this email, I will show you the way to earn commission. It will be so easy for you. Chris Hi,
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]]> By: Jaison Williams http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/2008/dating-over-50-100-tips-and-resources-for-finding-love-in-your-later-years/#comment-821 Jaison Williams Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:23:54 +0000 http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/?p=35#comment-821 When I was reading this article, at a place I read a line "Online dating sites are very popular and don’t hold the stigma". Stigma...! I will urge to all of the young generation and those who interested in dating that Online Dating is all about Love & Entertainment. Millions of people have been found the real soul mates and today they are enjoying. Just keep the precautions of Online Dating in your mind and see you will also come in the counting of Millions of people. When I was reading this article, at a place I read a line “Online dating sites are very popular and don’t hold the stigma”. Stigma…! I will urge to all of the young generation and those who interested in dating that Online Dating is all about Love & Entertainment. Millions of people have been found the real soul mates and today they are enjoying. Just keep the precautions of Online Dating in your mind and see you will also come in the counting of Millions of people.

]]> By: Dori Matzinger http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/2008/dating-over-50-100-tips-and-resources-for-finding-love-in-your-later-years/#comment-406 Dori Matzinger Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:54:00 +0000 http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/?p=35#comment-406 I've gotten a lot of good information on www.getonthecouch.com. Definitely worth checking out if you aren't already a member. It's a free service! I’ve gotten a lot of good information on http://www.getonthecouch.com. Definitely worth checking out if you aren’t already a member. It’s a free service!

]]> By: Kate http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/2008/dating-over-50-100-tips-and-resources-for-finding-love-in-your-later-years/#comment-402 Kate Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:03:32 +0000 http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/?p=35#comment-402 Internet Dating For Women over 50: I am a 55-year-old woman, attractive, fit, financially sound, etc. etc. etc. My professional-development assessments say that I am charming, gracious, and fun. My professional portrait is really cute, if I do say so myself. After Internet "dating" for 2 years, I have come to the conclusion that the field is mostly populated with men who want the "virtual" experience--email exchanges with a new woman that just peter out after a while as they quietly extricate themselves in search of the next flower. Your "newness" is pretty much all you have (or had) going for you when it comes to Internet dating. I was taken out to dinner twice in the two years. One played hard-to-get until I gave up and the other drank like a fish. Most men who put me on their "favourites" lists never contacted me. (In this age group, they're flattered when you contact them, but they view you as desperate.) Most men who contacted me were a decade or more older - what are they looking for, Miss April??? I have no intention of going to the office every day while my partner is off in Europe checking things off his "bucket list." Or worse, nursing an invalid when I should be in Europe checking things off my own bucket list. In two years I didn't find one man who would go sailing with me for an afternoon, EVEN THOUGH I AM PROVIDING THE SAILBOAT. Go figure. If you feel you must try Internet dating, put up your profile for a limited time, then take it off for a couple of months. There will be a little flurry of interest when you put it up again, then nothing - the new cow becomes the old cow. Whatever you do, if Internet dating makes you feel bad, don't do it. Internet Dating For Women over 50: I am a 55-year-old woman, attractive, fit, financially sound, etc. etc. etc. My professional-development assessments say that I am charming, gracious, and fun. My professional portrait is really cute, if I do say so myself. After Internet “dating” for 2 years, I have come to the conclusion that the field is mostly populated with men who want the “virtual” experience–email exchanges with a new woman that just peter out after a while as they quietly extricate themselves in search of the next flower. Your “newness” is pretty much all you have (or had) going for you when it comes to Internet dating. I was taken out to dinner twice in the two years. One played hard-to-get until I gave up and the other drank like a fish. Most men who put me on their “favourites” lists never contacted me. (In this age group, they’re flattered when you contact them, but they view you as desperate.) Most men who contacted me were a decade or more older - what are they looking for, Miss April??? I have no intention of going to the office every day while my partner is off in Europe checking things off his “bucket list.” Or worse, nursing an invalid when I should be in Europe checking things off my own bucket list. In two years I didn’t find one man who would go sailing with me for an afternoon, EVEN THOUGH I AM PROVIDING THE SAILBOAT. Go figure. If you feel you must try Internet dating, put up your profile for a limited time, then take it off for a couple of months. There will be a little flurry of interest when you put it up again, then nothing - the new cow becomes the old cow. Whatever you do, if Internet dating makes you feel bad, don’t do it.

]]> By: Karen http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/2008/dating-over-50-100-tips-and-resources-for-finding-love-in-your-later-years/#comment-391 Karen Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:48:27 +0000 http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/?p=35#comment-391 Alisa--First, I can't believe you only got 3 responses to this incredible article. As a 58 year old single woman, this is the Cliff notes of how to date after 50. So thanks for putting this together. Second, is that I've tried the online dating scene. Here's just a little of my experience. PerfectMatch.com found me one match in 3 months of membership. And the cross-dresser with photos of himself in men's clothing and women was just a little too much for me. Chemistry.com offered a more opportunities if you count the men with no photos who were polar opposite to me. After Chemistry asked me to "lighten up" on my criteria, I was a little miffed. But after 2 men who contacted me told me that they got complimentary memberships while I was paying--well I guess you can understand why I didn't renew. I got tons of responses from Match.com but as John points out in his comment, there are a lot of frogs to screen out before you get to the Prince, which I never did. But enough from me here because this is a great subject for my post over at BlogHer where I write a couple of times a month. So I'll link back to this great article and close with a promise to be back for more great reading!!! Karen Midlife's a Trip and Contributing Editor on Midlife Issues at BlogHer.com Alisa–First, I can’t believe you only got 3 responses to this incredible article. As a 58 year old single woman, this is the Cliff notes of how to date after 50. So thanks for putting this together. Second, is that I’ve tried the online dating scene. Here’s just a little of my experience.

PerfectMatch.com found me one match in 3 months of membership. And the cross-dresser with photos of himself in men’s clothing and women was just a little too much for me. Chemistry.com offered a more opportunities if you count the men with no photos who were polar opposite to me. After Chemistry asked me to “lighten up” on my criteria, I was a little miffed. But after 2 men who contacted me told me that they got complimentary memberships while I was paying–well I guess you can understand why I didn’t renew.

I got tons of responses from Match.com but as John points out in his comment, there are a lot of frogs to screen out before you get to the Prince, which I never did. But enough from me here because this is a great subject for my post over at BlogHer where I write a couple of times a month. So I’ll link back to this great article and close with a promise to be back for more great reading!!!

Karen
Midlife’s a Trip and Contributing Editor on Midlife Issues at BlogHer.com

]]> By: Francisca Adams http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/2008/dating-over-50-100-tips-and-resources-for-finding-love-in-your-later-years/#comment-372 Francisca Adams Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:01:35 +0000 http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/?p=35#comment-372 I am looking for a handsome gentleman, God fearing and caring man to marry. I am from UK, contact me now for more discussions. Thanks for your co-operation. I am looking for a handsome gentleman, God fearing and caring man to marry. I am from UK, contact me now for more discussions. Thanks for your co-operation.

]]> By: Janet Wendy Spiegel http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/2008/dating-over-50-100-tips-and-resources-for-finding-love-in-your-later-years/#comment-327 Janet Wendy Spiegel Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:48:49 +0000 http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/?p=35#comment-327 What a great article. Lots of fantastic tips here. So much of this seems so obvious, but when you are actually dating, it's nice to have a good resource, like this article, to fall back on! What a great article. Lots of fantastic tips here. So much of this seems so obvious, but when you are actually dating, it’s nice to have a good resource, like this article, to fall back on!

]]> By: John Agno http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/2008/dating-over-50-100-tips-and-resources-for-finding-love-in-your-later-years/#comment-273 John Agno Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:21:50 +0000 http://www.100bestdatingsites.com/blog/?p=35#comment-273 No more frog dating, Please! In most online dating services, Baby Boomers personally sort through an huge inventory of potential matches. For those people that seem to be a dating possibility, you blindly email them in hopes that s/he will check out your online personal profile, like what s/he reads, and be motivated to continue exchanging email messages. Should your messaging connections work well, you may decide to have a conversation over the telephone followed by a face-to-face meeting at a local coffee shop. The "meeting between four eyes" is to discover if there is a spark of chemistry between you. After a few dates, the possibility of a first kiss emerges...to see if this frog will turn into the Prince or Princess Charming of your dreams. Forget the Lengthy Frog Kissing Process! Premium online dating sites, like eHarmony.com and Chemistry.com (a Match.com venture) that make the matches for you, are a faster and better way to find your fairy-tale soul mate. In 2000, clinical psychologist Neil Clark Warren, Ph.D., founded eHarmony.com with $3 million in venture capital funding. The company has since grown to $4.1 million in current sales by helping bring couples together from eHarmony's 14 million registered users--leading to 90 marriages every day. Greg Waldorf, CEO of eHarmony, played a customer service call last year at a board meeting to demonstrate the benefit of helping clients connect when an automatic match is made. It was from a single woman in her 50s who hadn't gone on a date in more than 20 years. She asked the customer care agent how she should respond to a match inquiry, not in a technical sense, but she literally wanted to know what she should say. The agent coached her, telling her to be herself and to talk as if they'd met for a cup of coffee. The woman sounded grateful at the end of the call. "We are in an industry that inherently will have a lot of disappointment, so it's an especially tall challenge to make sure people are left with a good impression," Waldorf says. Source: 1to1 magazine, October 2007 No more frog dating, Please!

In most online dating services, Baby Boomers personally sort through an huge inventory of potential matches.

For those people that seem to be a dating possibility, you blindly email them in hopes that s/he will check out your online personal profile, like what s/he reads, and be motivated to continue exchanging email messages. Should your messaging connections work well, you may decide to have a conversation over the telephone followed by a face-to-face meeting at a local coffee shop.

The “meeting between four eyes” is to discover if there is a spark of chemistry between you. After a few dates, the possibility of a first kiss emerges…to see if this frog will turn into the Prince or Princess Charming of your dreams.

Forget the Lengthy Frog Kissing Process!

Premium online dating sites, like eHarmony.com and Chemistry.com (a Match.com venture) that make the matches for you, are a faster and better way to find your fairy-tale soul mate.

In 2000, clinical psychologist Neil Clark Warren, Ph.D., founded eHarmony.com with $3 million in venture capital funding. The company has since grown to $4.1 million in current sales by helping bring couples together from eHarmony’s 14 million registered users–leading to 90 marriages every day.

Greg Waldorf, CEO of eHarmony, played a customer service call last year at a board meeting to demonstrate the benefit of helping clients connect when an automatic match is made. It was from a single woman in her 50s who hadn’t gone on a date in more than 20 years. She asked the customer care agent how she should respond to a match inquiry, not in a technical sense, but she literally wanted to know what she should say. The agent coached her, telling her to be herself and to talk as if they’d met for a cup of coffee. The woman sounded grateful at the end of the call. “We are in an industry that inherently will have a lot of disappointment, so it’s an especially tall challenge to make sure people are left with a good impression,” Waldorf says.

Source: 1to1 magazine, October 2007

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