Gawker.com readers post online dating nightmares
Not all online dating stories end happily ever after, some just end and some end with painful (and often funny) stories left behind.
Read the original article, and reader comments, here.
Dating Profile Headline of the Day
The sun never sets on love.
Well, OK, I understand this is a tough week, with it being next week that we have a long weekend and all that. But it is the end of this week that the long weekend, Labor Day Weekend starts, right? We can take solace in that.
Your job today, should you accept to go ahead with this, is to begin your eharmony.com free membership today.
The reason? Simple. Eharmony.com (and their Canadian site too) will have a Free Communication Weekend starting Friday at 12:01am and if you’re already a member, and you’ve completed the personality profile and other online relationship quizzes that are available, then you have quite the head start over any “new members” that do sign up on Friday to take advantage of this offer.
And you’ll do great if you allow yourself at least 30 minutes to take the quizzes and write a great profile about yourself.
And your headline should read this with your new, free, membership:
“I am here to find true love with another true romantic”.
Have a great day!
PS. Love Without the Labor – eHarmony makes it easier to find someone who’s great for you. Connect with your matches FREE Sept. 3-6!
Please note: Free Communication Weekend begins at 12:01AM on Friday, September 3rd and ends at 11:59PM on Monday, September 6th.
Over 550 couples get married EVERY DAY after meeting on eharmony.com… you could be one half of one of these couples!
Ten years. That’s how long eharmony.com has been bringing couples together. A very real success in online dating and millions of people’s lives. Congratulations eharmony! (Video report here).
The scariest mask of all time!
Yes, it’s that time again….
Halloween is just around the corner and as I was going through my old Halloween party pictures one item kept popping up, in picture after picture was the Freddy Krueger mask.
I do believe that it’s the scariest mask ever made. What do you think?
You can buy your own at Buycostumes.com (and yes, I’ll make about a dollar if you purchase it from the link.)
Dating Profile Headline of the Day
Monday
Time flies, doesn’t it?
Soon another page will be folder over, or torn from, your calendar and a new month will begin, the 9th month this year.
This makes what I am about to say all that important: treat your online profile like it’s a floating dingy, trying to rescue your life from the solitary “floating” in the sea of life that you’ve been living so far.
Today is the day to tell yourself to do whatever it takes to make online dating really work for yourself, to find not just the person that’s “Right for now” but that’s “Right forever”.
This adjusted attitude starts with a simple change to your profile, a new headline like this (customize as needed):
“A great girl sees our man, will she take the next step and contact him? Stay tuned.”
Have a great day!
Dating Profile Headline of the Day
Sunday
Today, whether it’s rain or shine, take a few moments to think over your past week, your successes and your failures.
You now you can do better, not better failures (of course) but better successes.
So take this thought with you throughout the day: the world is what I make it, I have the control.
And for your headline today try this one on for size:
“The birds will sing when we walk together.”
Have a great day!
Dating Profile Headline of the Day
A Saturday mellow.
Wow, the morning after a party is either a hung-over moment or a cleanup moment.
I’m going to play the hung-over card and clean up later.
Which struck me as a great headline, because when you’re versatile and dependable you have a set of skills that many people lack or quite simply, they misuse.
So, today, show off more of your good points with this headline:
“I can keep cleaning when I’m hung over and down(metaphorically).”
Have a great day!
Smooch.com free weekend
We’re having a weekend Smoochathon! So all the features that are normally only available to premium members are now free for everyone Friday until Monday August 30, 2010! This means you can:
• See who finds you Smoochable!
• See how people have rated your photo (if you haven’t uploaded one yet, do it before the trial ends to get it rated).
• See your 2-way intelimatches. Complete compatibility!!
If you’re already a Smart Smoocher you still benefit from this weekend as all those people you find Smoochable will now get a chance to find out, and may get in touch!
Login or join any time over the weekend to experience SmartSmooching for free!
Dating Profile Headline of the Day
In the rain...
Congratulations, I have decided that YOU are the company I keep.
The prize is, of course, you can read all about me and learn what/who I am and we’ll have a possible friendship from this starting point.
Much like your online dating profile I have posted much about myself here and there and if you can follow the breadcrumbs you can find out a great deal about me.
Follow my examples and you’ll easily be able to post your profile and have someone special find you — love you.
For your headline today I suggest this as an example:
“If it would rain today, I could be your friend holding the umbrella.”
Have a great day!
* photo by daddypete
Friday’s Conversation Topics
This is the place to read the most conversational news stories of the past week. After reading this post you’ll be prepared to converse with anyone, in any place.
Let’s get to it:
- Fried Beer. Beer-filled pretzel pocket is deep-fried to a golden brown. One bite and the escaping beer serves as a dipping sauce. Yes, the Texas State Fair offers their ten top treats of 2010 and yes, it includes a beer-filled pretzel that is deep fried. Go ahead, read about the other nine finalists.
- Dead phone leading to oversleeping could cost golfer big. Jim Furyk, number 6 ranked golfer is kicked out of the FedEx Cup because he’s late to tee time. He could lose as many as 16 places to be ranked 19th after missing the FedEx tournament. The model of phone was not disclosed….
- Woman happily recovering from “Blackberry Thumb” surgery. Doctors recommend that if you start to feel pain in your hands/fingers/thumbs while texting, take a break!
- Wearing low-riders in court? Prepare to be jailed. Yes, a New Orleans state judge gave a woman 10 days in jail for contempt of court by wearing jeans so low her panties and buttocks showed. Yup, finally a step towards decent dress or at least a reason to not have your belt confiscated… or some such thing… it’s all so confusing…
- Donald Bren, ranked 16th in Forbe’s list of billionaires, wins case to stop paying child support, and paying back child support, to his adult kids. I agree, there has to be a line drawn somewhere, right?
- Assorted tips – porn names and pickup lines.
Have a great weekend!
Match Affinity (UK) Free Weekend
Match Affinity is offering a free communication weekend this Bank Holiday weekend in Britain.
From Friday 4:00pm local time until 11:59pm Sunday, August 29, 2010, members can exchange and reply to messages for free.
If you’re looking for a free membership that allows you all the privileges of being a paid member, then this weekend and Match Affinity is the time and place to be! Join here now.
Dating Profile Headline of the Day
halloween sales are on now!
“Hot with thundershowers.”
I don’t know about you but I hate weather forecasts like that. Rain I can handle, hot weather I can live with but mix it together and you have a day that I’d just rather stay under the covers, thank you very much.
Revealing little idiosyncrasies can be not only liberating but help you with your relationships because people understand you better as you act out against the weather, rats, or whatever drives you crazy.
Your online dating profile is a great place to reveal these little things about yourself because when you are “pre-judged” by people that will meet you because of your profile you are also “pre-approved” as a friend and dating prospect.
So go ahead, share a little something crazy about yourself in your profile and see if your dating prospects don’t improve.
While you’re add it, now is a good time to change your profile headline too, try this one:
“I am following my inner drive.”
Have a great day!
Hump Day’s Motivational Picture
Now you know how to handle those customer service requests!
Pilot gripes
