eHarmony funded a study comparing marriage satisfaction and longevity for those couples who met offline VS those who met online. The research was designed and conducted by John Cacioppo, a psychologist at the University of Chicago who emailed a questionnaire to nearly a half million people, with almost 200,000 people responding- and 19,131 of […]

Last week I was interviewed on The Healthy Beauty Show at ‘1380 am the woman’ – the first woman-talk radio station which broadcasts from St Louis, MO. The hosts, Sonja and Kara asked me to share tips and advice on online dating, specifically the do’s and don’ts, red flags, what to include or leave out […]

Just when you thought that there couldn’t be any new twists in the world of meeting and dating- along comes MeetAtTheAirport.com. This new “dating “site allows users to connect with other travelers when they arrive at the airport and then hang out together until one of them has a plane to catch. If the […]

The dating site www.HowAboutWe.com analyzed data that was posted on their site in order to get a look at dating trends across the country- city by city. This is a comprehensive look at how folks date offline and a useful way to see what is in and what is not in your neck of the […]

Now that online dating has gone mainstream, users have gotten very competitive and savvy in their self-marketing and the dating game has changed for good. Not such good news for would-be daters.
Back in the old days, boy met girl through church, school, at a friend’s party, down the street, etc. They met, felt an attraction […]

Lock up your teens and young sibs- there’s a new app in town that’s bound to do harm. It’s called “bang with friends,” and it was designed to help folks who just want to meet for sex to do so, without pretense or rejection. How thoughtful and helpful… a real time and energy saver. Now […]

The largest online dating site for Christians seems to have a PC problem. It is being criticized by competitors and others for its slogan, “Find God’s match for you,” which folks are saying is false advertising because it tells potential users that divine intervention is at work there. But does it really?
It’s actually called marketing. […]

This sequel to the documentary Catfish, is a new “dating” show on MTV that approaches people who are in a “Catfish” situation — which is one in which they are wondering why an intimate and long -term online friend doesn’t want to meet face to face — and arranges a first meeting.
The encounters that […]

What’s old is new again. In a new twist, online dating sites are hosting in-person singles events for members only in local clubs and bars or around activities, events or sports- so the attendees should be safer bets than random strangers who have not had to go through the checks now being required by sites […]

Are you an online dater who has encountered profiles of folks who look great on paper and seem to hold a lot of promise- only to find out later that they are actually married or in a non-married committed relationship? If so, you may be in the market for some additional help to weed out […]