Today in online dating: a sociopath explains why her feelings matter and yours don’t
There are lots of bad people doing bad things in their online dating lives. This woman is doing the very worst.
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Dame Magazine story on dating in Seattle tells us about the guys, but something is missing
I feel like I’m only hearing half the story about online dating in the Emerald City. I just tripped across a really interesting article on dating in Seattle from Dame Magazine. It’s from May 2014 – interestingly enough, I lived there then. Which turns out to be relevant. The main thrust is there are a lot of guys in the city
Read moreOnline dating tips: tell OK Cupid you’re looking for the opposite of what you really want
Childless in Seattle? Not for long. Jim, let’s meet those bachelorettes. If you were to review my OK Cupid profile, you’d find this: And, just to be clear, this: So today, OK Cupid e-mailed me this:
Read moreOnline dating: the physical attraction problem
In order for an online dating service to work, it has to reliably move people past the merely physical and help them perceive their match’s real attractiveness. In a post a couple weeks ago I mused about how the online dating world is plagued by what I guess we’ll call the “physical attraction problem.” I touched of a bit of controversy, both
Read moreThe real problem with online dating
Online dating sucks, especially for a guy like me. There has to be a better way. Match.com sucks. eHarmony sucks. OK Cupid sucks. Plenty of Fish really sucks. (Although, it should be noted, at least those last two have the advantage of being free.) I assume that Christian Mingle sucks, although perhaps in ways I haven’t thought about yet. I
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