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Is Colin Farrell ready to adopt the third world?
“The couple, who are co-stars in the new movie Alexander, are said to have been dating for weeks in secret. But they outed themselves last Saturday night, when they were seen dancing in London’s Cafe Royal nightclub, before dashing off to her suite at Dorchester Hotel, says IMDb.com”
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Why online dating is flourishing
When you think about it online dating will actually save you on some dry cleaning bills.
Getting all gussied up to fight your way around a smoky bar just to have some clown as you why you’re not smiling.
“The Internet has become a widely popular forum for dating, becoming big business, as evidenced by the significant increase of online ads for dating sites in the past few years,” said Taub. ”
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My One Thanksgiving Wish
As you sit around the table this Thanksgiving appreciating all the wonderful things you are thankful for, croos your fingers and hope you can be thankful you are not grilled about whom you’re dating.
“More than two-thirds of the 24,916 participants in an Internet survey conducted by the Chicago-based dating service It’s Just Lunch, said they dread being asked by family members about their dating prospects. Forty-seven percent said they expected to be asked over the holidays about their dating lives, but listen up family members: 72 percent indicated that they didn’t care to be questioned about their personal social lives. “
If you survive the mounds of mashed potatoes and injection of tryptophan you can probably put up with a question or two. When things get a bit too personal I sometimes like to shock the gallery with an answer like this “I’m not dating tremendously…mostly just one night stands.” Completely untrue, but it does dissuade them from asking again.
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Love in the time of no time
A well written article talking about modern society and online dating.
“The city is full of people we can’t reach. We pass them on sidewalks, sit across from them in the subway and in restaurants; we glimpse their lighted windows from our own lighted windows late at night.”
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Plentyoffish reeling in members
“Online Dating Startup, Plentyoffish.com started operations in March of this year and has already had a tremendous effect on the online dating scene. Coming out of nowhere, with no advertising budget and no experience, Plentyoffish.com has managed to acquire over 20,000 members, with more then half of those signing up in the last three months.”
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Polish up your Dating Resume
We all have wish lists of what we want in a partner, but sometimes you have to ignore what you read on paper and consider the 3D version.
“On a recent night out with a single friend who is working on her second master’s degree — but who has no date for Saturday night — a guy asked if she was seeing anyone. ”
“Single with a master’s,” she replied.
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The Charm of Rockabilly Dating
A first hand account of what the rockabilly scene is all about.
Angela Gaimari, a correspondent with the Boston Globe, recounts the details of her rockabilly evening.
“Instead, we met at the Paradise Lounge for Sunday’s Frolic Room, a night of burlesque and vaudeville-style sideshows and skits. I expected it to be less sexy and more campy, what with the advertised magicians and trapeze artists noticeably absent. I felt sort of like the daughter in “The Graduate”: I was trying to talk about wholesome topics like work and school amid the topless tassel-twirling going on directly behind me. ” keep reading
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