lovely day for walk along the wa­ter maybe not lol maybe a bon­fire at nite and a bot­tle of wine we could look at the stars or play in the sand just a thought lol
cudlyandsoft@xxx.xx luv to chat on msn or phone
im ital­ian french luv my cot­tage and play­ing sports an­to­nio xo you are so geor­geous wow wish we […]

I re­ceived this email from an on­line dat­ing site.
Dear Antandre, Please view my pro­file and see if you will like us to be com­pan­ions. Regards — xxx
Intrigued by the fact he used proper gram­mar and spelling and didn’t fall into the usual bad first-message habits, I did view his pro­file.
Profile Name: AprilOx
I am Mature, Resourceful, and Has Initiative.
ABOUT ME: […]

A friend re­cently sent me an ar­ti­cle called “Why I’m Alone”. It is a re­sponse by Huffington Post colum­nist Lea Lane to the ques­tion she is of­ten asked in the years fol­low­ing the death of her hus­band: Why is she still alone? Why doesn’t she date much?
While I’ve never loved and lost like Ms. Lane, I can […]

Ahoy hoy, my fel­low sin­gle­tons. This is the fi­nal in­stall­ment of my non-award win­ning se­ries on on­line dat­ing and PR. In this chap­ter, I con­clude with The Profile, the crème de la crème of your on­line dat­ing per­sona. Or, as per my brand anal­ogy, the Product. You’ve drawn in the po­ten­tial buyer (mate) with your logo […]

This is the sec­ond in a se­ries of mus­ings on PR and Online Dating, orig­i­nally posted on October 14.
Part two — The Nickname and Tagline
For those who have never pe­rused on­line dat­ing sites, the nick­name is your user han­dle. You don’t want to use your real name and if you ask, “Why not?” I strongly sug­gest you avoid the Internet for­ever. A tagline […]