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, […]
Archive for the ‘Dating’ Category
Love the One You’re With
August 19th, 2009
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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 […]
Vanity, thy profile name is HandsomeStrongM
April 25th, 2009
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Over brunch with some girlfriends today, the conversation turned to online dating, as it so frequently does when you get a bunch of single girls together. We all have profiles on a certain dating site and shared our dating horror stories. It reminded me of a recent exchange I had with someone on the site. It’s so audaciously head-shaking […]
PR and online dating: Part Three
December 9th, 2008
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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 […]
PR and online dating: Part Two
October 22nd, 2008
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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 […]
