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Dating For Baby Boomers
There are loads of reasons why people return to the dating scene in their 50s and 60s. Whether you’ve been married before or it just somehow never quite happened for you, you’re not alone and a lot easier to remedy that situation. This may be hard to believe though. Many people report that they are…
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Eight Tips For Improving Your Love Life
There’s no denying that we all think about sex and want more of it. It’s perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of. Sex feels good, increases our sense of self-worth and is good for our health. It boosts our immune systems and makes us happier. Years of surveys have showed us that while 83%…
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Flirty Tips for the Boys
I suppose it’s only fair that we give a bit of a focus on flirting for the guys given how the last article was for the girls. I’ve lost track of the number of guys who’ve complained they just don’t get it when people flirt, let alone how to do it themselves without coming off…
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Flirty Tips for the Girls
So, you’ve been chatting away online, you’ve found someone you think might be alright, and have had a couple of conversations on the phone. You set up a date and you’re getting ready but suddenly your mind goes blank. How are you going to let him know you’re really into him without just flat-out grabbing…
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Gimmicky Dating Sites
Another week and news of another dating site giving itself a gimmicky focus hits the deck. There’s something about taking the open opportunities and free access of a dating and finding ways to narrow it again that somehow seems to chime with the wider public. Rather than putting your interests in your profile as something…
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How To Dump Someone And Still Look Yourself In The Mirror
It’s fair to say that no one likes getting dumped. Those four little words: “We need to talk” are among the most fearsome in the English language. But there’s one thing more stressful, and that’s being the one needing to do the dumping. Having someone break up with you is relatively simple after all. You…
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Flirting Online
I can’t deny that flirting online is fun. The freedom you get from not having to be in the same room as someone to have a great time with them can’t be understated. The stress levels just fall away and when you’re being a casual flirt you can pick whatever personality and background you like.…
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Dating When Ill
I was talking with a friend who is fighting a quite serious illness and he was moaning about how difficult it is to date under these conditions. I was somewhat bemused by this and told him most people would rather concentrate on just getting better. Indeed, many people with serious illnesses lose their libido quite…
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Deal-breaker Moments
We’ve all had them – that moment where you’re all ready to jump into the fray and move from on-line flirting to meeting them in the flesh for that first date. The banter might be good. They can make you laugh with their cheeky ways. You get that little buzz when you know they’re on-line…
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Should You Respond?
I have to admit I was a bit thrown the other week when someone I’d sent a quick message to actually came back to me. I wasn’t thrown because they responded (I’m not that bad at this), but more because of what they said. The email said simply: “Hey, no thanks, but good luck, keep…
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Aussies Prove Size Matters – But Not How You Think
Australian researchers recently showed that guys who are well endowed really are more attractive to women. Just like any other physical attribute, male genitalia are subject to sexual selection, and certainly before we all started wearing clothes it really would have all been out, front and centre for prospective mates to assess. This is why…
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Casual Dating Isn’t A Dirty Word
There’s a lot of people who, if you ask them about casual dating, will tell you that it’s just a way of looking for a cheap thrill. There can be an expectation of sex being pretty much laid out on a plate and that casual daters embody everything that’s wrong with the dating scene. There’s…
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Eight Mistakes You Might Be Making While Dating
It’s never easy to throw yourself into the dating game, but if you’re finding that it’s all turned into a bit of a grind, it might be worth stopping and taking stock. A lot of the mistakes we make when dating are really quite obvious to everyone else – but it’s a lot harder to…
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Alcohol Free Dating
First dates are always going to be nerve-wrecking. You can’t get away from all the stresses and strains associated with meeting someone for the first time, so it’s no wonder that many of us choose to hit the pub to take the edge off. A few glasses of wine might seem like a good idea,…
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Are Relationships The New Taboo?
An American sociologist called Leslie Bell has produced a book recently about the difficulties some young women are making for themselves by treating relationships as something of a taboo. The book: “Hard To Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom” looks at recent trends tied to people’s focus in recent years on their…
