Archive for August, 2007

Handling a Controlling Man –The Fried Chicken Break up

By Carolyn Bushong

On Friday night, Leslie and her live-in boyfriend of 8 months were at his mom’’s house for a fried chicken dinner, and Leslie took a few pieces home with her because it was so good.

Her boyfriend is a health food nut and doesn”t eat fried chicken and rides Leslie about what she eats. He seemed to have an attitude when she got in the car with the chicken and made a comment about why she had to bring some home with her. Then he said, “Just don”t get that greasy crap on my car seat! Let’’s stop and put it in the trunk!”

This was the beginning of the end as their argument began to escalate. She called him a jerk and asked why he was so angry. He said he wasn”t angry and told her to stop telling him how he feels.

Then she said, “Never mind!,” and threw the chicken out the window. The fight became vicious with name calling and even some shoving by the time they got home.

He once again threatened to move out, as he has done in the past when they fight. The last time he threatened it, she begged him to stay. But since she’’s in therapy and getting stronger, she’’s not allowing him to intimidate her anymore. This time she said, “Go ahead and leave if that’’s what you want!”
So he proceeded to pack up his things,calling her a hot head — as he then shredded their photos, breaking the glass frames. Then he left. With the moving truck arriving on Sunday,he was completely out by Monday and staying on his mom’’s couch.

Leslie couldn”t believe what had just happened! And since she now realizes what a control freak he is, she knew he was just trying to punish and intimidate her again by moving out.

By Monday night, he was apologizing and begging her to talk to him. She messaged him back that there was nothing to talk about.

When they finally did talk, he said it was her fault because she told him to leave and had lots of chances to try and stop him, but didn”t ask him to stay. He then said he loves her and wants to still date.

Leslie stayed strong and told him there was no way she was taking the blame for what happened and that it’’s over because she will not give him the chance to hurt her like that again! However, she does still love him and wants to know what to do.

What should she do? Here’’s what Carolyn told her:

Let him know that the real issue here is his controlling, self-righteous, self-centered attitude,
and that his moving out is just a part of that.

To help him get it, tell him that you know he would not have been as disrespectful to a friend and said the same thing (in the same tone) if he or she had fried chicken in the car.

Then tell him that if you agree to date him again, he has to get into therapy and deal with his mother issues or whatever his personal issues are that makes him act like that with you.

Back the relationship up to closer to the beginning where you see him only a couple of times a week and let him know that he’’s on trial.

Don”t fight with him about who’’s right and who’’s wrong — that just causes escalation and gets you no where.

Instead let him know what you will and won”t put up with by setting a boundary about how he treats you and a consequence such as, “Every time you act controlling or self-righteous with me, I”ll say ”You”re doing it again,” and if you don”t stop, I leave the situation.

Don”t let him move back in for several months (at least). This way you”ll be able to keep the power and he”ll be more motivated to change.

Should Leslie try all of this or just chalk it up to “Another one bites the dust!”? If he justifies his controlling, self-righteous ways, Leslie is wasting her time.

On the other hand, if he gets it and is willing to work on himself and change his bad behavior, she should go for it because she will grow as she stands up to him and teaches him how she wants to be treated.

About The Author

Carolyn Bushong, a Denver,CO licensed therapist, helps couples and singles in her office, on-line, by phone. Author of: Loving Him Without Losing You, Bring Back the Man You Fell in Love With, The 7 Dumbest Relationship Mistakes. Has appeared on Oprah. http://www.carolynsays.com. 303-333-1888.

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Tips For Online Dating Success

By Adrian Adams

While online dating may seem like a new concept to some, there are currently thousands of singles who log on to online dating sites everyday in the hope of finding the one person out there who is truly meant for them.

Why online dating?

The increasingly faster pace of life has left most people with little or no time to go out to singles pubs or other haunts where they are likely to meet other single people looking for a date. Online dating offers busy singles a chance to join online dating sites and browse through profiles of singles from the opposite sex till they find what they are looking for.

Here are a few tips that will guarantee you success in your online dating endeavor-

Join a paid online dating service

Any one who has paid to register at an online dating service is serious about finding a life-partner and is not looking to just pass their time.

Honesty is the best policy

When filling in the membership profile, be sure to answer all questions as honestly as possible. Don”t lie and don”t project a false image about yourself, when you ultimately meet up and spend time more time together you will find it difficult to be somebody you are not.

Put your best face forward

Include a recent photograph of yourself. Make sure you pick one that is most flattering. A picture speaks a thousand words, so make sure you look friendly and have a smile on our face. Do not post a full-figure photograph as it is very difficult to tell what you really look it.

Use video messaging to your advantage

If you are a member of an online dating service that allows you to upload short video messages about yourself, do grab this opportunity to tell everybody what you are all about. Keep the message short and include relevant information about yourself such as what you do for a living, where you live, what is your favorite pastime and what kind of person you are looking for. Of course you would have filled out all this information in the membership profile, but hearing you say it out loud can have a huge impact, especially if delivered in a voice that is steady and friendly.

Make the first move

Don”t hesitate to contact another member of the site whose profile matches what you are looking for. After all that’’s what the profile is there for!

Better safe than sorry

When agreeing to meet up on a real date, remember that this person is for all practical purposes still a stranger to you. You may have been honest in your membership but that’’s not to say that everybody else has the same ideals. So pick a place and time that’’s safe, and make sure somebody knows where you are. No matter how romantic it may sound, do not agree to drive off into the sunset in this stranger’’s car on your very first date. Get to know your date better before you let the relationship progress.

About The Author

Check out our free online dating at http://www.athletic-dating.com/

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

How to Get Chicks Guaranteed: A Proven Method to Get Dates!

By garry hill

I”ve only seen one method for getting girls that actually works. This proven method involves only a little time invested and a small budget, so anyone can do it. My cousin will be very upset at me for giving this information to the public. He pioneered this technique and used it to his advantage many, many times. I figure everyone should have chance to expand their exposure a little.

To be a true chick magnet you need to be wanted, or have something a girl desires. Unless you”re filthy rich then this requires a little strategy. The first step in this proven method is to have a nice pad or at the very least an apartment. This is essential to attract the right girls. It’’s even better if your house or apartment is located in a nice area, like at the beach. Now if you have a roommate you”re going to need to convince them that this strategy is a valid method and will succeed. You might have to throw a bone their way to make it worth their while. Offer to do their laundry, or walk their dog. The best thing to do is offer them some dating benefits from the method. If they are single, they should be easily convinced.

Next step is to place an ad in the local paper or website for a room for rent. Now it’’s very important to place the ad way under priced. If your room would rent for $1000, place the ad for $500. Doing this will ensure everyone will contact you first. Plus poor college chicks are desperate and will hunt you down. Can you believe how simple this is? Make sure to include details like close to shopping, walking distance to the beach, lots of parking etc. Now once the ad is live and you begin to receive calls all you have to do is screen out the guys and invite all the girls to view your room. It’’s probably a good idea to phone screen each candidate first. Ask them probing questions like: Do you have friends over often? Do you have a pet? Does your boyfriend sleep over? What are you hobbies? Are you in school?

The more questions you ask up front the less amount of time you will have to spend in person. Now for the important part: Once the girl arrives you need to tell her your room is for rent because you are traveling to Europe for business. You can elaborate however you feel necessary. Feel free to say things like; My band is going on tour, I”m a snowboarding professional, I”m a international photographer, whatever. What ever story you use make it easy to cancel. You can”t date her is your out of the country.

You will continue to use this method and I guarantee you will be surprised how many numbers you will have. You can continue to use this method until you build up your black book to a sufficient size.

Good luck and happy camping.

About The Author

http://www.brownturtle.com

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Christian Dating Service - Solutions for Christian Singles

By Helen Hecker

If you”re thinking about trying out or joining a Christian dating service either online or offline, there are a few things to consider. If you”re looking for the best Christian dating service, with a little research and some trial memberships you should be able to find it. Be willing to meet online a wide variety of new people.

It’’s an established fact that single Christians have a deep desire to connect with other singles. They are not only looking for that special soul-mate, but they also yearn for great friendships with other Christian Singles who are fun-loving and have the same interests. Christian dating in the US, UK, and Canada is rapidly flourishing on the Internet dating scene today. More and more Christians are finding their true love or friendship easily and often it’’s free.

You may want to look for the Christian content that most of the members look for when evaluating dating services. You”ll want to sign-up for free trials offered on several websites. Most of the dating services will let you view what men, women or teens over 18 are members but won”t let you email them until you”re a member. Typing in ”Christian” when you are setting up your profile on a non-Christian dating service will tell you just how many matches or possibilities there are should you decide to sign up at the end of a free trial membership.

Some of the Christian dating services online are run by Christians and some are run by non-Christians. This fact may or may not be important to you. If you find a service that you like, read the matchmaking or dating service contract carefully. Important to think about - are you signing a contract for a specific period that you can”t get out of in the event you find someone you like or want to quit? There are just a few general specifically Christian dating services online.

You may not know that at least a couple of Christian dating services online are not Christian but claim to be. If you haven”t already, you”ll find there are quite a few dating services online; some are huge with highly recognizable names and do have a Christian dating section. It’’s fairly easy now to find Black Christian, Christian seniors and Christian single parent dating services and matchmaking websites online.

Several websites, which offer dating services to Christian singles, charge no money for the registration, even letting you include your photo for free. You”ll want to try these sites first. Another tip: call the largest Christian churches in the biggest city closest to you or your town or city if it’’s not a small one and see if they have any singles groups that meet weekly; if so, get the name of the contact person and ask if he or she can recommend an online or offline Christian dating service.

Note that there are many non-Christian sites that cater to the needs of all people yet are unable to help single Christians. Whether or not you”re looking for a casual relationship, or something more serious, now is a good time to start so check out some websites today. And whether you”re a Christian man, woman or teen, looking for the right relationship from a Christian dating service online, either a network or agency, online dating is speed dating at its very best.

About The Author

For more information on free Christian dating and finding the best Christian dating service online go to http://www.Christian-Dating-Service.org specializing in Christian dating service tips, help and free resources for Christian dating singles and Christian dating service reviews

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Online Christian Dating For Christian Singles

By T J Madigan

Online christian dating services are everywhere, and they are not always what they seem. If you”re a single, unattached christian looking for a date, then a christian dating site may be the right place for you. Let’’s face it: dating these days is hard, especially for christians who want to honor God in their relationships. You want to find a good online christian dating service, but there are many to choose from.

The christian dating service is a completely new way to build a relationship. They turn the process around, so you learn about people from the inside-out before you get involved.

The good thing about online christian dating is that you get a free personality profile, which is interesting and informative. The christian dating website does all the work for you, so you don”t waste a lot of time searching and browsing profiles. Since the matches they provide you with are “highly compatible,” you should find that the people you meet here are well-matched to you, personality-wise. There is, of course still the issue of attraction/chemistry.

The downside about online christian dating services is you are required to answer a lot of questions, so that they can do the personality profile. Communication with matches is very limited in the beginning, so you are not able to discover potentially deal-breaking information until later in the process.

Tips on online christian dating :
* Set the match criteria to make sure your matches are more appropriate for you.
* Make sure you select a geographic area that is large enough to get plenty of matches. If you”re in or around a large metropolitan area, the area can be smaller, but if you”re in a smaller, more rural area, you”ll need to widen your geographic scope.
* Take the time to select the christian denominations for your match. This will narrow your match to only those who have a similar church background. Don”t select only your denomination but, rather, select all those which are acceptable to you.
* You can lower the bottom end and raise the top end of the age range to get more matches. (You will only be matched with people whose age ranges overlap with yours.)
* Be patient. Don”t expect to find your true love right away. Make sure you thoroughly review your matches. Take the time to get to know your matches and, and in a lot of cases, I think you”ll be surprised at how well they match your personality.

About The Author

T J Madigan has been established in online business since 1998 and is director of a number of successful online projects one of which is http://www.christian-dating.com.au - A free online christian dating service.

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Would I Be Happier With Someone Else?

By Don Alexander

Oh that heralded question: “Would I be happier with someone else?” Maybe, but I doubt it. Here’’s why. Forget not the benefits of the one your with my friend. That’’s it in a nutshell. Why is that so important? Sure, perhaps you could have more physical intimacy, more laughs, more happiness with someone else, but for how long? And when will that relationship begin to look like the war ravaged one you have now?? Soon my friends. Too Soon.

Remember when you first started dating your husband or wife. Everyone is on their best behavior, your looking good, your passionate, your making every effort to impress. Then seven years later you find yourself irritated by every single thing your mate does! How does that happen?

Well, I don”t know. It seems though that I”ve taken my mind off of the dream a bit too much and have done a 360 and I”m looking too much at realities. I have a wonderful wife. No, I have a one in a million wife whom any guy would die for. Problem is, perhaps like you, I sometimes focus far too much on her negatives.

Another thing too, as a man, I have to be the one to initiate things, and I often forget that I cannot expect her to be the one to make the first moves when it comes to physical, spiritual, or financial matters. I have to be the first.

I share this article from my heart to those who are struggling in their marriage. Yesterday I told my wife I felt like two angels crossed my path. After a series of arguments yesterday I met a wonderful elderly couple who simply looked over at me and said: “You really have a good life, don”t you sir!”

I turned around and saw two pearly white smiles of a contented vacationing elderly couple. The man was wearing tan bermuda shorts, wire-rimmed glasses, and a big blue Hawaain shirt. The lady, his wife, simply smiled at me, a graceful lady with long flowing white hair. I replied, “Yes sir, I do.”

Believe me, you wouldn”t be happier with someone else no matter how pretty, how passionate, or how handsome. Why is that? After time you will simply revert back to all your old problems and issues. Sure, certain areas may improve, others may improve grandiously, but sure enough, your temper, your upbringing, and everything else will show it’’s ugly face over time.

Unfortunately, I do speak from experience. I married twice in my life for the wrong reasons, one because I was in a hurry to get married, and the second, because of an solely physical relationship that lacked any substance at all. Finally, through prayer, and pre-marital counseling, I met the woman of my dreams.

Things are not perfect for me, and I”m sure many of you can relate to the feeling of: “Why do I put up with this?” The reason you put up with it is because you made a vow and you did it with your heart, not just your ever changing mind.

There are many times in marriages where the other person doesn”t give like they should. It’’s up to you to be the giver, and hopefully your mate will come along over time. Marriage counseling may help, but ultimately you”re going to have to give your problems to God and be willing to change yourself.

A very good friend of my wife’’s, let’’s call her Kimmy, recently shared that she “put her husband’’s stuff on the doorstep” after nearly twenty years of marriage. She was frustrated and fed up. Long story short, he cried profusely, something he had never done in front of her, and she took him back.

She then went on to say that she had never let her husband love her because she had all these walls up. Then she said: “I realized I”m the one that needs to change, not him.” I looked at my wife, had a deja vu, and thought-that’’s my wife too! Kimmy then shared that for the first time she is starting to share her love with her husband even after eleven years and three children! Who can truly understand the heart of a woman?

Kimmy and her husband went to a couple at their church who counsels marriages, they call themselves marriage mentors, and they poured out their problems for hours to this experienced couple. Kimmy said she learned more about marriage in those three hours than she had in her entire eleven years of marriage.

I”ve heard many couples at my church state that they are getting success by enliciting help from other successful Christian couples. My advice is to seek out a couple in your church or friends that you can trust, to help you move through the tough times. Stamp and seal them your “mentors” and stick to their advice like crazy glue!

Also, keep one thing in mind, Kimmy said it and I”m saying it now. You are the one who needs to change. Not your mate. You. Who out there would divorce a giving, loving, passionate, and caring wife or husband? No one I dare say. Become an extreme lover of your wife and perhaps you”ll see as I have, that she”ll never let you go…

About The Author

“Helping ALL to Succeed”
http://www.leading-online-business.com
Don Alexander, Published Writer & Online Business
Mentor

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Five Seduction Tips to Make Her Want You

By Scott Patterson

Shifting from talking to a woman and becoming intimate can sometimes be a difficult transition. It may be easy to engage her in conversation, but it is another thing to transition into the bedroom and become more intimate.

Don”t sit around and wait on that rare woman to approach you. Rather, you need to learn the art of seduction. So, if you find it difficult to get to the bedroom with a girl, do not worry. To seduce a woman you simply need the right technique and some practice.

Here are five seduction tips you can use. Take some time to learn each one, implement them and practice. Soon, you will find that it really isn”t that difficult to transition from conversation to intimacy.

Tip 1: Make Sure She is Attracted To You

Before you can even begin to seduce her, you need to be sure she is attracted to you. Otherwise, the tips below will be useless.

The best way to accomplish this is to flirt heavily while you are talking to her and slightly introduce the topic of sex into the discussion. You should definitely not be afraid to tease her. This keeps the conversation light and fun. The more relaxed she is with you, the easier it will be to take things to the next level and seduce her.

Tip 2: Initiate Physical Contact During the Conversation

This is one of the more important seduction tips. During the conversation, it is essential that you slightly touch her when you want to make a point about a comment you made or even in reaction to one of her comments. Of course, do not go overboard with this tip.

Seduction is a process. It is about building chemistry, rapport and attraction. It is not about whipping your clothes off and jumping directly into bed.

However, initiating physical contact while you are talking helps her become more comfortable with you. Now, if you notice her shying away when you touch her, she is probably not interested in you as a potential sexual partner. This tip is a good way to evaluate her interest level also so you do not waste too much time, only to find out in the end she really isn”t interested.

Tip 3: Take Things to a Private Spot

This third tip is another important step in the seduction process. The final two tips cannot work without it, though it really is just the next logical move. Basically, you need to be in a location where you can actually have sex whether it is back to your place or her place.

To make this happen, though, she needs to trust you. So, when you are talking to her and flirting, work on building that trust and being trustworthy. Do not say anything to make her “think twice” or question you. The more she trusts you, the easier it will be to seduce her and move things to a private spot.

Tip 4: Kiss Her the Right Way

Once you have made it to a private location, it is time to begin working on the physical side.
Once you have been touching her and know that she is attracted to you, you can go ahead and kiss her. But, how you kiss her is very important at this stage.

Do you ram your tongue down her throat, but rather go slowly and lightly. You want to kiss her passionately. Once you notice her responding to this, you can increase the intensity.

Tip 5: Increase the Intensity

In the final tip, you can move from kissing to sex. After you have kissed her for awhile, begin to tease her. Kiss or lightly nibble her neck, or pull her hair. The goal is to turn her on, but take you time doing it. Focus on pleasuring her, not you.

After a little teasing, you can move on to other foreplay. If you have followed the relationship advice above, you should find that it is not a difficult transition to move into sex. Always remember to take your time and let things gradually build in intensity.

Ultimately, following these five tips above can make having sex with a woman a lot easier. Always remember that the seduction process is just that -a process. You must build the attraction and develop trust. So, learn these tips above, implement them and practice them. You will be glad you did!

About The Author

Want to check out free seduction videos? On the following FREE site, Scott Patterson will help you discover a wide selection of great seduction and pickup videos:

http://www.undergroundattraction.com/category/seduction-and-pickup-videos/

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Satan\’s Got Your Number

By Linda Dipman

Let’’s have fun, let’’s get drunk at a party! After a few drinks you are completely gone and so your so called ”friends” dare you to get a permanent tattoo that is perverted, X rated, and demeaning to women. You are the center of everyone’’s attention and it feel’’s great until you wake up in the morning sober and realize what you did!

Maybe this is your story. At the party you met a girl and you think, how about a little casual sex. You probably never see her again because she doesn”t normally run in your crowd. Five months later she proclaims loudly in front of all your friends, she’’s pregnant and she says she is keeping your baby. Oh No! Now what are you going to do?

Now, you”re so intoxicated that you force a girl to have sex. You think to yourself, “I won”t get caught, it’’s not really rape.” You are so totally unaware of your actions, that when the police come to the door to arrest you for the crime, you admit to everything. There is no lawyer present, because you were so drunk that you believed you did nothing wrong even when she told you, “No!”

Maybe you are with a crowd where many are members of a gang. You may not belong, but when a fight arises you are forced to join. Suddenly a gun goes off and someone dies. Now you are an accessory to murder. All because you used poor judgment over the people you chose to hang around with.

Satan’’s got your number! He shouts in your head that in order to have fun you must drink, do drugs and of course do what everyone else is doing at the party. All Satan has to do is encourage you to give into temptation. He’’s a pro at ruining a person’’s life. He knows just the right words to push you into taking the plunge into an ocean of trouble. His mission is to destroy your life!

Well if this is the case, then I am not responsible for my mistake. “The Devil made me do it!” Unfortunately this is just not true. The Devil may inspire you to follow the crowd, but you are in control of your body. You don”t have to do it!

You are in a sticky situation and now you question how your life could take such a horrible turn. You didn”t think that having fun could lead you to so much misery. You thought being with your friends gave you freedom, but instead you”re facing a prison term.

We live in a world filled with corrupt and evil practices that lead people into doing things they would have never done if they had only understood they were involved in a world game of life. This is the reason why teen pregnancy is so high. This is the reason why alcoholism takes away a person’’s principles. This is the reason why there are so many young adults searching helplessly to answers as to why their friend just committed suicide. The game of life begins in our heads!

When the party’’s over and real life settles in, you realize that you just went through a life-altering situation. A difficult path that changes your hopes and dreams. This is why you need to become aware of why bad things happen when you”re drunk or on drugs. Why bad things happen to those you know and what you can do to change your circumstances.

Adam and Eve opened our world to the influence of Satan when they wanted knowledge. Many people do not understand that wisdom comes through real life situations. In order to choose good over bad there must be good and bad examples. Drinking too much leads to Alcoholism. Having casual sex leads to unwanted pregnancy. Running with the wrong crowd leads to prison sentences.

The only way that young people can fight against the bad things that happen to a person in life is to become aware of what you are fighting against. Think about what you are questioning within yourself and understand that the beginning of trouble always starts within your mind. A war of epic proportion begins in the valley of our consciousness.

The voice between human reason and letting myself just enjoy the moment were constantly echoing in my mind. Each was distinct, but one was demanding that I throw it all away and give into instant gratification. The other voice challenged me through the morals I had been taught as a child. It was like a ping pong game in my mind. One was good the other was evil.

The Bible tells us this is spiritual warfare. A war that takes place in our mind, but gives us the choice to decide whether we follow it or not.

Romans 8:4&5, “Those who live as their human nature tells them to, have their minds controlled by what human nature wants. Those who live as the Spirit tells them to, have their minds controlled by what the Spirit wants.”

Human nature is inspired by Satan and everything that is bad in our world. While the Spirit refers to the Holy Spirit of God, which dwells in a person. The Holy Spirit gives them reasonable options by teaching them morals that are geared to protect them from making wrong decisions.

When you live in a corrupt and evil world you must find out how to defend yourself. The only way you can win your game of life is by first acknowledging that it exists.

Our world is filled with opposites. God is the answer to everything good in the world. He loves People! He wants us to win our game of life. Satan is the great deceiver who wants to enslave you to the world and stop you from having a good life by leading you astray.

Romans 8: 6-8, “To be controlled by human nature results in death; to be controlled by the Spirit results in life and peace. And so a person becomes an enemy of God when he is controlled by his human nature; for he does not obey God’’s law, and in fact he cannot obey it. Those who obey their human nature cannot please God.”

God’’s principles keep us safe from the evils that commonly happen to people in this world. He tells us what to do when facing temptation. He opens our eyes to consequences for indulging our flesh. He lets us see the hopelessness of the people in the world who choose wrong over right.

Parties are not bad. Drinking is not bad in moderation. But who you choose to be around can be the difference between peace and strife. It can be the difference between bringing a wanted pregnancy into the world or an unloved child. It can be the difference between knowing who really is your friend and who is just using you as a big fat joke!

So you made a tragic mistake that led you down a path where Satan changed your life forever. He bound you to a girl you did not love for the sake of your child. He put you in jail for seven years when you hung with the wrong crowd. He made you wear a tattoo for life that you are ashamed to show your mother. Oh Well! This is how God sees your life. He knows how easy it is to make mistakes. He knows that Satan is in your human nature telling you that you must do this to have fun. He knows you are weak!

God doesn”t care about your mistakes! In the game of life we have the ability to start our game over. When we are in a war of good versus evil we are allowed to make life changing mistakes. But with God’’s help we will rise above our present situation. God loves People! God loves You!

Romans 8:37-39, “No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future, neither the world above nor the world below there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.”

To follow God is to gain a Spiritual wisdom that is out of this world! A wealth of knowledge that allows us to understand why we are here. A challenge that is meant to teach us what we would have never known without going through the tragedies of life. To not find God is to lose the great game of life and to fall hopelessly into the world, never understanding or gaining insight into why bad things happen to people.

About The Author

Linda C Dipman author of THE GAME OF LIFE IT”S ALMOST OVER http://outskirtspress.com/gameoflife presents: AND HIS LOVE SHONE DOWN my true life story! It describes all the persecutions I endured. Lovinghandsministry.com

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Online Dating - Advantages And Risks

By Susan Jan

In this busy and fast paced world many people just do not have enough time for a relationship let alone a romantic pursuit. Yet people by nature, men and women alike, crave for the company and love of a suitable partner, especially after a certain age. But how are you supposed to meet the Mr. or Ms. Right of your life if you do not have time to socialize at all?

Well thanks to the internet, meeting people has just gotten easier. Online dating has become very popular, and online dating services have are springing up everywhere,because they make it so much more convenient and efficient to meet different people without having to make much effort.

Advantages Of Online Dating

There are a number of benefits associated with online dating:

Unlike the real world where you have to go out and socialize in order to meet people, the virtual world allows you a degree of anonymity as do not have to meet the person initially. So it is easier to end the relationship if you feel something is not right or you feel uncomfortable.

* The greatest advantage of online dating however is that you can remain anonymous. Under the guise of a virtual identity, you can date with more than one person at a time to find the most suitable man or woman for you from amongst them.

* It is possible to reach out to a number of persons and from different corners of the globe. An American marrying an Indian beauty by meeting over the internet is not that uncommon these days.

* Online dating also makes it extremely convenient and easy to find and to reach out to groups of like-minded people.

Risk Of Online Dating

However, online dating is not devoid of risks. You never know whom you are going to meet while dating. Because of the ease of hiding your real identity, unscrupulous people may try to dupe unsuspecting young men and women on internet dating websites.

Play It Safe

* Do not expose your real identity as long as you are not sure about the credential of the person hiding behind a virtual ID onscreen.

* Also do not share the address and phone number of your residence and office as long as you are not sure about the person’’s intention.

* As you get to know a person better and start feeling some attraction toward that person, do not disclose any personal information such as credit card number, social security number and the like to the person.

Take Time To Decide

In true spirit of youth, young people dream of love at first sight, or instant attraction and chemistry. However, this is a bad idea especially when you are dating online. It is best to take your time and let love flourish in its own subtle way. You will be able to better distinguish true love from mere infatuation in this way.

About The Author

Want to give Online Dating a try? Visit Susan’’s site at http://www.tryonlinedating.info and http://www.tryonlinedating.info/free-internet-dating-service.php. For more dating advise go to http://www.mynicheblog.info

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

What Makes For The Perfect Dating Formula?

By Susan Jan

People whose marriages unravel most often are filled with sadness and bitterness, and find it hard to ever trust or love anyone again. Though these negative feelings may linger for quite awhile, it is important for the sake of your happiness that you make an effort to put these emotions aside, and when you are ready, to go out and start living again and dating again. You need to believe that you are capable of falling in love and being loved once again.

Dating can be the best way to find your ideal life partner. Before jumping into the dating scene, make sure to ask yourself what your needs are and what qualities you want in your new partner. Just read on to learn about the dos and the don”ts of successful dating.

Being Positive And Honest Makes For The Perfect Dating Formula

* Do not try to hide your past relationships. Instead be open to your date about your past experiences and partners. If your date is mature and sensitive enough he or she will understand and empathize with you.

* Do not exaggerate about yourself or past experiences; remember, a relationship that is based on dishonesty is bound to fail.

* Share with your date your expectations for the new relationship and try to understand too what the expectations of your date are.

* On the basis of your experience, try to judge whether the new man or woman in your life has anything in common with your ex. If there seems to be quite a few similar traits that make you feel uncomfortable, then it may be a good idea to call off the relationship before it gets too serious.

Things To Keep In Mind While Dating

* There is no rule restricting you to date just one person in the beginning. Try and date actively and even get to know different people through dating services so that you can better understand what type of partner can best provide you with a loving relationship. Dating does not call for any commitment right away; it is only a process that helps you find the right partner that you are willing to commit your love to.

* Proceed one step at a time to build a long lasting and enduring love and relationship with your new partner. Being too hesitant or too impatient when dating will not help you find the right partner for you.

* Do not get emotionally involved right from the very beginning and do not reveal too much at an early stage. Take time to judge for yourself whether you truly have fallen in love with the person or whether it is just an infatuation.

Any relationship between a man and a woman is complex and unpredictable yet exciting, otherwise life would be so lonely and meaningless. Dating just helps to make the process easier and more natural to find the right person for you.

About The Author

Want to find your ideal partner? Give http://www.qualityadultdating.info a try. More dating articles are available at http://www.mynicheblog.info.

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007