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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Those Free Online Dating Sites Work!

Online dating has become the preferred way to meet a potential romantic interest. All ages; widowed grannies, and twenty-something’s alike, are posting profiles, and meeting new dates. Whether you want to go bowling, dancing, nature walking, or attend a concert, it has never been easier to find a partner. The world is literally your dating pool, although, unless you travel, you might choose to confine yourself to your local area for ease of meeting.

There are many online sites that offer to match you up. The price range for their services varies from hundreds of dollars, to free. The services are not substantially different. In fact some of the free online dating sites have more user friendly features than those that charge. Both the fee based, and the free online dating services provide a format for the individual to post their profile, and state their preferences in a date, or mate.

The reputable free online dating services; of which Kisscafe.com is a top of the line prime example, walk you through every aspect of getting your profile written and posted. It is free to sign up and free to use. There are no hidden fees, and the results are astounding.

Seven members of one Chicago family I interviewed found their spouses, or significant others, using free online dating sites. Each member of that family has friends who have met dates from online as well. It is a phenomenon that is truly sweeping the country.

As a safety feature, emails can be exchanged through every service I surveyed. You need not fear when corresponding with an online contact. They will not know your true email address until you are ready to give it to them. You are in always in complete control of your information. You decide who gets it, and when. Also, you know a lot before that first meeting. You have exchanged emails, probably spent some time on the phone. You have a history. You are comfortable.

The free online dating site, Kisscafe.com has a blog option where you can tell more about yourself, even post photos and videos. What fun! The only thing more entertaining is reading other members Kisscafe blogs.

According to Shirley, 66, the oldest of member of the Chicago online dating family mentioned above, no one needs to be alone. Her family, right down to her 22 year old granddaughter is living proof of that. And, they used onlyfree online dating sites.

My advice is to save your money for a great haircut, some foxy clothes, a good restaurant; don’t waste it on fee based dating sites. The free sites have everything you need to find all the dates you want. Check it out. Start a new life today.

Online Dating in Canada: My Experience

A couple years ago I saw my once-solid marriage deteriorate into petty name-calling and arguing virtually overnight. There was still love present in the relationship, but it became clear that there was little else to justify us staying together. It was tough, as the long Toronto winter approached, and I finally decided that making friends would help with my depression and sadness surrounding a failed marriage. It was not supposed to turn out this way, but it did, and that feeling of being alone may be the most difficult aspect of the end of a long-term relationship.

At first, I consulted with friends in an effort to find blind dates. The problem with this approach is that I never knew what I was getting into. Everyone would say, “Oh, she’s great. You must meet her”, but when the time came, I would encounter someone who was worse for me than my ex-wife. This only aggravated the problem. Because I do not drink, going to clubs was not an option, and almost no one I know of has found a fulfilling relationship at the bar-scene anyway. My situation was dire as the prospect of a long winter with little to no companionship was eminent. As a last-ditch effort I did a web-search for “online dating Canada“. I am certainly glad I did.

At first, the sheer number of online dating websites was intimidating and confusing. Still, I was determined to see what this cyber-dating phenomenon was all about. Most of the sites I found had very few members or they cost over twenty dollars a month to join. Just when I was about to resign myself to being alone, I came across a free website that was loaded with friendly singles. There had to be a catch, but I couldn’t find it because there were absolutely no hidden fees. Had my search for online dating in Canada come to a happy-ending?

The answer to that question is yet to be determined, but I will say that within a week of joining KissCafe (http://www.kisscafe.com) I had made a friend named Tammy. Unlike with most websites geared towards online dating in Canada, KissCafe gave me a chance to email and video-chat with the ladies I found interesting for free. This allowed me to make an instant connection with Tammy, and we eventually met for some Chinese food and good conversation.

Online dating in Canada does not have to involve high-costs and stress. In fact, with KissCafe it is the complete opposite. Tammy and I never really had that spark that leads to intimacy, but I am happy to say that we are still friends, and her company helped me greatly during that first winter alone in quite some time. The prospect of meeting someone on the internet is often-times daunting, but with KissCafe the process was easy, fun, and productive.